Lead Technician Facility Services

Provides hands-on technical leadership and daily field coordination for facilities maintenance activities within Exentec's Technical Facility Management operation. Supports safe, reliable, and efficient operation of facility systems by performing advanced troubleshooting, coordinating work orders, mentoring technicians, and ensuring preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance tasks are completed to quality, safety, and documentation standards.
Operates in a 24x7 mission-critical semiconductor manufacturing environment supporting production and research operations, where system uptime, safety, compliance, and customer service are essential. The role serves as a working lead and technical resource for the maintenance team, helping prioritize daily work, resolve complex issues, support shift coverage, and escalate risks or resource needs to supervision or management.
Supports maintenance execution across critical facility systems including specialty gas delivery, chemical delivery, UPW, HVAC, process cooling water, exhaust and abatement, electrical distribution, life safety systems, and associated infrastructure.

1. Safety & Compliance Leadership
* Promote Exentec's Incident Free Workplace culture by modeling safe work behaviors and reinforcing compliance with Exentec, client, and regulatory EHS requirements.
* Ensure assigned maintenance work is executed using required LOTO, permit-to-work, confined space, hot work, PPE, and hazardous energy control practices.
* Identify hazards, stop unsafe work when necessary, report near misses or incidents, and support corrective actions and field-level risk mitigation.

2. Work Coordination & Field Leadership
* Coordinate daily maintenance activities, assign or validate work priorities, and help ensure timely completion of preventive, predictive, corrective, and customer-requested work orders.
* Provide day-to-day technical guidance to facilities technicians, support shift turnover, and communicate work status, risks, delays, and resource needs to supervisors or management.
* Serve as the first point of escalation for complex or unresolved field issues and support effective coordination with operations, engineering, EHS, vendors, and client representatives.

3. Technical Maintenance Execution
* Perform advanced troubleshooting, repair, adjustment, calibration, and inspection of assigned facility systems and equipment to maintain safe and reliable operation.
* Support maintenance of HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, process utility, life safety, and specialty systems within approved scope, procedures, and qualifications.
* Respond to equipment alarms, service interruptions, and urgent repair needs while communicating impacts, actions taken, and follow-up requirements.

4. Technician Mentoring & Quality Standards
* Train, mentor, and coach technicians on safe work practices, technical standards, troubleshooting methods, documentation expectations, and site procedures.
* Verify job readiness, work quality, housekeeping, tool control, and closeout documentation for assigned or supported maintenance activities.
* Support onboarding, skills development, and consistent execution of best practices across shifts, trades, and facilities service areas.

5. CMMS, Documentation & Asset Care
* Use the CMMS to review, update, complete, and document work orders accurately, including labor, materials, failure observations, corrective actions, and follow-up work needs.
* Support PM optimization, equipment history accuracy, spare parts identification, and improvement opportunities that increase reliability, maintainability, and customer satisfaction.
* Assist with inspections, rounds, audits, and asset condition assessments; communicate deficiencies and recommend corrective or preventive actions.

6. Vendor Support, Projects & Continuous Improvement
* Coordinate field support for vendors and contractors, verify work readiness, support site safety requirements, and communicate quality or schedule concerns to supervision.
* Support facility startup, commissioning, equipment turnover, and project work by reviewing maintainability, documentation, spare parts, and PM requirements.
* Recommend improvements to work practices, response processes, asset reliability, energy efficiency, housekeeping, and customer service delivery.

Years of Experience:
5+ years of progressive facilities maintenance experience in semiconductor, pharmaceutical, data center, industrial, commercial, or other critical operations environments, including demonstrated experience coordinating work, troubleshooting building or process utility systems, and mentoring technicians. Prior lead technician, senior technician, or shift lead experience preferred.

Education:
High school diploma or GED required. Associate degree, technical diploma, apprenticeship, or equivalent trade certification in HVAC, electrical, mechanical, industrial maintenance, facilities management, or a related technical field preferred.

Licenses, Certificates or Similar:
Preferred or site-dependent: EPA 608, OSHA 10/30, electrical safety or NFPA 70E training, LOTO authorized employee, confined space, hot work, forklift or aerial lift certification, BAS/controls training, CMRP, or other applicable trade licenses/certifications.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:
* Advanced hands-on troubleshooting and repair of facility systems, including HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, life safety, and process utility systems.
* Daily field leadership, work coordination, mentoring, shift communication, and ability to guide technicians without relying on formal authority.
* Strong safety mindset and working knowledge of LOTO, permit-to-work, PPE, confined space, hot work, hazardous energy control, and facility compliance requirements.
* CMMS proficiency, accurate work order documentation, PM execution, asset history, parts usage tracking, and maintenance closeout quality.
* Root cause thinking, problem solving, continuous improvement, reliability awareness, and ability to identify recurring failures or maintenance improvement opportunities.
* Professional communication, customer service orientation, organization, adaptability, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced 24x7 facilities services environment.

You want to be part of the Exyte team? We look forward to receiving your application!
For further questions and information, please do not hesitate to contact Tina Denny.

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