The Planner / Buyer will be responsible for purchasing and negotiating fabrication materials from one or more vendors in support of the site strategy.  This requires evaluating vendor quotes and services to determine the most desirable suppliers, a familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the manufacturing procurement field. 

Planner / Buyer Salary, Hours and Benefits

• Salary £28,000 - £30,000 dependant on experience
• 7:30am – 4:00pm, 1:30pm finish on Friday’s (37.5 hours per week)
• The opportunity to work within a globally recognised business
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Managed Occupational Health service
• Retail shopping discount programme
• Discounted gym membership
• Bike to Work scheme

Commutable From: Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Burton upon Trent, Coventry, Tamworth

Planner / Buyer Candidate Specification

• Minimum of 2 - 5 years of procurement experience, preferably in a heavy manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Proficient computer skills in MS Office. (Word, Excel, Outlook), with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Purchasing & Engineering Change experience in an MRP environment
• Strong ability to assess engineering drawings and proceed to RFQ based on supplier capability, strong negotiating skills, ability to multitask, prioritize work and work closely with other departments.
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the procurement field.
• Be able to take responsibility for resolution of issues.
• You should be self-motivated, and results orientated and be able to work to time constraints & use own initiatives to solve problems.

Planner / Buyer Key Tasks

• Buying responsibility for designated fabrication vendors to support plant & chamber production.
• Ensure inventory levels are kept within set targets.
• Support efforts to reduce RAW & WIP inventory.
• Identify opportunities & support efforts to reduce cost.
• Support NPPD activities, when requested.

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to)

• Works with operations, planning and organizing all tasks.
• The Planner / Buyer will review purchase request for material via MRP or manual purchase requisition.
• Monitor purchase orders & net demand schedules to ensure required ‘need dates’ are achieved.
• Must be able to develop excellent working relationship with both internal and external customers as well as suppliers.
• Maintain supplier relationships in order to drive cost reductions while continually achieving the highest level of quality material.
• Ability to interface with company and supplier senior management. Excellent negotiation, presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
• Plan & expedite the required material to ensure availability to meet production demand whilst maintaining inventory levels to a minimum and in line with set targets.

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

We are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Fitter for a company within the Heavy Engineering Industry that are extremely unique.

The company operate a day shift with working hours 7am – 3.30pm

Maintenance Fitter role and benefits:

• £35,000
• Refined contribution pension scheme, with up to 10% company contributions (if employee pays 5%)
• 25 days holiday plus statutory Bank holidays
• 3 x salary death in service cover (if joining the pension scheme)
• Bonus Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme

Maintenance Fitter duties will include but not limited to:

• The diagnosis, location, and rectification of all mechanical faults on site, including pneumatic, hydraulic systems 
• Responding to emergency situations in a timely and effective manner 
• Plan out work and display initiative and common sense 
• Adhere to current Safe Systems of Work, lock off and permit to work procedures 
• Carry out all tasks in accordance with company Quality systems, hygiene standards and safe working practices 

As a Maintenance Fitter, the company will require you to have an NVQ / City & Guilds in Mechanical Engineering or Apprentice trained. They will also look at talking too Maintenance Engineers or Mechanical Fitters for this role.

The role is commutable from Derby, Nottingham, Mansfield and Chesterfield.

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

We are seeking to recruit a proven Maintenance Fitter to join our plant Maintenance and Production team to support our operation within the East Midlands region on a 12-hour day and night shift. As a Maintenance Fitter you will be required to undertake planned and reactive maintenance tasks throughout our facility and improve and maintain plant reliability.

Maintenance Fitter Benefits:

• Salary is negotiable dependant on your experience and ranges from £30,000 - £35,000 DOE
• Annual leave 23 days plus bank holidays increasing to 25 with length of service
• Life Assurance 4 x annual salary
• Cycle Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers.

You must be qualified Mechanically and hold experience as a Fitter/ Engineer, we would be interested in talking to Maintenance Technicians aswell. 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. 

Maintenance Fitter duties may include:

• Support planned shutdowns, absence, holiday cover for the fitting team/ production ops team
• Ensure efficient operation of plant and minimise down time
• Root cause analysis to ensure plant reliability 

This Maintenance Fitter role is commutable from Derby, Litchfield, Stafford, Burton upon Trent and Loughborough

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

I am ooking to recruit a Maintenance Electrician on behalf of a specialist manufacturing company with more than 20 sites worldwide. The role of Maintenance Electrician will require you too also carry out preventative maintenance to minimise downtime. 

This is a day’s role working Monday – Friday with a benefits package of:

• Salary £30,000 - £35,000 
• Auto enrolment Pension 
• Overtime paid at premium rates 
• 25 + 8 days Holiday 

Along with an NVQ Level 3/ HNC/ City & Guilds in either Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, you must be Electrically qualified to 18th Edition from an industrial/manufacturing background.

The Maintenance Electrician role will include the following:

• Previous experience in an engineering function. 
• Experience carrying out electrical and mechanical maintenance tasks. 
• Familiar with 3 phase and single-phase systems
• Machining and basic welding skills 

We are keen to talk to Maintenance Electrician, Maintenance Engineers and Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers, and candidates who can commute to Derby, Burton on Trent, and Stoke on Trent. 

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

This is the opportunity for an experienced Project Manager 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.

Salary and Hours 

• £40,000
• Monday – Thursday, 7:45am to 4:45pm, 2:15pm finish on Fridays
• Package includes, sick pay, life insurance and free parking

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

Project Manager Candidate Specification

• High level sales experience in a client facing environment.
• Expert knowledge of the steel fabrication sector and the industries that feed into it.
• Established contacts and prospects relevant to the steel fabrication sector.
• Production management experience would be useful. 
• The ability to read technical tender drawings.

Project Manager Key Responsibilities

• The Project Manager will support the Estimating dept. to extract and price materials when required.
• Decide best process route for the items to be fabricated, put times to processes using practical knowledge.
• Generate quotation documents and send to clients.
• The Project Manager will liaise with customers, negotiate and complete tenders to sales. As well as Establish supply chain costs to be included in tenders.
• Ensure the Company CRM system is accurately maintained.
• Provide a timely response and an exceptional level of service to all enquiries.
• Convert won tenders to live orders within the company business system.
• Process planning of routings, generation of weld maps and bills of material.
• Manage supply chain for all bought-out components and manage the drawing package and works information to allow efficient production.
• Liaise with Production on all manufacturing issues.
• Generation and issue of quality documents to clients.
• Full financial control and appraisal of each project.
• Build relationships with clients and recognise new business opportunities.

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Projects Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

This exciting new role is for a Engineering Supervisor (Milling and Turning), working for a very well-established engineering company.

A brief overview for this Engineering Supervisor (Milling/Turning) is as follows:

• Start Date: Asap
• Role Duration: Permanent
• Location: Nottingham/Derby
• Working Hours – Week 1 – Monday to Friday: 6am to 2pm and Week 2 – Monday to Friday: 2pm to 10pm
• Pay: £35,000 to £40,000 per annum 
• Benefits: Excellent pension scheme and company performance bonus.

Essential experience required for this Engineering Supervisor role:

• You’ll be an experienced CNC Supervisor who is able to lead a team. 
• The role will include the day-to-day management of key CNC machining areas on site which will include 3 and 5 Axis CNC machines. 
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of KPI management. 
• Identify initiatives to drive improvements, creating a lean environment.
• Experience within a machining environment (Milling and Turning)
• Able to demonstrate a strong track record with lean methodology
• Good understanding of machine capacity and improving efficiency

Commutable From: Nottingham, Derby, Leicester and Burton on Trent

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

Powertrain Electronics Engineer

A developer of bespoke Powertrain Technology is now seeking a Power Electronics Engineer to assist in future New Product Development and Design for Manufacture exercises. 

The company are known to be world leaders in their field and have a long successful track record for producing high performance technologies. 

Due to recent investment into machinery and technology the company are now looking to expand their team with the addition of an Electronic Engineer.

Powertrain Electronics Engineer Salary:

• £40,000 - £45,000+  
• 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays 
• Pension
• Private medical insurance (after 6 months service)
• Modern & pleasant working environment. 

Powertrain Electronics Engineer Duties:

The successful candidate will join a small and established team, working together to support the electrical and electronic design aspects of a range of interesting, innovative & challenging projects, in relation to the design and development of inverters and drives for use with electrical machines. 

This role presents the opportunity to be involved in new products over their full lifecycle from concept & design, right through to customer applications & support, allowing significant input into the end result. 

• Electrical Powertrain engineering concept & detailed design. 
• Electrical and Electronic Design of Drives and Inverters 
• A good understanding of Electrical and Electronic Automotive Systems 
• Management of bills of materials, & build / usage manuals. 

Qualifications:

• A Degree or equivalent in Electrical / Electronic or Automotive Engineering. 
• 4+ years of experience in a similar role / environment. 
• Good Design and Development experience 
• Electrical machine, mechanical design & internal combustion engine knowledge. 
• A good knowledge of engineering manufacture processes. 
• Strong written & verbal communication skills. 
• Proficiency with standard office tools (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project etc 
• The Power Electronics Engineer role will be an excellent opportunity for someone who is highly motivated and can adopt a flexible approach to problem solving within a team environment. 

Commutable from: Birmingham, Coventry, Warwick, Derby, Leicester, Cannock, Burton, Tamworth, Lichfield

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

Project System Design Engineer (Chemical)

A new opportunity has arisen to work for a global recognised producer of bespoke machinery and equipment, who also offer a full turn-key project management solution that fully installs and commissions their products as well.

The organisation has many project and manufacturing locations around the world and are now seeking a Project Engineer (UK) to support the system design, installation and commissioning of process and material handling facilities into their European customer base. 

As an organisation they produce high tech equipment that manufacturers of Food and Pharmaceutical products will use to produce high volumes of units in a safe and effective manner. 

• £33,000 - £37,000
• Pension 
• Healthcare 
• Bonus 
• 37.5 Hour Weeks
• 1pm Finish Fridays 

Project  Systems Design Engineer Duties 

• The purpose of the role is to support the customer and the European Manufacturing Centre with project management activities related to the safe and quick installation of equipment into brown and green field site locations around the world. 
• Some projects will be multimillion pound programmes that may take over 18 months to complete, and some are smaller projects that may only take a few months to sign-off.
• As a Project Design Engineer, you will be the main point of contact with all relevant parties and have responsibility for creating and working to a tight project plan and P&ID drawings, ensuring that all parties and equipment are in the right place at the right time. 
• Problem solving and communication skills will play a major part of this position and will often require international travel at short notice for an average of 7 – 10 days to deal with urgent issues. 
• Liaison with specialist and industry field experts will also be a big part of this position. 
• Project planning and communicating changes and compromises to relevant parties through data and new drawings are essential for this new role, along with understanding the limits of the products and internal manufacturing capabilities. 

Project Systems Design Engineer Requirements 

• A formal Degree or similar qualification in Chemical Engineering
• 2 Years post study experience within a Chemical Process / System Design environment 
• Good ability to use CAD Software 2D / 3D 
• Good exposure to ATEX, HAZOPS and H&S regulations and requirements 
• Some proven exposure of creating P&ID (PID) Drawings 
• Some Project Engineering experience 
• Good communication skills 
• Team Player 

This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced working environment, where projects will take you all over the world and deal with challenging technical, process and safety issues on a weekly basis.

Commutable from Birmingham, Leicester, Coventry, Lichfield, Burton Upon Trent, Derby, Swadlincote, Coalville

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

We are seeking to recruit a proven Maintenance Electrician to support a medium size Maintenance team within a Heavy Industry Environment. Our client is well established and is a successful and expanding business manufacturing high integrity and high-volume products for a worldwide customer base.

Benefits for Maintenance Electrician:

• The salary for the role of Maintenance Electrician is £30,000 depending on experience
• Overtime
• 3% - 5% Pension. 
• The shift pattern of the role is double days with hours of work being 6-2/1-9. 

Requirements for Maintenance Electrician:

• Ideally the ultimate Maintenance Electrician will have experience supporting kit from a Heavy Environment including, Cranes, Overhead Cranes, Pumps, Motors, Hydraulics/ Pneumatics and some welding and fabrication experience. The candidate must hold:
• Electrical Bias with Mechanical abilities
• Apprenticeship or equivalent in Electrical Engineering – HNC / ONC / Degree / NVQ

This Maintenance Electrician role is commutable from Alfreton, Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough and Newark-on-Trent.

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

A leading provider of maintenance equipment and services to the rail industry are seeking a Sales Engineer to join their team. The company have been trading for some time and have well established relationships with all the major players in the industry.

The Sales Engineer will receive the following benefits: 

• Salary of up to £30,000
• 33 Days Holiday (incl. 8 bank holidays)
• Up to 7% Pension

Sales Engineer Duties:

The Sales Engineer will be responsible for:

• Technical sales into the entire rail customer base
• Identifying and winning opportunities for new business
• Working closely with the delivery teams to ensure customers problems are solved

Sales Engineer Requirements:

Candidates wishing to be considered for the Sales Engineer should have some or all of the following experience:

• Knowledge of welding systems / time spent in a hand on welding role
• Knowledge of the UK rail industry
• Time spent in a technical sales / sales engineering position

This role can be based either in Dagenham or Castle Donington. 

Commutable from Dagenham, Bromley, Grays, Derby, Nottingham, Burton-upon-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Sales Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

This is a great opportunity for a heavy equipment / machine design experienced Design Engineer to join a global manufacturer, who are part of a multi-billion-dollar group.

They are in a period of sustained growth as a business, which this role is part of. The business offers a friendly working environment, along with excellent employee benefits. 

Design Engineer Salary, Hours and Benefits

• Salary, £28,000 - £29,500, dependant on experience
• 37.5 hours, Monday – Friday, Early finish, every Friday
• 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

Commutable From: Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Burton upon Trent, Coventry, Tamworth

Design Engineer Candidate Requirements

• Degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering 
• At least 3 years’ experience in heavy equipment / machinery design
• Good 3D CAD skills (preferably Pro Engineer/CREO).
• Experience of Finite Element Analysis is desirable
• Experience / working knowledge of one or more of the following:-
• Metallurgy
• Welding
• Casting Methods
• Good presentation and interpersonal skills

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for the following; 

• The Design Engineer will support the Group Quality Council process to identify and resolve problems raised at the root cause quickly and effectively and manage engineering change process.
• Work with teams across models to produce full manufacturing specification package including Engineering BOMs and Drawings.
• Follow Group standards in the areas of FMEA, DFM, prototype development and field testing, follow Group engineering standards and associated IT systems, to ensure effective global management of released engineering data.
• The Design Engineer will reduce manufacturing cost through improved design and consultation with the production department, purchasing and suppliers.
• Develop an expertise across the range of machines to provide support to the manufacturing business. 
• Support NPPD teams as required with a range of tasks from detail drawings to the structural analysis and optimisation.
• Ensure current products meet standards and performance levels specified for safety, function and reliability
• Support the global after sales teams where technical input is required. Investigate and address Customer Complaints in a timely manner where identified / allocated by internal systems or engineering manager.

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

I am looking to recuit a proven Maintenance Engineer to join a well-respected employer within the engineering manufacturing sector. As a Maintenance Engineer reporting to the Operations Director this will be a challenging position where no two days are the same. The successful candidate must have a good background in working with pneumatic equipment, mechanical fitting, and tool setting.

This Maintenance Engineer role is an Evening shift with hours for which are 5 pm – 1.30 am, Monday to Friday. Flexibility is required to deal with or finish urgent machinery breakdowns. Benefits include:

• Salary 35,000+
• 25 + 8 days holiday
• Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
• Company Pension
• Stable Working Environment
• Employee Discount 

Experience in PLC’s and/or CNC programming would be desirable. The role requires low voltage electrical competency and candidates must be able to demonstrate capabilities with up-to-date relevant qualifications. Training/support will be provided to gain familiarity with the companies’ equipment.

The role of Maintenance Engineer is commutable from Chesterfield, Mansfield, Nottingham, and Matlock

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