Senior Equipment Engineer

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Senior Equipment Engineer
Location: Northampton
Shift: Week 1 (6am 2pm) Week 2 (2pm -10pm)
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.
Requirements:
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. xwwtmva
Good time-management and organizational skills.
Computer literate with the ability to use the Microsoft Office suite of
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