Facility (Fab) Director

About VSMC

VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd (VSMC) is a new joint-venture 300mm semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility to be built in Singapore. We are looking for committed, resilient and passionate talents to launch a promising future that power the next generation devices and systems. If you share the same passion to pursue excellence, join us to make an impact and be part of something special!

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead the Facilities organization covering facilities engineering, operations, maintenance, utilities, infrastructure projects and technical support for a 24/7 12-inch semiconductor fab.
2. Develop and execute the long-term facilities strategy, capacity plan and infrastructure roadmap aligned with the fab's production and technology requirements.
3. Ensure high availability and reliability of critical utilities, including electrical power, HVAC, chilled/process cooling water, UPW, CDA, vacuum, bulk and specialty gases, chemicals, exhaust and abatement, wastewater and fire protection systems.
4. Lead facilities engineering and major CAPEX projects from design and construction through commissioning, qualification and handover, ensuring safety, quality, schedule and cost objectives are achieved.
5. Establish robust reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance, emergency response and business-continuity programmes to minimize facilities-related impact to manufacturing.
6. Partner closely with Fab Operations, Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, EHS, Quality, Finance and Procurement to ensure facilities capability keeps pace with production and technology requirements.
7. Drive energy efficiency, resource optimization, sustainability and continuous improvement across the site's facilities infrastructure.
8. Build, develop and lead a high-performing multidisciplinary team, including a strong pipeline of local engineering and technical talent.

Education Qualification & Essential Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Facilities, Building Services or a related engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant engineering and facilities experience, with substantial experience in semiconductor manufacturing or another high-reliability manufacturing environment.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary facilities engineering and operations teams.
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor fab facilities and critical utility infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience managing significant CAPEX and OPEX budgets and major infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of facilities reliability, risk management, safety and regulatory compliance.
• Experience operating in a 24/7 manufacturing environment with high operational and uptime requirements.

Key Skills and Attributes

• Direct experience supporting a 300mm / 12-inch semiconductor fab.
• Experience with greenfield fab construction, fab expansion, commissioning, ramp-up or major infrastructure upgrades.
• Strong experience with UPW, critical power, HVAC, process cooling, gases, chemicals, exhaust/abatement and wastewater systems.
• Experience with facilities automation, BMS/FMS and data-driven reliability programmes.
• Experience developing local engineering talent and building technical succession pipelines.
• Master's degree in Engineering, MBA or equivalent advanced qualification.