A manufacturing company in the Oxfordshire area, now have a requirement due to expansion and increased productivity for an experienced CNC Programmer.  This exciting opportunity is working within a busy, Precision Engineering manufacturing organisation that manufacture precision components for a number of industries including Aerospace.

BENEFITS FOR THE CNC PROGRAMMER

• £34,000 - £37,500
• 23 Days Holiday, increasing with service + Bank holidays
• Days based role working Monday – Friday 39 hrs p week.
• Life Assurance and Death in Service
• Pension

DUTIES OF THE CNC PROGRAMMER

• This is an integral role where you will program, set and operate CNC Lathes / Mills
• You will read and interpret from engineering drawings to enable programming, setting and manufacture.
• Create layout sheets to document tooling, tools, set ups and machine parameters.

    
REQUIREMENTS FOR CNC PROGRAMMER

• Experience in programming and operating 3, 4, & 5 axis CNC machines CMM programmes and will ideally hold a time served apprecticeship.
• Good Knowledge of and experience with  Fanuc (ISO) or Heidenhain controls
• Previous experience of large machining.

The CNC PROGRAMMER role is commutable from Newbury, Wantage, Abingdon, Oxford, Aylesbury, Bicester, Banbury, Swindon, Thame, High Wycombe, Marlow, Maidenhead

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

Senior Project Manager – Manufacturing Real Estate / New Property Build / Refurbishment

We have a great opportunity to join a global team of property portfolio managers and support their multiple existing and new engineering, production and office facilities across the UK & Europe.
 
The role will be the key person to liaise and work with key Stakeholders and Senior Department Managers to ensure the effective use, sustainability and management of existing property with refurbishments or upgrades, or with ensuring funding and the correct building specialists are in place for developing infrastructure and new build projects.

• c£50,000+ 
• Good Bonus, 
• Healthcare, 
• Very Attractive Car Scheme, 
• Fantastic Pension 
• 34 Days Holidays (Inc Bank Hols)
• Part Remote Working (2-3 Days Per Week)

Senior Project Manager – Purpose 

The primary purpose of the role will be to oversee major local or international property related projects. These projects will vary from refurbishments and building upgrades, through to complete new builds of Industrial, Retail and Office buildings and factories. This will include the overall project management of projects and the bringing together of key stakeholders, site management, subcontractors, procurement, Health & Safety, regulatory compliance specialists and local authorities. 

This position is not a site or facilities management role, and projects will often be managed remotely with the need to visit on-site projects at key stages. The role will be responsible for the smooth running of a programme of work, and to offer additional support and resources when needed. 

Senior Project Manager – Duties 

• As the Project Manager you will ensure the optimised & sustainable use of the organisations Real Estate through management of strategic building & infrastructure projects on behalf of internal stakeholders with delivery on time, to agreed quality and at agreed cost.
• You will steer and lead multiple projects based on Real Estate Process to provide functional & efficient work environments for the various internal business partners within given targets for cost, quality, time and life-cycle cost.
• Ensuring project delivery is achieved at the highest levels of quality using approved systems, processes, tools and methods during the planning, realisation and handover phases, in addition to preparing facilities for optimised operational use of all service processes (Security, FM, IT…etc) throughout the life cycle of the facility.
• You will be a key player in resolving conflicts with either internal stakeholders or external consultants & construction companies in order for projects to meet cost, time and quality targets.

Senior Project Manager – Requirements 

• Excellent skills in project management and the execution of multiple large projects.
• Demonstrated ability of high-level stakeholder management.
• Knowledge of future building standards.
• Demonstrated ability to translate between business need and technical requirements.
• Strong proficiency in alternative contractual models for project realization.
• Business travel on a regular basis required.
• A formal Qualification (Degree or Equivalent) in either Civil Engineering/ Infrastructure / Project Management or similar 
• Have strong stakeholder management and team building skills along with experience of negotiating. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Project Manager with exposure of delivering Civil or Infrastructure projects, to join an organisation that offers excellent career and personal progression opportunities. 

Commutable from Oxford, London, Gloucester, Worcester, Milton Keynes, Amersham, Reading, Aldershot, Coventry, Uxbridge

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Technical Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

Product Designer / Industrial Designer

Are you a Design Engineer with a background in creating concept and front-end product designs for external or internal clients & have either a Product or Industrial Design Degree or equivalent, with three years post study commercial experience?

We currently have an opportunity to join a dynamic Southwest Midlands Design Team and to be responsible for creating a range of new innovative products for the Consumer markets, where the brief and remit will be biased towards style and user interaction.

We are looking for a Design Engineer with a background in creating concept and front-end product designs for external or internal clients who have either a Product or Industrial Design Degree or equivalent, with three years post study commercial experience.

Benefits:

• £35,000 
• Pension 
• Healthcare
• 37.5 Hours Per weeks 
• Early Finish on Fridays (1pm) 
• Project Ownership 

We are looking to employ a mid-level Product Designer or Industrial Designer to join a creative successful team, where delivering performance driven consumer products to market is their primary focus. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Designer to demonstrate their creativity and get involved in exciting projects, seeing their work going from early concept stages through to production in a short period of time. 

Product Design Duties include:

• Developing products from an initial brief through to prototype 
• Investigating potential innovative technologies / techniques that could benefit future products
• Design and develop new product concept ideas.
• Provide aesthetic and user orientated design solutions to the specifications and requirements. 
• High standard of design work, design control, robust design and design for manufacture on a daily basis.
• Creating prototypes to prove out and develop new concepts and design solutions.
• Testing products, components, prototypes, technologies, recording test results for review and action
• Utilize CAD to produce development concepts and detailed design for hand over to manufacturing partner(s)
• Assisting in transfer of product from development to manufacturing
• Ensure that projects comply with current legislation, Health and Safety regulations, and strict compliance with R&D Reliability and Document Control best practice.

Product Designer Requirements:

• The Product Design position requires a minimum qualification of a degree or equivalent in design and at least three years’ experience in a paid design post is essential.
• The successful applicant must be technically competent in a wide range of design/engineering skills and must have knowledge of new product development and product Introduction. 

Key Skills:

• Self-motivated and keen to strive to create great consumer products
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Excellent visual communication of concepts and ideas via traditional and digital sketching/drawing ability 
• A working knowledge of rendering packages such as Keyshot
• Experienced user of 3D CAD Solidworks/CREO/NX/CATIA
• Good Photoshop and Illustrator skills
• Good working knowledge of manufacturing processes and techniques
• Skilled in prototyping and producing product mock-ups
• Competent user of MS windows, specifically Outlook, Word and Excel
• Organisational, analytical, communications and interpersonal skills are all also a prerequisite of this position. 

Commutable from; Worcester, Birmingham, Cheltenham, Stourbridge, Redditch, Evesham, Dudley, Coventry

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

We have a fantastic opportunity to join a New Product Development Team in the Central Midlands and be responsible for the design and integration of hardware and embedded technologies, especially around Battery and Power Pack systems.

The role will be part of the larger NPD team that also consists of mechanical and industrial design engineers that will be mainly involved in the design of the products from a structural and plastic injection moulding point.

The company have a strong track record for creating Award Winning products for the consumer market sector and are continually focusing on New Product Innovation exercises to keep their international recognition for being the best in field.

Benefits:

• £45,000
• £37.5 Hours 
• 33 Days Holidays (Inc Bank Holidays) 
• Pension
• Healthcare
• Early Finish Fridays 

The Electronic Engineer position will report to the Head of Engineering and will be the sole electronic biased engineer within a team of Product Design and Prototype Engineers. 

Duties of an Electronic Engineer will include:

• The creation and development of battery management systems 
• Ensuring battery management systems meet regulatory and company requirements for safety 
• Charger design and writing detailed charger specifications 
• Power Converter Design. 
• Ensuring designs can comply with relevant EMC/EMI standards and modifying design where needed to ensure this is the case. 
• Thermal management design of power electronics systems 
• Design of battery powered electronics to meet global requirements. 
• Research into new technology and investigating ways of incorporating this technology into future products. 
• Use of simulation and PCB design software to create prototypes.

Electronic Engineer Requirements:

• Minimum BEng/MEng degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering or other relevant discipline 
• Experience in the design of Battery Management Systems especially for Lithium-Ion technology. 
• Experience in motor inverter design and motor control, particularly brushless DC motors, servo or stepper motors desirable. 
• General knowledge of power electronic devices, including silicon based IGBTs, MOSFETs and wide bandgap technologies 
• Understanding of device characteristics and issues with switching behaviour in real circuits, as well as power switch driver design 
• Design of power electronics for both low voltage and mains voltage systems 
• Excellent knowledge of analogue signal conditioning (e.g., op-amp circuit design) and ideally digital signal processing approaches 
• Schematic capture using Altium Designer, Mentor Graphics or other mainstream tools 
• Use of SPICE based simulation tools such as Simetrix and LTspice 
• Design calculation tools such as Mathcad, Matlab, Excel. 
• Circuit simulation and tolerance analysis 
• Robust design including FMEA techniques 
• Design for high volume manufacture 
• PCB layout – size/cost minimisation while achieving layouts for inherently good EMC compliance and thermal design.

The Electronic Engineer opportunity will be part of the full product life cycle of a project and will require visits to overseas suppliers and manufactures, to ensure the integrity of designs are maintained. This will allow complete project ownership from concept through to final release to retail.

Commutable from: Birmingham, Oxford, Cheltenham, Worcester, Dudley, Redditch, Coventry, Wolverhampton.

CNC PROGRAMMER - TURNING

An independent sub-contract machine shop in the Oxfordshire is looking to recruit a CNC Programmer – mill/turn. This clients 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

• Programming, Setting & Operating CNC Mill/Turn 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

CNC Programmer Knowledge/ Experience Required

• Working on a Binns and Berry lathe using Fanuc controls is essential
• Experience working a Hi-Cells Hitachi Seiki is essential
• Experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Apprentice trained with at least 5 years’ experience

CNC Programmer Attributes

• 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

• Monday to Thursday - working from 8.00 am to 4.30 pm (30 mins for lunch) 
• Friday – working from 8.00 am to 3.30 pm (30 mins for lunch) 
• Standard rate - £17 per hour 
• Overtime payable at x 1.5 hourly rate (days) 

This CNC Programmer role is commutable From: Oxford, Cowley and Headington.

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