Abatement Specialist
Shift: M-F 7:00am - 4:00pm. Mandatory 6-8 weeks international travel for training.
Pay Rate: $29 - $33/hr
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Position Type: Full Time
Benefits: This position is eligible for WGNSTAR’s full benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k). Additional benefits are listed at the end of this posting.
Principal duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee the placement, hookup, and commissioning of semiconductor processing equipment, ensuring proper installation.
- Conduct and support routine maintenance activities, leveraging knowledge of abatement processes (wet, dry, plasma) and related support systems (vacuum, leak detection).
- Maintain an in-depth understanding of the electronics and technology used in semiconductor processing, staying updated through required training.
- Adhere to industry and customer practices, perform related duties as assigned, and consult with customers on equipment performance.
- Provide recommendations for process optimization, ensuring efficient operation and continuous improvement.
- Resolve routine to moderately complex equipment issues and perform preventive maintenance, ensuring all commissioning meets customer standards.
- Uphold semiconductor fab protocols, maintain records, address customer concerns, and collaborate in meetings as needed to support system operations and requirements.
- 3 years of specific industry experience installing, repairing, or maintaining complex equipment used in the semiconductor industry and a demonstrated competency to independently perform all aspects of the job function.
- Requires abatement process/systems knowledge (minimum 2 years abatement experience)
May be required to walk up to 5+miles per day, able to be on feet for 8-10 hrs at a time, ability to bend, twist, push/pull, crouch, kneel in confined spaces, work at heights, on a ladder, and lift up to 50 pounds. The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Additional Benefits: Paid Vacation, Select Holidays, Overtime Opportunities, On-site Facilities & Career Development Opportunities.
The people who thrive most at WGNSTAR are those individuals who perform well in a team environment, enjoy interacting and engaging with several different stakeholders, and adapt quickly to changing environments, while leveraging their skills, quality, and knowledge to drive themselves and their teams towards continuous improvement and success.
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Equal opportunities and Social Governance
WGNSTAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
WGNSTAR places an immense emphasis on equal employment, encourages diversity in the workplace, and applies an open-door policy for inclusion of all employees. Our diversity program encourages people from any gender, background, ethnicity, culture, education, and experience to join the company and more importantly build a career through employee development.
Through our Global wellness programs, WGNSTAR ensures our employees and families have access to a full range of wellness services through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). In the communities that surround our business operations, we support individual and group sponsorships for local sports and those that are vulnerable in society.