Production Specialist- Lead (C)

Microchip Technology Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

ESP P program

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. seeks an experienced Fab Production Specialist Lead for the Colorado Springs Fab5 facility. You will guide production teams, ensure cleanroom protocols, and drive continuous improvement while balancing safety and output in a complex wafer fabrication environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, reliability, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to achieve fab goals and maintain high quality in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Previous in-depth Fab production experience in a clean room environment is required.
• Maintain positive, productive attitudes and behavior with others.
• Willingness to foster a positive culture and pleasant work environment.
• Ability to switch between tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
• Flexible, dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Adaptability to change and team-focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Support and model Microchip’s guiding values and culture.
• Lead production specialists and ensure safe, efficient line balance.
• Coordinate shift coverage and resource planning for continuous operations.
• Promote continuous improvement through area and cross-team initiatives.
• Ensure SPACE SPC data accuracy and address violations promptly.
• Provide training and coaching to Production Specialists and supervisors.
• Ensure equipment is operated safely and efficiently and passes are clear.

Skills

Fab production

Clean room

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Punctuality

Adaptability

Team leadership

Continuous learner

Communication skills

Safety awareness

Job description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

Job Description

Microchip has an opening for an experienced semiconductor Fab Production Specialist Lead in their Colorado Springs Wafer Fabrication facility (Fab5).

We are building a team of positive and productive people that have a passion to work hard and enjoy what we do and the people that we work with.

We are committed to providing opportunities for growth, learning, and advancement for our Production Specialists. We regularly promote from within the company, so this position is a great opportunity to begin your career with Microchip. Our in-house training programs will provide you the tools, resources, and support you need to achieve the success you desire. In addition to full-time employment and a consistent work schedule, Microchip offers a full and competitive package of benefits.

Shift: C CWW

• Supports Microchip’s Guiding Values and Culture.
• Role models our culture and the Ethos First Principles and displays professional leadership skills while setting a positive example to the Production Specialists.
• Utilizes line management skills to facilitate workflow and achieve fab goals by understanding upstream and downstream areas and operations and how they impact overall line balance.
• Works with the area personnel to understand area issues that impact performance.
• Promotes and initiates continuous improvement activities including participation in area improvement teams such as WATs and ASTs.
• Ensures SPACE SPC data is accurate and SPC violations are addressed and Corrective Actions assigned in a timely manner.
• Participates with Specialists and Supervisors in problem solving processes about scrap and misprocesses.
• Plans and supports training of Production Specialists.
• Assigns and communicates information about resource coverage on shift.
• Follows Microchip Policies and Procedures and adheres to clean room requirements.
• Carries out management directives in a positive and influential manner.
• Demonstrates good judgment in terms of reaching sound decisions.
• Demonstrates high attention to quality.
• Ensures equipment is operated in a safe and productive manner.
• Communicates effectively with their team, with management, and with all support groups.
• Promotes a solid and positive team environment.
• Ensures customer satisfaction by promoting mutual respect and practicing professional interactions with other leads, specialists, supervisors, and support groups.
• Maintains clear and concise pass downs with other shifts and works toward a common goal.
• Operates highly complex equipment processing wafers through many successive operations required to manufacture semiconductor devices.
• Responsible for coordinating the area break/lunch schedule to ensure adequate coverage.
• Drives their own development and growth to continuously improve their expertise and leadership skills
• Provide coverage for Production Specialists lunches and breaks to ensure critical equipment is staffed and running at all times.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Previous in-depth Fab production experience in a clean room environment is required.
• Maintain and exhibit positive and productive attitudes and behavior with others.
• Willingness to participate in building a positive culture and contribute to a pleasant work environment.
• The ability to work on multiple different tasks throughout the day by focusing on one task at a time and paying careful attention to detail until completed, then quickly moving on to the next task.
• Dependable attendance and punctuality.
• Adaptability to change and a willingness to do whatever is needed for the team to be successful.
• Is a continuous learner and desires to enhance his/her skills and knowledge.
• Produces quality work, takes the job seriously, and displays good work habits.
• Takes the initiative to stay busy, work hard, and be productive.
• Perform work that can be repetitive in motion.
• Ability to wear and work in a cleanroom suit and PPE for the full shift.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks while paying careful attention to detail and completing one thing at a time.
• Prior success working individually and in a team environment.
• Consistent history of demonstrating Microchip’s First Principles contained in our Ethos.
• Demonstration of ability to effectively prioritize and support multiple different demands throughout the scheduled work hours.
• Ability to follow direction (both written and verbal).
• Ability to read, comprehend and follow detailed work specifications for each piece of equipment.
• Proficiency in written and oral communication.
• Personal availability to work compressed shift schedule.
• Good computer, math and reading comprehension skills.

Travel Time

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes

Bending at Waist, Carrying, Climbing, Crouching, Feeling, Foot Controls, Fumes or Odors, Handling, Hearing, Kneeling, Lifting, Noise and/or vibration, Other, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Seeing, Stooping, Supervises Others, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements

Ability to stand 95%, walk 90%, sit 5%. Must also be able to carry and lift 6lbs, and push and pull up to 85 lbs on wheels.

Pay Range

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The hourly pay range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $21-27/hr.*

• Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.

Application window will remain open until qualified candidates have been identified.

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.

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