Equipment Engineering Technician (Multiskilled) in Manchester

Nexperia Manchester are now expanding our Equipment Engineering Team by hiring a Multiskilled Equipment Engineering Technician to join our 100‑strong on‑site team. If you have multiskilled experience in reactive or proactive repair this could be the opportunity for you to work towards becoming a specialist Semiconductor Equipment Engineer with funded training and development.

As a Multiskilled Equipment Engineering Technician, you will be a key contributor to our manufacturing operations, carrying out routine maintenance, responding to equipment breakdowns, and performing root‑cause analysis on complex, high‑tech wafer‑fab systems. Working a 7–7 shift pattern—two weeks of days followed by one week of nights. You’ll operate on 12‑hour shifts with four days off each week. You’ll diagnose faults swiftly, execute repairs efficiently, and understand how your work directly influences semiconductor yield. You’ll also play an active role in optimising maintenance procedures using available KPIs, ensuring strong spare‑parts control, and upholding exemplary 5S standards. In addition, you will use the factory MES platform to plan and carry out preventative maintenance, update equipment histories, and maintain full compliance with health and safety requirements.

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 offers an exceptional opportunity to develop your expertise in Equipment Engineering and Maintenance within a fast‑paced, high‑tech manufacturing environment. At Nexperia, you’ll benefit from a blend of formal and on‑the‑job training, with clear pathways to progress through both technical and managerial career ladders as you grow.

What you will need

Essential Requirements:

• You must be able to work a shift pattern of 4 on 4 off over 12 hours. This will consist of 2 weeks of days and 1 week of nights (7-7).
• Completed a mechanical/electrical apprenticeship and educated to a minimum of C&G / ONC standard, or have worked at this level in a similar industry.
• Hard skills of electrical, mechanical and hydraulic maintenance experience.
• Soft skills of adaptability, problem‑solving, teamwork, and Microsoft Office.
• A track record of meeting deadlines and managing your own workload.
• Desire to learn and progress into becoming a fully qualified specialist Equipment Engineer.

Desirable Experience:

• Hard skills of vacuum, pneumatic, or actuation in maintenance or repair settings.
• Exposure to working in the Semiconductor Industry or a similar fast-paced setting.

Interview process:

• Stage 1: Recruiter review.
• Stage 2: 30 mins Telephone interview.
• Stage 3: 60 mins on site interview.

What your benefits will include:

• Remuneration & Reward: Starting base salary and shift allowance of £47,000-£54,000 (DOE), bonus scheme of up to 6%, excellent contributory pension scheme of up to 9%, recognition rewards scheme, EV salary sacrifice scheme, income protection, 12 x salary life assurance.
• Health & Wellbeing: 24.5 days annual leave + 182 roster days off, flexible benefits scheme, enhanced parental leave, on‑site medical centre, enhanced sick pay, 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, and 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.