Job Description
First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset.
Basic Job Functions:
- Assist in the installation and qualification of manufacturing equipment
- Troubleshoot day-to-day manufacturing process and equipment issues.
- Perform, as directed, all necessary maintenance and repair of the equipment in a timely and cost efficient manner.
- Identify and/or implement system improvements that contribute to the achievement of throughput, yield and product performance goals
- Lead the training/upskilling of production associates and technicians.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Solves day-to-day production, equipment, and process problems.
- Performs on-site service and repair of equipment.
- Identifies and implements yield and product performance improvements.
- Accomplishes daily assignments as scheduled and as directed.
- Develops methods to assign causes to yield excursions.
- Sets up and maintains gauges.
- Ensures all processes are running on target as defined by the Process Control Plan.
- Responds to SPC process control alarms, bringing processes back into control.
- Executes planned process experiments, collect and analyze data and report experimental results.
- Collects data relating to daily tool performance and associated product performance.
- Transitions new equipment and processes through start-up, qualification, and implementation.
- Provides training to production associates.
- Develops and update internal documentation including drawings, standard operating procedures, and process specifications.
- Interfaces with internal associates and supplier representatives, as required, to complete assigned projects.
- Develops a complete understanding of area processes, equipment, and support systems.
- Maintains effective communication with other members of the manufacturing team.
- Dispositions non-conforming product according to established criteria (NCP).
- Adheres to all safety procedures and good housekeeping standards.
- Will complete First Solar EMT 2 training programs.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Job description subject to change at any time.
- Ensures waste materials are discarded in their designated containers.
- Ensures hazardous waste containers stay closed except when adding or removing waste.
- Ensures satellite accumulation containers stay in their designated locations.