SMTS - Facilities / Construction Project Management (Semiconductor Manufacturing)

Location: Onsite at the Essex Junction, Fab 9 location, Monday–Friday daytime hours, with flexibility for weekends and evenings as needed.

Salary: $118,000–$210,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a full-service semiconductor foundry providing design, development, and fabrication services with manufacturing operations across three continents.

What you will do

• Lead semiconductor tooling, cleanroom, facilities infrastructure, and industrial construction projects from planning through commissioning and operational turnover.
• Serve as the Owner’s Representative and manage safety, scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, changes, and operational readiness.
• Coordinate Construction Managers, General Contractors, engineering, Facilities, Manufacturing, EHS, equipment, procurement, and project controls teams.
• Oversee tool installation and hookups, facility utilities, HVAC, electrical systems, specialty gas and chemical systems, process utilities, controls, commissioning, and startup.
• Manage contractor performance, project reporting, documentation, issue resolution, forecasting, and change control.
• Protect ongoing manufacturing operations while driving safety, regulatory compliance, quality, standardization, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related technical field.
• At least 8 years of experience managing construction, engineering, or industrial capital projects.
• Fluent written and verbal English.
• Experience leading complex projects in industrial or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Experience as an Owner’s Representative, Construction Project Manager, or in a similar client-side role.
• Ability to manage contractors, engineering teams, suppliers, stakeholders, and multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong experience with scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, change management, construction safety, project controls, scheduling, and cost management.
• Knowledge of semiconductor or advanced manufacturing facilities, including tool installation, commissioning, cleanroom construction, and facility modifications.
• Familiarity with mechanical, electrical, HVAC, utilities, controls, gas, chemical, specialty, exhaust, ultrapure/process water, and process-support systems, as well as construction drawings, specifications, schedules, and technical documentation.
• Strong ownership, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, prioritization, risk mitigation, and cross-functional influencing skills.
• Limited domestic and/or international travel may be required.
• Commitment to safety, quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and EHS&S requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in mechanical and/or electrical engineering or a related technical field.
• 9+ years of experience with multiple wafer fab facilities and in the semiconductor manufacturing industry.
• Direct semiconductor fabrication facility construction experience.
• Experience executing construction activities within an operating cleanroom or manufacturing facility.
• Experience with advanced-technology manufacturing, pharmaceutical, life sciences, data center, or other technically intensive facilities.
• Experience with major brownfield expansions or facility renovations.
• PMP, CCM, PE, or equivalent professional certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time onsite work in an active semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Work is conducted with a strong focus on safety, quality, regulatory compliance, accountability, and operational continuity.
• Equal-opportunity workplace committed to cultural diversity and nondiscrimination.
• Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment conditions and laws.