Job Title: Facilities Operative
Location: WMFTS - UK - Bickland Water Road
Location Type: On-Site
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions 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.

When you join us, 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.

Job Summary:
We are seeking a talented and motivated Facilities Operative to join our dynamic team.

Key Responsibilities:

To complete a wide range of proactive and reactive site maintenance, repair and improvement activities, in a professional manner. Responding to responsive repair requests and undertaking planned preventative maintenance activities within the target dates, to ensure WML estates are safe, secure and maintained to the level necessary to support our success and growth as a world leading manufacturing facility, while providing a first-class working environment for our people.

What you’ll be doing

Operational standards:

•  Action and complete allocated duties, including responsive repairs, planned preventative maintenance and improvement project related tasks, within target timescales, ensuring that your work is completed in a safe, effective and efficient manner and in line with relevant policies and procedures.

•  Respond promptly and appropriately to emergency situations, ensuring adequate communication with your team and other stakeholders. 

•  Maintain allocated equipment to the standard required for safe and effective use.

•  Monitor and co-ordinate contractor site activity as required by the Facilities Team Leader and/or Facilities Manager to achieve maximum value for money and compliance with our codes of business and operational procedures and standards.

•  Represent the Company and the Facilities function in a positive and professional manner at all times.

Reporting and communication:

•  Maintain complete and accurate records and paperwork relevant to your work and as required by your supervisory team.

•  Meet at agreed intervals with the Facilities Team Leader to review operational efficiency and progress towards business objectives and to agree actions needed to enable them to be successfully met.

•  Contribute to the preparation of key performance indicators, as agreed with the Facilities Team Leader, to direct and assess internal activity and contracted services. 

•  Monitor and report on the condition of site facilities to ensure any necessary repairs are entered and actioned promptly.

Planning, projects and improvements:

•  Identify and report issues that affect service delivery to support continuous improvement.

•  Contribute to allocated site projects as required by the Facilities Team Leader and/or Facilities Manager.

•  Pro-actively pursue your agreed, personal development aims to optimise your ability to inform and contribute to our mutual success.

Who you’ll be working closely with

Facilities Department
EHS Department
TPM Department
Internal Customers
External Contractors and Services

You’ll require technical level knowledge and ability in facilities maintenance sufficient to enable compliance with relevant regulations, British Standards and industry codes of practice.

You will also require the ability to multi-task and to tackle a wide variety of non-related and non-standard tasks.

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

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

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 spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, 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.

Our shared 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 116 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.