Process Engineer - Automated Welding

Spirax-Sarco Ltd.; Swindon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working

27 days holiday allowance

3 days’ paid volunteering leave

Comprehensive private healthcare

Enhanced pension plan

Life assurance

Optional Share Ownership Plan

Free onsite parking

Flexible benefits

Discount portal

Job summary

Spirax-Sarco Ltd. in Cheltenham seeks a Process Engineer – Automated Welding to develop, optimise and maintain semi-automated and automated welding processes in a high-quality manufacturing environment, ensuring robust, capable welds that meet quality, safety and regulatory standards.

You will support production and NPI, define welding parameters, create WPS/PQRs, and collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Production, Supply Chain and Maintenance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with automated or robotic welding systems (orbital welding desirable).
• Strong understanding of welding principles and metallurgy.
• Experience supporting production and NPI in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of weld inspection methods and quality systems.
• Experience working with engineering drawings, weld symbols and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate and optimise automated and semi‑automated welding processes.
• Define and control critical welding parameters to ensure repeatable, high‑quality welds.
• Create and maintain Weld Procedure Specifications (WPS), PQRs and work instructions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards (ISO 15614, ISO 3834, ASME and customer requirements).
• Provide technical support to resolve weld quality issues and lead root cause analysis.
• Support specification, commissioning and validation of automated welding equipment.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean / Six Sigma principles.
• Work cross‑functionally with Engineering, Quality, Production, Supply Chain and Maintenance.
• Provide training and technical guidance to operators and technicians.

Skills

Structured problem solving

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Continuous improvement

Adaptability

Job description

Process Engineer - Automated Welding

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

The role:

We arelooking for a Process Engineer – Automated Welding to develop, optimiseand maintain semi‑automated and automated welding processes within a high‑qualitymanufacturing environment. You will play a key role in ensuring robust, capablewelding processes that meet quality, safety and regulatory standards, whilesupporting production and new product introduction (NPI).

Key responsibilities:

• Develop, validate andoptimise automated and semi‑automated welding processes
• Define and control criticalwelding parameters to ensure repeatable, high‑quality welds
• Create and maintain WeldProcedure Specifications (WPS), PQRs and work instructions
• Ensure compliance withrelevant standards (ISO 15614, ISO 3834, ASME and customer requirements)
• Provide technical support toresolve weld quality issues and lead root cause analysis
• Support specification,commissioning and validation of automated welding equipment
• Drive continuous improvementinitiatives using Lean / Six Sigma principles
• Work cross‑functionally withEngineering, Quality, Production, Supply Chain and Maintenance
• Provide training andtechnical guidance to operators and technicians

Your experience:

• Proven experience workingwith automated or robotic welding systems (orbital weldingdesirable)
• Strong understanding ofwelding principles and metallurgy
• Experience supportingproduction and NPI in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of weld inspectionmethods and quality systems
• Experience working withengineering drawings, weld symbols and specifications

Your skills:

• Structured and analyticalproblem‑solving approach
• High attention to detailwith a strong focus on quality
• Effective communicator, ableto influence across teams
• Proactive mindset with apassion for continuous improvement
• Ability to adapt, learn newtechnologies and support others through training

#Li-onsite

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 Solutionsand 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 Groupis 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.

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!

Our Purpose, supported by 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.

Benefits

• competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus)
• flexible working
• 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
• 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.

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 or notify our recruitment partners.