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The Role
Manages manufacturing technicians and shift operations, including equipment maintenance, safety, quality, scheduling, staffing, training, and production performance. Oversees factory workflow, resolves operational issues, coordinates with engineering teams, and develops strategies to support future manufacturing capabilities. Requires onsite shift work in Kulim and leadership of technician teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Details:Job Description:
- Manages and leads a team of technicians overseeing operations, equipment maintenance, and repair in manufacturing facilities.
- Owns safety, quality, scheduling, and conflict resolution amongst staff and other stakeholders and assists in resolving operational, safety, and security issues.
- Oversees flow of work through factories and streamlining processes and operations between groups and divisions.
- Establishes tactical plans to ensure production schedules are met within established quality and cost objectives.
- Ensures optimum total area performance in terms of safety, quality, output, and cost through staffing training development and retention of the group.
- Understands scheduled and unscheduled equipment maintenance, repair, recovery, troubleshooting, tool quality, and tool run rate.
- Assumes direct ownership and acts as the first responder of all on-shift issues within assigned toolset or area.
- Works with engineering teams to solve problems impacting factory operations/health.
- Ensures effective employee staffing including workstation assignment, shift rotations, and PTO requests.
- Owns shift schedule including workstation assignments/rotations, employee training, employee vacations, employee breaks, overtime assignment, back-up for absent employees, and shift rotations.
- Establishes training plans for direct reports and monitor training performance against schedule to assure shift team has skills needed to sustain production.
- Regularly reviews staffing certification levels that are tied to wafer ramp levels and ensures performance required number of certified individuals for each ramp threshold.
- Develops long-term strategies for manufacturing operations capabilities to support future requirements.
- Responsible for enabling teams to execute through clear goal setting, facilitating work, maintaining accountability, applying differentiated performance management, and driving team results.
- Drives results by inspiring people, role modeling Intel values, developing the capabilities of others, and ensuring a productive work environment.
- Minimum 2 years and above of relevant professional experience, including at least 1 year of experience leading a team of technicians.
- Strong engineering or technical background is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering-related field, such as Electrical & Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
- Able to work effectively in a fast-paced, startup-style environment and manage stress well.
- Willing and able to work onsite in Kulim.
- Willingness to work on shifts as required.
Job Type:Intel Contract EmployeeShift:Shift 9 A1 (Malaysia)Primary Location: Malaysia, KulimAdditional Locations:Posting Statement:All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.Position of TrustN/A
Work Model for this Role
This role will require an on-site presence. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.*
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. We do not charge any fees during our hiring process. Candidates should never be required to pay recruitment fees, medical examination fees, or any other charges as a condition of employment. If you are asked to pay any fees during our hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.Skills Required
- At least 2 years of relevant professional experience
- At least 1 year of experience leading a team of technicians
- Strong engineering or technical background
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering-related field, such as Electrical and Electronics, Mechanical, or Mechatronics Engineering
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, startup-style environment and manage stress
- Willingness and ability to work onsite in Kulim, Malaysia
- Willingness to work shifts as required
Intel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Intel and has not been reviewed or approved by Intel.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Sabbaticals and paid time off are highlighted as signature elements, with an established program offering four weeks after four years or eight weeks after seven years. This distinctive time off is positioned as a meaningful part of the overall package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid bonding leave of 12 weeks and a New Parent Reintegration program, plus fertility benefits around $40,000 and up to $15,000 adoption reimbursement with no lifetime cap, are clearly stated. These programs are presented as standout components alongside broader family support resources.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options with 2026 updates, a shift to Spring Health for EAP, and in‑network virtual medical visits covered at 100% beginning in 2026 indicate a comprehensive offering. These features signal an emphasis on robust medical access and mental health support.
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