MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER

The Company:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world-leading international organisation. Established over 30 years ago, they have a proven background in manufacturing, developing and designing innovative, sustainable construction solutions.

These high-performance solutions have been used in thousands of civil engineering projects across the globe, covering many different applications and market sectors.

In addition to being a great place to work, they will offer a relocation package for the right candidate.

The Role:

The Civil Engineering Technician is an integral part of the UK & Ireland sales team providing technical support for both external and internal customers. Working closely with the Technical Sales Support Engineer the role will manage technical enquiries received from multiple sources assisting customers in a timely and efficient manor enhancing the company customer centric ethos.

The incumbent will engage confidently with clients, consultants and contractors providing solutions for civil engineering challenges, promoting company values and developing additional leads where possible. Although the primary objective of the role is to provide customer support work will be varied to include summarisation of detailed project information and the opportunity to produce designs.

Package and Hours:

• Salary £27,000
• 37 hours per week
• 33 days holiday
• Pension, 6% matched
• Life insurance
• Death in Service 3 times salary
• Company sick pay

General Information:

• Free on-site parking
• Free tea / coffee and filtered water
• On site cooking facilities
• International Company
• Market Leaders
• Opportunity to progress within role and Company
• Christmas Shut down

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):

• Provide a prompt and accurate response to technical enquires from all sources.
• Confidently communicate technical information via telephone, email or other format satisfying customer requirements.
• Receive and co-ordinate an appropriate response to MQL (Marketing Qualified Lead) enquiries, including technical advice, feasibility solutions and/or summarising of information for further processing.
• Gather appropriate information from external customers to enable effective tracking of opportunities and eventual sale of company solutions.
• Assess technical information received from internal and external sources summarising key parameters and describing customer to be passed to the design department for processing.
• Build strong working relationships cross-functionally providing technical support to internal customers as required including external seal, design and customer services.
• Use all technological tools provided by the company to accurately track work completed and opportunities with specific attention to CRM management.

Person Specification:

• BEng or MEng degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering (or similar).
• Ability to communicate technical information effectively through various formats including telephone and email.
• Capacity to assess design drawings and technical reports to extract the required parameters to provide support and/or produce a design.
• Previous experience working within an office environment and/or within the civil engineering sector would be advantageous.
• Capable of prioritizing own workload demonstrating flexibility and agility in a rapidly changing environment, ability to work on own initiative and plan own workload effectively. High level of computer literacy, use of design software, Microsoft office, CRM systems etc.
• Enthusiasm to grow technical knowledge, keep up to speed with new developments and engage with academic/industry bodies. An awareness of Health and Safety and CDM 2015 regulations would be of benefit.
• Capable of prioritizing own workload demonstrating flexibility and agility in a rapidly changing environment.

Commutable from Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Rochdale, Wigan

The Company:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world-leading international organisation. Established over 30 years ago, they have a proven background in manufacturing, developing and designing innovative, sustainable construction solutions.

These high-performance solutions have been used in thousands of civil engineering projects across the globe, covering many different applications and market sectors.

In addition to being a great place to work, they will offer a relocation package for the right candidate.

Package and Hours for a Senior Design Engineer:

• Salary £45,000 - £50,000
• 37 hours per week
• Bonus potential, 7.5%
• 33 days holiday
• Pension, 6% matched
• Life insurance
• Company sick pay
• Relocation package if required

The Role of a Senior Design Engineer:

A vacancy for a Senior Design Engineer has now arisen to join the existing UK Design Team. The successful candidate will provide all design aspects of solutions in the UK and internationally. These solutions comprise feasibility assessment, detailed design, working drawings, specification, quantity estimate and material supply with professional indemnity insurance support. 

• The successful candidate should be a Civil/Geotechnical Engineer with 5 years’ experience of geotechnical design work.
• 4+ years’ experience of geotechnical pavement design work
• Experience of slope stability assessment and retaining wall design, plus experience of Transport Sector including pavement design (ideally Highways sector) is desirable
• Good interpersonal skills are essential
• Experience with standard computer programmes and AutoCAD is also necessary as there will be a requirement for hands-on involvement in the provision of solutions within a collaborative team environment
• The UK design office is central to the sales support and the ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure is of paramount importance.

Commutable From Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Rochdale, Wigan

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER (GRADUATE / JUNIOR)

We are working with an engineering consultancy who are tasked to create a range of products for a myriad of industry sectors across the globe. Their products are designed, developed and tested to meet tough quality and reliability standards and to their own (ISO) in-house standards as well.

The company are looking to expand their team with a Junior Mechanical Designer, ideally someone who has recently graduated or completed an apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering and has good exposure of a 3D CAD package with some experience of designing and modelling components, fabrications, and machine parts.

The role will be part of a small team and each project will often involve the complete design, test and prototype of a product, prior to being released for manufacture.

The right candidate will have a strong interest in mechanical design engineering, with the ability to calculate and problem solve mechanical issues. The position is best suited to someone who also has spent sometime in industry using 3D CAD, either as a placement year or time served.

If you are looking for a good 360 Hands-on position that will offer a 100% Design Engineering position from day one and also be part of the company’s aggressive Innovation and New Product Development plans, this would be a good position for you.

Main Requirements:

• Formal Mechanical Engineering Qualification (Degree, HND, HNC)
• Good 3D CAD Skills - (SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor etc)
• Good General Mechanical principles knowledge
• Experience of Fabrications, Machined & Casted Parts
• Good Communication Skills
• Good Academic Qualifications A Level & GCSE’s
• Good Project and Problem-Solving skills

This is a great role to either start your career or to get it going in the right direction, with a company who have a strong track record for developing their staff.

For more information please contact Peter Hampshire with your latest CV.

A Senior Contracts Manager is required to join a continually growing, reputable Structural Steel company on a permanent basis. With an ability to see a project through from start to finish, the suitable Candidate will be responsible for managing all contracts for which they are responsible; negotiating sub-contract orders, monitoring sub-contracted work, as well as, start to finish project planning, costing and performing site visits and quantity surveys.

Benefits for the Contracts Manager:

• Company phone
• Company laptop
• Permanent position
• Autonomy over workload
• A negotiable salary

Essential Skills of the Contracts Manager:

• Project / Contract managing experience > 5 years
• Engineering background in Rail
• Experience working with Structural steel
• An ability to understand complex contracts
• IT literate
• Ability to perform Quantity Surveys on Steelwork confidently
• Reading Engineer drawings involving steel
• Full understanding of Network Rail rules & procedures
• Full UK Driving license
• Subcontractors experience would be advantageous

This exciting opportunity Is suitable for candidates who are organised, structured, and capable of meeting deadlines as well as overcoming challenges. Although predominantly office based, travelling to sites will be required. Commutable from Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough, Burton on Trent. Apply Today or contact Sacha on 01213214311 for more information.

If you are an analytical, driven, pro-active Production Engineer who has experience in driving change, problem solving and working alongside New Product Engineers to implement new products, then carry on reading. A rare opportunity at a people focused, global manufacturer has arisen for Production Engineer to join the Production Department reporting to the Operations Support Manager on a full time, permanent basis.

Benefits for the successful Production Engineer:

• A Permanent Days role with Early Friday Finish
• A performance related annual bonus
• Generous company matches pension
• Onsite parking
• Onsite canteen facilities
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

Roles & Responsibilities for the successful Production Engineer:

• Involvement in New Production Introduction, implementation into production lines
• Involvement in continuous improvement activities and problem solving using 8D
• Driving and improve KPIs within production and quality
• Implement and oversee IT improvement initiatives across site
• Interpret and present production and quality data throughout organisation

Skills Required:

• Engineering background within Manufacturing environment
• Degree or HNC Educated with minimum 3 years’ experience within a similar role
• Electromechanical background with experience of automated assembly management and production IT systems
• Proactive engineer with an ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and colleagues
• Experience with 8D problem solving methodology and proven experienced analytically
• Experience driving change in Manufacturing environments

Commutable from Derby, Belper, Ripley, Alfreton, Ashbourne, and surrounding locations. Apply today to not miss out on this opportunity.

Introduction:

Probe Technical Recruitment is currently recruiting for an Electrical Panel Wireman to join a unique Manufacturer on a day shift with hours of work 7.30am – 4pm. As a Panel Wireman you will need to hold strong practical skills as you will be responsible for efficient and accurate wiring of control panels and fixtures, including point-to-point wiring and cable

Benefits:

• Along with a salary of £26,364, the role of Panel Wireman offers an excellent pension scheme, private health scheme, overtime rates paid at time and a half and 33 days holiday.  

Duties of Panel Wireman:

• Panel Wiring to Schematic diagrams
• Lay out electrical components to the design wiring diagrams.
• Responsible for the quality control of work. Operate within standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Job Safety Analysis (JSAs).
• Complete daily production logs. (Time sheets)
• Cable preparation, routing, ire preparation, crimping and soldering for point-to-point wiring and cable assemblies

You must have experience within a manufacturing environment, this role will also involve working at heights and in confined spaces.