Senior Equipment Engineer

Microtech Global Ltd; Kettering; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Microtech Global Ltd. is seeking a Senior Equipment Engineer to lead PM activities on semiconductor processing equipment at our Northampton site. The role involves maintaining equipment, managing chemicals and spares, and mentoring technicians and junior engineers.

You will liaise with suppliers, drive preventive maintenance strategies, and deliver monthly performance reports while ensuring safety and environmental compliance across the team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Ability to document procedures, risk assessments and work instructions.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills.
• Proficient with MS Office; able to manage multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Repair and PMs of specialist semiconductor processing equipment.
• Oversee chemical, gases and spare parts control; waste management.
• Mentor equipment technicians and junior engineers.
• Liaise with suppliers and service providers; supervise external contractors.
• Develop PM strategies to maximise uptime and OEE.
• Monitor progress of improvement projects and report monthly.
• Work with supply chain to manage stock levels and critical spares.
• Ensure site safety and environmental procedures are followed.
• Provide shift cover as required.

Skills

Semiconductor PM

Team leadership

Procedures writing

Time management

MS Office

Stakeholder mgmt

Vendor liaison

Shift supervision

Safety compliance

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

ASML

Trikon/SPTS

OiPT

Palomar

Temscal

Leybold

Leica

SemiTool

Job description

Senior Equipment Engineer
Location: Northampton
Shift: Week 1 (6am 2pm) Week 2 (2pm -10pm)

Responsibilities:

• Repair and preventative maintenance (PMs) of specialist semiconductor processing equipment, including any preparation work and routine cleans.
• Oversee chemical, gases and spare parts control, chemical fills and waste management.
• Instruct and mentor equipment technicians and junior equipment engineers in various aspects of equipment engineering.
• Liaison with equipment and spares suppliers and specialist service providers (including the supervision of external contractors and field service engineers).
• Develop and deliver preventative maintenance strategies to maximise equipment utilization, OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and up-time.
• Ensure that that team members are motivated towards achieving objectives of the group, and ensuring objectives are clearly communicated to them where necessary.
• Ensure cross training of Equipment Technicians and Engineers in order to meet engineering and manufacturing requirements.
• Responsible for driving Total Productive Maintenance practices within the Engineering group.
• Define, allocate and to monitor the progress of key improvement projects in an 8-step format and to ensure that these are completed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for producing monthly reports detailing equipment performance, status of key improvement projects and metrics which will be circulated to the Engineering Management team.
• Responsible for representing the group at production, planning and scrap meetings.
• Work with supply chain to add the Wafer Fab Equipment spare parts inventory into stores and help manage stock levels and critical spares.
• Adhere to all site safety and environmental procedures.
• Support of site emergency response function.
• Provide shift cover as required.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years experience within a semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Ability to follow documented procedures without close supervision.
• Ability to document procedures, including experience of generating new work instructions, risk assessments and method statements.
• Good time-management and organizational skills.
• Computer literate with the ability to use the Microsoft Office suite of applications.
• Experience of working in a team and managing stakeholders.
• Experienced in the maintenance and repair of Semiconductor manufacturing equipment including, but not limited to the following vendors: ASML, Trikon/SPTS, OiPT, Palomar, Temscal, Leybold, Leica, SemiTool.
• An HNC/HND or Degree in an engineering discipline (or equivalent) and/or 10 years of directly related experience.

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