This is your opportunity to join a UK leading business, who are very long-standing, well respected and continuing to lead the way in their industry.

From their Midlands HQ, they support clients across a multitude of industries, including Engineering, Rail, Construction, Energy and Material Handling.

Estimator benefits include: good salary - negotiable dependant on experience, life insurance and free parking.

Key Responsibilities

• The Estimator will have the ability to read technical tender drawings, extracting and pricing materials including labour pricing for fabrication.  
• Generate quotation documents, liaising with customers and clients. 
• Building up a consistent system of market pricing and various activities and updating pricing systems accordingly. 
• Building relationships to achieve new business opportunities with the Sales Engineers (ideally if they have existing contacts to bring with them all the better).

Candidate Specification

• Proven Estimator experience.
• Good knowledge/experience of the steel fabrication sector and the industries that feed into it.
• Strong time management and planning skills, meticulous attention to detail, good IT skills. 
• Excellent financial and numerical skills and sound commercial awareness.

Salary and Hours 

• £30,000 - £35,000 negotiable, dependant on experience
• Monday – Thursday, 7:45am to 4:45pm, 2:15pm finish on Fridays

Commutable From: Leicester, Loughborough, Derby, Burton upon Trent, Nottingham, Tamworth, Hinckley

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Are you an experienced Professional in the Material planning and Logistics industry looking to join a business that is bucking the current trend?

This is a superb opportunity to be part of a well- established manufacturing business, who with increased production, now have a requirement for a Material Planner.

In this role you will be responsible for controlling a supplier portfolio to ensure that materials are delivered on time in full managing all data and communication between the plant and Supplier

DUTIES

• Using MRP / SAP to ensure optimised material requirements planning is achieved.
• Maintain and issue supplier Schedules 
• Control of supplier requirements and ensuring that ordering and delivery is in line with supplier lead times and payment terms.
• Working with Production to understand exceptional material requirements translating into material delivery plans. 
• Liaise with MP&L Logistics Analyst regarding material requirements and timed changes to minimise scrap and obsolescence costs. 
• Control of delivery notes.
• Control of Supplier packaging levels and regular reporting of stock levels and damage container control to minimise financial impact.
• Provide comprehensive efficient logistics support to all areas of the business 
• Work with projects and purchasing to support change control and new product introduction.
• Liaise with the third party and Supplier transport companies 
• Control of SAP master data for allocated portfolio to ensure stock optimization delivery of Supplier requirements and business objectives. 

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong IT skills
• MRP skills, preferably SAP
• Excellent experience of Material Planning from within a fast- paced manufacturing background would be beneficial
• Superb analytical skills
• Essential – outstanding communication skills

BENEFITS:

• £30,000 - £35,000
• Pension

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK’s most exciting manufacturing firms in the region, with great development opportunities and support and training available.

Please send me your CV or give me a call to discuss. We have other similar roles available too!!

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Due to an upturn in orders, a position of MP& L (Logistics) Analyst has arisen. This is a busy manufacturing environment, and they can offer an IMMEDIATE START.

There is an increased and steady demand for their services and products and as their MP&L Analyst, you will be responsible for controlling a customer portfolio, to ensure that parts are delivered on time.  You will be joining a friendly team and there is plenty of scope for potential for progression.

DUTIES:

• Manage all data and communication between plant and customer
• Review customer call off and demand in line with forecast
• Download customer schedules and provide analysis of customer schedules and highlight variances
• Customer interface for MP & L issues and deliveries
• Working closely with Production to understand product availability
• Liaise with Material Planning regarding material requirements
• Control customer packaging levels
• Control of SAP master data and ensure stock optimisation

REQUIREMENTS:

• You will have gained your relevant experience from within a high- volume manufacturing environment
• Strong MRP operational skills, preferably SAP but not essential
• Excellent IT skills, MS Office, Excel and PowerPoint
• This is a challenging but highly rewarding opportunity and would suit a driven, focused and highly motivated individual

BENEFITS:

• £30,000 - £35,000
• Days
• Stability of being part of a busy manufacturing organisation
• This is a superb opportunity for you to make a swift impact
• Excellent career potential

The role is commutable from Walsall, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Kidderminster, Redditch

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Graduate Manufacturing Engineer

We are seeking a recent graduate, who has gained work experience during a placement year within an engineering / manufacturing environment. 

The company I am currently supporting are seeing a steady upturn in the demand for their products and are looking to strengthen their Production/ Planning and Assembly Project Management Team with a Graduate Manufacturing Engineer.

The company produces a high volume of products for the engineering sector and these products comprise of small parts and components that are sourced from suppliers across globe to be assembled to a high quality standard in the West Midlands plant. They work to fast lead times and needs to plan at least 3 months in advance of future projects and programmes to ensure the availability of stock, components and materials are in place.

The role will be working for the Operations Manager and assisting in the day-to-day activities of maintaining the manufacturing and assembly systems and processes to ensure the effective role out of new orders are met. This will involve becoming a key coordinator of information between all departments and teams and implementing improvements to increase efficiency and quality of daily operations. 

The Graduate Manufacturing Engineer will hold key responsibilities for scheduling and planning and the reconfiguration of production cells, communicating and liaising with the R&D and Operations teams for upcoming projects to ensure the smooth delivery of projects and implement efficiency improvements.

The Graduate Manufacturing Engineer will need the following Qualifications and Experience:

• A Degree qualification in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering (2.1 ideally)
• Some working or internship experience of working in either an operations, manufacturing, production or project engineering environment. (6 months)
• Excellent communication and IT Skills (Excel a must) 
• Willingness to travel at short notice 
• Strong self-management skills with the ability to project plan.
• Good presentation and report writing skills 
• Commercial Awareness 
• Strong self-accountability awareness 

This is a great opportunity for a Graduate to join a fast-track career path, where responsibilities and duties will grow quickly in the role over a short period of time. The company has a strong track record of growing and developing their staff into mid and senior management positions and offering a rewarding and progressive career path.

Package:

• £22,000 - £25,000
• Pension 
• Bonus 
• Career Development Schedule 
• 8 – 5pm Mon – Thurs – 8 – 1.30 Fri

Commutable from Birmingham, Worcester, Coventry, Lichfield, Derby 

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Are you a Programme Manager, looking for your next step in your career?

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for an experienced Programme Manager, to ensure the Projects are delivered on time and to budget.  

This is busy, growing manufacturing business, and ideally, they are looking for someone who is looking to expand your own career opportunities, and commit and continue to grow with them.

Duties of the Progtramme Manager:

• Facilitate complete Project deliverables and APQP activities 
• Responsibility to deliver a PSW P1/Note 3 and PSW P3/Note 1 for each part within the project.
• Work with the team and coordinate resolution of major project issues in a timely fashion. 
• Assist the Key Account Manger to maintain budget of projects to ensure goals are met. 
• Report project status to management, especially keeping management informed of major project issues. 
• Gate reviews
• Assign responsibilities for Project and APQP actions.
• Coordinates activities to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. 
• Supporting to develop specifications within the project phase based on technical customer requirements
• Coordination of corrective actions and follow up 
• Support of project related Product and process FMEA´s 
• Support to determine product requirements and specifications for purchased parts (sub supplier) 
• Maintenance of part specific validation plans for prototypes in agreement with customer relevant divisions
• Coordination of internal and external tests based on part specific validation plans
• Realizing internal process audits and coordination of customer process approvals in cooperation with plant divisions
• Coordination of PPAP in cooperation with production facilities.
• Coordination of corrective actions in regards of Project aspects (failure list out of cubing, car validation and development)
• Support by initiate work- and test - instructions in cooperation with serial production plants including serial control plans.  
• Involvement in product and process validation or rework activity post volume production
• Visit customer facilities for involvement in problem resolution, quality issues, rework, new project meetings, etc. 20% Travel required.

Requirements of the Progtramme Manager:

• You will have gained your experience from within a high- volume manufacturing environment
• This is a true Programme Manager role, and you will have experience of overseeing the complete life cycle of a project
• You may be at Programme Engineer stage in your career, and are looking for that next step up in your career into Programme Management
• Excellent customer facing experience
• To have the ability to interpret CAD drawings
• Superb management skills, both people and time management
• Excellent presentation skills

This role would suit an ambitious, committed, confident Programme Manager looking to expand your career within a busy, growing manufacturing company

Send me your CV ASAP

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

An immediate start is available for a busy manufacturing organisation in the Birmingham area, for an experienced Logistics Material Planning Analyst.

You would be joining a busy, high volume manufacturing organisation who can offer an immediate start.

Duties of the Logistics Material Planning Analyst:

• Arrange inbound containers
• Arrange empty packaging back to suppliers
• Daily activities schedules and release using SAP
• Monitor unbound deliveries
• Book transport and enter on transport log
• Check collections on time
• Shop floor stock takes
• Set up supplier packaging
• Monitor suppliers
• Deal with late deliveries and missing parts
• Arrange special transport
• SAP creations Create MRP 1 and MRP 2 screens

Requirements of the Logistics Material Planning Analyst:

• You will have relevant Logistics experience gained from within ideally, a high- volume manufacturing environment
• Experience of SAP is highly desirable
• To have experience of arranging special collections and customer packaging
• Stock take experience

Benefits of the Logistics Material Planning Analyst:

• £30,000 - £34,000 (flex dependant on experience)
• IMMEDIATE START
• The chance to work within a World class manufacturing Company
• Days

The role is commutable from Walsall, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Kidderminster, Telford

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

This is an opportunity for an experienced Automotive Electrician to join a growing organisation at an exciting period of expansion.

You will be installing electrical systems on heavy vehicles at this successful manufacturer based in Droitwich.

Duties of the Automotive Electrician:

• In the role of Automotive Electrician you will be responsible for the electrical fitting/testing/fault finding on new vehicles.
• You will also be fault finding on used vehicles and assist with hydraulics / pneumatic fitting. 
• This is a DAYS based role working Monday to Friday with a lunch time finish on Friday. There is also regular overtime available.

Requirements of the Automotive Electrician:

• To be successful in this Auto Electrician position you will need to be time served and hold experience within automotive/ commercial vehicle electrics. 
• We are seeking some who holds excellent organisation, time management + planning skills.

Benefits to the Succesful Automotive Electrician:

• In return for your skills, the Automotive Electrician position offers a salary from £11 - £11.50 per hour depending on skills and experience. 
• This is an opportunity to join this successful organisation at a time of growth and exciting period of change.

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

We have opportunities for experienced Fabricator / Welder to join a growing organisation at an exciting period of expansion.

You will be working on a range of fabrications at this successful manufacturer based in Droitwich.

Duties of the Fabricator / Welder:

• As part of the Fabrications team, we have opportunities for MIG fabricators (medium, light and heavy), Sheet Metal Fabricators, and Aluminium Fabricators.
• This is a DAYS based role working Monday to Friday with a lunch time finish on Friday. There is also regular overtime available.

Requirements of The Fabricator / Welder:

• To be successful in this position you will need to be able to demonstrate experience of either MIG +/or TIG Fabrication with Aluminium, or heavy and medium grade steel, and/or sheet metal. 
• You will ideally hold experience of plasma cutting, oxy acetylene cutting manual press break operation, hand tools (grinders and drills) and have a minimum of 2 years industry experience.  
• You will also need to be able to read and interpret engineering drawings and be a good team player.

Benefits to the Fabricator / Welder

• In return for your skills, this Fabricator/Welder position offers a salary from £11 - £12.50 per hour depending on skills and experience. 
• This is an opportunity to join this successful organisation at a time of growth and exciting period of change.

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

A long-established vehicle manufacturer with a proud history of building robust and bespoke products to a very high-quality standard for their customers, is currently seeking to strengthen their manufacturing team with a Final Assembly Manager.

The company are known for their ability to tailor and incorporate the specialist and specific needs of their customers by fitting new specialist equipment and structural and fabricated parts, components and materials to commercial vehicle chassis systems.

They can offer a range of services and hold an extensive selection of equipment which can be incorporated within short lead times. 

The role requires a Manager to oversee the final build and assembly workshop. It will manage the final vehicle assembly covering a wide range of vehicles and specialist equipment.

The main duty will be to manage the vehicles final stages of the build from equipment that is mounted to commercial chassis, pre delivery inspections, H&S testing to IVA test approval. Auto electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems fittings.

A suitable candidate should have the following experience:
 

• At least 4 years’ experience of working in a vehicle or commercial vehicle assembly environment. 
• Exposure of fitting equipment and fabrications to chassis systems
• Inspection of post fittings and assembly work
• A good knowledge of vehicle electric, harness and Hydraulic / Pneumatic systems fitting. 
• Good Team Management skills
• Good understanding of manufacturing and product fitting procedures
• Good exposure to Final Assembly Test, Sign off and Safety requirements. 
• Good Communication skills 

This is great opportunity for an experienced Final Assembly Manager or someone who has worked in the Final Assembly of Commercial Vehicles with some responsibilities for approval and sign off, to join a stable and progression organisation with order books already full for most of 2021.

Salary and Benefits:

• £30,000 - £35,000
• Pension
• Bonus
• Mon – Fri – Days 

Commutable from Birmingham, Worcester, Coventry, Cheltenham, Bunbury, Stourbridge, West Bromwich

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Reporting directly to the Operations Director, as Head of Production, you will be responsible for all manufacturing on site.

This is an outstanding opportunity within a long-established busy manufacturing organisation.  

DUTIES

• Improvement processes
• Management of the Cell Managers and Shift Managers
• Management of all manufacturing to meet sales, output, manufacturing efficiencies, quality, safety and environment performance
• Plan equipment utilisation and labour
• Ensure compliance
• Leadership
• Liaison with customers, sub-contractors and suppliers
• Technical expertise with regards to new technology
• Control of budgets and capital equipment expenditure

REQUIREMENTS 

• It is essential that you have a Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• Proven management experience 
• Good commercial awareness and have managed budgets and costs
• Chemical sector experience in Production Operations
• Experience with SHE requirements and process safety management (preferably gained in a COMAH environment)
• A natural leader, a motivator who can coach and develop

BENEFITS

• £60,000
• Company car
• Superb holidays 25 days
• An opportunity to work in a stable, well established and busy environment
• Superb long-term prospects

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994
 

This opportunity is for a successful Installations Supervisor, who has experience installing on site a range of construction type buildings, including structural steel. 

This highly successful construction manufacturing company, who are one of the biggest volumetric suppliers within the UK are looking for a forward thinking, self-starter with eye for detail, to join the Installations team, as a site supervisor to work on site at various sites around the UK. 

This is an opportunity that can offer security and varied work, with 5-10 years’ worth of projects in place. Being one of the largest suppliers into Defence, Retail, Commercial and Education, every day is different, varied, and excited.

Applications are welcomed from those who are currently or have previously worked in construction, as a site supervisor or site manager, who have worked in erection. The candidates must have relevant site supervisor cards and a PASMA Card.

In exchange for their expertise the Installations Supervisor will receive:

• A Competitive package
• 25 days holidays + Stats 
• Relevant working away expenses
• Free Beverages
• Medical cover 

Key Roles & Responsibilities for the Installations Supervisor:

• Oversee site installations
• Site safety audits
• Perform necessary H&S paperwork
• Monitor quality of workmanship & performance
• Attend site meetings
• Progress control

Skills Required for the Installation Supervisor:

• Team player and good lone worker, with initiative to work independently
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working as a Site Supervisor for a construction Contractor
• Computer literate
• Ability to read Construction Drawings **ESSENTIAL**
• Experience working with sub-contractors and other trades people
• Valid CSCS card
• SSSTS or equivalent
• PASMA card
• Self-sufficient, self-starter
• Willing to learn new skills

If you are Enthusiastic, Driven, looking for challenge then contact me today.

Commutable from Mansfield, Worksop, Nottingham, Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Grantham, Newark on Trent, Lincoln, Sleaford

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Due to an upturn in orders, a Contract position for a Logistics Analyst has arisen. This is a busy manufacturing organisation with rising order books.  Immediate start is available

DUTIES:

• Manage all data and communication between plant and customer
• Review customer call off and demand in line with forecast
• Download customer schedules and provide analysis of customer schedules and highlight variances
• Customer interface for MP & L issues and deliveries
• Working closely with Production to understand product availability
• Liaise with Material Planning regarding material requirements
• Control customer packaging levels
• Control of SAP master data and ensure stock optimisation

REQUIREMENTS:

• You will have gained your relevant experience from within a high- volume manufacturing environment
• Strong MRP operational skills, preferably SAP but not essential
• Excellent IT skills, MS Office, Excel and PowerPoint
• This is a challenging but highly rewarding opportunity and would suit a driven, focused and highly motivated individual

BENEFITS:

• £20 / £25 per hour
• 6 Months Minimum
• Days
• An opportunity to gain work experience within a global technically advanced manufacturing organisation
• This is a superb opportunity for you to make a swift impact

The role is commutable from Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Redditch, Coventry, Leamington Spa, Daventry, Northampton and Birmingham

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994