Manufacture, Production, Purchasing, Logistics & Quality Engineering

I specialise in the recruitment of skilled professionals within the Manufacturing, Production and Quality departments across a range of industries, including automotive, electronics and heavy engineering. Having successfully recruited for well-known companies, I am dedicated to building long standing relationships with my clients by meeting with them to really understanding their business needs.

 

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Manufacture, Production, Purchasing, Logistics & Quality Engineering

I specialise in the recruitment of skilled professionals within the Manufacturing, Production and Quality departments across a range of industries, including automotive, electronics and heavy engineering. Having successfully recruited for well-known companies, I am dedicated to building long standing relationships with my clients by meeting with them to really understanding their business needs.

 

     Click Here to view my 'Pick Of The Bunch' of available Manufacturing, Production & Quality candidates

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We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a SALES AND TRAINING EXECUTIVE

This is an exciting Organisation to be part of, you would be joining a prestigious, state of the Art bespoke manufacturing organisation. Specialising in either high quality off the shelf modules, to individual new developments.  We are very much at the forefront of brand new technology.

We have been providing pioneering technologies and products to our customers worldwide for a number of years now, out teams are accomplished teams of experts, highly specialised in the development, industrialisation and production.

You will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of Sales and marketing plans within your assigned territory.

Your role will be split between demonstrating and selling time and delivering training courses.  Training courses usually delivered on customer premises

Commutable from  Darlington, Durhan, Carlilse, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gretna Green, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee

Sales and Training Executive Benefits:

  • Salary: £38,000
  • Bonus
  • Company car
  • Company contributory pension
  • Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
  • Pristine and modern working environment
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted
  • Unlimited Career progression

Sales and Training Executive Responsibilities:

  • Time split between demonstrating / selling time and delivering training courses
  • Training courses will be delivered at customer sites
  • Develop  territory business plans to grow the business in your area
  • Deliver training courses
  • Develop and maintain strong customer relationships
  • Generate quotes
  • Communicate new product developments to prospective and existing customers
  • Analysis of market trends
  • Participate in trade events, exhibitions and promotional events

Sales and Training Executive Requirements:

  • Strong sales and customer service experience
  • To have previously delivered training 
  • Good  knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
  • Previous experience of working within a product and services driven industry
  • Adaptable, to have skills and experience to be  comfortable switching between training and sales
  • Professional and helpful with customers
 

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a CNC PROGRAMMER SETTER OPERATOR

This is an exciting Organisation to be part of, you would be joining a prestigious, state of the Art manufacturing organisation. Specialising in either high quality off the shelf modules, to individual new developments.  We are very much at the forefront of brand -new technology.

We have been providing pioneering technologies and products to our customers worldwide for a number of years now, out teams are accomplished teams of experts, highly specialised in the development, industrialisation and production.

Overall purpose of this role, is to programme, set and run a variety CNC machines and controls to produce high quality components 

Commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, Henley-in-Arden, Redditch, Studley, Stratford-upon-Avon, Coleshill, Minworth, Sutton Coldfield, Tyseley, Aston, Aldridge and Solihull

Benefits:

  • Salary: £31,000
  • Free parking on site
  • Days
  • 12 noon Friday finish
  • 25 Days annual leave
  • Christmas shutdown
  • Annual leave buy and sell scheme
  • Pension salary sacrifice scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Career progression and development

CNC Setter Operator Programmer Responsibilities:

  • Programme, set and run a variety of CNC machines and controls
  • Working  from engineering drawings and CAD files, with a variety of different materials and manufacturing processes
  • Using CNC and manual machinery plus a variety of hand tools
  • Machines on site are:- vertical milling machines, Bridgeport vertical milling centres, Colchester tornedo turning, Fanuc, Siemens, Heidenhain, and Hass
  • Set, Operate and Programme CNC milling / and or turning machines
  • Happy working days

CNC Setter Operator Programmer Requirements:

  • To have previous experience of setting, operating and programming CNC machines
  • Ideally, exposure to milling and / or turning machines
  • Bridgeport, Colchester, Fanuc, Siemens, Hass and / or Heidenhain but not essential
  • To have the ability to read engineering drawings
  • Knowledge  of CADCAM would be beneficial
  • Exposure to use of measuring tools, such as callipers and micrometres
  • A good understanding of feeds and speeds
  • This will suit a helpful, pleasant, and friendly natured individual
  • Happy working days with a 12 Noon Friday finish

If you would like to be part of a growing success story, where there are unrivalled career prospects for you with genuinely exciting products, send your CV NOW!

 

We are looking for an experienced QUALITY ENGINEER.

This is an exciting time to be part of this expanding Organisation. This is a fast paced, dynamic working environment, no 2 days are ever the same! If you are a Quality Engineer, who is looking to be part of a friendly, supportive team, where your prospects would be assured, look no further!
You would be working in the plant Quality team, maintaining and improving product quality, and follow and enhance the existing quality systems. 

Commutable from: Stoke on Trent, Uttoxeter, Market Drayton, Eccleshall, Leek, Congleton, Sandbach, Ashbourne, Stone, Stafford, Nantwich, 

Key Benefits:

  • Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
  • Free parking on site
  • Company Pension
  • 25 Days holiday plus stats on top
  • Fast, dynamic manufacturing environment
  • High staff retention
  • Friendly supportive team
  • Long term excellent prospects

Quality Engineer Responsibilities:

  • Conduct both internal IATF, quality & process audits
  • Support the engineering change process through weekly meetings and be responsible for APQP requirements.
  • Support annual testing schedule for all our products using an external laboratory. 
  • Support NPI
  • Control and manage internal non-conforming parts/supplier rejects, system and non-conforming material area 
  • Support with new projects throughout the APQP process as plant quality representative. 
  • Support the other departments with 8D resolution of quality issues
  • Scrap reduction
  • Control and manage the calibration schedule of all internal equipment through internal inspections & external calibration services. 
  • Support manufacturing, co-ordinate internal product/process improvement. •
  • Monitor internal scrap and help conduct scrap improvement activities with the plant team. • 
  • Manage supplier certificates of conformity documentation, monitoring and recording data submitted. 

Quality Engineer Duties:

  • Quality Engineering experience
  • Proven problem-solving abilities using 8D, PPAP’s and APQP
  • Knowledge of ISO9001 and IATF16949
  • Auditor /Lead Auditor qualification desirable
  • Knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques, such as 5S and Poke Yoke
  • To have the ability to form strong working relationships
  • Customer /Supplier exposure

What are you waiting for? Send your CV for consideration.

 

This is a Work From Home role. Only 1 day a week onsite.

Are you ready to take your career to the next level and drive impactful change within your organization? Introducing the Program Manager  – your gateway to becoming a visionary leader who can navigate complex projects, inspire teams, and deliver exceptional results.

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the role of a Program Manager has never been more critical. 

The role of Program Manager has become available within a busy, very busy manufacturing organisation.

New business is arriving, hence the need for a Program Manager.  This is a well-established business, with Head Quarters in Europe.

This is a business renowned for the longevity with their staff.  Your hard work will be recognised and rewarded, and this is what makes this organisation, the most pleasant place to be.

Commutable from Telford, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Stone, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Stoke  on Trent, Market Drayton, Burton upon Trent, Walsall, Aldridge, Wrexham, Cannock, Stourbridge and Rugeley

Program Manager Benefits:

  • £55,000
  • Hybrid working – 1 day in office
  • Increase after 6 month probation
  • Company Car – OR Car Allowance (£4,500)
  • Work - Place Pension
  • The chance to be experience being part of a stable, consistent, growing organisation
  • Hybrid working available.
  • Long-term standing staff
  • Extremely friendly and inclusive environment
  • Stable and strong

Program Manager Duties:

  • Lead product development programs
  • Bring programs to successful conclusions with all targets met i.e, timing and quality
  • Ensure project master plan is developed and reviewed
  • Define necessary resources to meet targets  
  • Ensure customer specifications, (milestones, quality, packaging) are met
  • That the program financial indicators are managed
  • Ensure technical changes are executed
  • Control expenditure against approved budget
  • Perform risk assessments
  • Attending office 1 day per week

Program Manager Requirements:

  • Degree in Engineering, or equivalent experience with HNC
  • Proven Program management skills
  • Strong knowledge of methodologies and tools (planning and problem solving)
  • Experience with project management financials, P&L understanding
  • High volume production environment experience would be essential
  • To have evidence of previous management of project cycles
  • This would suit a natural Leader
  • Strong team building skills
 

Are you an experienced Quality Manager seeking your next career move? A thriving manufacturing company in the Birmingham area is seeking a dedicated individual to assume the role of Quality Manager, taking charge of overall quality operations.

Operating within a high-volume manufacturing environment, this company requires a seasoned Quality Manager to lead, enhance, and maintain quality systems while inspiring and guiding a small team. As the Quality Manager, you'll become an integral part of the Senior Management team within a dynamic and transparent organization.

You may be a Senior Quality Engineer, who is looking for that elusive next step, into management.  Or you may be an experienced Quality Manager, keen to find your next career move.

This opportunity is conveniently accessible from Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sutton Coldfield, Cannock, Moseley, Lichfield, Kidderminster, Worcester, Solihull, Tamworth, Telford, and Halesowen

Benefits for a Quality Manager

  • Competitive salary of £50,000
  • Pension scheme
  • Generous holiday allowance of 33 days
  • Personal development opportunities
  • Clear path for career progression
  • Membership in the Senior Management team
  • Immersion in a dynamic and friendly business environment

Key Responsibilities of Quality Manager

  • Oversight and enhancement of company-wide quality systems
  • Facilitation of communication with customers and suppliers
  • Conducting root cause analyses and implementing corrective actions
  • Leading and motivating a small team of quality professionals
  • Conducting internal and external audits
  • Providing support and training to employees on quality, audit, and inspection procedures
  • Spearheading efforts to maintain continuous product or service quality through process controls, data analysis, and measurement
  • Participation in new product development (NPD), new product introduction (NPI), and engineering change activities to ensure compliance with standards

Requirements of Quality Manager

  • Proven experience managing quality within a fast-paced manufacturing setting
  • Previous supervisory experience
  • Proficiency in internal and external auditing processes
  • Comprehensive knowledge and utilization of quality tools such as SPC, APQP, PPAP submissions, FMEA, and Control Plans
  • Strong customer-facing skills
  • Thrives in a lively, bustling, and friendly organizational culture

If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge and contribute to a dynamic manufacturing environment, we encourage you to apply for the Quality Manager position today.

 

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a Quality Control Inspector.

This is a unique role within a bespoke manufacturing organisation, steeped in history.  Desing, R&D and manufacturing, all takes place on this site.  
This would suit someone, who is ideally looking for a long-term stable career within Quality. The prospects are superb.  Or, if you have plenty of  experience and are looking for a stable, solid Company, where you can progress, or utilise your knowledge, this is fantastic opportunity. 

A combination of CNC, pressings and assembly.  Supplying into motorsport, and the medical industry to name but a few.
On the cusp of the marketplace opening up in a new area, which will further create more opportunities.

People stay here, and they stay because they are offered the space to develop, and they are highly valued. This makes it a very pleasant place to work, very friendly and good fun!

Commutable from: Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Aldridge, Aston, Dudley, Wednesbury, Willenhall, Lichfield, Solihull, Moseley and Smethwick

Key Benefits for Quality Control Inspector

  • Salary: £25,000
  • Free parking on site
  • 39 hours per week
  • 12.30pm Friday finish
  • Superb Boss!
  • Extensive training and development offered
  • Company Pension
  • Full training offered
  • New marketplace to supply being opened up
  • Extremely friendly business
  • No micro-management

Duties of Quality Control Inspector

  • Goods Inwards Inspection
  • Heat treatment and test of components
  • Calibration of gauging equipment
  • Internal and external audits
  • Booking goods in
  • Training and developing during your working day
  • Requirements for a Quality Control Inspector
  • Experience of Quality Control would be great
  • A desire to learn and develop a career in Quality
  • You may be an experienced Quality professional, who is looking for a nice, steady role, in a very friendly, relaxed sort of environment
  • Sense of humour is essential.

Interested?  You won’t be disappointed!

If you would like to be part of a growing success story, where there are unrivalled career prospects for you with truly exciting products, send your CV NOW!

 

An opportunity for a EHS Officer to join one of our leading and biggest manufacturer clients where you will be working alongside the General Manager at one of their sites located near Telford.

This is a super role, where you will be responsible for day to day tasks relating to Environmental Health and Safety. You will be working with a well known International brand, giving you superb long-term prospects

This Environmental, Health and Safety Officer position is commutable from: Telford, Wolverhampton, Newport, Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ironbridge, Stafford, Cannock and surrounding areas

Benefits:

  • £30,000 - £38,000 Salary
  • Monday – Friday (Mon – Thurs 8am-5.15pm, Friday 8am-12pm)
  • 23 Days Annal Leave + Bank Holidays
  • Company Pension
  • Employee Discount
  • Life Insurance 
  • Free Parking / Bike Store
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Canteen

Environmental Health & Safety Officer Duties:

  • Day-to-day tasks relating to Environmental Health and Safety.
  • Promote an environmental, health and safety awareness / culture to fully achieve compliance with legalization and the strategic direction of the company, 
  • Ensure the MME’s rules, policies and procedures are compliant with current Environmental, H&S legislation, 
  • Ensure that an Environmental Management System is established, implemented, and maintained in accordance with ISO 14001.
  • Liaise with the Company’s insurers regarding any personal injury claims and provide all required data to them regarding each claim.
  • Ensure COSHH Data Sheets and risk assessments are in place and kept up to date.
  • Develop and implement a Health & Safety system, to a framework aligned to ISO45001

Environmental Health & Safety Officer Requirements:

  • Proven experience in Environmental, Health and Safety in a manufacturing environment.
  • Minimum of 5 GCSE’S (or equivalent) at Grade C and above to include Maths and English.
  • IOSH / NEBOSH Qualification (General, Environmental and Fire).
  • Knowledge and experience of implementing, auditing and maintaining a QMS ISO 14001 system preferred.
 

A highly reputable busy, fast-paced, multi-site manufacturing organisation, have a requirement for a QUALITY ENGINEER where you could be joining a well-established and friendly team.

As the Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing process control programs, to ensure finished goods meet customer requirements.

Commutable from Lichfield, Birmingham, Barton Under Needwood, Tamworth, Cannock, Walsall, Atherstone, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Sutton Coldfield, Burton upon Trent and Stone

BENEFITS OF A QUALITY ENGINEER

  • £40,000 - £45,000 (Neg)
  • Further education support
  • Sabbaticals
  • Work - Place Pension
  • Early finish Friday
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Superb genuine progression available 

DUTIES OF QUALITY ENGINEER

  • Root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions
  • Ensure compliance to QS 9000 / TS16949
  • Problem-solving and corrective actions for customer complaints
  • FMEA’s in conjunction with APQP activities
  • Develop and maintain SPC
  • Customer and Supplier visits
  • Manage process audits
  • Containment issues
  • Support NPI related activities

REQUIREMENTS OF QUALITY ENGINEER

  • It is essential you have Quality Engineering experience from within an manufacturing environment
  • Strong use of Quality tools such as SPC, FMEA, APQP and Control Plans
  • Suppler and Customer liaison experience
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • A results’ orientated approach
  • Energetic and results orientated

There is plenty of scope within this role if you are an ambitious Engineer.

 

The best opportunity of the year has arrived, if you are a skilled Machinist, who is looking for that special next role.

This is a superb facility, where your opportunities, are genuinely second to none.  The working environment, is spectacular, giving you the most fabulous workplace.  We are looking for people with passion and pride, who can work independently, or as part of a highly motivated team.

As a Skilled Machinist, you will operate and maintain a group of machines, within a complex manufacturing system, ensuring productivity and quality targets are achieved.

Commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, Henley-in-Arden, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Tamworth, Wednesbury, Moseley, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lichfield, Atherstone, Nuneaton, Walsall, Aldridge and Cannock 

Benefits available to Skilled Machinists

  • Salary: £50,000
  • Free parking on site
  • Bonus
  • 25 Days holiday (Bank Holidays on top), 
  • Healthcare
  • Extremely generous Company contributory pension
  • Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
  • Pristine and modern working environment
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted.
  • Unlimited Career progression
  • And much more…

Responsibilities of Machinists

  • Operate and maintain a group of machines within a complex manufacturing system.
  • Working to tight tolerances
  • CNC Turning and milling.
  • Own Quality inspection – measuring own parts.
  • Utilising grinding and polishing machines
  • Gear cutting and heat treatment. 
  • Working on automated systems
  • Set and Operate – No programming.
  • Working a 3-shift system – nights is 4 nights, Mon - Thurs

Requirements for Machinists

  • Apprentice trained to Level 3, or other engineering qualifications considered.
  • To have worked in a fast paced, automated environment
  • CNC turning knowledge, but CNC Milling experience also readily considered.
  • Strong machining skills
  • This would suit ambitious, energetic, initiative-taking individuals, who are looking for an incredibly special long-term career.

 If you would like to be part of a growing success story, where there are unrivalled career prospects for you with genuinely exciting products, send your CV NOW!

 

Are you a Production and Warehouse Manager, who has the ability to lead, develop and manage within a manufacturing and distribution environment?

We are a well-established organisation, with unique product line, supplying into a broad range of customers. This is a pristine environment, purpose build facility, well laid out modern manufacturing environment. 

Commutable from: Birmingham,Tamworth, Stafford, Burton Upon Trent, Lichfield, Telford, Atherstone, Barton-Under-Needwood, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Aldridge, Sutton Coldfield, Burntwood and Cheslyn Hay

Production Operations Manager Benefits:

  • Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 (neg) and dependant on experience
  • Free parking on site
  • Employee discount 
  • Varied, autonomous role, challenging but highly rewarding
  • 25 Days Holiday (Bank Holidays on top)
  • Early Friday finish
  • Health care
  • Life assurance and critical illness cover
  • Modern well laid out purpose built facility
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted

Duties for Production Operations Manager

  • Lead, manage and develop the manufacture and dispatch of products
  • Lead transformation of production and warehouse operations with increased level of automation
  • Create management strategy
  • Regular staff reviews and support progress 
  • Identification of training needs and implementation of skills training
  • Monitor costs against budgets, prepare annual budgets
  • Proposals for capital and operational expenditure
  • Develop a lean management and continuous improvement culture and NPI

Requirements for a Production Operations Manager

  • Significant previous Production and Warehouse Operations Management experience
  • High volume environment, preferably FMCG, Will consider other areas, such as packaging, food, beverage and automotive 
  • To have managed where there is a high level of automation
  • To have previously managed culture change
  • Degree level education or equivalent 
  • Previous experience of budget control and management 

This will suit a strong Leader, who is initiative-taking, with a modern management approach, enthusiastic, and goal orientated.

 

A major large manufacturing company in the Coventry area, are looking for a Senior Quality Engineer. This is a key role within an established business, with over 200 sites worldwide.  

We are driving advancements in new technologies solutions for a diversified global market.

Commutable from Birmingham, Nuneaton, Coventry, Tamworth, Burbage, Rugby, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Sutton Coldfield, Lutterworth, Henley in Arden and Solihull

What’s in it for you, as Senior Quality Engineer?

  • Salary: £50,000
  • Free parking on site
  • Employee discount (reward gateway)
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • 25 Days Holiday (Bank Holidays on top)
  • Early Friday finish
  • Company contributory pension
  • Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
  • Modern working environment
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted
  • Unlimited Career progression

Requirements for Senior Quality Engineer

  • Significant Quality Engineering experience at a Senior level
  • You will have gained your experience from within high-volume manufacturing
  • Leadership experience
  • Strong knowledge of Quality tools, such as SPC, Control Plans, PPAP submissions, APQP and Containment issues
  • Supplier and customer liaison
  • Excellent auditing abilities
  • This would suit a strong Collaborator, who is keen to utilise your considerable Quality knowledge, in a positive, friendly and supportive environment

Responsibilities for Senior Quality Engineer

  • Provide support to the Quality Manager
  • Manage and improve the current Quality systems 
  • Control Plans and SPC
  • Customer audits
  • Root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions
  • PPAP submissions
  • Champion continuous improvements in Quality
  • PFMEA
  • Containment issues
  • Utilising problem- solving techniques, such as Ishikawa and 5 Why
  • 8D reports
  • Point of contact for customers
  • Gauging and calibration
  • Support NPI
 

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a Project Engineer.  

This is a fast paced, busy, dynamic working environment, and would suit an energetic, enthusiastic Project Engineer.  You may be looking to gain more experience in Projects and NPI, or already experienced and looking for a stable, consistent long-term opportunity. Embracing new technologies and methodologies, these are exciting times to be part of this organisation.

You will be responsible for implementing new projects, demonstrating an understanding of all the project phases throughout the Project launch.  You will manage the industrialisation of new equipment and tooling.

Commutable from Birmingham, Walsall, Aldridge, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Lichfield, Tamworth, Aston, Willenhall, Rugeley, Burntwood, Cannock, Telford and Barton-Under-Needwood

Key Benefits for Project Engineer

  • Salary: £30,000 - £35.000
  • Free parking on site
  • 25 Days Holiday 
  • Early Friday finish
  • Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
  • Pristine and modern working environment
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted.
  • Unlimited Career progression

Responsibilities for Project Engineer

  • Implement new projects.
  • Support trials.
  • Feasibility analysis
  • Provide assistance to training off Operatives.
  • Support Lean activities.
  • Root cause analysis
  • Support transfer of projects from development phase to production
  • Corrective actions
  • FMEA updates
  • Close out all technical concerns
  • Identify areas of failure
  • Support the development of VSM.

Requirements for a Project Engineer

  • To have experience of working in a volume manufacturing environment
  • NPI knowledge
  • Ideally Apprentice trained.
  • HNC or equivalent experience
  • Experience of continuous improvements, KAIZEN, SMED, TPM, VA/VE
  • This would suit a more Junior Project Engineer, who is looking to gain more knowledge and experience.
  • Or, an experienced Project Engineer, who is looking for a stable, consistent environment.
  • TO have the ability to read and understand technical drawings.
  • Happy dealing with people at all levels