Introduction:

Established over 35 years ago, this business is a world leading supplier and manufacturer of specialist products that make a real difference to people’s lives.

The role of an Operations Manager will report directly into the board of directors and the incumbent will have responsibility for the manufacturing, supply chain and NPI teams as well as ensuring that quality is always maintained, site health & safety and maintenance is adhered to. They are looking for an experienced Operations Manager who can drive change whilst motivating and inspiring the team.

Key Responsibilities of an Operations Manager:

• Ensure all activities are carried out in line with health, safety and environmental requirements and are continually reviewed for safe working practice
• Proactively lead, coach, motivate and develop team members to ensure delivery of best in class service for customers
• Effectively lead and oversee production activities to ensure profitable manufacture of products in accordance with set targets and KPI’s
• Review and deliver operational efficiency to improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs in both manufacturing and supply chain
• Establish goals, set priorities and critically analyse operational performance to ensure business objectives are met and exceeded
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and Lean Manufacturing principles which encourage staff to share their ideas to optimise production efficiencies
• Provide support and guidance to the NPI team that:
• Ensures new products are introduced to market on time
• The change management process runs smoothly and efficiently for managing changes within products, manufacturing processes and supply
• Through the supply chain team ensure that client has the correct stock levels that provide both the service and OTIF targets that deliver their customer service offering of next day delivery
• As a ISO:9001 business, you will oversee the management of the quality system ensuring the business is compliant and ISO accreditation is maintained
• Having experience of successfully delivering business process change, including the use of business systems and ERP, that delivers an effective operational function with improved efficiency, quality and accuracy

Person Specification of an Operations Manager:

• You will have a depth of operational management experience, within a medium sized manufacturing business, that has actively included functions such as; NPI, Quality and Supply Chain
• You will have a customer focussed orientation
• Engineering background (light to medium, not heavy or industrial), preferably qualified to Degree level
• Outstanding leader with excellent people management skills, empowering staff through clear direction and support
• Experience of successful lean implementation, a development of a culture of continuous improvement and driving efficiencies
• Able to coach, mentor and develop staff from shop floor to senior management level in building collaborative relationships

Salary for an Operations Manager:

• £50,000 - £60,000

Commutable from Nottingham, Derby, Chesterfield, Worksop, Newark

Introduction:

We are seeking to recruit a proven Service Engineer to join our customer service support team across the UK and EIRE (nights away will be required in the week).

Duties:

As a Service Engineer you will be required to report to the Service Manager installing a range of machines and bar feeds along with breakdown repairs and machine maintenance.  

Some duties may include:

• Pre-Delivery Inspection
• Customer Telephone Support
• Breakdown Repairs
• Machine Maintenance & Servicing

Requirements:

• You must be qualified Mechanically or Electrically i.e. NVQ / Apprenticeship / City & Guilds and have previous experience as a Field Service Engineer or Service Engineer.
• You must have experience working on multi axis CNC lathes and Fanuc control systems are very much desirable.
• You must also be experience with diagnostic fault finding and be able to work with basic pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• If you have had experience with sliding head this would be great however it is not essential as training will be provided.

Benefits for a Service Engineer:

Salary is negotiable dependant on your experience and ranges from £25,000-£35,000

Plus annual leave of 25 days

Pension 5%

Life Assurance 3x Salary

Private Health Care

Excellent Bonus Quarterly (in your contract paid each quarter).

This role is commutable from anywhere in the UK, however head office is commutable from Chesterfield, Nottingham, Derby, Burton upon Trent and Stoke on Trent

Introduction:

We are seeking to recruit a proven Maintenance Fitter to join our plant Maintenance and Production team to support our operation within the Midlands region. As a Maintenance Fitter you will be required to undertake planned and reactive maintenance tasks throughout our facility and improve and maintain plant reliability.

Skills and Requirements:

• You must be qualified Mechanically i.e. NVQ / Apprenticeship / City & Guilds and hold experience as a Fitter / Engineer, we would be interested in talking to Maintenance Engineers as well.
• You must have a Maintenance ability having gained your experience of supporting plant within a heavy engineering environment such as chemical processing, oil refineries, quarrying, recycling, power generation, steel works or within a heavy plant overhaul support organisation.

Duties:

• Support planned shutdowns, absence, holiday cover for the fitting team/ production ops team
• Ensure efficient operation of plant and minimise down time
• Reduction in mean time to repair (MTTR)
• Assist quality control of product
• Root cause analysis to ensure plant reliability

Benefits:

• Salary is negotiable dependant on your experience and ranges from £32,000 - £36,000
• Plenty of Scope for Overtime
• Plus Annual Leave
• Holiday
• Shift Pattern of 5 on, 5 off, 4 on 4 off, 5 on, 5 offs, between 06:00 - 18:00hrs & 18:00 - 06:00 rotating days and nights

This role is commutable from Leicester, Tamworth, Hinckley, Burton upon Trent and Loughborough

The Company:

This worldwide company is synonymous with producing innovative equipment and are world leaders within their niche industry. With 40 plus years behind them, they continue to be at the forefront of their field and are continually growing.

The business also offers excellent, realistic opportunities for career development and progression.

The Role:

Reporting to the Senior Projects Engineer, client is looking for the expertise of a proven Project Manager, to work within their busy Projects department.

The successful candidate will have engineering qualifications, a positive attitude, be self-motivated and be willing to travel worldwide when necessary.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Project Managers main role is to provide support to the sales company to ensure all proposals are technically correct, commercially viable as well as being thoroughly planned and executed.

• The Project Manager will be the main point of contact for an overseas sales office and therefore represent the UK Design centre whilst dealing with a diverse range of matters and enquiries.

• As a key member of staff you will be able to work independently with minimal supervision. The post will include taking responsibility for a broad range of major and minor engineering projects with tasks varying from initial project estimation and tender submission, through to final contract negotiation and project design. The post will also include supporting the staff of localised sales / manufacturing facilities in relation to any issues that may occur on existing equipment already in operation.

• Direct interaction and liaison is expected with the overseas sales office and also with all departments within the UK organisation including Design, Technical, Manufacturing, and Sales. A responsibility for direct sales activity with customers and sub-contractors would also be necessary.

Person Specification:

• The Project Manager will have engineering qualifications, a positive attitude, be self-motivated and be willing to travel worldwide when necessary.

• The applicant must be proficient in AutoCAD and also have a good general skill level in Microsoft Office components. An understanding in 3D modelling (Solidworks) could also be beneficial but not essential.

Package and Benefits:

• Salary £35,000 - £45,000 dependant on experience, plus performance bonus
• Any experience of tunnelling, quarrying, mining, heavy engineering projects or similar would be highly advantageous
• Opportunities for global travel
• 10% employer contributed pension, with 0% required from employee
• Private medical cover (currently with Bupa) on completion of the probationary period
• 33 days holiday
• The possibility of joining a company with a great staff retention record - average years’ service being 12 years

Commutable From: Sheffield, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Derby, Worksop, Newark, Mansfield

Mechanical Design Engineer

Reporting: New Product Development Manager

We are working with a specialist manufacturing organisation that offer their services for a range of clients, who seek a method of manufacturing that is tailored and bespoke to their needs. (Low to Medium Volume).

To support the myriad of projects that the company produce each year, a small new product development team is tasked to work closely with the customer, supplier and the internal manufacturing departments to ensure the smooth delivery of projects and programmes.

The team consists of engineers with different skills sets and capabilities and a new position has been created for a more Mechanical biased Designer / Draughtsperson to join.

The role will be directly responsible for design and creating Design for Manufacture drawings, designs and models, so that tooling, prototyping and new product introduction processes can run in line with production effectively.

This will involve working with both NPD and Manufacturing teams daily, whilst also creating designs for overseas tooling suppliers.

All design work will be carried out in Solidworks and design standards and general mechanical engineering principles will always need to be adhered to.

This position will suit a either a Graduate or HND qualified engineer with at least 2 years industry design experience or a more experienced time-served draughtsperson with many years design and detailing exposure.

As a Graduate Electrical Engineer, you will be working on projects not just for the UK but internationally, gaining niche skill-sets within EC&I design and heavy equipment industries. This will be an exciting role for someone who likes a new challenge daily and enjoys self-development.

The ideal candidate will be a Graduate with a degree in Electrical/ Electronic Engineering or Control and Instrumentation. Preference will be given to Graduates with industrial experience, although outstanding new Graduates will be fully considered.

The applicant should show a keen interest and willingness to work towards Membership of a recognised Professional Engineering Institute such as the IET, and eventually apply for Professional Registration (Chartered Engineer) for which full support would be given from the company.

You will be willing to work as both part of a small team as well as being a self-starter willing to use own initiative when required.

The applicant must be keen to learn all aspects of the engineering design process and be willing to support projects from “cradle to grave”. Below are some of the main duties for the Assistant Electrical Engineer, some of which will be developed as time progresses:

• Administration support to senior Electrical Engineers.
• Specification of process control requirements and components.
• Generation of electrical and technical specifications.
• Installation and commissioning of equipment (Locally and abroad).
• Production of engineering drawings and documentation including: Single Line Diagrams, Block Cable Diagrams, General Electrical Equipment Layouts, Lighting Layouts, Cable Schedules  etc.
• Review of subcontractor Electrical designs.
• PLC Programming and modification.
• Technical support to our satellite network, and other departments within the company.

A working knowledge of the following software packages would be advantageous:

• AutoCAD 2004 and Above
• Solidworks Electrical
• Amtech Cable Calculations
• Allen Bradley RSLogix 500 (other PLC software experience will be advantageous)
• Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, etc.)

Essential Qualifications

• Engineering Degree
• Computer savvy
• Analytical mind-set

Desirable Qualifications

• 17th Edition
• PLC Programming
• Electrical control design / EC&I knowledge
• Experience of an Engineering Project Management and consultancy environment.

Package and Benefits

• Salary negotiable plus bonus
• Opportunities for global travel
• 10% employer contributed pension, with 0% required from employee
• Private medical cover (currently with Bupa) on completion of the probationary period
• 33 days holiday
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu jabs
• The possibility of joining a company with a great staff retention record - average years’ service being 12 years

The Company

Client is a global market leader in the manufacture of products used across a wide range of industry sectors; including oil & gas, power generation, petrochemicals, nuclear, construction and shipbuilding.

The business was founded over 25 years ago, and has since expanded to meet growing demand for its highly regarded products. Global coverage has widened through the opening of additional operations worldwide, with expansion set to continue through investment from a new parent group, a $1.2B diversified industrial company with operations in more than 30 countries.

The Role

• The job holder will provide support to the Design Team Manager for the on time delivery of design, development and technical support of standard and non-standard products.

• You will strive to continuously improve using techniques to remove cost, improve design and quality. 

• The jobholder will support Quality Assurance initiatives with regards to design process and customer satisfaction.

Person Specification

• You will be an experienced Senior Product Design Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer with experience working within an SME environment.

• Through previous employment you will have worked on special purpose machines and rotating machinery incorporating electric, hydraulic or pneumatic drives and controls. 

• Ideally skilled in full lifecycle development and complete product design from initial concept through to manufacture.

• Comfortable taking a project from quotes and customer liaison, through purchasing, supplier meetings, budgeting, assembly and commissioning.  

• Hands-on design engineer with experience of machining processes - turning, milling, grinding, fitting, and enjoys time in the workshop.

The Role

Our world leading client, is now looking to appoint a Project Scheduler / Document Controller, specifically to work on a brand new project that the group has won.

Key Responsibilities

• The main responsibility would be to ensure the master project schedule is kept up to date at all times, whilst identifying any potential slippage should this become relevant. Pre-arranged progress reports to senior stakeholders would also be a major part of the role.

• The project consists mainly of; mechanical/electrical design, mechanical/electrical manufacture, freight, mechanical/electrical installation and mechanical/electrical commissioning.

• This is a global multi-million-pound project, and procurement will come from both our client facilities and sub-suppliers worldwide. The main locations for supply are the UK, India, USA, Australia and South Africa. It will be essential to devise a strategy that enables regular and concise updates to be obtained from all parties involved that contribute to the overall contract.

• The ideal candidate should come with exceptional scheduling skills previously utilised in a heavy engineering / major construction environment.

• It is expected that the successful candidate would be capable of managing the general requirements of the task themselves. Supervision and guidance would be given initially from the Project Manager, along with senior members of staff within the group.

• Expert skill levels in both Microsoft office suite, and Microsoft Project would be expected.

• The position would be based at the Derbyshire office. There is potential for overseas travel, but at this time that is foreseen to be unlikely.

The Company

Client is a privately owned industrial group which designs & manufactures equipment and provides services for high technology markets including the aerospace, defence nuclear and rail sectors.

They are looking to recruit an experienced, self-motivated and enthusiastic Design Engineer, to work as part of an existing team

Key Responsibilities

• You will liaise with the Customer to identify product requirements for the protection, handling, transportation and storage of high value items
• You will obtain the requirement from the customer (internal or external), design, oversee prototype production, test, validate and provide technical drawings to initiate production
• This could be for disposable systems (solidboard, timber/plywood, corrugated), returnable systems (plastics, foam, metal) or other tooling equipment such as containers, trolleys, rack, stillages or workbenches

Person Specification

• Design: Experience in 3D CAD design using Autodesk Inventor or similar is essential
• Qualification: Ideally educated to degree level in an Engineering subject or equivalent experience

• Industry experience: Experience of steel fabrication and/or timber manufacture.

• Innovation: Thinking creatively to develop and design new products and translating them into manufacturing drawings
• Engineering approach: Reviewing drawings, specifications and cost data to provide cost effective solutions
• Communicating: Obtaining and sharing information with both internal or external customers and provide excellent service
• Organisation: Managing multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines
• A Full Driving Licence is essential

Salary

£26,000 - £30,000 – negotiable dependant on experience

The Analysis Engineer is responsible for conducting Finite Element Analysis (FEA) work involving the stress and deflection analysis of clients designs under varying loading conditions to verify that the equipment will function properly and reliably when put into service. The FEA techniques are particularly well suited to model complicated geometry and complex loading situations, which are very prevalent on client’s products. The Analysis Engineer utilises three-dimensional models of the equipment at the design stage, subjects them to predicted loading scenarios, and then based on the results of the analysis provides the necessary feedback to the UK Technical Department.

Key Responsibilities

• Development of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) models, to analyse the structural integrity and investigate the responses of various machines parts, structures and assemblies, under typical operating load conditions.
• Application of FEA software suites including ANSYS Workbench, Design Modeler and SpaceClaim as well as AutoCAD and SolidWorks in aid of the analyses.
• Perform engineering calculations to compute for loads and to validate the results and responses of the FEA models.
• Determine the loading and boundary conditions of FEA models. Make assumptions, troubleshoot and debug FEA models.
• Produce technical reports to present and summarise results, and highlight areas of structures that require design attention. Proposal of appropriate design changes (i.e. removal of material to save weight, addition of material where required) to improve the performance of components.
• Working with the technical department to discuss and solve problems and determine appropriate design and analysis methodologies.
• Explore advanced analysis (i.e. impact analysis etc.) and FE model meshing (AI environment methods to improve on the level of accuracy of the FEA. Apply structural design optimisation techniques (sizing, shape and topology) toward improving the design of structural components toward better weight saving and material usage).
• Occasional short overseas travel may be required.

Person Specification

• A degree in a relevant Mechanical subject
• A passion for engineering and problem solving
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to present results and formal analysis reports in a clear and concise manner
• Appreciation of the mechanical design process and manufacturing methods
• Good working knowledge and experience of ANSYS would be an advantage

Salary and Benefits

Salary £20,000 - £30,000 plus healthy bonus

• Opportunities for global travel
• 10% employer contributed pension, with 0% required from employee
• Private medical cover (currently with Bupa) on completion of the probationary period
• 33 days holiday
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu jabs
• The possibility of joining a company with a great staff retention record - average years’ service being 12 years
• Excellent career progression opportunities