NPI Test Engineer

Job Title: NPI Test Engineer

Location: WMFTS UK - UK - Cardrew Industrial Estate

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 NPI Test Engineer to join our dynamic team.

Key Responsibilities:

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Test Engineer to contribute to our growing success. The New Product Innovation (NPI) Engineering Teams design and develop new peristaltic pumps and fluid path solutions for Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions. All the solutions require a variety of testing, from exploratory R&D tests to compliance and international standards tests on prototypes through to pre-production test samples. The Test Hub at our Cardrew Innovation Centre has a substantial range of test capabilities to support the NPI Engineering Team and wider business. This role will support many of the test hub tasks, including specifying, preparing, conducting and reporting on test programs, as well as supporting equipment maintenance and calibration. This role will also involve designing and developing novel test methods and apparatus. The variety of testing procedures ensures that the role is exciting and continually progressing toward better solutions. The NPI Test Team works closely with the NPI Project Teams to contribute to the overall NPI outputs.

Key accountabilities include:

You will lead Test Programs by following the Test Process, including writing test specifications, completing preparation tasks, executing test plans and writing reports.

You will manage your own time and ensure the timely completion of test programs.

You will configure experimental apparatus, pumps and fluid path solutions within the safe working limits.

You will collect and store data in a controlled and secure manner, and analyse complex data sets to communicate the results in clear, understandable formats.

You will support lab maintenance tasks, such as maintaining high water quality standards.

You will calibrate analogue and digital transducers following traceable procedures.

You will safely utilise metrological instruments (e.g. vernier callipers, micrometres) and hand tools (e.g. spanners).

You will operate specialist test rigs to study specific parameters, such as torque or hydrostatic pressure (training provided).

You will design and build custom experiment setups and test procedures.

You will ensure compliance with all WM policies, including 6S policy, OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety policy, ISO 9001 Management policy and ISO 14001 Environmental policy.

You will use computers daily for communication, record keeping and data acquisition.

You will develop and enhance the Test Hub to help develop a Fluid-Mechanics Centre of Excellence.

You will continuously develop your professional skills with support from WM and the NPI Test Manager.

Skills/Experience:

Essential

Engineering and/or scientific experience

Practical, hands-on engineering skills

Higher Education Level 4 in Engineering, Science and/or Maths

Sufficient MS Office experience to operate swiftly

Desirable

Experience in an engineering job role, preferably in a product testing environment

Significant practical engineering experience, preferably mechanical or electrical

Higher Education Level 5 or greater in Engineering, Science and/or Maths

Engineering software skills (data acquisition, data analysis, CAD, CAM)

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.

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.