Facilities Gas & Chemical Operations Maintenance Technician

Wolfspeed; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed is hiring a Facilities Gas & Chemical Operations Maintenance Specialist to support the Global EPI, Wafer Fab, CG and Materials departments from outside of cleanroom areas. The role emphasizes teamwork within a small group and delivering excellent customer service.

The position operates on a 12-hour night schedule, performs daily checks, handles chemical and gas deliveries, and repairs critical spare parts while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Must possess a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Able to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and maintenance manuals.
• Understanding of high vacuum equipment, electronic circuitry and PLC controllers.
• Must be willing to work overtime to support needs of business.
• Must be able to be medically cleared to wear a respirator and be clean shaven to wear the respirator.
• Must be able to be TPI certified, and Forklift certified.
• Must be able to regularly lift 65 lbs and climb ladders.

Responsibilities

• Change Hazardous/ Non-Hazard waste totes and drums for Wafer Fab, Materials and Global Epi areas.
• Change Hazard/ Non-Hazard gas cylinders, complete chemical fills and all other chemical supply delivery systems.
• Complete daily checks on all support equipment.
• Complete chemical deliveries.
• Rebuild and/or repair critical spare parts.
• Leak check gas delivery systems.
• Precious metals collections and support precious metals shipments.
• Daily cleaning of the areas.

Skills

Reading blueprints

Maintenance manuals

Electrical understanding

PLC controllers

Vacuum equipment

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Facilities Gas & Chemical Operations Maintenance Specialist

At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way.

We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work.

• Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do.
• Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them.
• Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave.
• Student? We offer continuing education assistance.
• Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.

Here’s the Gist:

Wolfspeed is seeking a Facilities Gas & Chemical Operations Maintenance Specialist to join the team. This position provides support for the Global EPI, Wafer Fab, CG and Materials departments from outside of the cleanroom areas. Successful candidates will have demonstrated the ability to work in a small group with minimum supervision and have excellent customer service skills.

This position is for a 12-hour Nights schedule.

The Day-to-Day:

• Change Hazardous/ Non-Hazard waste totes and drums for the Wafer Fab, Materials and Global Epi areas
• Change Hazard/ Non-Hazard gas cylinders, complete chemical fills and all other chemical supply delivery systems
• Complete daily checks on all support equipment
• Complete chemical deliveries
• Rebuild and/or repair critical spare parts
• Leak check gas delivery systems
• Precious metals collections and support precious metals shipments
• Daily cleaning of the areas

This Job is Right for You if You Have:

• Must possess a highschool diploma, GED, or equivalent
• Able to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and maintenance manuals
• Understanding of high vacuum equipment, electronic circuitry and PLC controllers
• Must be willing to work overtime to support needs of business
• Must be able to be medically cleared to wear a respirator and the employee must be clean shaven to wear the respirator
• Must be able to be TPI certified, and Forklift certified
• Must be able to regularly lift 65 lbs and must be able to climb ladders

This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.

This role requires the lawful ability to access technical data, information, and areas controlled by United States export control laws and regulations.

To put it legally – Wolfspeed is an equal opportunity employer.

We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation and other protected status as required by law.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.