UI Designer

Spirax-Sarco Ltd.; Charlton Kings; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

Flexible working

27 days holiday

Volunteer leave

Private healthcare

Enhanced pension

Life assurance

Share Ownership Plan

Free onsite parking

Flexible benefits

Discount portal

Inclusion Plan

Job summary

Spirax Group is seeking an experienced UI Designer to lead the evolution of our digital design system and ensure a seamless user experience across our portfolio. You will shape product visuals, tokens and component libraries, working with UX, Product and Engineering to deliver scalable, accessible interfaces.

You will drive governance of design standards, mentor colleagues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain consistency across Connect, MiM and future digital services.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in UI, Visual or Product Design for digital products.
• Expert knowledge of Figma including components, tokens and Dev Mode.
• Strong visual design capabilities across typography, colour, layout and data visualisation.
• Proven experience building and managing design systems and component libraries.
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
• Experience working closely with front-end development teams and understanding of HTML, CSS and component-based frameworks.
• Ability to create prototypes and micro-interactions that effectively communicate design intent.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance and governance of Spirax Group's digital design system, including component libraries, design tokens and documentation.
• Partner with front-end engineers to ensure alignment between Figma libraries and coded components.
• Create high-fidelity user interfaces, translating UX concepts and wireframes into polished digital experiences.
• Design responsive solutions across desktop, tablet and mobile environments.
• Produce clear UI specifications and developer handover documentation, supporting efficient implementation.
• Conduct design reviews and quality assurance activities to ensure designs are delivered as intended.
• Champion accessibility standards, embedding compliance across all design outputs.
• Collaborate with product teams, stakeholders and business units to drive adoption of design standards and best practice.
• Support and mentor designers, developers and external partners, promoting a consistent and scalable approach to digital design.

Skills

UI design

Design systems

Figma

Accessibility

HTML/CSS understanding

Prototyping

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Tools

HTML

CSS

Job description

UI Designer

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

The Role

At Spirax Group, we're transforming the way industrial customers interact with our digital products. We're looking for an experienced UI Designer to lead the development and evolution of our digital design system, ensuring a seamless, accessible and engaging user experience across our growing portfolio of digital solutions.

As a recognised specialist in UI design and design systems, you'll shape how our products look and behave across platforms including Connect, MiM and future Group Digital services. Working closely with UX Designers, Product Owners and Engineering teams, you'll create scalable design solutions that support consistency, usability and innovation across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance and governance of Spirax Group's digital design system, including component libraries, design tokens and documentation.
• Partner with front-end engineers to ensure alignment between Figma libraries and coded components.
• Create high-fidelity user interfaces, translating UX concepts and wireframes into polished digital experiences.
• Design responsive solutions across desktop, tablet and mobile environments.
• Produce clear UI specifications and developer handover documentation, supporting efficient implementation.
• Conduct design reviews and quality assurance activities to ensure designs are delivered as intended.
• Champion accessibility standards, embedding compliance across all design outputs.
• Collaborate with product teams, stakeholders and business units to drive adoption of design standards and best practice.
• Support and mentor designers, developers and external partners, promoting a consistent and scalable approach to digital design.

Your Skills

• Extensive experience in UI, Visual or Product Design, ideally within digital products, SaaS, enterprise or technology environments.
• Expert knowledge of Figma, including Auto Layout, components, variants, design tokens, variables and Dev Mode.
• Strong visual design capabilities across typography, colour, layout, iconography and data visualisation.
• Proven experience building and managing design systems and component libraries.
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
• Experience working closely with front-end development teams and understanding of HTML, CSS and component-based frameworks.
• Ability to create prototypes and micro-interactions that effectively communicate design intent.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• A collaborative, detail-oriented approach with a passion for creating consistent digital experiences.

Join us and play a key role in shaping a consistent, accessible and industry-leading digital experience across Spirax Group's next generation of products and services.

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.

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

• You will receive a 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
• a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below

Learn more at www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments.

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 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.