Machine OperatorLocation: 16 Bulge Rd Devens, MA
Requisition Closing date: June 3, 2024Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/Group: https://www.spiraxsarcoengineering.com/

We’re currently seeking a Machine Operator to join our team. You’ll join a dynamic team of engineers, sales teams, marketers, administrators, designers, assemblers, chemists, web developers, accountants, analysts, programmers and many more. Globally we are united by our shared values that drive our culture. We want to be an employer where you make our difference.

At Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, you face different challenges every single day. You are empowered to dream bigger and work smarter. You have time to live your life outside of your job.

We offer a full induction with training and ongoing support for all our systems and products. Along with this you’ll gain access to SSE academy where you can upskill and develop at your own pace.

Join Our Team and Enjoy Exceptional Benefits:

• Robust Retirement Plan: Benefit from a guaranteed 5% employer contribution to your 401K, plus an additional 3% employer match, 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.

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample time off to recharge and attend to life's circumstances with generous vacation and well-being days, 11 observed holidays, 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: Discover a wide range of additional perks and 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.

This role will focus on:
Role Summary
As an Manufacturing Operatorwithin our brand-new WM, America Manufacturing Inc. site, you will beinstrumental in the success of our products being at or above our customers' requirementsand standards. Accordingly, you will be responsible for product movement,monitoring and identifying quality issues to achieve required quality standards.You will be involved in proposing continuous improvement initiatives andopportunities for the business to excel, and for you to feel proud of yourdaily accomplishments.
The key areas of focus include:
Assisting with 5S and Safety tasks associated with good manufacturing practices
Manufacturing of Extruded tubing
Manufacture of Liquid Silicone Rubber Molded (LSR) parts
Collecting and recording relevant process data
Assisting engineering with validation and experimental activities
Identifying opportunities for improvement throughout the manufacturing process and working with team members to recommend and implement solutions
What you’ll be doing
Our culture is precious to us; itis something special that can be felt from your first day with WMFTS and thatis because we demonstrate our Values every day in what we do. The mainresponsibilities of the role, in line with our Values, are:
Follow company procedures and directives.
Following Clean room policies- gowning up and wearing a mask that covers nose and mouth.
Maintain the tools used to create products.
Keep a clean and well-maintained workspace.
Comply with company regulations and operating procedures
Maintain a helpful and collaborative culture through communication and a strong work ethic
Carry out any other activities to support the business as required.
Safety
You will passionately lead our #1 priority: the health, wellbeing and safety of our colleagues, contributing to the creation of a strong safety culture at the new facility.
You will maintain an in-depth knowledge of industry safety standards and regulations, which will allow you to safely operate machinery and use resources appropriately.
You as an Assembler will aim to be as efficient and consistent as possible when putting together a product with excellent eye-hand coordination.

Customer Focus
You will focus on correct quantities of components, and checking quality of completed items, manage parts inventory and potentially use hand tools and mechanical equipment to produce structurally sound products and structures safely.
Excellence
You should troubleshoot problems with issued equipment and service it to ensure it works properly.
You are highly efficient and will have complete expertise in products that you put together.
You will use critical thinking to quickly interpret schematics and identify possible misprints or issues in the quality of materials you use.
You will support in the develop and fostering of a broad quality community across Supply, Sales, Product and Design functions.
You will create and monitor appropriate KPIs and targets for Quality to analyze performance and drive improvement.
You will ensure regulatory compliance.
You will develop and implement best practice processes and principles, through review of internal best practices, external trends and external networks.
Collaboration
You will be an excellent communicator to carry out production instructions from beginning to end with the help of other manufacturing specialists on the line.
You as a WMFTS Assembler should be a “people person” who can work well with a team and collaborate with people from other departments to help meet customer expectations.
You will engage with other parts of the business to effectively embed the Company values.
You will represent WM, America Manufacturing Inc. and WMFTS at internal and external events, conference and meetings, where appropriate.
Respect
You understand that the effective implementation of Strategy25 is fundamental to the future success of WMFTS and apply a ‘transformational’ mind-set at all times. You do not settle for ‘average’ deliverables.
Integrity
You will stand up for the WMFTS claim of having a steadfast reputation for dependable products chosen time and again by companies worldwide.
You have full responsibility to identify any defective items and handle them according to established procedures.
You have the ability to use reason to solve problems as they arise by living our Company Values, you exhibit professionalism and ethical practice, professional courage and influence, working inclusively, commercially driven with a passion for quality and governance.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
Strong Mechanical Background
Understanding of Machinery and their functions
Be organised, methodical, resilient and approachable with strong communication skills.
Be delivery focused with strong attention to detail and an ability to work under pressure.
Can effectively and appropriately challenge others.
Can use personal initiative to work collaboratively as one team with a “can do” approach.
Experience in extrusion/Moulding techniques desired but not necessary.
Troubleshoots, repairs and conducts maintenance on equipment.
Awareness of cGMP requirements.
Experience of working in a cleanroom environment desired but not necessary.
As a growing and ambitious organization with a presence in over 60 global locations and across multiple markets, we can offer you the working environment and support needed to be successful. We are committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
About Watson-Marlow
Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is a part of SSE PLC Group, (https://www.spiraxsarcoengineering.com/) a global engineering solutions provider with 10,300 employees and 130 units. We provide fluid handling solutions for biotech and industrial markets. We help companies worldwide to improve their efficiency and sustainability. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) leads the niche market of peristaltic pumps and related fluid path technologies. We have ten brands that specialize in different areas, but together we offer our customers the best solutions for their pumping and fluid transfer needs. We are proud to belong to the FTSE 50 company Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc.
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.