Lead, Manufacturing Operations Technology Leader - entegris

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The Role:

Our site in Entegris Canada - Toronto is seeking a Lead , Manufacturing Operations Technology to join our team. The Lead is responsible for supporting safe, efficient, and compliant manufacturing operations within a 24x7 chemical production facility.

This role focuses on process safety, optimization, troubleshooting, data analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance yield, quality, and throughput while maintaining strict adherence to environmental, health, and safety (EHS) standards.

You will work directly with operators, supervisors, maintenance, and engineering to stabilize processes, solve problems in real time, and drive sustained operational performance.

Success in this role is demonstrated by the consistent, stable performance of plant operations. T he Lead establishes credibility as the go-to technical resource, building strong relationships with operators and supervisors while developing a deep understanding of the processes, risks, and failure modes. T hey drive measurable improvements in key performance indicators such as yield, waste reduction, process stability, and equipment uptime, while strengthening procedural discipline and effectively closing root cause investigations and corrective actions. Over the longer term, success is defined by becoming a true partner to the Production Manager—ensuring reliable, shift-to-shift execution, proactively identifying and resolving technical issues, and supporting a capable, confident operations team—while embedding a strong safety and compliance culture and continuously improving cost, throughput, and overall plant performance.

What You’ll Do :

Technically l eads, coaches, and develops Production Supervisors and Team Leads across all shifts to ensure consistent technical capability, sound decision ‑ making, and safety . Collaborates cross ‑ functionally within manufacturing to address and resolve production issues.

Champions process safety and contribute to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, support PSM and safety programs

Own Technical Performance of Operations, act as the primary technical resource for all production areas across shifts, ensure processes are operated within defined parameters, procedures, safety limits

Maintain and improve SOPs, batch records, and operating standards as well as support management of change (MOC) and ensure technical risks are understood and mitigated

Maintains a strong presence on the production floor through regular off ‑ shift engagement, including early mornings, nights, and weekends, to verify standards and reinforce a strong safety culture.