Wafer Fab Equipment Technician – Continental Shift

Lumentum Operations LLC; Towcester; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lumentum’s Caswell facility in Northamptonshire seeks an Equipment Technician for wafer fabrication and epitaxy, on a continental shift. You will diagnose faults and maintain advanced semiconductor tools in a cleanroom environment, handling hazardous gases and chemicals with strong emphasis on safety and documentation.

You’ll work with Equipment Engineering and Facilities teams, participating in continuous improvement and planning meetings, and may operate a forklift.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship, HNC, HND or Degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years’ directly relevant experience in complex electro‑mechanical system maintenance.

Responsabilités

• Provide rapid first-line engineering response to minimise tool downtime and production impact.
• Conduct repairs, fault diagnosis and preventative maintenance on semiconductor processing equipment including lithography, etch, PVD, PECVD and MOVPE reactor systems.
• Manage chemical and specialty gas supply systems in compliance with statutory, site safety and environmental standards.
• Support maintenance of gas delivery, exhaust and abatement systems associated with epitaxy and PECVD tools.
• Manage spare parts inventory to ensure availability of critical components and minimise downtime.
• Implement and support preventative maintenance strategies to maximise OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and uptime.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives (Kaizen, 6S, 8D) and maintain accurate documentation of actions and outcomes.
• Participate in production and planning meetings to represent equipment engineering performance.
• Support the site emergency response function including participation in the Site Emergency Response Team.
• Fork-lift truck operation will be required (training will be provided).

Connaissances

High-tech environment

Fault-finding

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Hazardous gases handling

Documentation

Time management

MS Office

Team communication

Reading technical docs

Formation

Apprenticeship/HNC/HND or Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Outils

Semiconductor processing equipment

PECVD reactors

MOVPE reactor systems

PVD reactor systems

Lithography equipment

Gas delivery systems

SCBA usage

Description du poste

Lumentum’s Caswell facility in Northamptonshire seeks an Equipment Technician for wafer fabrication and epitaxy, on a continental shift. You will diagnose faults and maintain advanced semiconductor tools in a cleanroom environment, handling hazardous gases and chemicals with strong emphasis on safety and documentation.

You’ll work with Equipment Engineering and Facilities teams, participating in continuous improvement and planning meetings, and may operate a forklift.