Engineer in Charge

Job Title: Engineer in Charge

Reports to: Site Coordinator – North America

Classification: Non-Exempt

Summary:

This position acts as the key liaison between customer, management and onsite assigned service personnel regarding installation, maintenance, repair, testing and/or customer training issues. The Engineer in Charge should provide expert technical direction to the Field Service Engineers and is responsible for developing, implementing and communicating strategies, goals, and objectives to improve customer and company performance. This is a non-exempt position with high accountability for corporate image, integrity and results, which at times may mean extraordinary effort and working timeframes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each of the primary duties satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

1. Directly involved in the entire development through installation and testing of equipment.
2. Manages, plans and organizes activities for assigned customers. Coordinates, trains, motivates and guides other Field Service Engineers.
3. Works on a wide variety of complex planning activities and special projects where customer equipment performance is key to contractual obligations and/or project deadlines.
4. Instructs customers in the complete operation and maintenance of equipment, including identifying and repairing equipment-related process problems.
5. Participates in internal meetings to facilitate the coordination of important issues including spare parts, warranty and daily/weekly priorities.
6. Retrieves, compiles and reports equipment performance indicators to both customer and Management.
7. Keeps Management informed of all tool down situations.
8. Provides technical assistance or training to less experienced personnel.
9. Coordinates technical resources to track and close customer issues.
10. Performs in a dynamic and challenging environment with drive and creativity.
11. Works closely with domestic and HQ Technical Support on complex issues and provides a solution path.
12. Plan and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment.
13. Develops, implements and communicates strategies, goals and objectives to improve equipment performance.
14. Training customer personnel on operation and troubleshooting of equipment.
15. Must be able to travel domestically and internationally overnight, as needed, up to 30% of the time. Must possess a valid passport.
16. This position requires the use of EVG hired vehicles on EVG business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid driver’s license and have acceptable driving privileges.
17. Other duties, as assigned.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Preparation and delivery of related training, measuring and recording of performance progress.
2. Prepares and submits all required paperwork on a timely routine basis.
3. Maintains all assigned equipment logs and records promptly and thoroughly.
4. Exhibits good housekeeping practices in all work areas.

Qualifications / Education / Skills and Experience:

1. Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline or related field and a minimum of four (4) years of direct experience with EVG equipment or working in a high volume manufacturing environment or a minimum of six (6) years of experience with capital equipment/facilities engineering, or field operations within the MEMS or Semiconductor industries.
2. Proven background in management/supervision or the ability to demonstrate supervisory skills in leading the efforts of technical service personnel.
3. Excellent customer skillset which includes communication, priority setting, influencing and conflict resolution.
4. Self-driven with ability to prioritize work and accomplish tasks quickly with good problem solving skills.
5. Must be detail oriented.
6. Solid written and verbal communication for expressing technical ideas and initiatives.

Physical Demands:

1. While performing duties of this job, individual is regularly required to stand, sit, reach with hand and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and lift/move up to 50 pounds. Visual acuity required. Individual is required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls frequently and be able to reach with hand and arms above shoulder level occasionally.
2. Ability to wear proper cleanroom attire and work inside the fab/cleanroom up to 75% of the time.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position. Employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities.