Manufacturing & Production

Our Manufacturing Division consists of experienced consultants who have over ten years experience in recruiting Technical staff within the Manufacturing and Production sectors.

Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures, with such a large process involved, we are specialised to recruit for the whole spectrum. Therefore candidates such as Operatives, Toolmakers, Weld Engineers, Production Engineers, Commodity and Raw Materials Purchasing, Team Leaders, Operations Manager, Manufacturing Directors are finding employment through Probe on a daily basis.

  • Continuous Improvements
  • Six Sigma
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • JIT
  • CNC
  • Health & Safety
  • Cost Reduction
  • Waste Management
  • Toolmaking
  • Production Control

If you would like a confidential discussion surrounding strategic hiring for your organisation or your own career path we would be delighted to hear from you to determine how our services can assist you in finding the right solution so please call us on  0121 321 4311

 

The best opportunity of the year has arrived, if you are a skilled Machinist, who is looking for that special next role.

This is a superb facility, where your opportunities, are genuinely second to none.  The working environment, is spectacular, giving you the most fabulous workplace.  We are looking for people with passion and pride, who can work independently, or as part of a highly motivated team.

As a Skilled Machinist, you will operate and maintain a group of machines, within a complex manufacturing system, ensuring productivity and quality targets are achieved.

Commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, Henley-in-Arden, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Tamworth, Wednesbury, Moseley, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lichfield, Atherstone, Nuneaton, Walsall, Aldridge and Cannock 

Benefits available to Skilled Machinists

  • Salary: £50,000
  • Free parking on site
  • Bonus
  • 25 Days holiday (Bank Holidays on top), 
  • Healthcare
  • Extremely generous Company contributory pension
  • Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
  • Pristine and modern working environment
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted.
  • Unlimited Career progression
  • And much more…

Responsibilities of Machinists

  • Operate and maintain a group of machines within a complex manufacturing system.
  • Working to tight tolerances
  • CNC Turning and milling.
  • Own Quality inspection – measuring own parts.
  • Utilising grinding and polishing machines
  • Gear cutting and heat treatment. 
  • Working on automated systems
  • Set and Operate – No programming.
  • Working a 3-shift system – nights is 4 nights, Mon - Thurs

Requirements for Machinists

  • Apprentice trained to Level 3, or other engineering qualifications considered.
  • To have worked in a fast paced, automated environment
  • CNC turning knowledge, but CNC Milling experience also readily considered.
  • Strong machining skills
  • This would suit ambitious, energetic, initiative-taking individuals, who are looking for an incredibly special long-term career.

 If you would like to be part of a growing success story, where there are unrivalled career prospects for you with genuinely exciting products, send your CV NOW!

 

Are you a Production and Warehouse Manager, who has the ability to lead, develop and manage within a manufacturing and distribution environment?

We are a well-established organisation, with unique product line, supplying into a broad range of customers. This is a pristine environment, purpose build facility, well laid out modern manufacturing environment. 

Commutable from: Birmingham,Tamworth, Stafford, Burton Upon Trent, Lichfield, Telford, Atherstone, Barton-Under-Needwood, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Aldridge, Sutton Coldfield, Burntwood and Cheslyn Hay

Production Operations Manager Benefits:

  • Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 (neg) and dependant on experience
  • Free parking on site
  • Employee discount 
  • Varied, autonomous role, challenging but highly rewarding
  • 25 Days Holiday (Bank Holidays on top)
  • Early Friday finish
  • Health care
  • Life assurance and critical illness cover
  • Modern well laid out purpose built facility
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted

Duties for Production Operations Manager

  • Lead, manage and develop the manufacture and dispatch of products
  • Lead transformation of production and warehouse operations with increased level of automation
  • Create management strategy
  • Regular staff reviews and support progress 
  • Identification of training needs and implementation of skills training
  • Monitor costs against budgets, prepare annual budgets
  • Proposals for capital and operational expenditure
  • Develop a lean management and continuous improvement culture and NPI

Requirements for a Production Operations Manager

  • Significant previous Production and Warehouse Operations Management experience
  • High volume environment, preferably FMCG, Will consider other areas, such as packaging, food, beverage and automotive 
  • To have managed where there is a high level of automation
  • To have previously managed culture change
  • Degree level education or equivalent 
  • Previous experience of budget control and management 

This will suit a strong Leader, who is initiative-taking, with a modern management approach, enthusiastic, and goal orientated.

 

I am pleased to be supporting our industry leading manufacturing client in their search for an experienced Technical Manager

Benefits:

  • £50,000 - £55,000
  • 25 Days annual Leave + Bank Holiday
  • Company Car
  • Company Pension
  • Life Assurance Scheme

The Technical Manager role is perfect for a candidate looking lead the technical services and new product development teams within a global company.

From a product development perspective, you will get to coordinate the development of initial new concepts for clients, onto prototyping & testing, and sign off approval for manufacturer. 

Overseeing the technical aspects of the business you will ensuring the onsite quality & environmental standards are being met by the relevant teams.

To successfully meet the Technical Manager role requirements, you should have previous project management and leadership experience and a sound understanding design, engineering and modern manufacturing environments.

  • Engineering and design understanding
  • Leadership and project management experience.
  • Manufacturing exposure preferred.

This role is open to Technical Managers, Development Managers, Project Managers & Engineering Managers.

If you are interested in this “Technical Manager” role, please apply today for more information and be sure to leave your contact details.

Commutable from: Dudley, Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Bilston, Wednesbury.

 

This is a unique working environment, with lots of new investment going into this facility producing components for a variety of different industry sectors, this lends a huge amount of stability to this business.

Working Days, with a lunchtime finish on Fridays, this is a great opportunity for an experienced Electro Plater, to join a friendly, supportive team.

You will be reporting in the Production Manager and you will be given responsibility for the operation of the Tin Plating Line process.  Ensuring full compliance with Health and Safety, with strong attention to detail, this is a super opportunity.

Our location is conveniently commutable from Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Oldbury, Walsall, Solihull, Aston, Chelmsley Woods, Coventry, Atherstone, Lichfield, Minworth, Castle Vale and Yardley

Key Benefits for Electro Plater

  • Salary: £30,000
  • Day shift – early start, early finish
  • Lunchtime finish on Fridays
  • Company contributory pension
  • Family Days
  • Superb on-site canteen facilities
  • Life assurance
  • 25 days of holiday
  • Healthcare coverage
  • Pristine and modern working environment
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted

Responsibilities of Electro Plater

  • Responsibility for operating of the Tin Plating Line process
  • Health and Safety compliance
  • Ensure the process produces the highest quality product
  • Analyse of production data and engineering runs
  • Optimise the plating process
  • Quality checks by use of Xray machines, Pero washing
  • Operating and programming furnaces
  • 5S
  • Loading and unloading furnaces
  • Establish process controls
  • Cost and scrap reduction

Requirements for Electro Plater

  • Experience of electroplating in a production environment
  • Previous experience of setting up and sustaining electrochemistry equipment
  • Knowledge of metrology methos
  • Handson knowledge of chemical development and electrochemical processes
  • FLT licence – Counter balance would be beneficial
  • Previous experience of measuring equipment and chemicals
  • IT Literate
  • This would suit someone who enjoys being part of a team, with strong communication skills
  • A positive “can-do” attitude
 

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Materials Handler to join a global manufacturer, who are part of a multi-billion-dollar group, and in a period of sustained growth as a business. The business offers a friendly working environment, along with excellent employee benefits. 

Role Function

Be a member of the Production team including supporting Stores as and when requested.
Provide support to the Production Team to ensure a fast and efficient turnaround for all goods entering the site.
Ensure all production processes are followed.
Ensure loading of vehicles is done in a timely manner.

Materials Handler Salary, Hours and Benefits

  • £24,050 (£12.50 per hour)
  • 6am – 2:30pm, 11am finish on Friday’s, 37.5 hours per week
  • The opportunity to work within a global organisation
  • 33 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Managed Occupational Health service
  • Retail shopping discount programme
  • Discounted gym membership,
  • Bike to Work scheme
  • SMART pension

Materials Handler Candidate Requirements

  • FLT Licence – Counterbalance & Reach.
  • Working knowledge of PC & Microsoft Packages.
  • Experience in a Stores and Engineering environment.
  • Team player
  • Numerically competent
  • Experience of manual handling
  • Potential overhead crane work (training will be given)
  • Shunting around site using tractor and trailer
  • Experience of Loading and unloading lorries
  • Experience of FLT operations
  • Part identification
  • Inter departmental interactions and delivery

Materials Handler Key Responsibilities

Parts should be stored in a safe and suitable location.
Eensure material flow is maintained to support Production.
Accurate picking of goods for manufacturing, 3rd party suppliers and spares is a necessity in a timely manner, if requested.
Offloading and loading of vehicles both manually and with a F.L.T.
Housekeeping to be carried out daily, within stores and surrounding areas.
Good communication at all levels is required.  i.e. Purchasing, Manufacturing, Warranty, Quality etc.
Work safely to Company’s Health & Safety guidelines, whilst being customer focused.
Support Continuous Improvement activities.

 

We are currently recruiting for an international organisation based in Manchester in their search for 3 CNC Setter Operators who hold experience with 3 & 4 AXIS. 

This role is commutable from the following locations: Stretford / Sale / Stockport / Salford 

Shift in place for the CNC Setter Operators: Double Days - Morning shift and Afternoon shift. 

Benefits on offer to the CNC Setter Operators: 

  • Salary: £33.000
  • Great Pension 
  • 25+8days holiday 
  • Life Assurance 
  • Health care 
  • Company Bonus 

Ideally the CNC Setter Operator will have the following: 

  • Previous experience within a Similar role 
  • Experience with 3,4 & 5 AXIS vertical milling machines.
  • Experience with MAZAK / FANUC / Heidenhain CNC Controls 
  • Knowledge of operating CMM Machines
  • Practical experience of manufacturing techniques 
  • Previous experience in Operating a CNC / CMM Machines 
  • Checking of drawing where required when using CMM Machines 
  • Ideally, we are looking for this individual to hold previous experience with CNC machinery and CMM. 
  • Time Served Engineer
  • Holding a formal qualification in Engineering