Senior Shift Engineer, Wafer Fab Equipment

ZipRecruiter; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Shift Engineer to support their Wafer Fab operations. This role involves providing essential engineering support, ensuring the maintenance and repair of specialist semiconductor equipment, and driving initiatives to maximize equipment uptime. You will mentor junior engineers and technicians, oversee chemical and spare parts management, and represent your team in various operational meetings. If you have a strong background in semiconductor manufacturing and are looking for a challenging and rewarding position, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health insurance

Pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or Degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of directly related experience in semiconductor manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Provide equipment engineering support in a Wafer Fab.
• Repair and maintain semiconductor processing equipment.
• Develop and deliver preventative maintenance strategies.

Skills

Semiconductor manufacturing experience

Equipment repair and maintenance

Documentation skills

Time-management

Team management

Education

HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Description

Senior Shift Engineer, Wafer Fab Equipment

+ Permanent role based in Northampton

+ World leader in Opto-Electronics and III-V Technologies

+ Fantastic company and benefits

+ Salary upon Application

The Company:

A market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial Laser customers worldwide.

The role

You will provide Equipment Engineering support to the Manufacturing and Process Engineering groups within a Wafer Fab. This will include day-to-day production equipment support, fault finding & repair of production equipment and associated systems, driving improvement initiatives to increase uptime & OEE, working with specialist tools that process various hazardous chemicals and potentially, the use of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).

Key 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.

Qualifications

An HNC/HND or Degree in an engineering discipline (or equivalent) and/or 10 years of directly related experience.

Your Skills and Experience

• 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.

Desirable:

• 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.

Please note - The ability to attend site is essential, the site is situated in a rural location and is not served by public transport