Senior Director, MN Operations - Chaska, MN, United States
$220,000 - $280,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 5 October 2026 by the employer.
Lead operations for the Fluid Handling business.
About the role
This role will lead operations for Entegris's Chaska and Bloomington, MN manufacturing sites, focusing on safety, quality, and operational maturity. The Senior Director will drive strong product yield for the Fluid Handling business.
What you'll do
- Ensure site security, safety of operations, personnel, and regulatory compliance for the Chaska, MN site.
- Manage safety, quality, cost, and delivery for Fluid Handling manufacturing operations in Chaska and Bloomington, operating on a 24x5 schedule with plans to ramp to 24/7.
- Provide direction for site planning & scheduling, purchasing, manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, quality, inventory control, and distribution/logistics.
- Lead cross-functional teams to resolve customer supply and quality issues and implement sustainable process improvements.
- Guide and support new product transition activities from engineering to high volume manufacturing (HVM).
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders including production engineering, maintenance, quality lab, material engineering, Business Unit, and EH&S on operational, supply chain, and commercial requirements.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical).
- 10+ years plant manufacturing or operations experience.
- Experience in industrial manufacturing, preferably in the semiconductor or pharmaceutical industries.
- Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, product scale-up, and product commercialization.
- Financial acumen, including plant budgeting/cost management work experience.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in Business or Management.
- Lean and or Six Sigma certification.
Skills: operations, manufacturing, NPI, product yield, supply chain
This role has been open 10 days — well below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2505
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$96k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Entegris | All employers we track in this specialty (2505 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 228 | 2505 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 383 | 9907 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 36 d | 52 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $96k |
Skills observed across this category: operations, manufacturing, NPI, product yield, supply chain
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 398 open roles · median 77 d
- Applied Materials · 256 open roles · median 37 d
- Entegris (this employer) · 227 open roles · median 36 d
- Lam Research · 109 open roles · median 58 d
- Infineon Technologies · 91 open roles · median 57 d
- STMicroelectronics · 70 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 2505 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.