Assembly Technician WMA

Watson-Marlow - North America; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 2,480,000 - 3,306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% employer 401K contribution

50% 401K match up to 3%

Parental leave (16 weeks 100% pay)

Fertility Assistant Program

Generous time off and holidays

Volunteer days

Multiple healthcare plans with HSA

Job summary

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is seeking an Assembly Technician WMA to join our on-site team in Devens, MA. You will build products on the assembly line in a cleanroom, following drawings and procedures to meet stringent quality standards.

You'll operate in a fast-paced biopharmaceutical manufacturing environment, maintain safety and cleanliness, inspect assemblies for defects, and collaborate with the Team Leader to resolve issues while adhering to ISO cleanroom standards.

Qualifications

• Experience working on an assembly line and following manual assembly techniques, ideally for single-use solutions (1–3 years).
• Excellent attention to detail to ensure accurate assembly and adherence to specifications.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and align output with cycle times.

Responsibilities

• Build products on the assembly line according to customer drawings, instructions, or schematics.
• Assemble complex components and multi-part assemblies; training provided.
• Handle a wide range of SKUs and maintain product quality, safety and performance in biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
• Follow manufacturing and safety procedures to comply with clean room requirements.
• Inspect assemblies for faults and report issues to the Team Leader.
• Report incidents or product imperfections on the line for further exploration.
• Move materials between workstations and maintain a tidy cleanroom.
• Assist with daily/weekly/monthly cleaning operations to meet ISO BS EN ISO 14644 standards.
• Comply with company health, safety, and environmental policies.

Skills

Assembly line experience

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Fast-paced environment

Job description

Job Title: Assembly Technician WMA

Location: WMFTS - USA - Supply - Devens, MA

Location Type: On-Site

Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/

Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, 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.

This Role Will Focus On

As Assembly Operator you will be responsible for working on the assembly line within our cleanrooms to combine parts and components to create our fluid management technology. You will be required to follow and comply with all relevant procedures to ensure only products that meet the required specifications move on to the next manufacturing stage.

What you’ll be doing

• You will build products on the assembly line according to customer specific technical drawings, instructions, or schematics.
• You will be competent in making all required assemblies in the range including those that are complex and are comprised of multiple types of components (training will be provided).
• You will be capable of working with a complex range of products with hundreds of SKUs (and growing).
• You will understand the special importance of product quality, safety and performance for their application within biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
• You will follow established manufacturing and safety procedures, to ensure we are complying with clean room requirements.
• You will inspect the assembled products for any faults or defects and report any issues immediately to the Team Leader in the area.
• You will report incidents, faulty operations, or product imperfections on the assembly line to your Team Leader for further exploration.
• You will move materials and components between workstations, safely handling waste materials and finished products to maintain a tidy and organised cleanroom.
• You will assist with the daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning operations within the cleanroom environment to ensure we are complying with BS EN ISO 14644 clean room requirements.
• You will ensure compliance with all company health and safety rules and regulations at all times, including contributing to any company health and safety initiatives and activities.
• You will ensure you are complying with the ISO 14001 Environmental Standards.

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

• You will have experience of working on an assembly line and following manual assembly techniques, ideally for single use solutions of 1-3 years.
• You will have excellent attention to detail to ensure accurate assembly and strict adherence to specifications.
• You will have the ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ensuring that assembly line output is aligned to cycle times.
• You will work effectively as part of an assembly team and develop strong working relationships with all key stakeholders.

This position offers a salary range of (USD 18.00 - 24.00 Hourly). Final salary offers are determined by multiple factors, including education, experience, internal equity, geographic location, and the candidate’s expertise, and therefore may vary from the range listed. For roles based outside Massachusetts, the applicable salary range may be lower.

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

• Robust Retirement Plan: Benefit from a 5% employer 401K contribution, plus a 50% match on up to 3% of your contributions for added financial security, empowering your financial security.
• Comprehensive and Supportive Parental Leave: Experience our inclusive, gender-neutral parental leave policy, offering 16 weeks at 100% pay. Upon your return, enjoy a gradual transition with a unique 80% work schedule while still receiving 100% of your pay for the first 6 months, ensuring a balanced reintegration into the workplace.
• Fertility Assistant Program: Fertility Benefits to support you on your journey to building a family. It may include IVF, genetic testing, and other fertility-related services.
• Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample time off to recharge and attend to life's circumstances with generous vacation and well-being day, 9 observed holidays, 1 floating holiday day, up to 15 caregiver days, and 80 hours of annual sick leave.
• Community Engagement Opportunities: Make a difference with 3 paid volunteer days each year, encouraging you to give back to the community and causes you care about.
• And Many More Benefits: Such as an offering of 3 healthcare plans with HSA contributions along with other benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth. We invite you to explore all the ways we strive to create a fulfilling and rewarding work environment.

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 know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments .

Equal Opportunity Employer

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, 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.

Watson-Marlow 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.

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 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.