Manufacturing Engineer - FTC 6M

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer – FTC 6M
Location: Watson Marlow Ltd
Location Type: On-Site
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Watson-Marlow Fluid TechnologySolutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

Job Summary:
We are seeking a talented and motivated Manufacturing Engineer – FTC 6M to join our dynamic team.

Key Responsibilities:

Role Summary:
As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and process integrity within our manufacturing plant. This role will be an important part of a multi-function team that drives the transition of the pump assembly area to an agile assembly system that will meet the future demands of customers and enable the achievement of Excellence in Manufacturing within the Pump assembly area. You will achieve performance improvements and enable volume growth whilst setting the standard for existing and new product assembly cells. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to optimise manufacturing workflows, implement quality assurance measures, and drive continuous improvement initiatives

What you’ll be doing:

Safety
Collaboratively resolve health and safety concerns within the assembly production area
Report health and safety concerns as required in line with company guidance
Participate in risk assessments of production and manufacturing engineering processes

Quality and Compliance
To ensure compliance to regulatory procedures which includes responsibility for quality within assembly and wider company.
Ensure compliance with Change Management. Raise and implement: ECOs (Engineering Changes), concessions/deviations and CRNs
Implement corrective actions to overcome problems including visiting suppliers if required.
Delivery
To drive continuous improvement projects using appropriate tools and techniques such as Lean Six Sigma to optimise productivity of the Pump assembly process
To design and arrange supply or manufacture of jigs & fixtures, assembly aids, special purpose machinery & inspection equipment for assembly, ensuring that it is safe and delivers the required performance/quality.
Responsible for pump production routing file information.
Responsible for specifying and purchasing tools & gauges.
Provide front line fault finding and diagnostics on pump assembly equipment.
Maintain and optimise the site ERP system
To assist in the reporting and solving of production problems and customer complaints where applicable.
To propose, justify and specify new processes and equipment for improving productivity and quality
To oversee the training of operatives on new machines / processes.
To produce & maintain standard operating procedures including Visual Aids
Support the delivery of Operational Excellence framework
New Product Introduction
Support New Product Development (NPD) teams to ensure that all manufacturing requirements are satisfied prior to product launches

Who you’ll be working with:
You can expect to be working closely with Production, Facilities, EHS, TPM, CI, Quality, Group Engineering teams and Subject Matter Experts on a wide range of activities related to maintaining and improving production processes.

Skills/Experience:

This is what you’ll need to be successful in this role

Essentials:

Engineering qualification such as Bachelor’s degree in Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering
OR
Time served Apprentice with HNC in Process Engineering Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
OR
Qualified by significant experience in a similar Process, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering role

You\’ll also need;

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued – across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include

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We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.