Fab Safety and Emergency Response Expert (Japanese)
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We're looking for Japanese-speaking semiconductor fab safety and emergency response experts to review and create expert content on fab hazards, emergency procedures, and safety documentation.
Required
3+ years as an EHS engineer, emergency response team (ERT) member, fab facilities or sub-fab engineer, electrical safety engineer, or occupational health nurse/EMT
Native Japanese speaker or JLPT N1 (N2 acceptable with Japanese fab experience)
Can read Japanese technical safety documents: SDS (安全データシート), 作業手順書, and safety signage
Hands-on work inside an operating semiconductor fab, or fab-floor work for a semiconductor equipment or gas supplier
Direct knowledge of fab hazards: toxic and pyrophoric gases, HF and wet chemicals, gas detection, cleanroom evacuation
Last fab-floor experience within the past 8 years
Not only office, audit, or compliance EHS work; not only construction or general-manufacturing safety without cleanroom or HPM exposure
Preferred
Responded to a real fab incident (gas alarm, chemical spill, evacuation, earthquake), or held an ERT / 自衛消防隊 lead role
Experience at a Japan fab or Japanese equipment maker: JASM/TSMC Kumamoto, Kioxia, Sony Semiconductor, Renesas, Rapidus, Micron Hiroshima, Tokyo Electron, SCREEN, Kokusai
Knows SEMI S2/S8/S22 tool-safety standards, or facilities experience with utilities, abatement, gas cabinets, or tool hook-up
Japanese safety certifications such as 衛生管理者, 高圧ガス製造保安責任者, 危険物取扱者, 電気主任技術者 (電験), or 保健師
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