Equipment Engineering Technician

Nexperia aspires to become a $10b turnover business by 2030. This ambition can be achieved through our next-generation technologies, ongoing improvement in manufacturing sustainability, state-of-the-art facilities, and most importantly, investing in our people. We are now looking to hire an Equipment Engineering Technician to join the Equipment Engineering Team. This role will specialise in the repair and maintenance of high-tech tools within the deposition and diffusion equipment areas.

What you will do

As an Equipment Engineering Technician, you will play a vital role in supporting the manufacturing operations team in routine maintenance activities, breakdowns, and root cause analysis of complex wafer fab equipment. You will perform root cause analysis to complete repairs efficiently whilst understanding how maintenance performed can affect product output and yield. You will be expected to optimize and improve the maintenance procedures using the key performance indicators available whilst maintaining housekeeping standards and effective maintenance spares stock control to 5s standards. As an Equipment Engineering Technician, you will also utilise the factory MES platform to execute preventative maintenance schedules and update equipment histories by observing health and safety directives.

Please note that in this position you will be provided with comprehensive training in specialist semiconductor equipment.

Key responsibilities will include:
• Preventative Maintenance: Assist in the planning and execution of preventative maintenance activities, ensuring that all equipment is operating at peak performance
• Maintenance & Repairs: Carry out maintenance procedures and root cause analysis on a variety of diffusion wafer processing equipment, ensuring rapid and effective resolution of issues
• Spare Stock Control: Manage spare parts efficiently, ensuring stock levels are maintained and materials are readily available when needed
• Health & Safety Compliance: Adhere to strict health and safety directives while carrying out all maintenance and repair work
• KPI Improvement: Analyse data to identify opportunities for cost-effective maintenance programs that improve equipment performance and drive KPIs forward
• Team Collaboration: Foster strong working relationships with internal team members and external specialists to ensure smooth operations and effective problem-solving

This role will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to build your skillset in Equipment engineering and maintenance in the fast paced and exciting semiconductor industry. When you join Nexperia you will be provided with both formal and informal training whilst progressing in seniority within the technical and managerial career ladders.

What you will need
• Completed a mechanical, electrical, or multiskilled apprenticeship and educated to a minimum of ONC standard or have worked at a similar level within an engineering environment
• Experience in maintaining and repairing equipment such as electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, vacuum, pneumatic, actuation, or similar
• Valued industry backgrounds include: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Automotive, Aerospace, high volume FCMG, light robotics, mechanical and Armed forces equipment engineering
• You must be able to work a rotating shift pattern inclusive of nights and days 4 days on and 4 days off
• Soft skills of adaptability, problem-solving, and teamwork
• Experience in working to deadlines and managing your workload
• Basic to intermediate skills in Microsoft Office packages
• Desire to learn and progress (with full training provided)

What your benefits will include:

Remuneration & Reward – Competitive base salary between £30,000 and £35,000 (DOE) + 44% rotating shift allowance, Annual Incentive Plan of up to 6%, excellent contributory pension scheme of up to 9%, recognition rewards scheme, income protection, 12 x salary life assurance.

Health & Wellbeing – 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, flexible benefits scheme, enhanced sick pay, on-site medical centre, subsidised canteen, employee assistance programme, retail and entertainment reductions, and a variety of sports and social clubs.

Professional Development – Opportunity to complete a leadership and management qualification, possibility for funded academic support up to PhD level, employee goal setting and development plans, huge growth potential both internally and globally within the business with both management and technical pathways.

Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability – A global commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2035, working with suppliers who embrace and comply with the Nexperia Supplier Code of Conduct, paid time off for every employee to support charitable work.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Corporate members of Neurodiversity in Business and a Disability Confident Employer. Dedicated Employee Resource Groups for Neuroinclusion, the LGBTQ+ community, and Women in Nexperia with a commitment to increase women in management positions to 30% by 2030.

D&I Statement

As an equal-opportunity employer, Nexperia values diversity not just because it is the right thing to do but because diverse teams perform better. We are dedicated to being inclusive, and a proof point of this dedication is that we were the main partner of the very first Dutch Paralympic Team NL House during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all, and we consider all applicants fairly, as well as providing a safe work environment and reasonable adjustments where requested.

In addition, we offer our colleagues the possibility to join employee resource groups such as the Pride Network Group or global and local Women's groups. Nexperia is committed to increasing women in management positions to 30% by 2030