DESIGN ENGINEER

We have a great opportunity for a Design Engineer to join a busy and growing engineering team in the South Staffordshire area working within sustainable technology and materials.

The existing team are currently working on a range of projects for the Automotive and Commercial Vehicle sectors, and each of their projects is worked on a bespoke basis, from concept and approval, through to final release for manufacture.  

Benefits:

• £30,000 - £33,000 
• Pension 
• 32 Days Holidays (Including Bank Hols) 
• 37.5 Hr Weeks
• Overtime 
• Project ownership 
• Early finish on Fridays 

The Design Engineer will be part of a small team of designers who will often work independently on individual projects for customers across the globe. 

The projects will vary but will often require design for manufacture and the creation of design modifications and changes to meet the customers design, cost or purpose demands. 

All work will be carried out using 3D CAD (Solidworks) and the position will need the CAD expertise to carry out 3D modelling and assembly drawings on a daily basis. 

Project update and presentations with internal and sometimes external managers and customers will be a regular part of the role, along with strong communication with the company’s internal manufacturing and production teams. 

The position will also be part of the company’s design capability growth plans, for future offerings to customers, so mentoring, personal development and technology update training will also be a regular part of the role. 

The right applicant for the Design Engineer will be:

• Degree qualified in either Product or Mechanical Design 
• Strong 3D CAD skills – (Solidworks)
• Good exposure of Design for Manufacture principles 
• Good exposure of Fabrications, Enclosures & Component Design 
• Strong Communication skills 
• Good Project Engineering abilities 
• 2 – 3 Years Industry experience 

This is a great opportunity to become part of a busy and dynamic team, where projects are varied and offer different design challenges. 

This Design Engineer role is commutable from Tamworth, Lichfield, Leicester, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Burton

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Design, R&D & Projects Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

This is a fantastic, newly created opportunity, for a proven Rainscreen Cladding Technical Product Manager to join a well-established, reputable, and respected family run business, operating for over 40 years.

The company is committed to British craftmanship, combining the beauty of natural products and other high-performance materials.

The Technical Product Manager will be the go-to person for customer facing technical support and to provide production with guidance using industry knowledge and standards, specifically in relation to cladding.

This Technical Product Manager role is commutable From: Birmingham, Walsall, Tamworth, Leicester, Northampton, Banbury, Coventry, Hinckley, Leamington Spa

Salary:

• £40,000 - £50,000

Technical Product Manager Specification

The competencies listed are appropriate to the Cladding Technical Product Manager role and are an illustration of the qualities that the Company requires: -

• KPI and target driven, with a practical and hands-on approach
• At least 3 years’ experience with rainscreen cladding
• Excellent product & application technical knowledge
• Excellent at research, a fact and data driven decision maker
• Open and honest attitude to all, upholding company ethos and responsibilities
• Willing to learn and develop and an enthusiastic ‘Can do’ attitude
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with excellent planning and organisation skills
• Proven ability of meeting and exceeding internal and external stakeholder expectations
• Ability to adapt and respond to change

Technical Product Manager Key Responsibilities:

• The Technical Product Manager will provide technical product support to all areas of the business
• Sign-off technical marketing assets
• Provide sketches to help clients understand installation, either by hand or digital drawing platforms in 2D or 3D
• Assist NPD with technical/practical knowledge
• Write installation guides for new and existing products
• The Technical Product Manager will train new colleagues on products and train existing colleagues on new products/developments
• Continually train and support existing colleagues on product and industry knowledge
• Continually develop Industry knowledge, regulatory requirements and know-how

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Technical Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

I am looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer on behalf of a Precision Engineering company. This is a multi-skilled role that will include Maintenance on machinery and facilities both Electrical and Mechanical. 

This is a day’s role with hours either 8am-4.30pm or 10am-6.30pm with a package of:

• Salary £35,000 depending on experience. 
• 25 days holiday
• Free Parking on site. 
• Company Pension 

Along with an NVQ Level 3/ ONC/ City & Guilds the ideal candidate/ Maintenance Engineer must have previous experience with Electrical equipment including PLC controls and CNC machinery is desirable. 

The Maintenance Engineer role will include the following:

• Provide preventive maintenance on all machinery and equipment to ensure effective running.
• Review TPM schedules to ensure operatives complete in a timely manner and inform Team Leaders of deficiencies
• Report back to the Maintenance Supervisor & Manager on concerns regarding the operational status of machinery
• Ensure, through regular checks; the power, lighting, LEV and water systems are maintained.

We are keen to talk to Maintenance Electricians and Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineers,

This Maintenance Engineer role is commutable from: Nottingham area so Derby, Mansfield, Loughborough.

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Maintenance, Reliability & Service Recruitment Support since 1994

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN

I am recruiting for a Maintenance Electrician on behalf of a company who has spent a lot of money in investment for the next few years. The role of Maintenance Electrician will be to manage the maintenance and improve all fixed plant and facilities; assist in the preventative maintenance to ensure maximum availability, performance, and quality.

The shifts are 5 on 5 off, 4on 4 off, so work 14 days in a 28-day period and a package of:

Maintenance Electrician Benefits:

Salary £41,700 
23 days holiday at 12 hours which is very competitive. 
Company pension – employee 7% / employer 11%
8x Death in Service 
Overtime paid at 1.3x

Along with an NVQ Level 3/ ONC/ City & Guilds the ideal Maintenance Electrician must have previous experience with industrial Electrical kit. 

The Maintenance Electrician role will include the following:

• To maintain the plant so as to produce product at world class levels of performance, quality and cost
• To maintain the plant through breakdown repair and preventative maintenance tasks.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives on site to help improve the OEE of the plants.

We are keen to talk to Maintenance Electricians and Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineers

This Maintenance Electrician role is commutable from: Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Derby

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Maintenance, Reliability & Service Recruitment Support since 1994

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Development Manager.

Do you have experience in the managed Print Services industry? Do you have the skills to be a great Business Development Manager?

You will be working as a Business Development Manager for a company that provides businesses throughout the UK with the tools to manage Print Solutions. 

BENEFITS:

• If you are looking to joining an innovative company, then this is the position for you.
• Manage your own work diary 
• Organise face to face meetings with customers 
• Earn £25,000 Per Year
• Uncapped Commission, £55,000 OTE
• 20 Days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme 

DUTIES:

• Keep the CRM system up to date 
• Responsible for the end-to-end sales cycle 
• Report to the Sales Director 
• Be committed to driving up sales each month

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experienced working with one of the following: Print Services, Digital Transformation, Content Management or Workflow Software or Managed Print Services 
• Driving Licence 
• Experience as Business Development Manager previously 

This is a dynamic role and suitable ideally for someone who is looking to advance their career in Sales

This Business Development Manager Role is Commutable from: Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Burton, Birmingham, Uttoxeter, Mansfield

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Sales Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

We are a well-respected employer who are seeking to recruit an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join our established bespoke Day Shift maintenance team. 

Benefits: 

• £35,000 - £37,000
• Company Pension
• Excellent holiday entitlement
• Stable Working Environment as we are a Key Worker Specific Sector.

Duties of a Maintenance Engineer:

• Working within a small but effective team you will be required to undertake both planned and reactive maintenance across our site services, which will require you to have experience of supporting steam raising plant, water treatment, refrigeration, air handling units and ideally process plant equipment. 

Requirements of a Maintenance Engineer:

• As a maintenance engineer you must hold formal mechanical qualifications (ideally with an electrical appreciation), with proven experience of supporting relevant plant and equipment within a manufacturing, process or production environment.

This is a great opportunity to move your career into a bespoke day working role, where you will be secure in the knowledge that you will be in a stable working environment and classified as a Key Worker . 

This Maintenance Engineer role is Commutable From: Alvechurch, Bromsgrove, Lapworth, Redditch, Studley & Wythall

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Maintenance, Reliability & Service Recruitment Support since 1994

FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN

Are you a Field Service Technician – looking for a New Opportunity, and looking to join an International Manufacturing organisation, if so this might just be the role for you!! 

Our Client is Based in the North West and are actively recruiting for a Field Service Technician to join their already Established Team. 

The Field Service Technician role will be commutable from the following locations: Leigh / Wigan / Skelmersdale / Ashton-In-Makerfield / Warrington 

Benefits the Field Service Technician will receive: 

• Salary: £28,000 - £29,000 
• 25+8days holiday 
• Company Pension 
• Company Vehicle and Fuel Card 
• Laptop / Mobile and PPE Provided. 
• All Expensive covered for over-night stays
• Over time available on site. 

Shift in place: Days only (Flexibility is Key to the role), Also over Nights stays will be required on some occasions. 

Experience the Field Service Technician will hold: 

• Proven Experience within a Field Service Technician roles 
• Ideally holding experience within Chemical / Heavy Environments
• Great Communicator and listener. 
• Able to work alone or within a team 
• Excellent customer relations is essential to the role 
• Ideally computer LITERATE (Excel and Word)
• Experience with: Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Gear-boxes, Conveyors, Tankers, 
• Apprentice trained holding a City & Guilds / NVQ in Maintenance Engineering 
• UK Driving License – to held 
• Flexibility is key for this role 
• Happy to attend sites throughout the North-West

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Maintenance, Reliability & Service Recruitment Support since 1994

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

We are a well-respected employer and are seeking to recruit proven Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician, to join our DAY SHIFT maintenance team. 

Benefits: 

• £35,000
• Company Pension
• Excellent Holiday Entitlement
• Stable Working Environment within a Very Well-Established Business. 

Duties of an Maintenance Technician 

• As a proven Maintenance Technician, you will be required to undertake both planned and reactive maintenance across our unique plant. 

Requirements of an Maintenance Technician

• Ideally you will be apprentice trained but must be qualified Electrically and ideally have some understanding of Plc Controls. However you must have a proven background in supporting plant and equipment within either a manufacturing, process or production environment. 

This Maintenance Technician role is commutable from: Brownhills, Lichfield, Shenstone & Tamworth

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Maintenance, Reliability & Service Recruitment Support since 1994

STOCK CONTROLLER

This is your opportunity to join a business that has grown to be known as a specialist and successful manufacturer and supplier to hundreds of customers and projects in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.

From their Leicester HQ, they have invested significantly in plant and resource so that they have the best in manufacturing processes and supply operation.

The Stock Controller Benefits include:

• Monday – Friday 8.00am – 4.30pm
• £30,000 - £35,000 depending on experience
• Pension Scheme (After 3 months)
• 23 days holiday plus statutory holiday (up to 4 days to be used for Christmas shutdown)
• Free On-site parking

Key Responsibilities

• To set up and run a PI plan for warehouse operations to physically count
• Make sage stock adjustments from submitted counts
• Investigate and correct stock issues, checking sage/physical stock discrepancies and fill in a summary report
• Sorting and labelling locations
• Investigating when ‘Free Stock’ appears and amending sage, completing summary report
• The Stock Controller should be able to Organise yearly stocktake

Candidate Specification

• The Stock Controller should demonstrate excellent computer skills
• Should have a knowledge of Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Excel
• The Stock Controller should have Sage Experience
• At Least 2 years’ experience in a similar role
• Attention to detail is essential 

Bill of Material (BOM’s)

• Analyse BOM to ensure the material is correct.
• Ensure the times within each process are correct
• Working with the production team to ensure BOM details are updated to reflect current operations

This Stock Controller role is Commutable from: Leicester, Coventry, Rugby, Loughborough

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Support since 1994

PRESS BRAKE OPERATOR

This is your opportunity to join a business that has grown to be known as a specialist and successful manufacturer and supplier to hundreds of customers and projects in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.

From their Leicester HQ, they have invested significantly in plant and resource so that they have the best in manufacturing processes and supply operation.

The Press Brake Operator Benefits include:

• Monday – Friday 7.00am – 4.30pm
• £22,500 – £25,500 depending on experience
• Pension Scheme
• 23 days holiday plus statutory holiday (up to 4 days to be used for Christmas shutdown) 
• Free Onsite Parking

Press Brake Operator Key Responsibilities

• Set-up, adjust and prepare press brake (Current machines) Amada, Edwards Pearson.
• Finding correct tooling/program per set-up.
• Check the heights of tooling and adjust back stops etc. along with light guards.
• Set-up and adjustment of material for folding at correct height.
• Locating programs and adjust tonnage and tooling for each part being formed.
• Provide feedback to Production Manager all jobs not meeting set-up and/or production standards.
• Producing folded parts to drawings supplied, measuring with Vernier Caliper, Protractors etc.
• Other job-related duties as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of this position.

Press Brake Operator Specification

• This person will work well on their own and as part of a team.
• Good communication skills.
• He/she will need to be well driven.
• The appropriate person must have a keen eye for detail, and ability to read drawings.
• They must have pride in their work and maintain a tidy safe workspace.
• Must be reliable, and physically fit.
• Good mathematical ability and able to use measuring devices such as Vernier callipers and protractors.
• Be able to work in a fast-paced-team environment.

This Press Brake Operator role is Commutable from: Leicester, Coventry, Rugby, Loughborough

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Support since 1994

CNC PROGRAMMER

This is your opportunity to join a very long-standing, well respected precision machine company who have been leading the market working from their Sutton, Epsom HQ, they supply high quality machine components to a range of customers around the world

The CNC Programmer Benefits include:

• Monday to Thursday Days Role 7.30am-6pm, 40 Hours (Optional Friday Overtime)
• Salary £26,000 - £32,000 dependent on experience
• Pension Scheme
• Free Parking.

Key Responsibilities

• Selecting the cutting tools for machining operations using CNC or conventional lathes
• Programming and Operating CNC Machines
• Mounting and dismounting workpieces on/from lathe as a CNC Programmer
• Performing roughing and finishing operations
• Checking finished pieces to ensure compliance with technical drawings
• Carrying out maintenance of turning lathe and tools

Candidate Specification

• The CNC Programmer will have basic knowledge of CNC Machinery 
• CNC Programming experience using CMZ/ MORI SEIKI/ COLCHESTER
• CNC Programmer Must have Fanuc experience
• Using a CAM system or CADCAM system
• Strong time management and planning skills 
• Being able to keep their surrounding clean and tidy for health and safety purposes 
• CNC Operating experience

This CNC Programmer role is Commutable From: Crawley, Croydon, Twickenham, Guildford, Woking

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Support since 1994

WAREHOUSE CONTROLLER

We are urgently looking for an experienced Warehouse Controller to join a CNC machining company based in Redditch. If you are immediately available and looking for a new role as an exciting Warehouse role - this is the role for you.

The Warehouse Controller role will require you to:

• Pick and pack engineered parts
• Experience of progress chasing
• Will be required to undertake pressure washing of machined components
• Work with drawings and specifications
• Able to understand the manufacturing process
• Ideally the Warehouse Controller will have the following background or experience:
• Previous warehouse experience
• A current FLT counterbalance license
• Full UK driving license (must be over 25 due to insurance) 
• Driving a long wheel based transit type vehicle

Salary and Hours 

• Up to £11:50 per hour, dependant on experience
• Monday – Friday – 7am to 4pm
• Free Onsite Parking

This Warehouse Controller role is commutable From: Birmingham, Worcester, Stratford, Bromsgrove and Droitwich.

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Technical Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994