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Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Facilities Mechanical Engineer

Facilities ManagementPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeBayan Lepas, Penang, MalaysiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent is required.
  • Five to ten years of experience in facilities-related work in the semiconductor, electronics, or related industries is required.
  • Demonstrated competency in leadership, management, and HVAC technical knowledge is required.
  • Hands-on experience in predictive and preventive maintenance is required.
  • Knowledge and application of psychometric principles is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, manage, and take ownership of the overall operational health of HVAC and mechanical systems.
  • Maintain and operate HVAC systems and associated equipment, plumbing systems, and building management systems, and perform equipment repairs.
  • Manage capacity and design changes according to manufacturing and customer requirements.
  • Conduct facility system improvements focused on reliability hardening, safety performance, cost optimization, and cost reduction.
  • Perform facility inspections and report conditions affecting operations.
  • Monitor and supervise outsourced HVAC preventive-maintenance service contracts.
  • Maintain compliance with local government requirements and applicable laws, ordinances, and codes of practice.
  • Liaise with local government agencies, contractors, and consultants on mechanical system design, construction, and facilities matters.
  • Respond to emergencies and support after-hours building needs and activities as required.
  • Establish operating procedures and system monitoring, repair, and maintenance for responsible sections.
  • Review and analyze operating data to optimize the facilities operating system.
  • Support production and manufacturing needs and requests.
  • Troubleshoot facilities systems with facilities peers and contractors.
  • Identify and drive cost-saving and improvement programs.
  • Supervise contractor engineers and technicians on routine work to ensure HVAC and mechanical systems supporting production comply with specifications and government regulations.
  • Manage mechanical systems for multiple plants.
  • Plan, organize, execute, and control assigned projects.
  • Ensure compliance with integrated management system requirements, contamination control, 5S, and safety.
  • Coordinate major planned shutdown maintenance.
  • Comply with safety procedures, practices, and requirements; attend training sessions and seminars; and perform other assigned tasks and activities as requested.

Desired Qualifications

  • PMP (Project Management Professional) or FMP (Facility Management Professional) certification is advantageous.
  • Knowledge of HVAC and cleanroom design is preferred.

About the Company

Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Western Digital, which goes by WD, designs and makes hard disk drives, mostly the high-capacity models that cloud and AI data centers use to store huge amounts of data cheaply. In 2013, its HGST unit shipped the first helium-filled hard drives, which fit more disks into each drive and use less power. Its drives store data on stacks of spinning magnetic disks, and the lineup runs from Ultrastar data center drives to WD Red and WD Purple drives for home servers and security cameras. WD makes its money selling these drives to cloud companies, PC makers, and retail shoppers. Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is based in San Jose, California, and in 2025 it spun off its flash memory business as Sandisk.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1970

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