Job Details

Title: Head of Semiconductor Operations

Location: Lafyette, LA

Pay: $150,000+ (depending on experience)

An Insight Global client is looking to hire a Head of Semiconductor Operations to support manufacturing teams across two plants in Louisiana and Alabama. This person will be directly responsible for operations in Louisiana and serve as an advisor to the operations in Alabama. They will be directly responsible for a team of about 200 employees and will have two managers reporting into them in Louisiana. The ideal candidate for this role will have come from an engineering background in PVD, Vacuum or Deposition processes and have managed a team in one of those disciplines. The team is looking for a servant-based leader who is willing to be hands on and engaged on the floor of a manufacturing plant - people who have only managed from an office will not be a good fit. The goal of this role is to start-up semiconductor production in Louisiana, make continuous improvements to plant processes to improve efficiencies, yield, throughout and cost containment and analysis processes to remove barriers for their respective teams to be successful. This role will require about 10% travel.

Required knowledge, skills, and experiences:

• Education: Minimum requirement is a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or similar: Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Materials Science, Physics, or Chemistry
• At least 15 years of manufacturing experience working in the semiconductor industry and specifically on tools such as PVD, Vacuum or Deposition.
• At least 10 years of experience in managing teams in one of the above processes.
• Experienced with establishing manufacturing KPIs, identifying areas for continuous improvement, using data and statistical analysis to make key decisions.