I am looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer on behalf of a leading manufacturer in the industry. The role of Maintenance Engineer 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. This is an outstanding opportunity to work for a highly protected multi– million-pound organisation. 

• Salary £35,000
• The shifts are 4 on 4 off 12 hour rotating days and nights 7-7
• 20 days holiday at 12 hours which is very competitive. 
• Nest pension 
• Overtime paid at premium rates 

Along with an NVQ Level 3/ ONC/ City & Guilds in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, the ideal Maintenance Engineer must come from a manufacturing environment. 

The Maintenance Engineer role will include the following:

• To maintain the plant 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 Engineers and Maintenance Electricians, and candidates who can commute to Grantham, Peterborough, and Spalding.

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

This exciting new role is for a Laser Setter Operator, working for a long-established company. An immediate start is available, following a short working interview.

A brief overview of the Laser Setter/Operators role is as follows:

• Start Date: Asap
• Role Duration: Permanent
• Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
• Working Hours – 7am to 4:15pm (Monday to Thursday) and 7am to 11am (Friday)
• Pay: £14 per hour – weekly paid 
• Overtime: readily available and this role is paid weekly

The successful candidate requires previous experience of working as a Laser Setter Operator within the Engineering industry – candidates who do not have this experience unfortunately will not be considered for the role

The Job Requirements / Description for this Laser Setter/Operators role are as follows:

• Must have proven experience of setting a Bystronic machines
• Breaking out components and sorting for inspection/delivery
• Loading and unloading the machine
• Work safely in a busy workspace alongside fellow workers
• The role requires ability to work in groups alongside others operating machinery in the same workshop.

The ideal candidate for this Laser Setter/Operator role must be experienced in:

• Previous experience using Bystronic machines is essential 
• Previous site experience would be advantageous together with a FLT license
• Operating in a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines.

Commutable From: Nottingham, Lincoln, Grantham, Leicester and Peterborough

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

This exciting new role is for a MIG Fabricator, working for a long-established company. An immediate start is available, following a successful weld-test.

A brief overview of the MIG Fabricators role is as follows:

• Start Date: Asap
• Role Duration: Permanent
• Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
• Working Hours – 7am to 4:15pm (Monday to Thursday) and 7am to 11am (Friday)
• Pay: £14 per hour – weekly paid 
• Overtime: readily available and this role is paid weekly

The successful candidate requires previous experience of working as a MIG Welder in the Engineering industry – candidates who do not have this experience unfortunately will not be considered for the role

The Job Requirements / Description for this MIG Fabricators role are as follows:

• Measure, cut and assemble metal projects – hoppers/agricultural machinery
• Determine gas ratios
• Safely prepare metal surfaces
• Work safely in a busy workspace alongside fellow workers
• The role requires ability to work in groups alongside others operating machinery in the same workshop.

The ideal candidate for this MIG Fabricators role must be experienced in:

• Previous experience in MIG Fabrication to create high quality products.
• Previous site experience would be advantageous
• Operating in a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines.

Commutable From: Nottingham, Lincoln, Grantham, Leicester and Peterborough

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

A brand-new outstanding opportunity has a risen for a Technical Sales Engineer for a well-known manufacturing company.

Do you have previous experience as a Technical Sales Engineer in the fuel or gas industry? 

The ideal candidate will be a motivated and ambitious individual who has experience of winning new business in the manufacturing industry. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying, developing and winning sales opportunities to help convert business development opportunities into long term valuable accounts with regular sustained revenue.

• Starting Salary - £25,000 + DOE
• Free on-site parking 
• Private Medical Insurance 
• 25 Days Annual holiday plus Bank Holidays 

Technical Sales Engineer Duties:

• Converting commercial orders into customer orders and ensuring customer requirements are clearly passed on to operations team
• Customer visits (throughout Europe and beyond) – ~30% time
• Keeping up to date on administrative responsibilities such as maintaining customer service logs and internal service records in a timely manner
• Produce clear agendas for customer meetings and promote and lead cross functional internal and customer meetings
• Contributing to monthly sales and marketing meetings

Technical Sakles Engineer Requirements:

• Batchelor’s degree in an Engineering related discipline is essential
• Previous experience of managing bespoke complex commercial proposals and design
• Ability to relate to and communicate with customers/suppliers at all business levels
• Comfortable traveling internationally and working independently
• Have a strong understanding of international trade and finance 
• Must have a valid UK driving licence 

If you are looking to advance or start your career as a Technical Sales Engineer and grow with a large manufacturing company, then this is the opportunity for you. This role would also suit a Graduate.

This role is commutable from: Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough, Leicester, Mansfield, Grantham, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Castle Donnington

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Sales Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

Are you an experienced Tool Designer who wants to work in a world class toolroom producing the best products in the world? Would using the latest CAD software to design injection mould tools appeal to you? 

This is your chance to join a world leading business, who were established over 40 years ago and who have in recent years reached record revenues.

The business began its life in the UK but now has direct sales operations in the UK, the United States, Australia, China and Japan. With around 70% of sales coming from outside of the UK, they are truly international.

If you are a skilled injection mould experienced Tool Designer who wants to be part of their exciting future, they want to hear from you.

Tool Designer Salary, Hours and Benefits

• £35,000 - £40,000, dependant on experience
• 39 hours per week. Monday to Thursday 7am/7.30am - 3.30pm/4.00pm and Friday 7am/7.30am - 12pm/12.30pm.
• 33 days holiday per year (including public holidays)
• Matching contributory pension scheme up to 7.5%
• Profit share bonus (subject to meeting profit targets)
• Option to join their Share Save scheme
• Staff discount of between 25% and 50% on products

Commutable From: Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Mansfield, Grantham, Newark

Key Responsibilities and Skills

• Proven experience in designing plastic injection mould tools is absolutely essential for this role.
• The Tool Designer You will be using Autodesk Powershape software to carry out your role and will ‘ideally’ have experience of the software in a working environment. Other software experience will be considered. 
• You will be responsible for producing Tool Designs to a high standard, this will include all areas of Tool Design from layout to completion of product. 
• Every new product brings to the table new challenges and so you’ll need to be the type of person who thrives on this and who will work tirelessly to get the desired results.
• The Tool Designer will encounter challenges on the way to producing great Tool Designs. Ensuring the files represent what the Designer intended while meeting the standards necessary for them to be used in an injection mould tool can be a real challenge, which requires great relationships and having the right conversations, with the right people, at the right time

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

This is an exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer to join a well-established company, with nearly 60 years of experience.

The business is a growing company, who design and manufacture specialist equipment, across many different sectors. 

Quality Engineer Package and Benefits

• Salary £25,000 - £30,000, dependant on experience 
• Hours 8:30am – 5:00pm, 4pm finish on Friday’s (flexi-hours are available)
• 30 days holiday, increasing to 33 days with service
• 4x salary – Death in service

Commutable From: Boston, Peterborough, Stamford, Bourne, Wisbech, Grantham, Melton Mowbray

Person Specification

• The Quality Engineer will have a bias in mechanical engineering and the ability to read and interpret drawings
• Experience of lean manufacturing tools and techniques, including root cause analysis, 5s, 8d, Kaizen
• Knowledge of ATEX regulations would be preferred, but is not essential
• Have knowledge of current ISO quality standards
• Will be a competent IT user

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to)

• The Quality Engineer will conduct root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions for process related concerns
• Responsible for continual improvement activities to enhance the current systems
• Conduct audits, including closing out audit findings, creating audits finding reports and determine proper corrective and preventative actions
• Analyse internal quality failures, corrective and preventive action to determine trends and target improvement activities accordingly using tools such as Pareto analysis
• The Quality Engineer will create and maintain company quality documentation, such as Standard Operating Procedures, Quality plans and check lists and preparation of QA reports
• Responsible for maintaining the ongoing calibration of monitoring and measuring equipment used throughout the business. When required, develop and deliver training material to customers and end users of client products at the customer or end user's premise
• Interface with our Engineering and Sales departments to ensure transfer to Production of new products are in accordance with approved data through involvement in DFMEAs. Maintain and police the non-conformance database.

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

I am recruiting an exceptional opportunity for a proven Maintenance Electrician to join a plant maintenance and reliability team.

As a Maintenance Electrician you will be required to undertake planned and reactive maintenance tasks throughout the factory.

The hours for the role are Nights 7pm- 7am, 4-night week and the company are flexible on the days worked.

The company also offer:

• Hourly rate of £19.70 p/h (£40,000)
• 28 days holiday
• NEST Pension
• Death in Service x2
• Employee reward scheme 

You must be an Electrically qualified Maintenance Engineer and hold Electrical abilities and some exposure to supporting PLC controls, having gained your experience of supporting plant and equipment within either a Manufacturing, Production or Process environment. We would be keen to talk to Maintenance Engineers that hold an Electrical bias along with experienced Maintenance Electricians. 

If you have hesitated about moving over the past few months, this is a great opportunity to join an organisation that won’t be affected by any potential fallout from the current economic climate.

This Maintenance Electrician role is commutable from: Nottingham, Newark in Trent, Sleaford, Melton Mowbray and Grantham

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

The main experience required for this CNC Turner Setter Operator role would be as follows:

• The successful candidate should have a strong CNC Turning background (previous experience in Doosan/Mori Seiki machines would be useful)
• Setting and operating experience
• A good understanding of Fanuc controls
• Be fully competent in reading and interpreting technical drawings
• Experience working in tight tolerances
• Experience on a variety of measuring equipment (micrometres, verniers and various gauges)
• A flexible attitude to work

The salary and hours of work for this CNC Turner Setter Operator role are as follows:

• Salary - £29234 per annum – monthly paid
• Monday – Friday – 6am to 2pm and 2pm to 10pm and then 10pm to 6am (rotating shifts on a weekly basis)

The following areas are easily commutable for this CNC Turner Setter Operator role: Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Lincoln, and Mansfield

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

I am looking to recruit a Maintenance Electrician role for a leading global organisation within the Manufacturing sector. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a team to provide breakdown cover and maintain machinery and Automation equipment.

The shifts for the Maintenance Electrician role are Monday – Friday 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm / 10pm-6am.

• Salary up to £36,100
• 33 Days Holiday
• Company Pension 
• Sick pay based on length of service, up to 24 weeks

Along with an NVQ Level 3/ ONC/ HNC/ HND/ City & Guilds in Electrical Engineering and 18th Edition trained. The ideal Maintenance Electrician must come from a manufacturing or packaging environment. Injection Mould experience would also be beneficial. 

The Maintenance Electrician role will include and require you to have the following experience:

• To provide shift breakdown cover on all machines, automation equipment and any ancillary equipment.
• To provide PPM on machines, automation equipment and any ancillary equipment.
• To work in an efficient and safe manner on breakdown repairs on all equipment
• To support and implement progressive improvements of our existing manufacturing automation processes working with both internal and external resources.

We are keen to talk to Maintenance Engineers and Multi Skilled Engineers with an Electrical bias who can commute to Leicester, Corby, Peterborough, and Grantham.

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

This is your chance to join a leading manufacturer and exporter, established for over 40 Years, who do all design, manufacturing and installation from in-house.

Owing to a continued growth in business, they are looking to add an experienced Solidworks Mechanical Design Engineer to the existing team.  

Mechanical Design Engineer Salary

• £25,000 - £32,000, negotiable dependant on experience

This Design Engineer role is commutable From: Nottingham, Mansfield, Newark, Grantham, Leicester, Loughborough, Lincoln

Mechanical Design Engineer Person Specification

• 4+ years Solidworks Mechanical Design Engineer experience.
• Ideally, you will have a mechanical background with experience in special purpose machine design.
• Good communicator, both written and spoken. 
• A team player.

Mechanical Design Engineer Key Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate will create, design & modify product layouts and schemes to meet customer specification and recommendations. 
• Design and modify parts & products and make adjustments where necessary. 
• Examine existing designs and resolve issues for future product development.
• Produce a specific BOM, working with suppliers & production.
• Examine & resolve issues for future designs.

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

An independent sub-contract machine shop in the Nottinghamshire is looking to recruit a Cylindrical Grinder. This client’s work includes small batch work, one offs on various small to medium components from aerospace to automotive. This is a permanent position offering a good working environment and the opportunity to work within a strong and friendly team in a thriving and successful business.

Role and responsibilities for this Cylindrical Grinders role:

• Good manual machining skills, especially previous experience of cylindrical grinding and surface grinding and any other types of grinding or fitting skills
• Good housekeeping skills and strict adherence to procedures/work instructions, particularly relating to accurate measurement will also be required for this role
• Experience in working to tight tolerances
• Previous experience on Myford Cylindrical Grinding machines and Jones and Shipman Grinding machines would be useful
• Be fully competent in reading and interpreting technical drawings
• Experience working with very tight tolerances
• Experience on a variety of measuring equipment (micrometres, verniers and various gauges)
• A flexible attitude to work

Personal Attributes for this Cylindrical Grinders role:

• Good communication skills
• Flexible can-do attitude. 
• Ability to adapt to new technology and work to timetables and deadlines 
• to improve and implement best practice
• A flexible attitude to work

Hours and salary for this Cylindrical Grinders role:

• Monday to Friday – 6am to 2pm then 2pm to 10pm – weekly rotating 
• Flexible working is available
• Salary - £28,700 per annum 
• Overtime payable at x 1.5 hourly rate (days) 

The following areas are easily commutable from: Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Lincoln, and Mansfield

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

CNC MILLER SETTER OPERATOR

An independent sub-contract machine shop in the Nottinghamshire is looking to recruit a CNC Milling – Setter / Operator. This client’s work includes small batch work, one offs on various small to medium components from aerospace to automotive. This is a permanent position offering a good working environment and the opportunity to work within a strong and friendly team in a thriving and successful business.

Role and responsibilities for this CNC Milling – Setter / Operators role:

• Setting & Operating CNC Milling machines
• Small to medium batch work Working to typical tolerances of +/- .001" (0.025mm) and occasional tolerances of +/- .0005" (0.0125 mm) 
• You will be part of a great team, working within a modern and clean environment, producing high precision parts and components for aerospace and automotive industries
• The nature of the work is small to medium batch with medium to high complexity
• You will be machining to a very high standard

Knowledge/ Experience Required for this CNC Milling – Setter / Operators role:

• Working on Mori-Seiki and Haas CNC machines
• Setting experience is essential
• Experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Apprentice trained with at least 5 years’ experience

Personal Attributes for this CNC Milling – Setter / Operators role:

• Good communication skills
• Flexible can do attitude. 
• Ability to adapt to new technology and work to timetables and deadlines 
• Ability to improve and implement best practice

Hours and salary for this CNC Milling – setter/operators role:

• Monday to Friday – 6am to 2pm then 2pm to 10pm – weekly rotating (30 mins for lunch) 
• Flexible working is available
• Standard rate - £12.82 per hour 
• Overtime payable at x 1.5 hourly rate (days) 

The following areas are easily commutable for this role as a CNC Miller – Setter / Operator – Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Lincoln, and Mansfield

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