Capital Equipment & Tooling Performance Manager, Wilton Optics Factory

Introduction to the Job:

ASML brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers – to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Wilton, CT, Chandler, AZ and San Jose, CA. This position will be in Wilton, CT.

This role is a staff level position reporting to the head of the factory.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 40+ responsible for tooling and fixture design, tooling and equipment purchasing, capital equipment forecasting, equipment engineering, equipment installation and facilities hook-up, and equipment maintenance and repair.

• You will lead your team to manage tooling that meets or exceeds Safety requirements, ensures Quality part handling & processing, delivers availability performance that enables on time part Delivery, and balances those objectives with Cost effectiveness.

• Collaborate with production engineering and manufacturing personnel to define and clarify tooling design requirements, and deliver to those requirements while ensuring personnel and product safety.

• Be the space and capital spending gatekeeper for Optics Factory. Collaborate with NPI, Process Development, and Optics Operations to consolidate capital equipment forecasts for funding, space forecasting and layout development.

• Engage in process and metrology equipment selection processes. Once selected, comprehensively gather and specify facilities & IT requirements to support  the equipment operations and security. Collaborate with WF Technology team, IT and CRE to ensure facilities space and facilities & IT systems all support intended installation.

• Lead and facilitate equipment monitoring and data collection initiatives, in addition to operational automation initiatives.

• Define equipment and tooling maintenance schedules and procedures. Define our cost-effective maintenance and equipment service contracts, including spare parts inventory strategy and management. Execute per schedule to deliver stable and reliable availability performance. Monitor performance gaps to drive improvement.

• Your maintenance team is the first line of service for unplanned equipment or tooling downtime. Your service strategies will clearly define troubleshooting duration and escalation processes to equipment engineering or suppliers.

• You will have technical process aptitude. You will demand quality in execution and investigate excursions using structured problem solving. You take action with urgency. You pride yourself with your accountability for yourself and your team.

• You will define your organization design including your shift operations support strategy. In coordination with your peers, you will evaluate and improve work processes for organizational effectiveness and efficiencies.

• The result of your team’s efforts will establish an outstanding cost-effective Optical Factory operational environment to deliver safe, reliable tooling and equipment that support fabrication of high quality precision optics and ceramic structures.

Education & Experience:

• Master’s degree in physical sciences or engineering plus 8-10 years experience, Bachelor’s degree in physical sciences or engineering plus 10-12 years experience, or 15+ years in a high technology manufacturing environment.

• 5+ years management experience, preferably with experience as a leader of leaders

Skills

• Prior experience with tooling design and tooling design review methodologies.

• Experience reading & interpreting mechanical design and facilities drawings using computer aided design software.

• Experience interfacing with and stakeholder managing construction trades and facilities management organizations.

• Demonstrated experience with managing employee development and performance.

• Strong LEAN manufacturing and Continuous Improvement experience- you can demonstrate a history of operational improvement through effective collaboration with your employees and across your partner organizations.

• Computer proficiency with MS Outlook 365 applications, with knowledge of SAP or comparable ERP system.

• Familiar with ISO9001 and ISO14001. Direct working e