Production Specialist

Job Description

Microchip is hiring Production Specialists at our Fab 4 facility in Gresham, Oregon!

• We are invested in our employees, and our award-winning training organization will provide you all the tools, resources and support you need to be successful.
• Don't worry if you don’t have cleanroom experience. Most new employees don’t!
• A cleanroom is the controlled environment where we manufacture microcontrollers. External pollutants or particles such as dust are cycled through HEPA filters constantly in accordance with cleanroom specifications. Temperature and humidity are carefully controlled and constant.
• A bunny suit is made from a lightweight, polyester material that you wear over your normal clothes – Jeans, shorts, t-shirts and tennis shoes.
• You will learn to operate the machines (or “tools”) that manufacture microcontrollers and other embedded control products
• You will learn to qualify tools and run engineering experiments to ensure that equipment and processes are within documented specified limits
• Communicate to the appropriate people when equipment and processes do not meet documented specified limits
• Learn the essential protocol for the cleanroom
• Work 12-hour shifts, alternating between 3 shifts per week and 4 shifts per week
• Develop the knowledge and expertise to help your functional area team meet production goals

Available shifts

• Front End Nights: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday every other Saturday 6:25pm-6:40am 18% differential
• Back End Nights: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday every other Saturday 6:25m-6:40am 18% differential
• Front End Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday every other Wednesday 6:25am-6:40pm 5% differential
• Back End Days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday every other Wednesday 6:25am-6:40pm 5% differential

Compensation

• Day Shift Pay: Base hourly pay $19.00 + 5% differential = $19.95 per hour (with built in OT = $21.36)
• Night Shift Pay: Base hourly pay $19.00 + 18% differential = $22.42 per hour (with built in OT = $23.83)
• Quarterly Cash Bonuses $2000
• Raised Stock Grant – Cash your shares after 12-15 months or save them for their growth potential
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan – Guaranteed minimum 15% discount
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Vacation Pay – Up to 81.38 hours annually. More after the first two years
• Personal Absence Time – Up to 41.38 hour annually
• Paid Sick Leave – Up to 40 hours annually
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Benefits
• Excellent Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Benefits effective on your First Day of Employment
• Free on-site medical clinic staffed by a licensed and certified Nurse Practitioner
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per calendar year
• Fitness Reimbursement and On-site fitness center

Requirements/Qualifications

• Ability to multi-task while paying careful attention to detail
• Prior success working both individually and in a team environment
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to follow written and verbal direction
• Read, comprehend and follow detailed work specifications for each piece of equipment
• Excellent listening skills
• Adaptability to frequent change and improvements
• Reliable and consistent availability to work compressed shift schedule (6:25 to 6:40)
• Able to lift, push, pull 25 lbs; carry 15 lbs; sit 10%; stand 60%; walk 30%; must be able to perform activities that include stooping, reaching, handling, hearing, talking, seeing, work alone, work around others