Process Engineer

Spirax Group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global industrial engineering group in Cheltenham is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with safety standards while utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile methodologies to improve efficiency and quality. Key responsibilities include providing technical support, developing engineering projects, and leading continuous improvement activities, requiring excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

27 days holiday allowance

Flexible working

Comprehensive private healthcare

Enhanced pension plan

Life assurance

Free onsite parking

Access to personal discounts portal

Qualifications

• Experience in Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile manufacturing techniques.
• Familiar with industry welding techniques.
• Understanding of project management.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to production areas.
• Develop and manage engineering projects.
• Lead continuous improvement activities.
• Implement advanced manufacturing solutions.
• Resolve internal and external issues.

Skills

Lean manufacturing techniques

Six Sigma

Agile methodologies

Interpersonal skills

Analytical problem solving

Education

Recognised engineering qualification or Apprenticeship (e.g., HNC/HND/BEng)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

RoleOverview: To design, implement, and optimise manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Yourojectives and responsibilities will focus on: Provide technical support to production areas, ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable manufacturing operations.
• Develop and manage engineering projects, including schedules, budgets, and resource allocation to support capital investments and ESMU Future Factory programme.
• Operational tasks including risk assessments, relevant investigations and conducting risk assessments.
• Lead and participate in projects and continuous improvement activities to enhance product quality and manufacturing processes.
• Implement advanced manufacturing solutions that ensure capability and capacity to meet current and future demand (ESMU Future Factory).
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma and Agile methodologies to all activities, driving cost efficiency and operational excellence.
• Oversee the introduction of new equipment and processes from concept through to production handover.
• Deliver planned performance levels in accordance with agreed departmental key performance indicators (KPI).
• Active involvement to resolve internal and external issues to ensure quality, compliant product is delivered in line with customer service metrics.
• Actively engage with business and departmental continuous improvement initiatives.
• Adhere to company policies.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in Lean, Six Sigma and Agile manufacturing techniques
• Experience in manufacturing processes.
• Familiar with industry welding techniques.
• An understanding of project management
• Recognised engineering qualification or Apprenticeship e.g. HNC/HND/BEng or equivalent.
• A general knowledge of the steam product ranges and heat exchanger-based system design experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - able to build constructive and positive relationships across the business at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Personal resilience, ability to perform whilst under pressure - work to deadlines and managing conflicting priorities.
• Influencing and persuading.
• Delivery focused.
• Strong computer literacy inc. MS Office.
• Analytical/methodical problem solver.

About Spirax Group and Our Purpose

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.

Spirax Group is 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.

Benefits

Our 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 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days' paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts' portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

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 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 https://www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments.