If you are currently working within Construction and looking to diverse into Quality Inspection, carry on reading. 

A highly successful, construction manufacturing company who are currently thriving are looking for a new team member to join the Quality Department to report to the Head of Quality, on all matters associated with quality. The necessary training will be provided to ensure that the candidate becomes a proficient Quality Inspector and can work independently in this progressive role. 

The company operates across multiple sectors including, Defence, Retail, Commercial and Education and have remained open and busier than ever during COVID-19. With a growing customer base, the Company is continually looking to exceed Customer expectations whilst doing this both more effectively and more efficiently and require a Quality Inspector to ensure the Quality assurance of all projects/products produced is maintained and achieved.

Benefits for the Quality Inspector:

• Negotiable Salary
• 7.30am to 4.00pm
• 25 days holidays + Stats + Christmas shutdown
• Free on-site parking
• Free Beverages
• Medical cover 

Roles & Responsibilities for the Quality Inspector:

• Ensure products meet the necessary quality standards
• Reporting product conformance
• Identify areas of improvement and implement measures
• Ensure quality checking procedures are in place
• Inspect products referring to Engineer drawings
• Producing, defect, non-conformance, and any other reports
• Liaise with other departments on Quality matters

Skills Required:

• Team player and good lone worker
• Experience working within the Construction Industry
• Computer literate
• Ability to read Construction Drawings **ESSENTIAL**
• Experience working with sub-contractors
• Self-sufficient, self-starter, who can use initiative

If you are Enthusiastic, Driven, looking for challenge then apply today.

Commutable from Mansfield, Worksop, Nottingham, Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Grantham, Newark on Trent, Lincoln, Sleaford
 

A Sales Executive is currently being sought by an established and successful construction company who have expanded into the renewable energy market. The company sell a range of green solutions including Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Solutions, Energy Efficient Lighting, Renewable Energy Solutions and, Energy Efficient Heating Solutions amongst others. They sell into the commercial sector and count large house builders and national retailers amongst their impressive client base. 

The business is seeking a Sales Executive due to sustained growth in the green energy division. The Sales Executive will be responsible for increasing the market share of the company by securing new green solutions business with customers across a range of verticals including house builders, retail, property management, education and general industry.

The Sales Executive role is a brand new position with great opportunity to progress as well as having a strong commission scheme which will allow for real earning potential for high-achievers.

The role will be office based initially with the expectation that it will progress to field/home based once probation has been passed.

DUTIES:

• Selling the company’s entire portfolio of green energy solutions including EV charge points, Energy Efficient Lighting, Solar Solutions, Renewables Maintenance and more. 
• Identifying new business opportunities across a multitude of verticals and managing the entire sales cycle to completion.
• Effective customer service and account management of existing customers, including up-sell opportunities and contract renewals.
• Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team to produce Marketing Materials.
• Attending customer sites to meet prospective customers and present the full portfolio of solutions.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum of two years’ experience in a new business development role.
• Exposure to the renewables and/or green energy solutions industry.
• A desire for success and a tenacious drive for winning.

A rare opportunity for an experienced Press Toolmaker has become available at an outstanding Engineering company, who have been running successfully for more than 70 years. With a strong customer base supplying into Aerospace, Medical and Structural Steel Industries and having stayed open during COVID-19, still thriving in the current climate, this is an opportunity not to be missed. 

Benefits for the Press Toolmaker:

• Free Parking and canteen on site
• A friendly and welcoming environment
• Opportunities for overtime
• Opportunities to learn new skills 
• Exciting and varying projects

Roles and responsibilities of the Press Toolmaker;

• Repairs and refurb of press tooling
• Use of all standard machinery
• Liaise with customers and suppliers 
• Interpret Engineer drawings
• On-time delivery of tools
• Ensure department standards are maintained

Skills required for the Press Toolmaker

• Must be experienced with the manufacture of Press Tools
• Toolmaking > 5 years
• Flexibility
• Ability to take responsibility and ownership of tasks

Do not miss out on this rare opportunity

Quantity Surveyor (Infrastructure) 

We are currently working with a company that operates nationwide, providing integrated consultancy services for major infrastructure and development schemes and has a reputation of designing and delivering some of the most complex projects in the UK. 
They have a proven track record of delivery in residential, commercial, retail, public and infrastructure sectors, with significant project experience in planning, designing and delivering strategic highways and bridges, flood alleviation works, transport plans, major utility installations, high rise buildings, new towns, schools/leisure centres, public buildings and business parks.

Their teams are structured to provide efficient, cost effective and dynamic advice, often against challenging timescales and with significant complexities. 

The Role within the company will require an enthusiastic, dynamic, and motivated individual with a junior or experienced background working as a Quantity Surveyor in recent times.

This is a great opportunity for a successful candidate to join the business in a role offering the prospect to work with experienced Quantity Surveyors and Project Consultants and provide a wide range of development consultancy services.

• Viability Analysis.
• Commercial and Contract Advice.
• Contract Administration.
• Cost Planning and Reporting.

The Quantity Surveyor position will offer the chance to work on some of the largest development programmes in the UK, taking the project lead and driving forward the key stages of project design and delivery.

Based in the organisations building in Southwest Birmingham, the position will liaise and work with other parties and travel when needed to visit and support projects throughout their delivery stages and lifecycles.

Experience Required 

• A formal Qualification in Quantity Surveying 
• Fully conversant with MS office – Word, Excel Outlook, Project 
• Some recent exposure of Quality Management Systems 
• 12 – 18 months post qualification sector experience 

If you are looking to progress your career in a driven environment working on nationally significant development and infrastructure projects and are looking to extend your experience within the field of QS, please get in touch.

Civil Engineer (Infrastructure projects) 

Nationwide Projects 

A Civil Engineer is required for a Birmingham based Consultancy 

We are working with an organisation that provides consultancy services related to major nationwide infrastructure schemes, with a strong successful track record for the delivery of projects in Commercial, Residential, Public and the Retail sectors. They have vast experience within infrastructure - planning, designing, and delivering highways and bridges, flood elevation works, transport plans, major utility installations, schools, public buildings, and business parks.

Their team is structured to provide efficient, cost effective and dynamic advice, often against challenging timescales and with significant complexities. 

This role is seeking a Civil Engineer who can provide support in the following:-

Design a variety of infrastructure schemes as well as liaising with clients in the following disciplines: 

• Highway design both preliminary and detailed. 
• Drainage design both strategic and detailed. 
• Design of foul pumping stations, SUDS, flow control structures and balancing facilities. 
• Residential and commercial external works design including earthworks assessments. 

Graduate Electronic Engineer

We are working with an electronic device development company, who require a Junior Electronic Engineer to join their busy R&D Team based on the outskirts of Oxford 

Company:

The company has over 20 years’ experience in developing innovative products that are used in the building services sector. Their product uses a range of the latest Electronic / Firmware and Software technologies and are combined with mechanical applications. 

As an organisation they have seen good growth and are now in a fortunate position of seeing business levels and orders return after the lockdown early this year. 

A busy working environment with a healthy mix of senior and more experienced staff combined with junior and entry level engineers with a focus on individual development.

Duties:

The position will be part of the delivery of new products and technologies and will focus both on new product development and improving and upgrading legacy products. 
Working in the development team and reporting to the Senior Electronic Engineer the position will be very R&D biased and be involved in designing, testing and building prototypes in conjunction with other members of the R&D team.

• Develop innovative product concepts and solutions.
• Design and create PCB Board level technology that can interact with Mechanical and Software applications 
• Create and build test and prototype and associated test rigs to carry out test cycles 
• Electrical design from concept through to production.
• Schematic capture, simulation, PCB layout.
• Embedded software development.
• Design validation testing including internal and external EMC tests.
• Specification and development of production test equipment.
• Working to internal safety and compliance standards 
• Assist in spoke urgent customers’ orders where technology design, upgrades and testing need to be achieved in very short lead times
• Problem solving with the projects at development, prototype, and testing phases

Skills & Experience:

This role will require a Junior Electronic Engineer with experience in the following 

• At least 1 year in a Technology based or Engineering position that is New Product Development biased
• Good hands-on exposure to Electronic Hardware & Embedded Design & PCB Schematics
• Have worked in a technology development product or device environment (Ideally within an SME or Start-up organisation)
• Excellent Communication skills 
• A formal engineering education qualification in Electronics – (Degree, HND or equivalent) 
• Good investigative skills with the ability to problem solve and come up with suitable solutions
• The ability to pick up new technology and procedures fast

Benefits:

• This is a great opportunity for a Junior Engineer to move into a fast paced, but supportive working environment.
• The company has seen fantastic growth in turnover and head count in recent years and is well placed to offer an individual good opportunity for career enhancement, pay increases and promotion within a short time span of joining the company.
• Being part of a team is their ethos and working together to achieve their goals. 

Technical Customer Support - German Speaking

We are working with a fantastic fast-growing organisation that has an establish global customer and supplier based and is seeing strong repeat and new customer business coming directly from Germany. 

Company:

The company has many years’ experience in developing advanced engineered products that are used in a myriad of industry sectors.  Their products offer a high level of safety and reliability and use a range of the latest electronic technologies.

As an organisation they have seen good growth from being able to offer bespoke solutions to their customers and are now in a fortunate position of seeing business levels and orders return, post lockdown.

A busy working environment with a friendly and positive approach to how they operate as a business and they have a strong team support ethos.

Duties:

The position plays an integral part of the day to day function between the customer and the technical departments within the organisation, by offering tailored support to customers by understanding their requirements and then liaising with the relevant Project and R&D teams.

• Collating information and requirements via telephone, email, Skype/Team/Zoom, or fax 
• Discussing suitable options, lead times and costs 
• Liaising with the internal technical departments to ensure customers’ requests and demands can be achieved 
• Dealing with issues and legacy quality issues 
• Maintaining CRM Systems and internal spread sheets or relevant documentation 
• Liaising with Sales Teams and Distributers 
• Keep abreast of new technology and product development 
• Advice customers of new improved technologies and better solutions. 
• Be able to communicate effectively in both English and German 

Skills & Experience:

• This position does require excellent German language skills, both conversational and technical and some exposure of working directly for, or with German organisations in the recent past. 
• The position does not require someone to be formally technically qualified, but a background working in some form of engineering or engineering sales or customer service is strongly desired. 
• Good IT Skills and the ability to create and maintain spread sheets and databases are as must
• Excellent communication with good listening skills are essential, with the ability to convey information clearly and in a professional manner.
• Being part of the big team is how this organisation wants their staff to feel, so someone who is willing to help and support others, will be a quality they seek at the interview stage

Benefits:

• A great company with a history of growing individual staff into senior members and managers within short time periods is something they are very proud of. 
• The company is based in a modern open spaced building with top spec facilities for their staff. 
• They operate Monday through to Friday on a standard day routine, with an earlier finish on a Friday. 
• Good salary packages and regular bonus and 25 Days Holidays + Bank Hols 

Client is a global manufacturer of heavy engineering products and services that deliver lifecycle solutions to maximise customer return on investment. They deliver lifecycle solutions to a broad range of industries, including construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, shipping, transportation, refining, energy, utility, quarrying and mining.  

Key Reasons to Join This Business:

• UK and Global travel opportunities
• Exposure to customers & all areas of the business including manufacture
• Working for a dynamic, global market leader
• Exciting projects & opportunities to innovate including patent designs
• 10% bonus

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):

• Translate product specifications from Platform Manager and Product Manager into engineered solutions for the development of new products and modifications to existing products.
• Working with Design engineers, produce full manufacturing specification package including Engineering BOMs.
• Stay knowledgeable of machine component advancements and competitor design trends; apply latest technology to new and existing designs where appropriate to stay current and innovative.
• To resolve problems at the root cause quickly and effectively and manage engineering change process relating to company products.
• Follow Group standards in the areas of QFD, FMEA, design-for-manufacture, prototype development and field testing and follow group engineering standards and associated IT systems, to ensure effective global management of released engineering data.
• Ensure current and new products meet standards and performance levels specified for safety, function and reliability.
• Reduce manufacturing cost through improved design and consultation with the production department, purchasing and suppliers.

Person Specification:

• Degree educated or equivalent in Engineering and 3+ years’ experience in heavy equipment design; mining, aggregates or crushing equipment would be advantageous.
• Strong 3D CAD skills, preferably Pro-E/CREO.
• Ideally have good working knowledge of hydraulic system design, with working knowledge of Metallurgy, welding and casting techniques.
• Creativity and innovative thinking
• Experience with Oracle TMS a plus
• Good English communication skill, both written and spoken, with good Presentation and interpersonal skills
• Project management experience and advantage

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

An experienced Business Development Manager from the freight forwarding industry is being sought by a successful, independent Freight Forwarder following a period of continued growth. You could be part of the next exciting chapter in this expanding company’s story. 

The company have built a solid foundation within the EU, Far East and Asian markets and they are now looking to grow their UK business with the addition of an experienced Business Development Manager.  

This is a completely new position reporting directly to the Managing Director with real earning potential. The role will likely be home based 4 days per week but applicants must be prepared to travel to London once per week. 

Please note that candidates MUST have 3+ years of experience in a New Business Development position within the freight forwarding industry. Applications without this experience will not be considered.

DUTIES:

• The Business Development Manager will be responsible for identifying winning new freight forwarding opportunities in the UK, Europe and the Far East.
• Managing own diary and appointments, including attending meetings with prospective and existing customers on a regular basis
• Regularly meeting and exceeding sales targets

REQUIREMENTS:

• The Business Development Manager will have at least 3+ years in a new business development position within the freight forwarding industry
• Demonstrable experience of achieving and meeting monthly/annual sales targets
• Will have experience of selling freight forwarding solutions via either Road, Sea or Air.

A reputable well-established Precision Manufacturer, with over 70 years’ experience of Manufacturing for the Aerospace and defences industries need an experienced Sheet Metal worker to join their expanding team. With a formed customer base, operating on a fully established Quality Management system, this opportunity is not to be missed. 

If you are experienced with the forming and adjusting of Sheet Metal, please apply today.

Benefits for the Sheet Metal Worker:

• £14 per hour, depending upon experience
• Onsite parking
• PPE as necessary and company t shirt
• 37 hours per week, early finish on a Friday, opportunities for overtime at 1.5x hourly rate
• 4% Employer Pension Contribution
• 31 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)

Roles & Responsibilities of the Sheet Metal Worker:

• Fabricating and repairing Aerospace components
• Using hand tools, power tools and machinery
• Forming sheet metal 
• Meeting targets set in Production
• Reading Engineers drawings
• Involvement in internal and external Audits
• Performing First off Inspections

Key Skills of the Sheet Metal Worker Required:

• Experienced with bench and machine tools
• Experienced with sheet metal forming and adjustment
• Experienced reading and interpreting technical drawings
• Experienced with Sheet Metal techniques

Commutable from Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Cotswolds. 

Probe Technical Recruitment, Manufacturing & Production Recruitment Specialists since 1994

I am recruiting an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join a very established Plastics company.  You will be required to carry out maintenance work requirements for machines and equipment, plant, and buildings. Ideally previous Injection Mould or Blow Mould experience would be beneficial.

This is an excellent opening for someone with who wants some managerial responsibility, as you will be required to step up as Team Leader when the Manager is off. Along with a competitive salary of £38,000, the company offers overtime at an additional rate, holiday, and company pension. Hours for this role are Monday-Friday 10pm-6am. 

Duties for the role of Maintenance Engineer:

• Carry out all planned maintenance tasks to set standards.
• Carry out safety checks of machines, equipment and plant and complete periodic safety records.
• To undertake tasks required for the installation of machines, plant and equipment to working standards.
• To respond to and provide an immediate maintenance service.
• To make, fabricate and assemble special purpose parts and equipment.
• Along with the Team maintain effectiveness of Team and Area performance.
• To carry out the role of other team members as required.
• To maintain good housekeeping.
• Weekly sprinkler maintenance.
• Maintain and record water treatment as company procedures

The role of Maintenance Engineer is commutable from either Nottingham or Derby.

A BRC accredited, world renowned, leading UK Manufacturer, who has an enviable reputation, is looking for an experienced Tool Setter to join the manufacturing team, on a rotating shift basis for 40 hours per week, to install tools and carry out condition setting operations.

Offering the successful Tool Setter:

• A generous pay package
• Parking and canteen on site
• Overtime opportunities at 1.3x hourly rate

Roles & Responsibilities for the Tool Setter:

• Perform tool and ancillary equipment installations
• Carry out Guard Inspections
• Move tools from machines
• Perform machine setting adjustment as required
• Take part in continuous improvement activities

The ideal Tool Setter:

• Should have experience in Tool Setting
• Should be able to carry out condition setting operations
• Should be able to install Tools & Ancillary equipment

Commutable from Mansfield, Kirkby in Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, South Normanton, Ripley and surrounding areas, this opportunity is not to be missed.