Total 34 engineering job vacancies in manchester m139wl

Your new company
A leading engineering manufacturing company based in Trafford Park is seeking a dynamic and energetic Senior Buyer / Purchasing Manager to lead their function. This business has earned a great name for themselves and is a market leader within their industry.

Your new role
The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for all sourcing activity on behalf of the organisation, and will primarily be focused around purchasing raw materials, though there will still be an element of indirect procurement. Managing a Junior Buyers, the Purchasing Manager will be responsible for the team performance and savings targets.

The Purchasing Manager will work with stakeholders across the business to establish procurement needs, and you will be able to read technical engineering drawings.

In this role, you will strive to deliver tangible cost savings and drive efficiencies for the company, thus improving bottom line profits. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven procurement and purchasing professional to join a globally recognised company and make the necessary changes to optimise performance levels and cost savings. This will involve reviewing current spend levels and supplier base and analysing the market to identify commercial opportunities to ensure that all suppliers are fit for purpose and delivering the best value. You will also review and manage the performance of contracts.

Please note that this role is based in the office 5 days per week and does not offer hybrid working.

What you'll need to succeed
To be considered for this role, you will have:

• Prior procurement experience from within an engineering manufacturing environment
• Ability to read technical engineering drawings (essential)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Leadership experience
• A confident negotiator
• Good level of IT skills including Microsoft Office

What you'll get in return

• A competitive starting salary of circa £50,000 depending on experience, with the potential for slightly higher for exceptional candidates
• 22 days holiday + bank holidays + 3 days Christmas and New Year shutdown period
• Christmas party and summer party
• The opportunity to grow and develop your procurement career within a global business

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Head of Engineering Tooling Services: Pay up to £77,740 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. 

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join DWP Hybrid Cloud Services and lead one of the biggest digital transformations in Europe. We are using leading-edge tooling and technologies to build better services, and deliver better outcomes for millions of users.

DWP is UK's largest department, every year we pay over £120 billion to 18million DWP customers. 

DWP services cover everything from helping children & families right through to supporting relatives of lost loved ones. The work we do has real impacts on real people.

We help people find jobs, support people financially when they are unable to work due to health conditions and make ensure everybody has the money they need to live during their retirement years. 

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. 

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need to show us in your application? 

• Experience of leading and inspiring teams to deliver strategic outcomes with a focus on service excellence

• Experience of building capability and leading service teams, establishing and maintaining support and operating models for critical services, with a focus on continual service improvement

• Demonstrable experience of a service management framework, embedding policies and procedures in a complex hybrid cloud environment

• Experience of delivering and supporting shared services at scale, preferably automation, orchestration or CI/CD tools

• Understanding of cloud infrastructure and shared services, specifically how they should be used to support delivery of strategic business objectives.

You and your role 

As Head of Tooling Services, you will set our vision and strategy, delivering centrally managed, resilient and secure shared services, and driving adoption across DWP Digital.

You'll be the Service Owner for Tooling Services, as we continue our exciting and necessary yourney to hybrid cloud hosting and intelligent tooling. Your responsibilities include overseeing incident and problem management, change management, service transition, and continual service improvement

You will have the opportunity to shape and lead multiple service teams, making sure we have enough people, talent and capacity to design, build, and operate shared tooling services.

You will be a key member of the Hybrid Cloud Services Senior Leadership Team (SLT), helping to define and deliver DWP's Hosting Strategy, with a focus on the delivery and adoption of Cloud and centrally managed resilient, secure and cost-effective shared services.

Details. Wages. Perks. 

Location: You'll join us in your choice of one our brilliant digital hubs in Manchester or Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometime in the office. 

Pay: In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £77,740 p.a. 

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (Worth up to £22,500/year). 

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days over time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. 

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: 

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days 

• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home 

• Family-friendly policies 

• Time off volunteering and charitable giving 

• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' 

• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more 

• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket 

• Sports and social activities 

• Working in an award-winning environment and culture 

• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs. 

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Engineering Lecturer / Assessor / Technician roles

Morgan Hunt is working with a college in the Greater Manchester area on many amazing roles within the Engineering department for the below lecturing roles -

Mechanical Engineering Lecturer

Electrical Engineering Lecturer

Electrical Engineering Technician

Civil Engineering Lecturer

We can offer placements either on a permanent or temporary basis. If you are interested, please get in touch and apply or call me on 01618383636.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Job Title: Mechanical Engineering Lecturer

Salary: £30,000 - £39,000

Contract: Full-time Permanent Starting ASAP!

Location: Greater Manchester

Morgan Hunt is working closely with a college in Greater Manchester to find exceptional Mechanical Engineering Lecturers to join a successful department, ideally to start ASAP.

Mechanical engineering is a popular choice and the ideal Mechanical engineering Lecturer will have the opportunity to contribute to an experienced and vibrant team.

All applicants for this Mechanical engineering Lecturer role must have:

• Degree in Mechanical engineering or other related subjects
• A full UK recognised teaching qualification (PGCE, QTS, PTLLS, DTLLS, Diploma in Education, etc.)
• Recent experience of teaching Mechanical engineering
• Recent experience within a UK Secondary School or UK Further Education and Training College
• A valid, fully Enhanced DBS on the update service, or willingness to apply for one.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service in line with our safer recruitment policy.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Mechanical Engineering Lecturer

Morgan Hunt are delighted to be working with a College based in the Greater Manchester who are currently seeking a Mechanical Engineering Lecturer, to join their team on a full time hourly paid basis.

This College are looking for someone for 5 days a week to start ASAP and is initally up until October half-term with the view to go beyond this.

Requirements

• A teaching qualification
• A strong understanding of the automotive industry, including current trends, legislation, and best practice
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and motivate students from a range of backgrounds
• A commitment to delivering high-quality teaching and learning, and to supporting students to achieve their full potential

If you feel you would be great for this Mechanical Engineering Lecturing role in the Greater Manchester, apply and send over your most updated CV today.

If you know someone who would be perfect for this role you can win £150 in vouchers if your referral is successful.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Role: Engineering Surveyor

Location: Various sites across the UK (Multiple Vacancies) Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Derby

Rate: Competitive Salary

Hours: Full-time

As an Engineering Surveyor, you will be an essential part of our clients Survey Services team, working on diverse projects across the UK. You will be responsible for conducting precise Engineering and Topographical Surveys, ensuring all tasks are completed to the highest industry standards.

The Successful Engineering Surveyor will:

• Have experience in Engineering/Topographical Surveys with a solid understanding of industry standards and specifications.
• Be proficient with Surveying equipment, including Total Stations, GNSS, and Digital Levelling.
• Have experience with Laser Scanning (advantageous) and be skilled in Surveying processing software (LSS, SCC, N4CE) and CAD software.
• Possess strong organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Why should you apply?

• Work on a variety of projects, enhancing your skills in a dynamic environment.
• Be part of a supportive team that values precision, quality, and safety.

If you are an experienced Engineering Surveyor looking for a new challenge, please apply, and we will be in touch.

SkyBlue Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

Are you looking for a career in tech?

Do you want to learn how to be a Software or Test Engineer?

Want to learn as you earn? You'll work towards a qualification, and do work on products and services that will be used by millions (and which will look great on your CV)?

This is a permanent role with a starting salary of £29,500, as well as great benefits and flexible working.

You'll be part of the UK's largest government department, as well as a thriving Engineering community with access to learning, mentoring and loads of other support.

Tell me about the apprenticeship

We have apprenticeships in Software Engineering, Application Engineering and Test Engineering. You'll be able to indicate your preference when you apply.

This is a Level 4 digital apprenticeship. We're looking to hire people to be future leaders and experts in Engineering.

As an Apprentice Engineer you'll be hands-on with the design, development and maintenance of real stuff that will be used by people across the UK.

So, you'll learn on the job alongside our brilliant, expert team. But you'll also be studying towards gaining a Level 4 engineering apprenticeship qualification via Makers Academy.

You'll be given about 20% of your work time to focus on your qualification.

You will be supported by your line manager, skills coach and the engineering community, as well as fellow apprentices on the programme.

You don't need any prior experience or IT qualifications. But there is a lot to do and learn, so you need to be ready to work hard and participate in the many opportunities you will be given.

Are you ready?

We're very keen to attract a broad range of applicants from diverse backgrounds. If you have the right motivation and attitude, and you want to launch a career in tech then we want to hear from you.

We're looking for apprentices who have the following:

• Attention to detail

• Good communication skills

• Good problem-solving skills,

• The ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Ability to balance work and study, and passion for learning new things.

How do I apply?

You will work through a largely self-selecting application process run by Makers Academy.

This process is designed to enable you to try coding and to help you understand if you are suitable for the apprenticeship.

Apply by:

• Registering your details with Makers Academy and completing your application by Wednesday 18th September 2024.

• Complete a coding course and challenge within 10 days (by Tuesday 1st October, on successful completion progressing to an interview).

• Interviews with Makers Academy will be held from Monday 16th September up to Friday 18th October.

• Final interviews with DWP Digital are expected to be held from Monday 23rd October until Friday 1st November. Dates will be confirmed should you be successful.

Following a successful interview, we are hoping to make offers by early November and will then begin necessary onboarding and checks with a target start in January 2025.

Entry Requirements:

• You hold a current United Kingdom (UK) or EAA Passport, and NI number

• You've lived in the UK and/or EEA for the past 3 years

• You're eligible to work in the UK and are not in full-time education (at the time the apprenticeship starts)

• Either hold GCSEs in Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above. Or you can complete and pass a functional skills tests if you don't have these GCSEs.

• You must not hold an existing qualification at the same or higher level in a similar subject. Makers will decide what a 'similar' qualification is. If you're not sure, then apply and let them make the decision.

There has never been a more exciting time to get involved in a digital apprenticeship with DWP Digital.

Click Apply now for more info and to start an application.

JOB TITLE: Head of Engineering - Colleague Channels Platform

SALARY: £121,023 - £150,000

LOCATION(S): Manchester

HOURS: [Full-time]

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our Manchester office.

About this opportunity…

We have an amazing opportunity within the Colleague Channels Platform, for a transformational Engineering Lead within Manchester Desktop Lab. Our applications are used by tens of thousands of colleagues in Branches, Contact Centres and Head Offices within Lloyds Banking Group.

You'll work alongside the Lab PO in shaping the investment and vision for the Desktop Lab, and as a result centre on setting the strategic direction for the engineering teams to demonstrate thought leadership on contemporary technical delivery, across the entire lifecycle, from idea to realisation of value.

About us…

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you'll do…

Collaboration is critical to the success of this role! As the Engineering Lead you'll operate collaboratively with the Lab Product Owner, other labs, technical teams, other platforms as well as other engineering leads within the platform. You'll work hand-in-hand leading the Lab teams:

• Create safe culture for Engineers to create best in class solutions through coaching, mentoring and the adoption of modern engineering practices.

• Optimise, evolve, and deliver an efficient operating model.

• Support shaping of the backlog and prioritising outcomes which are essential to keep the solution / product in good health.

• Create an organisation that is truly data driven and providing the best value propositions to our customers.

• Engineering practices for the adoption of pipelines for continuous delivery.

• You'll handle the successful delivery and maintenance of the core technology agenda within the Lab providing strategic direction and oversight of Data and Systems.

• You'll be responsible for the technology roadmap, management of technical debt and other technical demands.

• You'll be accountable for the technical solutions team that will design, build, or integrate, deploy, and run the system, particularly software, that supports the Data capability and operations with a focus on quality, resilience, low latency, reusability, accessibility by third parties and scalability.

• Modernisation of applications into container/cloud architecture.

What you'll need…

The role will be suited to someone who combines inspirational leadership skills with strong technical experience and comes from an engineering background.

As an inspirational leader, you:

• Create a culture of learning and continuous improvement through a "Fail Fast, Learn Faster" mentality within teams to experiment and test new ways of engineering, to act as a change agent for engineering and team culture, and to cultivate a systems-thinking and user-experience led design approach.

• Able to nurture teams, support them through a culture of openness and trust, and to make teams the best they can be.

• Have a strong passion for and technical understanding of applications and can provide support, knowledge and mentoring to the teams. This includes helping teams to use the best engineering practices, tooling, and methods and to encourage them to contribute towards inner-source activities and attend Meetups.

As an Engineer, you'll…

• Have extensive software engineering background with one or more programming languages.

• Understand the business area to facilitate the best solution design with team members and product owners.

• Are technology agnostic and are willing to adapt approach in pursuit of the optimal solution.

• Understand Systems Thinking and Service Design to mitigate reactive solutions that leads to further technical debt.

• Understand measurement of change and work with teams to provide reassurance and mitigate behavioural change.

• Significant experience with agile development methods & tooling e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Jira & Confluence, and experience of leading & working as part of an agile team as well as understanding the relationship between agile definitions and automated delivery.

• Understand the benefits of BDD & TDD and ensure engineers write upfront tests against team defined stories.

• Are industry aware and understand the importance of new technical approaches to evolve solutions and the experience of the team.

• Have proven understanding of the entire software development lifecycle and experience in end- to- end delivery of software products along with knowledge of modern software development toolsets including DevOps, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery.

Our focus is to ensure we are inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We are disability confident. So, if you would like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

* An annual performance-related bonus

* Share schemes including free shares.

* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.

* 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow, and thrive? Apply today and find out more.

Join our journey.

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McGinley Support Services are looking for Engineering Supervisor for work out of the Manchester.

Rates:
Engineering Supervisor - Midweek £22.00ph - £23.00ph
Engineering Supervisor - Weekend - £28.00ph - £32.00ph

Engineering Supervisor - Midweek Nights £23.00ph - £25.00ph


All rates are PAYE Umbrella.

Requirements:
What experience would we like you to have?
* In date Sentinel card
* Qualified and competent Engineering Supervisor with the following competencies ES/COSS
* Experience in safety critical work, rail track renewals & maintenance.
* Full UK driving licence

Please contact lee.jolley@mcginley.co.uk

As an equal opportunities employer McGinley Support Services (Infrastructure) Ltd is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective applicants. We actively seek applications from all sectors of the community and particularly encourage applications from women, those with a disability (that is permissible to a safety-critical environment) and ethnically diverse or ethnic minority candidates, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the construction industry.

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McGinley Support Services are looking for Engineering Supervisor for work out of the Manchester.

Rates:
Engineering Supervisor - Midweek £22.00ph - £23.00ph
Engineering Supervisor - Weekend - £28.00ph - £32.00ph

Engineering Supervisor - Midweek Nights £23.00ph - £25.00ph


All rates are PAYE Umbrella.

Requirements:
What experience would we like you to have?
* In date Sentinel card
* Qualified and competent Engineering Supervisor with the following competencies ES/COSS
* Experience in safety critical work, rail track renewals & maintenance.
* Full UK driving licence

If interested, please apply or contact me on lee.jolley@mcginley.co.uk.

As an equal opportunities employer McGinley Support Services (Infrastructure) Ltd is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective applicants. We actively seek applications from all sectors of the community and particularly encourage applications from women, those with a disability (that is permissible to a safety-critical environment) and ethnically diverse or ethnic minority candidates, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the construction industry.

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