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Equipment Engineering Technician urgently required for a global leading Semiconductor Manufacturing company working a rotating days and nights shift pattern.

A great opportunity for an Equipment Engineering Technician to join my client, based in Towcester, Northamptonshire who are looking to expand their equipment engineering team.

The job is based on a rotating day and night shift pattern (Continental) of 4 on 4 off 12 hours shifts within a cleanroom environment.

Responsibilities of the Equipment Engineering Technician based in the Towcester, Northamptonshire area include maintaining, repairing and improving semiconductor wafer processing equipment. In addition to this you will be diagnosing the root cause of equipment issues, dealing with equipment breakdowns and performing maintenance task and risk assessments.

To be successful in your application for Equipment Engineering Technician job, you will need to have previous experience working with capital equipment in a fast pace environment. You will need to have a background across Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Engineering disciplines. You will also be educated to minimum HNC/HND level in a relevant engineering based discipline.

Apply Now, if this Equipment Engineering Technician job in Towcester, Northamptonshire sounds like the opportunity for you, click the APPLY NOW button, or alternatively call Tom Drew on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) quoting THD1374. Alternatively, if this job is not suitable but you are looking for a job within Manufacturing and Operations, please call (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion

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