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Finishing Operator
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Finishing Operator to join our production team. This role plays a key part in ensuring finished components are cleaned, processed, and packaged to the highest quality standards before reaching our customers.
Working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, you will be responsible for operating cleaning equipment, carrying out finishing activities, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining a strong focus on quality, safety, and teamwork.
Key Responsibilities
Operate cleaning and washing machines.
Clean, wash, deburr, and package components in accordance with established procedures.
Ensure high standards of product quality at all times.
Work to standard operating procedures (SOPs), production targets, and workplace organisation standards.
Carry out front-line operator asset care and support machine maintenance activities.
Follow all Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) requirements and contribute to safety improvements.
Support continuous improvement initiatives and projects.
Work flexibly across the department and undertake additional duties as required.
Take ownership of personal development and learning opportunities.
What We're Looking For
Essential Skills & Attributes
Ability to follow instructions and standard operating procedures.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
Good organisational and time management skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Flexible and proactive approach to work.
Basic numeracy and literacy skills.
Ability to work to production schedules and achieve production targets.
A willingness to learn and develop within the role.
Desirable Experience & Knowledge
Previous experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
Basic computer skills.
Understanding of Environmental, Health and Safety practices.
Knowledge of continuous improvement tools and methodologies.
Experience using wash machines, deburring, or finishing equipment.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
Problem-solving skills and experience supporting others through training.
Basic to intermediate Excel skills.
Why Join Us?
Opportunity to develop your skills within a manufacturing environment.
Be part of a collaborative and supportive team.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Ongoing training and development opportunities.
Work for a company committed to quality, safety, and employee growth
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 Solutions and 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 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 and excellent benefits including 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, and 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.
