Shift Equipment Technician
- LocationNewport, UK
- Work typeOn-site
- EmploymentFull-time
- Posted11 November 2026
- SourceVishay's careers page (Workday)
Live checkFirst seen 2 h ago; still listed on Vishay's careers page 48 min ago.
About the role
About the role
We are currently looking for Shift Equipment Technicians.
As part of the team, you will contribute and support the maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment issues.
What you will do:
- Sustain PM's and troubleshoot on equipment during shift hours.
- Carry out first level of fault recovery and tool health improvement activities
- Support equipment experiment/improvement actions and projects.
- Support manufacturing shift by achieving all required equipment metrics
- Follow documented procedures for basic equipment checks, PM’s and OCAPs
- Interface with Engineers (equipment and process) and manufacturing online issues.
Skills you will need:
- Be educated to or working towards - BTEC/HNC Engineering or equivalent level
- Be able to read, analyse and interpret technical procedures, write basic observation reports using a set format
- Be familiar with all modern manufacturing concepts such as JIT, KANBAN, Zero Defects, SPC, TQM and TPM
- Be capable of managing and prioritizing their workload.
- Clean room environmental knowledge.
The following shift patterns are available:
FED (Front End Days) 7am-7pm (Week 1: Saturday: Sunday : Monday : Tuesday; Week 2: Sunday : Monday : Tuesday)
FEN (Front End Nights) 7pm-7am (Week 1: Saturday: Sunday : Monday : Tuesday; Week 2: Sunday : Monday : Tuesday)
BED (Back End Days) 7am-7pm (Week 1: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday;
Week 2: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday)
BEN (Back End Nights) 7pm-7am (Week 1: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday;
Week 2: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday)
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