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Equipment Technician – Wafer Fab and Epitaxy (Continental Shift)
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📍 Location
Caswell, Northamptonshire
🔗 Reports to
Equipment Engineering Shift Manager
🏢 About Lumentum
Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a global leader in innovative optical and photonic products, enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Our technologies are integral to telecom, enterprise, data centre networks, and advanced manufacturing applications. Our UK wafer fabrication facility in Caswell is a centre of excellence for high-performance optoelectronic devices used in telecommunications and industrial systems.
🔍 Role Summary
As an Equipment Technician, you will provide technical support for wafer fabrication and epitaxy equipment, working on a continental shift pattern.
Key Focus Areas
- Fault diagnosis, repairs, and optimisation of semiconductor process tools, including vacuum, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical, and RF systems.
- Equipment handling hazardous gas and chemicals in strict compliance with safety and environmental standards.
- A hands-on, high-precision engineering role, ideal for candidates with experience in complex electro-mechanical systems (e.g., defence, aerospace, or manufacturing).
📋 Key Responsibilities
- Minimise tool downtime by providing a rapid first-line engineering response to production issues.
- Perform repairs, fault diagnosis, and preventative maintenance on semiconductor processing equipment, including:
- Lithography, etch, PVD, PECVD, and MOVPE reactor systems.
- Manage chemical and specialty gas supply systems compliantly, ensuring safety, statutory, and environmental compliance.
- Support maintenance of gas delivery, exhaust, and abatement systems for epitaxy and PECVD tools.
- Maintain a spare parts inventory to minimise downtime and ensure critical component availability.
- Implement and support preventative maintenance strategies to maximise OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and uptime.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives (e.g., Kaizen, 6S, 8D) and maintain accurate documentation of actions.
- Participate in production and planning meetings to report on equipment performance.
- Support site emergency response by serving as part of the Site Emergency Response Team.
- Operate a fork-lift truck (training provided).
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🤝 Key Relationships
- Process & Equipment Engineering Teams
- Facilities & Maintenance Teams
- Manufacturing Operations Team
- MES (PROMIS) & IT Teams
🎓 Qualifications
- Apprenticeship, HNC, HND, or Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
- OR a minimum of 5 years’ directly relevant experience in complex electro-mechanical system maintenance.
🔥 Preferred Backgrounds & Transferable Skills
We welcome applications from engineers with experience in high-reliability environments including:
- Aerospace, defence, automotive manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, and power generation.
- UK Armed Forces technical trades (desirable). Direct semiconductor experience is advantageous but not essential.
🛠️ Essential Skills
- Proven experience in high-tech, precision-engineering environments.
- Strong fault-finding and diagnostic ability across electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems.
- Ability to work safely with hazardous gases and chemicals.
- Can follow detailed documented procedures with minimal supervision.
- Competency in documentation (procedures, risk assessments, method statements).
- Effective time management & organisational skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Team-oriented with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to read and interpret technical documentation in a safety-critical environment.
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Desirable:
- Prior experience in a semiconductor or cleanroom manufacturing environment.
⚠️ Other Requirements
- Working hours: 40.3 hours/week on a continental shift pattern (2 days in, 2 nights in, 4 days off), with 12-hour shifts including weekends and bank holidays.
- Work conducted within a cleanroom environment (cleanroom garments provided).
- Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) use required—must pass medical & respirator face-fit testing.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
- Located in rural Northamptonshire—valid UK driving licence + access to own transport are essential.
🌟 Equal Opportunities
Lumentum is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks diverse applications from all sections of the community, regardless of:
- Sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin
- Disability, marital status, sexual orientation
- Age, religion, belief, dependents, veteran status
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
Reasonable accommodation will be provided for individuals with disabilities to ensure participation in job applications, interviews, and employment.
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