Probe UK is a leading technical engineering recruitment consultancy that specialises in all aspects of the engineering sector. From aeronautical and automotive engineering to precision engineering, manufacturing and technical designers, we have worked for clients from all spectrums of the engineering and design industry in sourcing the perfect candidates.
Founded in 1994 by two apprentice trained and qualified engineers, Probe has been built on a firm understanding of what the engineering sector looks for in a candidate. Our background in engineering is what helped launch Probe and establish it as the engineering recruitment agency it is today, standing out from our competitors. It is with our experience and insight, we are able to better assess a candidate knowledge, experience and ability, to find a potential employee that suits fits to your team and your business needs.
Based in the heart of the West Midlands, Probe has over 24 years of experience in engineering recruitment and providing the best service possible to our clients.We have developed a philosophy that focuses upon attention to detail, speed of response, added value and cost-effectiveness. Rigorous attention to these attributes has enabled us to cultivate an ever growing relationship with our clients and candidates.
This is why Clients continue to use us time & time again...
If you are interested in our services, feel free to give us a call on 0121 321 4311, for a friendly chat about the role and what you are looking for in a candidate or drop us an email on info@probejobs.co.uk
Latest Jobs
- £19,500 - £20,500
A fantastic opportunity exists for a experienced Customer Service Administrator to join a leading business.
The Customer Service Administrator is responsible for all administrative tasks in relation to customer services.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Process customer orders, efficiently and in line with procedures, utilising systems and completing paperwork as necessary
- Work directly with customers to handle queries, take sales orders, and resolve issues
- Answer incoming calls efficiently and handle them accordingly
- Support and liaise with the UK/EU sales team and collaborate with US sales as required
- Be first point of contact for customers ordering and/or enquiring about products for purchase
- Liaise with relevant departments to ensure stock levels are available to fulfil customer orders
- Maintain the pricing database
- Process samples requests as required
- Collaborate with relevant departments on new print designs and print orders
- Liaise with the Quality department to maintain up to date technical data and provide this to customers upon request
- Deal with customer complaints or order anomalies to a satisfactory conclusion
- Collaborate with all departments as required to ensure customer service effectiveness
- Communicate effectively and pro-actively with customers
- Raising Credit or Goods Return Notes as required, liaising with the credit department when necessary
Education, Experience Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Experience within a customer service role is essential
- Exceptional customer service skills, focusing on the needs of the customer
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office
- Excellent communication skills including telephone
- Ability to build relationships effectively
- Awareness & understanding of the company's product range
- Experience of using SAP is desirable
- £45,000 - £50,000
Introduction:
Are you an experienced Production Manager looking for a new challenge within a fast-paced, high-pressured assembly environment??
Enjoy a Challenge????
Thrive in motivating a team??
Self-driven & Target Orientated???
This is the position for you!!!
Company:
This is a fantastic opportunity for the Production Manager to be at the forefront of continuous improvement of an exciting fast-paced organisation who pride themselves with their technical excellence and outstanding customer service. This company is committed and are growing from strength to strength. They are in need of a strong, Production Manager to help steer this and continue the improvement and processes to deliver outstanding results.
Duties:
The Production Manager will be responsible for leading the production and interface with support functions to plan, develop and improve the systems and shop floor as well as:
- Plan departmental KPIs
- Ensure operations are within budgetary targets and always strive to exceed targets and control costs
- Implement Management Control Systems
- Implement adequate systems for control of scrap
- Ensure adequate manufacturing resources
- Review of quality performance for product delivery to the customer in compliance with the QMS
Skills & Experience:
The successful Production Manager will have:
- Ideally a degree in Manufacturing / Production
- At least 5years’ experience in the industry within a 1st tier supplier and JIT process
- Proven leadership skills including coaching, motivating and development of team
- Basic understanding of engineering & maintenance
- FMEAs
- Production Planning & Stock Control
I would be keen to speak with candidates who have experience as a Senior Production Managers, Production Managers, Production Leaders, Operations Managers or similar positions.
Benefits:
- Holiday
- Pension
- Onsite Parking
The culture of the business is important and they certainly pride themselves in their investment to their employees, their welfare and how they can continually improve to be the irresistible organisation in which they are striving for.
This role is commutable from Telford, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Shropshire, Walsall, Cannock, Dudley, Birmingham and surrounding areas.
For an informal chat or to apply for this position or to discuss any further please send your CV complete with a cover letter ASAP.
- £35,000 - £40,000
Introduction:
As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you will be joining a Maintenance Engineering Team at a leading Manufacturing company based just outside of Kidderminster. You will be undertaking breakdown and preventative maintenance on plant machinery in this fast paced production facility.
Duties:
- In this Electrical Maintenance Engineer role you will be responsible for maintaining and improving all aspects of the equipment and plant on site in a fast paced manufacturing environment at a major manufacturing site.
- Working in a team you will be covering a Continental shift pattern of alternating Days and Nights 12 hours shifts on a 4on / 4off shift rota.
Requirements:
- To be successful in the role of Electrical Maintenance Engineer you will need to hold a recognised Electrical Engineering Qualification and will ideally be Apprentice trained.
- You will also need to have previous experience of supporting machinery in a manufacturing or production environment, have a good knowledge of AC motors, inverters + drives, and hold fault finding abilities on Siemens S7 PLC controls.
- I would be keen to hear from Maintenance Electricians, Multiskilled Engineers, or Maintenance Technicians who have experience of supporting plant machinery and have strong Electrical skills.
Benefits:
- In return, you will be joining a market leading company and will be paid on a weekly basis.
- The salary package including shift allowance is from £35,000 to £38,000 basic salary per annum, depending on skills and experience + excellent overtime opportunity bringing the total package up to £40,000.
This position is commutable from Kidderminster, Worcester, Redditch, South Birmingham and surrounding areas.
If you are interested in knowing more please send your CV ASAP.
- £25,000 - £28,000
Introduction:
Are you an experienced Production Controller looking for a new challenge within a highly modern, customer driven, reputable, technical organisation??
Enjoy a Challenge????
Self-motivated and enthusiastic??
This is the position for you!!!
Company:
Set in the heart of the country-side, this is an innovative, customer orientated organisation who pride themselves in their excellence and customer experience. They are an engineer – led business who are continually expanding and evolving in their industry and market place. They believe in their product so strongly they use it throughout their business, strengthening customer satisfaction. Due to their continual expansion, they are seeking an experienced Production Controller to join the Operations team.
Duties:
The Production Controller will be responsible for supporting the Operations Team to determine and maintain all sales demands and ensure customer requirements are met, as well as:
- Schedule and Expedite the production of a range of products to meet sales requirements
- Negotiate sales demands and any changes that meet customer requirements
- Expedite, audit and determine sales requirements from customers ensuring products are available as required to meet shipping requirements
- Plan, Co-ordinate and ensure the despatch of products to meet customer requirements
- Sales forecasts to support procurement and business analysis
- Create a daily production schedule
- Investigate and improve adherence to production schedule output
- Reduce supply chain costs
- Create sales, production and inventory forecasts for 12month periods
- Produce reports and promote effective improvement activities
Skills & Experience:
The successful Production Controller will have:
- HNC/HND / NVQ Level 4 or equivalent
- APICS would be beneficial
- 5years’ experience in a supply chain and production control position
- A great understanding of manufacturing and warehouse operations
I would be keen to speak with candidates who have experience as a Production Controller, Production Planner, Production Scheduler or similar positions
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- Holiday
- Bonus
- Pension
- Health Care
- Onsite Parking
The culture of the business is important and they certainly pride themselves in their investment to their employees, their welfare and how they can continually improve to be the irresistible organisation in which they are striving for.
This role is commutable from Telford, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Shropshire, Walsall, Cannock Shrewsbury
For an informal chat or to apply for this position or to discuss any further please send your CV complete with a cover letter ASAP.
- £28,513 - £28,513
We are seeking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Technician) to join a company who are an engineering solution provider. The ideal candidate must have 3+ years of mechanical experience in an industrial, manufacturing or military environment.
Duties:
- Safely and efficiently troubleshoot, repair, maintain and install equipment in compliance with all plant policies and procedures with the highest standards of workmanship and professionalism
- Experience working with machinery and mechanical equipment such as: motors, pneumatic/hydraulic components, steam systems and production equipment; as well as experience reading diagrams, sketches, operation manuals and manufacturers specifications
- Using hand tools, power tools, precision-measuring and testing instruments
- Respond to all maintenance issues throughout the plant and perform other duties as required
- Introduction and installation of new equipment.
- Multi-tasking between projects and self-prioritization as required.
- Assistance in providing solutions to health and safety issues.
- CMM system management and sign off.
- Risk assessment take 5 and permit implementation.
- Mentoring of apprentices and trainees.
Skills and Requirements for Maintenance Engineer:
You must be a time served Mechanical Engineer, electrical knowledge an advantage and must be willing to maintain a strict adherence to safety rules and regulations
- Experience with pressurised systems, steam, welding, hydraulics, pneumatics and fabrication
- Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing and working with PLC’s, HMI’s, A/C & D/C motors, drives, encoders, resolvers, control systems, bearings, gearboxes, drive systems etc.
- Must be able to read maintenance schematics / blueprints
- Experience diagnosing mechanical systems using various tools
- Must be willing to work in high or confined spaces
- Ability to use computer-based systems and software
Benefits for a Maintenance Engineer:
- Overtime available most weekends
- Holidays: 25 plus bank holidays (maintenance usually work Easter weekend but get holidays back plus overtime rates)
- Pension: Matches up to 8%
- Life assurance: 2 x salary or 4x if in pension plan
This role is commutable from Grantham, Lincoln, Newark on Trent and Scunthorpe
- £35,000 - £45,000
Role / Company Overview:
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Design & Estimating Engineer with a leading UK business. The business has multiple sites, a 76 million turnover with aspirations of developing further.
Reporting to the Design & Estimating Manager, you will be responsible for the procurement of works through the preparation and submission of estimates for Piling and House Foundations projects within the Yorkshire Area. The role requires the interpretation of site investigations and producing pile designs and calculations as part of an effective tendering and negotiation process.
Key interfaces include; CST, Production, HF Design, Operations, Commercial, Rig allocation
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and appraisal of incoming enquiries for suitability to client’s products and services.
- Prepare and compile estimates and designs calculations for the submission of tenders in line with client requirements and timescales for both Piling and House Foundation enquiries.
- Maximise turnover and profit through effective tendering and negotiation.
- Prepare formal pile designs to BS8004 and Eurocode 7 at both pre and post contract stage.
- Assist in developing the Yorkshire business in a pro-active manner through effective marketing, relationship building, identifying new market opportunities and value engineering.
- Attend pre contract meetings alongside operational and commercial colleagues to agree scope of works and all other issues pertaining to the contract.
- Provide technical support as work progresses on site including liaison with clients Engineers on technical and design matters.
- Ensure compliance with company QA procedures.
- Assist in the settlement of claims and disputes as required.
- Foster good working relationships with clients whilst maintaining and improving the professional and progressive image of the company.
Salary and Benefits:
- Salary negotiable dependent on experience
- Company car
- Private Healthcare Insurance
- Share scheme
- Discretionary bonus
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- 33 days holiday
Commutable From: Leeds, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Goole
Who We Are
Probe UK is a leading technical engineering recruitment consultancy that specialises in all aspects of the engineering sector. From aeronautical and automotive engineering to precision engineering, manufacturing and technical designers, we have worked for clients from all spectrums of the engineering and design industry in sourcing the perfect candidates.
Testimonials
Probe provided me with valuable assistance and advice when I was searching for a new role. It was a pleasure working with them, I cannot recommend them highly enough. I found their approach honest, reliable and he totally understood what I was looking for, something which isn't always the case with recruiters. I would not hesitate to contact Probe in the future if my circumstances changed
Jason
Design Engineer
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