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Position Summary
The Ultrapure Water & Industrial Waste Treatment (UPW-IWT) Department Leader provides strategic direction and operational oversight for a mission-critical team of over 50 engineers, technicians, and operators. This role is responsible for ensuring 100% uptime and uncompromising quality of utilities for an advanced, high-volume Semiconductor Manufacturing facility. The Leader drives the functional strategy for water systems, ensures 100% regulatory and environmental compliance, and fosters a world-class safety culture while managing a multi-million dollar capital and expense budget.Role and Responsibilities
Here’s What You’ll Be Responsible For:
Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the long-term roadmap for UPW and IWT systems to support future fab expansions and evolving technology nodes.
Operational Excellence: Oversee 24/7 daily operations, ensuring all ultrapure water specifications and wastewater discharge requirements are met without interruption to manufacturing.
Safety & Compliance: Drive a "Zero Harm" mindset, ensuring strict adherence to OSHA standards, environmental permits (NPDES), and local/federal regulations.
Financial Management: Develop and manage the organization’s annual expense (OPEX) and capital (CAPEX) budgets, optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through lifecycle asset management.
Sustainability & Innovation: Lead water conservation and recycling initiatives to meet corporate environmental stewardship goals and improve process efficiency.
Team Development: Mentor and develop a multi-disciplinary team; establish performance metrics, accountability standards, and a culture of continuous technical improvement.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Fab Operations, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), and Finance to ensure organizational alignment and seamless communication.
Risk Mitigation: Lead Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and emergency response protocols for all utility-related infrastructure.
Skills and Qualifications
Here's what you'll need:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering (or related field).
Experience: 15+ years of experience in a high-stakes Facilities or Engineering environment (Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical, or Power industries preferred).
Leadership: 5-7+ years of experience in a senior leadership role managing large, diverse teams of engineers and hourly operators.
Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of membrane filtration (RO/UF), ion exchange, and complex industrial wastewater chemistry.
Analytical Skills: Proven ability to lead data-driven process improvements and root cause analysis (FMEA, 8D, or Six Sigma).
Communication: Exceptional influence and negotiation skills with the ability to present complex technical data to executive leadership.
The current base salary range for this role is between $154,000 - $200,500. Individual base pay rates will depend on factors including duties, work location, education, skills, qualifications and experience. Total compensation for this position will include a competitive benefits package and may include participation in company incentive compensation programs, which are based on factors to include organizational and individual performance.
Total Rewards
At Samsung SAS, base pay is just one part of our total compensation package. The base compensation for this role will depend on education, experience, skills, and location.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Eligible full-time employees (salaried or hourly) may also receive MBO bonuses based on company, division, and individual performance.
All positions at SAS are full-time on-site.
U.S. Export Control Compliance
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