Manufacturing & Production

Our Manufacturing Division consists of experienced consultants who have over ten years experience in recruiting Technical staff within the Manufacturing and Production sectors.

Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures, with such a large process involved, we are specialised to recruit for the whole spectrum. Therefore candidates such as Operatives, Toolmakers, Weld Engineers, Production Engineers, Commodity and Raw Materials Purchasing, Team Leaders, Operations Manager, Manufacturing Directors are finding employment through Probe on a daily basis.

  • Continuous Improvements
  • Six Sigma
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • JIT
  • CNC
  • Health & Safety
  • Cost Reduction
  • Waste Management
  • Toolmaking
  • Production Control

If you would like a confidential discussion surrounding strategic hiring for your organisation or your own career path we would be delighted to hear from you to determine how our services can assist you in finding the right solution so please call us on  0121 321 4311

Browse

36 Jobs Found

 

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a Health. Safety and Environmental Coordinator

This is an exciting Organisation to be part of, you would be joining a prestigious, state of the Art manufacturing organisation. 

We are seeking a dedicated and proactive HSE Specialist to join our team. This role involves identifying and mitigating site risks, enhancing working conditions, ensuring compliance with industrial safety standards, and promoting environmental sustainability. The ideal candidate will lead the development and implementation of HSE strategies while fostering a culture of safety and environmental responsibility. 

Commutable from Lichfield, Tamworth, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Shenstone, Cannock, Appleby Magna, Minworth, Uttoxeter, Twycross, Atherstone and Aldridge

KEY BENEFITS

  • Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Pension scheme with employer contributions and life assurance
  • Wide range of staff discounts
  • Employee assistance programs including counselling services
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Early Friday finish
  • Long Service Awards
  • Family days
  • Further education sponsorship

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Risk Analysis and Improvement Initiatives
  • Identify and analyze site risks to improve working conditions, industrial safety, and environmental protection.
  • Develop and implement effective solutions to mitigate risks and enhance workplace safety and sustainability.
  • HSE Action Planning, propose an annual HSE action plan for site management.
  • Provide guidance and training to site management and employees to ensure compliance and promote a safety-first culture.
  • Actively participate in HSE network to share best practices and drive continuous improvement.
  • Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and manage relations with local authorities and organizations.
  • Oversee the reporting and analysis of HSE indicators (e.g., FR0t, environmental data) to track progress and identify areas for improvement.
  • Organize and conduct HSE audits and training sessions to maintain high safety and environmental standards.
  • Investigate accidents thoroughly, identify root causes, and implement preventive measures.
  • Act as the management representative for ISO 14001 compliance.
  • Maintain and implement the Environmental Management System (EMS) across the business.
  • Report on EMS performance and provide improvement recommendations to the Plant Manager and senior management team.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Proven Health, Safety and Environmental experience 
  • Senior level experience
  • Ideally, your experience will be gained from within the manufacturing industry
  • Strong knowledge of ISO14001
  • NEBOSH Qualified


You will be representing Health, Safety and Environment within a fast paced, busy facility.  

Only UK experience can be considered due to the nature of the indsutry

 

SUPPLY CHAIN TEAM LEADER

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a SUPPLY CHAIN TEAM LEAD

Join Our Team as Supply Chain Lead – MRP & Warehouse

Are you ready to take the reins in managing and optimizing supply chain operations? We are seeking a dynamic Supply Chain Lead to oversee MRP & Warehouse functions and drive operational excellence.

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.

You may already be a Supply Chain Team Lead, who is looking for a fresh challenge.  Huge amount of new work is scheduled to arrive shortly, making this an exceptional opportunity, with genuine long-term stability and prospects.

Commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, Henley-in-Arden, Redditch, Studley, Stratford-upon-Avon, Solihull, Halesowen, Shirley, Northfield, Harbourne, Alvechurch, Bromsgrove and Curdworth 

KEY BENEFITS

  • Salary: £50,000
  • Free parking on site
  • Employee discount (reward gateway)
  • Yearly incentive bonus paid out in December 
  • Long service award after 4 years of service 
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Access to BEN (charity for automotive workers)
  • Flexible start & finish times
  • Death in service (once passed probationary period)
  • 25 Days Holiday (Bank Holidays on top), increasing to 26 days after 1 calendar year, then increasing to 28 after 5 years
  • 11 am finish Friday – if worked
  • Company contributory pension
  • Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
  • Pristine and modern working environment
  • Market leader with more continued growth predicted
  • Unlimited Career progression

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Team Leadership: Manage and mentor the MRP & Warehouse team, providing performance appraisals and fostering growth.
  • Strategic Planning: Oversee resource planning, including material procurement, production scheduling, and delivery planning, ensuring seamless operations.
  • Host weekly meetings to maintain the integrity of master data and MRP- activities
  • Control and monitor budget allocations for MRP & Warehouse activities.
  • Inventory Management: Conduct regular inventory checks and annual counts in coordination with the Production Controller.
  • Process Optimization: Ensure compliance with company standards and continuously improve logistics processes, from goods receipt to dispatch.
  • Collaborate with the Quality team to generate 8D reports for resolving quality complaints.
  • Perform SAP checks to align system records with actual inventory.
  • Report KPIs in monthly team lead meetings and provide regular updates in daily supply chain briefings.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Proven experience in supply chain operations, material resource planning, and warehouse management.
  • You will bring knowledge that would also include exposure to manufacturing
  • Strong leadership skills to inspire and guide teams toward shared goals.
  • Expertise in data accuracy, budget management, and process optimization.
  • Familiarity with SAP and inventory control processes.


Join us in this pivotal role to shape our supply chain's efficiency and impact!

 

This is a family business where changing people’s lives through the products that they design, manufacture and install is a daily occurrence. With 40 years’ experience under their belt, they are a leading provider in the UK, a market leader in Europe and have a presence in many other countries worldwide. They continue to expand rapidly in the UK and internationally, a business that has doubled in size these last few years.


Installation & Planning Coordinator Pay, Hours and Benefits

  • £20,000 - £26,000, dependant on experience  
  • 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
  • 23 days holiday plus bank holidays 
  • Life insurance cover
  • Profit Related Pay
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Full Training provided

This role is commutable from the following areas: Derby, Nottingham, Sutton in Ashfield, Mansfield, Chesterfield, 


Role Overview

The Installation & Planning Coordinator role is a newly created position. It is a really interesting role, that will give you the opportunity to see customers through the whole process to a successful outcome. In-depth training will give you all the product knowledge you need to excel in this role. If you’re looking for a job where you can genuinely go home at the end of the day saying that you’ve made a positive difference to someone’s life, then this is the role for you.


Installation & Planning Coordinator Candidate Requirements

  • A planning professional with excellent customer service and great organisational skills
  • Self-management with a ‘can do’ attitude
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • A genuine passion for helping people
  • Confidence using Microsoft Excel, Word, internet & email
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Logical approach
  • Able to work to agreed process & procedures to meet and excel customer expectations


Installation & Planning Coordinator Key Responsibilities

  • The Installation & Planning Coordinator will liaise with installation partners and customers to arrange installation of products
  • Planning and organising installations using the business system
  • Completing all documentation with the highest levels of accuracy and providing this to the relevant parties
  • Dealing with queries relating to installation and finding solutions
  • Dispatch and track products and update stakeholders of any issues
  • Maximising opportunities for installations
  • Ensuring all documentation is received following installations and actioned
 

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a TOOLMAKER / BENCH HAND

We are a well- established, busy manufacturing organisation, ISO9001 accredited with the latest CADCAM technology on site.  

Are you a skilled Toolmaker Bench Hand ready to craft excellence and shape innovation? We're seeking talented individuals like YOU to strengthen our team and take your career to the next level!

Commutable from Birmingham, Walsall, Willenhall, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, West Bromwich, Essington, Aldridge, Brownhills, Great Barr and Cannock 

KEY BENEFITS

  • Salary: £34,500  
  • Paid Overtime
  • Day’s role
  • Lunchtime finish Fridays
  • 33 days holiday (stats included)
  • Friendly supportive team
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Busy, consistent, stable organisation, offering long term career certainty 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manufacture, assemble, and maintain precision tools, jigs, and fixtures
  • Interpret technical drawings and specifications with precision
  • Perform hand-finishing and polishing of components for a flawless finish
  • Collaborate with engineers and machinists to ensure top-tier quality
  • Troubleshoot and repair tooling to maintain smooth production flow
  • Happy to work a Days role

REQUIREMENTS

  • Proven experience in toolmaking or as a bench hand
  • Ability to hand tools and measurement instruments
  • Keen eye for detail and commitment to quality craftsmanship
  • Strong understanding of machining techniques and materials
  • A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with excellent teamwork skills
  • To be able to work from engineering drawings
 

Company

With nearly 50 years of experience behind them, this is a global, hypergrowth company, having doubled in size over the last five years. 

They consider themselves to be agile and highly innovative, embracing the technology associated within the industry.  The business has a strong family culture which provides a positive working environment where employees feel valued and trusted.

The business are big advocates of personal development, growth and progression, with many success stories of this across the company. 


Role Overview

This important role requires a committed individual who will gain a thorough understanding of the company products, Supply Chain and Operations. This will involve gaining knowledge of Suppliers, Products, and Global Operational activity. You will be proactive and driven to support the business units to generate growth through your pragmatic and imaginative approach.

The successful Warehouse Manager will have previous experience in a similar role with team leadership experience. Those from a Stores and Despatch background will be considered especially if gained within a manufacturing environment. You will be used to different ERP tools, capable in Excel, Word, an effective communicator, organised and agile.


Warehouse Manager Salary, Hours and Benefits

  • £41,000 (dependant on experience)
  • Hours: you are able to work 8:00am – 4:00pm or 7:00am – 3:00pm (or a mix of both), with an early finish on Friday’s
  • The chance to join a very successful and growing business
  • Up to 10.5% company pension
  • Company bonus
  • 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
  • Cash health plan

Commutable From: Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Walsall, Dudley, Kidderminster  


Warehouse Manager Candidate Requirements – but not limited to

  • The Warehouse Manager will have previous experience from a similar role with some leadership experience.
  • Previous experience with a manufacturing environment would be highly advantageous.
  • You will be IT literate - ERP systems experience will be at advantage.
  • Ideally you will have previously worked in a demanding warehouse environment with automated storage and enjoy a ‘hands on’ approach.
  • Hold a driving license.
  • Forklift license preferred (training can be provided).


Warehouse Manager Key Responsibilities – but not limited to

  • Responsible for leading and motivating the team to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner. To include, receiving goods to Stores and delivery to point of requirement according to scheduled and other demands & for Packing, Despatch and Shipping operations.
  • Ensure inbound On-Time In-Fill is maximized through prompt and accurate goods receipt. Positively influence Sales On-Time In-Fill through making available raw materials and parts, right time and right place and pulling through Sales Orders to meet customer delivery targets.
  • Effective management of stock holding ensuring optimisation of warehouse locations to support the smooth flow of materials and goods to the point of use and outbound shipment of sales orders.
  • Line management responsibility for the Warehouse team including, return to work meetings, team morale, KPI creation, performance reviews and appraisals meetings.
  • Develop strong relationships with company stakeholders globally - work effectively to support strategic customers.
 

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIONMENTAL OFFICER

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a Health, Safety and Environmental Officer.

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.

As the Health, Safety and Environmental Officer, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.

Your role will focus on minimizing risks, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations, and fostering continuous improvement in EHS practices.

Commutable from Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Kidderminster, Walsall, Cannock, Cradley Heath, Bilston, Willenhall, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Kingswinford, Aldridge, Moseley and Aston

KEY BENEFITS

  • Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
  • Free parking on site
  • Superb training and development opportunities
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Family friendly policies
  • Health cash plan
  • 24/7 access to GP
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Christmas shutdown
  • Service and recognition awards

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Policy Development & Implementation: 
  • Provide ongoing EHS training and ensure effective communication with employees on health, safety, and environmental matters.
  • Track EHS performance and report 
  • Oversee waste disposal, emissions control, and effluent discharge, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.
  • Coordinate emergency response plans
  • Stay informed on the latest health, safety, and environmental regulations
  • Promote initiatives to enhance employee health, safety, and overall well-being.
  • Benchmark practices against industry standards and integrate innovative technologies to enhance safety and environmental performance.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with operational teams to promote and improve EHS standards throughout the organization.
  • QMS and EHS System Development: Develop and implement Quality Management Systems (QMS) and EHS management systems, ensuring proper audits and corrective actions.
  • Accreditation & Certification: Ensure the organization maintains and achieves accreditation to relevant standards such as ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, and ISO 50001.
  • Incident Investigation & Reporting: 
  • Risk Assessments & SOP Reviews: Conduct risk assessments, review Standard Work Procedures (SWP), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to ensure ongoing compliance.
  • Conduct regular site inspections to ensure adherence 
  • EHS Auditing & Compliance: Monitor and audit production processes to identify unsafe behaviors and ensure compliance with regulations.
  • Liaison with Authorities: Collaborate with law enforcement and investigators in the event of serious accidents or incidents.


REQUIREMENTS

  • In-depth knowledge of EHS legislation and procedures, Experience in creating safety plans and leading EHS improvement initiatives.
  • Familiarity with environmental regulations and best practices for managing waste, emissions, and other environmental impacts.
  • Experience with external audits and maintaining relevant certifications.
  • Good knowledge of 14001 and 45001 standards
  • Strong IT literacy
  • Ideally, you will have gained your experience from with manufacturing / engineering


Join us in creating a safer, healthier, and environmentally responsible workplace. If you're passionate about safety and compliance and want to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply!