CNC Setter / Operator

Spirax Group; Falmouth; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance

Life assurance

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Watson-Marlow Limited, part of the Spirax Group, operates a busy machine shop in Falmouth to produce high‑quality machined components for critical sectors. You will set and run CNC machines, ensuring products meet tight specifications while supporting continuous improvement and knowledge sharing within a skilled team.

The role offers opportunities to mentor apprentices, work in a fast paced production environment, and contribute to TPM and LEAN initiatives, with a strong emphasis on safety and

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment with a machine shop.
• Engineering qualification and/or CNC turning experience.
• Attention to detail and a willingness to drive process improvements.
• Ability to mentor and train apprentices and operators.

Responsibilities

• Set and operate CNC equipment to manufacture components to spec.
• Work with the team to maximise machine utilisation and production performance.
• Promote health and safety practices in the machine shop.
• Collaborate with production to meet plans and customer requirements.
• Identify and implement best practice improvements and TPM activities.

Skills

CNC turning

Mentoring apprentices

Team collaboration

Process improvement

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

Job Title: CNC Setter / Operator
Location: Falmouth
Location Type: On-Site
Salary: - Hourly rate £15.78p - £16.97 plus shift allowance on top of this (24.87% (equalised across the 2 shifts)
Shift Pattern Week 1 - 16am - 2pm. Week 2 - 2pm - 10pm
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Role Summary

Join our Machine Shop Manufacturing Team and play a key role in producing high-quality machined components that support critical industries worldwide, including biopharma, medical, water, food, and special processing sectors.
Working as part of a skilled and collaborative team, you will set and operate CNC machinery to manufacture precision products in a fast-paced production environment. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your machining expertise, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and support the next generation of engineering talent through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
This role supports Fixed Head CNC lathes (up to 10 axis) and offers the opportunity to make a real impact on product quality, efficiency, and operational excellence.

What you'll be doing

• Set and operate equipment within the Watson-Marlow Limited Machine shop (Falmouth), to ensure that all products are supplied efficiently, on time, in full and to the quality specification required to meet customer needs.
• Work with operators to maximise machine utilisation and support production performance.
• Promote strong Environmental Health and Safety practices throughout the Machine shop.
• Collaborate with the production team to deliver components in line with production plans and customer requirements.
• Use your knowledge and expertise to identify and implement best practice improvements.
• Maintain equipment through Total Preventative Maintenance (TPM) and early fault diagnosis to ensure optimum performance and reliability.
• Support the TPM team activities and contribute to equipment improvement initiatives.
• Support the Global Excellence in Manufacturing (GEM / Lean) process and continuous improvement culture.
• Demonstrate and champion the company's values in your daily work.
• Support 5s activities to maintain a safe, organised and efficient workshop environment.
• Work proactively with Team Leaders and Technicians to develop your skills and grow your career.
• Use and develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to support business continuity and operational consistency.
• Support the Quality Team on Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities.

This is what you'll need to besuccessful in this role

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment based within a machine shop.
• A relevant engineering qualification and/or demonstrable experience in CNC turning.
• A keen eye for detail and a willingness to utilise all available resources to drive process improvement.
• The ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve the team goals
• A willingness to mentor and train apprentices and operators to improve their skills and understanding of machining.

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

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Life assurance
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionateabout creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can bethemselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportiveteams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - acrosssocial and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities,abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, andeverything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone tobe able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests forflexible working.

We know thateveryone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced arange of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. Theseinclude

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.
We are also aDisability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.
We are anequal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverseworkplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
If yourequire accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

CompanyOverview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, weare driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplacewhere everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader inmanufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for thelife sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products,including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-useapplications.

Our shared Purpose is tocreate sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a moreefficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential rolein critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries asdiverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, PowerGeneration, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, weprovide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used indaily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

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