Senior Equipment Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Closely monitoring tool owner equipment performance against specified targets, ensuring any issues are addressed in a timely manner.
• Monitoring spend on their tool and keep to a minimum whilst maintaining required performance levels.
• Ensuring relevant maintenance documentation and spares are available to meet required Module performance.
• Operating a continuous improvement strategy to bring tools to the best possible condition.
• Liaising with tool vendor to stay up to date with and identify equipment enhancements which may improve process quality or equipment reliability.
• Ensuring the tool performance meets the procurement specification level.
• Monitoring tools for part obsolescence issues and ensuring plans to cope with part failure exist.
• Participating in new tool selection, installation and implementation into the fab/process.
• Ensuring that quality and safety standards and procedures are implemented on the defined equipment set.
• Providing technical support and training to module engineers on tool owner tools.
• Providing maintenance support to shift engineers when resource levels are low.
• Working closely with the process tool owner to ensure tool process performance remains as expected.
• Covering or assisting other dayshift tool owners when required which may include working on unfamiliar tools.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• A minimum HNC in Electrical or Electronic or Mechanical Engineering is preferred or suitable experience.
• An understanding of all 3 disciplines (must be able to follow electrical drawings and circuit diagrams to facilitate tool trouble shooting).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in high tech maintenance environment.

• Semiconductor equipment engineering experience would be an advantage.
• MOCVD equipment tool ownership experience.

Benefits

• Pension scheme
• Private medical & dental insurance
• 28 days’ holiday + bank holidays
• Free onsite meals
• Onsite gym
• Relocation support
• Visa support available