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Ensures the Facilities site services meet internal stakeholder needs, regulatory requirements, company goals, operational efficiency, and cost objectives.\nEducation/Experience:\nBS degree in mechanical engineering, automation, or mechatronics required\nMS Degree in Engineering Discipline, preferred \nMBA will be considered, but must have technology experience\n7+ years of project or program management experience, including at least 5 years leading equipment-development or engineering projects in an R&D, automation, pilot-line, manufacturing, or other high tech environment through design, qualification, deployment, and operational handoff.\nExperience using MS Project or equivalent scheduling, resource-planning, risk-management, and action-tracking tools.\nPMP certification or equivalent demonstrated project management capability preferred.\nExperience with CCPM, TOC, or other resource-constrained scheduling methods and corresponding project portfolio management software is a plus.\nExperience of facilities management or similar role is a plus.\nDemonstrated capability leading cross-functional technical teams and influencing contributors without direct reporting authority is strongly preferred.\nRequired Skills/Competencies:\nDemonstrated project and program management capability for equipment-development and mechanical-engineering projects, including support for design reviews, build readiness, technical issue resolution, and engineering execution.\nStrong understanding of equipment-development processes, including requirements definition, requirements traceability, design reviews, qualification, documentation, configuration control, and operational handoff.\nAdvanced skills in project planning and execution, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, procurement, risk management, dependency management, change control, commissioning, and qualification.\nWorking knowledge of automated equipment systems, including mechanical assemblies, motion systems, robotics/material handling, sensors, controls, machine safety, utilities, and equipment-to-facility interfaces.\nWorking knowledge of mechanical design and equipment-development practices, including drawings, BOMs, manufacturability, assembly, tolerance management, and CAD-based development processes.\nKnowledge of equipment safety, risk assessment, applicable codes and standards, root-cause analysis, issue resolution, escalation management, and continuous improvement methods.\nEffective communication, stakeholder alignment, and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to drive decisions, accountability, and execution in cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.\nStrong proficiency with MS Project or equivalent project-management software; experience with portfolio-management systems is a plus.\nLeverages technology, including AI and automation tools, to (enhance efficiency, decision-making, analysis, or operational outcomes as applicable to the role).\nEssential Responsibilities:\nIndependently build and maintain integrated project plans for the equipment portfolio.\nOwns overall project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and execution; drives equipment projects to agreed technical, safety, cost, and schedule objectives.\nManage contracted facility operations teams to achieve performance, cost, and reliability goals 24*7, including on call coverage.\nAligns stakeholders on project objectives, requirements, priorities, and decision criteria; develops mitigation and recovery plans when commitments are at risk.\nLeads design and project reviews, tracks decisions and action items, communicates status, and drives timely closure of technical and execution issues.\nMaintains accurate project schedules, dashboards, decision logs, risk registers, action trackers, and project documentation using approved tools.\nIndependently improves and standardizes practical equipment-project-management processes, templates, metrics, and governance appropriate for CTC.\nDevelop and manage equipment-project capital and expense budgets, forecasts, purchase commitments, and cost risks in alignment with approved plans.\nLead automatic platform and related mechanical engineering projects, ensuring safe, technically sound, on-time, and on-budget execution.\nEstablish clear responsibilities, deliverables, interfaces, and performance expectations for project team members and suppliers.\nBuild effective working relationships with equipment suppliers, fabricators, integrators, internal customers, and technical stakeholders.\nCoordinate equipment reliability, maintainability, serviceability, spare-parts, and support-readiness requirements with engineering and operations stakeholders.\nDrive continuous improvement using project delivery, equipment performance, reliability, cost, and issue-closure metrics.\nPartner with EHS to ensure compliance, life safety system performance, inspections, and reporting requirements. Maintain a positive working relationship with regulators.\nEnsure adherence to all safety policies, procedures, and housekeeping standards.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nReporting Relationships:\nReports to Sr Manager- Process Development\nCould have direct reports.\nTravel:\nUp to 20% domestic and international\nEstimated Salary Range:\n170,560 USD per year- 220,000 USD per year\nUS Physical Requirements:\nHybrid Physical Requirements:\nWill sit, stand or walk short distances for up to the entire duration of a shift.\nWill climb stairs on an occasional basis.\nWill lift, push or pull up to 37 pounds on an occasional basis. \nRequired to use hands to grasp, lift, handle, carry or feel objects on a frequent basis.\n20/40 vision in both eyes together, with or without correction, is required.\nMust be able to comply with all safety standards and procedures.\nMay reach above shoulder heights and below the waist on a frequent basis.\nMay stoop, kneel, or bend, on an occasional basis.\nAbility to wear personal protective equipment is required (including but not limited to; steel-toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, protective jacket or apron and arm guards, and a condition of employment and continued employment (requires little or no facial hair) for those requiring respirator use.\nOffice Physical Requirements:\nAll positions in our office require interaction with people and technology while either standing or sitting. To best service our customers, internal and external, all associates must be able to communicate face-to-face and on the phone with or without reasonable accommodation. First Solar is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.\nPotential candidates will meet the education and experience requirements provided on the above job description and excel in completing the listed responsibilities for this role. All candidates receiving an offer of employment must successfully complete a background check and any other tests that may be required.\nEqual Opportunity Employer Statement: First Solar is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. 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