Are you an experienced Professional in the Material planning and Logistics industry looking to join a business that is bucking the current trend?

This is a superb opportunity to be part of a well- established manufacturing business, who with increased production, now have a requirement for a Material Planner.

In this role you will be responsible for controlling a supplier portfolio to ensure that materials are delivered on time in full managing all data and communication between the plant and Supplier

DUTIES

• Using MRP / SAP to ensure optimised material requirements planning is achieved.
• Maintain and issue supplier Schedules 
• Control of supplier requirements and ensuring that ordering and delivery is in line with supplier lead times and payment terms.
• Working with Production to understand exceptional material requirements translating into material delivery plans. 
• Liaise with MP&L Logistics Analyst regarding material requirements and timed changes to minimise scrap and obsolescence costs. 
• Control of delivery notes.
• Control of Supplier packaging levels and regular reporting of stock levels and damage container control to minimise financial impact.
• Provide comprehensive efficient logistics support to all areas of the business 
• Work with projects and purchasing to support change control and new product introduction.
• Liaise with the third party and Supplier transport companies 
• Control of SAP master data for allocated portfolio to ensure stock optimization delivery of Supplier requirements and business objectives. 

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong IT skills
• MRP skills, preferably SAP
• Excellent experience of Material Planning from within a fast- paced manufacturing background would be beneficial
• Superb analytical skills
• Essential – outstanding communication skills

BENEFITS:

• £30,000 - £35,000
• Pension

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK’s most exciting manufacturing firms in the region, with great development opportunities and support and training available.

Please send me your CV or give me a call to discuss. We have other similar roles available too!!

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Due to an upturn in orders, a position of MP& L (Logistics) Analyst has arisen. This is a busy manufacturing environment, and they can offer an IMMEDIATE START.

There is an increased and steady demand for their services and products and as their MP&L Analyst, you will be responsible for controlling a customer portfolio, to ensure that parts are delivered on time.  You will be joining a friendly team and there is plenty of scope for potential for progression.

DUTIES:

• Manage all data and communication between plant and customer
• Review customer call off and demand in line with forecast
• Download customer schedules and provide analysis of customer schedules and highlight variances
• Customer interface for MP & L issues and deliveries
• Working closely with Production to understand product availability
• Liaise with Material Planning regarding material requirements
• Control customer packaging levels
• Control of SAP master data and ensure stock optimisation

REQUIREMENTS:

• You will have gained your relevant experience from within a high- volume manufacturing environment
• Strong MRP operational skills, preferably SAP but not essential
• Excellent IT skills, MS Office, Excel and PowerPoint
• This is a challenging but highly rewarding opportunity and would suit a driven, focused and highly motivated individual

BENEFITS:

• £30,000 - £35,000
• Days
• Stability of being part of a busy manufacturing organisation
• This is a superb opportunity for you to make a swift impact
• Excellent career potential

The role is commutable from Walsall, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Kidderminster, Redditch

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Graduate Manufacturing Engineer

We are seeking a recent graduate, who has gained work experience during a placement year within an engineering / manufacturing environment. 

The company I am currently supporting are seeing a steady upturn in the demand for their products and are looking to strengthen their Production/ Planning and Assembly Project Management Team with a Graduate Manufacturing Engineer.

The company produces a high volume of products for the engineering sector and these products comprise of small parts and components that are sourced from suppliers across globe to be assembled to a high quality standard in the West Midlands plant. They work to fast lead times and needs to plan at least 3 months in advance of future projects and programmes to ensure the availability of stock, components and materials are in place.

The role will be working for the Operations Manager and assisting in the day-to-day activities of maintaining the manufacturing and assembly systems and processes to ensure the effective role out of new orders are met. This will involve becoming a key coordinator of information between all departments and teams and implementing improvements to increase efficiency and quality of daily operations. 

The Graduate Manufacturing Engineer will hold key responsibilities for scheduling and planning and the reconfiguration of production cells, communicating and liaising with the R&D and Operations teams for upcoming projects to ensure the smooth delivery of projects and implement efficiency improvements.

The Graduate Manufacturing Engineer will need the following Qualifications and Experience:

• A Degree qualification in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering (2.1 ideally)
• Some working or internship experience of working in either an operations, manufacturing, production or project engineering environment. (6 months)
• Excellent communication and IT Skills (Excel a must) 
• Willingness to travel at short notice 
• Strong self-management skills with the ability to project plan.
• Good presentation and report writing skills 
• Commercial Awareness 
• Strong self-accountability awareness 

This is a great opportunity for a Graduate to join a fast-track career path, where responsibilities and duties will grow quickly in the role over a short period of time. The company has a strong track record of growing and developing their staff into mid and senior management positions and offering a rewarding and progressive career path.

Package:

• £22,000 - £25,000
• Pension 
• Bonus 
• Career Development Schedule 
• 8 – 5pm Mon – Thurs – 8 – 1.30 Fri

Commutable from Birmingham, Worcester, Coventry, Lichfield, Derby 

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

A market leader within the beverage sector who continues to successfully strive forwards despite these challenging times seeks to recruit a Junior Maintenance Engineer to join their family feel team.

The Junior Maintenance Engineer will maximise machinery up time by offering first line maintenance supporting fast moving machinery.

DUTIES:

• As a Junior Maintenance Engineer you will be responsible for running the machine, ensuring smooth running and care of production line equipment across your area.
• Minimising downtime issues by fault finding and problem solving.
• Work will be reactive, responding to breakdowns and H&S issues, or planned following preventative maintenance schedules. 
• Working as part of a team or stand alone will be essential in this varied and challenging role.
• This role is based Monday – Friday and will be covering alternating 6am – 2pm AM / 2pm – 10pm PM shifts 

REQUIREMENTS:

The successful Junior Maintenance Engineer:

• Qualified in an Engineering discipline (either Electrical or Mechanical) City & Guilds Level 2 or above.
• A strong work ethic and an ability to react to pressure situations in the correct manner.
• Must have a strong understanding of the core principle of machinery fault finding.
• Some demonstrable experience in a hands on maintenance role and machine minding.

In return you will be joining a welcoming team with a long standing organisation who are thriving in the current climate that can offer training and development to Engineers who are seeking to develop their skills. The salary is up to £26,000 + overtime, 28 days holiday and company pension. 

If you are interested or would like to find out more, please apply immediately for a confidential conversation and progression to interview.

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Maintenance, Reliability & Service Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Are you a Programme Manager, looking for your next step in your career?

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for an experienced Programme Manager, to ensure the Projects are delivered on time and to budget.  

This is busy, growing manufacturing business, and ideally, they are looking for someone who is looking to expand your own career opportunities, and commit and continue to grow with them.

Duties of the Progtramme Manager:

• Facilitate complete Project deliverables and APQP activities 
• Responsibility to deliver a PSW P1/Note 3 and PSW P3/Note 1 for each part within the project.
• Work with the team and coordinate resolution of major project issues in a timely fashion. 
• Assist the Key Account Manger to maintain budget of projects to ensure goals are met. 
• Report project status to management, especially keeping management informed of major project issues. 
• Gate reviews
• Assign responsibilities for Project and APQP actions.
• Coordinates activities to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. 
• Supporting to develop specifications within the project phase based on technical customer requirements
• Coordination of corrective actions and follow up 
• Support of project related Product and process FMEA´s 
• Support to determine product requirements and specifications for purchased parts (sub supplier) 
• Maintenance of part specific validation plans for prototypes in agreement with customer relevant divisions
• Coordination of internal and external tests based on part specific validation plans
• Realizing internal process audits and coordination of customer process approvals in cooperation with plant divisions
• Coordination of PPAP in cooperation with production facilities.
• Coordination of corrective actions in regards of Project aspects (failure list out of cubing, car validation and development)
• Support by initiate work- and test - instructions in cooperation with serial production plants including serial control plans.  
• Involvement in product and process validation or rework activity post volume production
• Visit customer facilities for involvement in problem resolution, quality issues, rework, new project meetings, etc. 20% Travel required.

Requirements of the Progtramme Manager:

• You will have gained your experience from within a high- volume manufacturing environment
• This is a true Programme Manager role, and you will have experience of overseeing the complete life cycle of a project
• You may be at Programme Engineer stage in your career, and are looking for that next step up in your career into Programme Management
• Excellent customer facing experience
• To have the ability to interpret CAD drawings
• Superb management skills, both people and time management
• Excellent presentation skills

This role would suit an ambitious, committed, confident Programme Manager looking to expand your career within a busy, growing manufacturing company

Send me your CV ASAP

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

An immediate start is available for a busy manufacturing organisation in the Birmingham area, for an experienced Logistics Material Planning Analyst.

You would be joining a busy, high volume manufacturing organisation who can offer an immediate start.

Duties of the Logistics Material Planning Analyst:

• Arrange inbound containers
• Arrange empty packaging back to suppliers
• Daily activities schedules and release using SAP
• Monitor unbound deliveries
• Book transport and enter on transport log
• Check collections on time
• Shop floor stock takes
• Set up supplier packaging
• Monitor suppliers
• Deal with late deliveries and missing parts
• Arrange special transport
• SAP creations Create MRP 1 and MRP 2 screens

Requirements of the Logistics Material Planning Analyst:

• You will have relevant Logistics experience gained from within ideally, a high- volume manufacturing environment
• Experience of SAP is highly desirable
• To have experience of arranging special collections and customer packaging
• Stock take experience

Benefits of the Logistics Material Planning Analyst:

• £30,000 - £34,000 (flex dependant on experience)
• IMMEDIATE START
• The chance to work within a World class manufacturing Company
• Days

The role is commutable from Walsall, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Kidderminster, Telford

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

Reporting directly to the Operations Director, as Head of Production, you will be responsible for all manufacturing on site.

This is an outstanding opportunity within a long-established busy manufacturing organisation.  

DUTIES

• Improvement processes
• Management of the Cell Managers and Shift Managers
• Management of all manufacturing to meet sales, output, manufacturing efficiencies, quality, safety and environment performance
• Plan equipment utilisation and labour
• Ensure compliance
• Leadership
• Liaison with customers, sub-contractors and suppliers
• Technical expertise with regards to new technology
• Control of budgets and capital equipment expenditure

REQUIREMENTS 

• It is essential that you have a Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• Proven management experience 
• Good commercial awareness and have managed budgets and costs
• Chemical sector experience in Production Operations
• Experience with SHE requirements and process safety management (preferably gained in a COMAH environment)
• A natural leader, a motivator who can coach and develop

BENEFITS

• £60,000
• Company car
• Superb holidays 25 days
• An opportunity to work in a stable, well established and busy environment
• Superb long-term prospects

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994
 

We are a well-respected employer within the engineering sector and are seeking to recruit proven Senior Site Civil Engineer to lead our sites services team, who support our 15-acre facility.   

Benefits: 

In return for your Civil Engineering / Site Management skills and experience, we offer a starting salary in the region of £34K, Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme, Company Pension & Stable Working Environment as we are a Key Worker Specific Sector.

Duties of a Senior Site Civil Engineer

As a proven Senior Site Civil Engineer, you will be required to manage the planned and reactive maintenance activities of the site services team, whilst also undertaking statutory inspection for compliance across the facility. 

The role will see you managing a wide range of infrastructure based work such as brickwork, structural concrete, roadways, effluent & storm drains and general facilities maintenance such as carpentry and painting / decorating across our large and ageing facility that will see you not only manage remedial works but also work on new developments on site. 

Requirements of a Senior Site Civil Engineer

You must hold formal Apprenticeship and be qualified to a minimum of an HNC standard in Civil Engineering or a construction discipline. Linked to a proven background in managing small teams undertaking similar works. 

This is a great opportunity to move your career into a single sited role, with an early Friday finish, where you will not only gain an incredible benefits package, but also be secure in the knowledge that you will be in a stable working environment and classified as a Key Worker . 

The Senior Site Civil Engineer role is commutable from Birmingham, Dudley, Smethwick, Wednesbury, West Bromwich & Oldbury

We are a well-respected employer who are seeking to recruit an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join our established DAYS Based maintenance team. 

Benefits: 

In return for your Maintenance Electrician skills and experience, we offer a starting salary in the region of £25K, Plus Company Pension alongside other key benefits, safe in the knowledge that you will be in a stable working environment and classified as an Essential Key Worker. 

Duties of a Maintenance Electrician

Working with a team of Maintenance Engineers you will be required to undertake both planned and reactive multi skilled maintenance activities across our plant. 

Requirements of a Maintenance Electrician:

You must hold formal electrical qualifications (and ideally be apprentice trained too), with proven experience as a Maintenance Electrician supporting plant and equipment within a robust manufacturing or heavy engineering environment. 

The role is commutable from Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Halesowen, Quinton & Woodgate Valley .  

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

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Maintenance, Reliability & Service Recruitment Specialists since 1994
 

A busy manufacturing organisation in the Redditch are ready to recruit for a Projection Weld Setter.   As they are so busy, they are in a position to offer an immediate start!

They are long-established and as they supply into a vast variety of different industry sectors, this means that despite difficult times, there is a consistent and steady need for their products and services.

You will be an Experienced Projection Weld Setter Supervisor, reporting directly into the Manufacturing Manager and will act in a supervisory capacity.

DUTIES:

• Ensure smooth team operations 
• Setting Robot Welders
• When necessary, operate the Robot / Projection Welders where deemed necessary
• Supervising and motivating your team
• Lead and set good working practices
• Complying to Health and Safety regulations
• Identification of training needs and implementing training 
• Control of hours and holidays

REQUIREMENTS:

• To have experience of setting projection / robot welders
• Supervisory experience
• Happy to work days
• To have worked in a fast- paced manufacturing environment
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal

BENEFITS:

• Redditch
• Mon to Thurs 7 am to 4 pm, Fri 7 am to 12 noon
• £25,000 to £30,000 dependent upon skills and experience
• Busy manufacturing environment
• Friendly team

Urgent Requirement – Immediate Start Available – Please APPLY TODAY!

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Manufacturing, Production & Quality Recruitment Specialists since 1994

We currently have a great opportunity for a suitable engineer to join a design and manufacturer of control systems. The organisation considers themselves to be agile and highly innovative, embracing their technology to introduce custom solutions for their blue-chip customer base. As a company they have a strong family culture which provides a positive working environment where employees feel valued and trusted. 

The Role

Due to the organisation doubling in size over the last five years and growing its presence in their international markets and across key applications in a myriad of industries. A new position for an Application Support Engineer has been created. 

As part of the UK Safety Application Support Team, you will become the first point of call for technical queries pre- and post-sale. Your personable, action orientated style, will deliver fast resolution to customer queries through your own technical skills and pulling on internal knowledge. This is a role aimed at individuals with relevant engineering skills and with some appropriate industry experience, however recently qualified engineers with 6 months+ experience will be considered. You will receive training and mentorship as you learn about all areas of the business through your role.

Graduate Application Engineer Responsibilities

• Respond to technical enquiries through internal platforms to deliver excellent service to customers, providing both pre- and post-technical sales support.
• Contribute to technical investigations as they support their customers, working closely with Engineering Design, Customer Solutions and Sales.
• Develop key knowledge on organisations product range, with understanding of key applications. 
• Contribute to and create new ways to keep customers informed on products as they develop new materials, training and services.
• Contribute to a culture of process improvement within the Safety Application Support team.

Requirements

• Relevant engineering qualification at higher education level (HND / Degree) in Electronic Engineering.
• Relevant industry experience preferred – 6 months+
• Approachable and personable style with good presentation and communication skills
• A strong culture fit – with a bias for action, accountability and teamwork
• Willingness to travel (International)

The Application Support Engineer will be involved in all areas of customer liaison, whilst working closely with other internal departments, giving a successful applicant the opportunity to develop a career that offers variety and fast track career progression. 

Applicants with 6 months+ working experience post-Graduation in Electronics or Mechatronics would be suitable to apply for this role.

The company offers excellent benefits and bonuses, based on both individual and company performance and has a strong track record of developing individuals with career progression opportunities. 

Benefits

• £25,000 - £28,000 
• Pension 
• Bonus 
• 25 Days Hols + Bank Holidays 
• Early Finish on Fridays 

Commutable from – Birmingham, Coventry, Telford, Lichfield, Stafford, Derby
 
For more information, please contact mevia email or call me on 0121 321 4310

Probe Technical Recruitment, a R&D Recruitment Specialists since 1994

We are a organisation with an established presence in the West Midlands region who are seeking to recruit a proven Control Maintenance Technician to support our Midlands based operation.

Duties of a Control Maintenance Technician

Working Days, you will be required to support our onsite automated production system that will see you working closely with our Maintenance, Projects and CI teams to resolve issues and make improvements to production processes, that heavily rely on automation.  

Requirements of a Control Maintenance Technician

You will ideally have:-

• Climbed the ranks of engineering from a Maintenance prospective and have proven Plc & Automation skills with a desire to move your career towards Control Engineering. 
• Or hold a Control Engineering role, with a desire to utilise your skills within a fast-paced maintenance team.
• Experienced to a programming level with either Rockwell Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi or Siemens S7 Plc and Proface or WinCC Flex HMI. 

In return for your skills and experience we offer a negotiable starting salary of up to £40,000 alongside Company Pension, Control Training, Excellent Holiday Entitlement.

Probe Technical Recruitment, a Maintenance, Reliability & Service Recruitment Specialists since 1994