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: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Preston, Lancashire+ Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57827

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at either our Leicester site.

The role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll manage the delivery of engineering and technical activities, through the application of process, domain knowledge and experience.

Day-to-day, you'll assist in effective management of the customer, including liaison and relationship development with existing and new customers.

• Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities.
• Contribute to Project Safety Assessment process.
• Ensure task and project risks are communicated and managed appropriately.
• Produce, review and approve calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports as assigned.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at our Radar Road site in Leicester. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Experience in working collaboratively in multi-discipline teams to deliver activities on a range of project types.
• Demonstrable experience in covering a variety of tasks across a range of complexities.
• Good communication skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines.

Qualifications for the Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering, or equivalent experience in relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Growth opportunities
• Potential to develop skills

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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Job title: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Location: Preston, Lancashire+ Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57827

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at either our Leicester site.

The role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll manage the delivery of engineering and technical activities, through the application of process, domain knowledge and experience.

Day-to-day, you'll assist in effective management of the customer, including liaison and relationship development with existing and new customers.

• Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities.
• Contribute to Project Safety Assessment process.
• Ensure task and project risks are communicated and managed appropriately.
• Produce, review and approve calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports as assigned.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at our Radar Road site in Leicester. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Experience in working collaboratively in multi-discipline teams to deliver activities on a range of project types.
• Demonstrable experience in covering a variety of tasks across a range of complexities.
• Good communication skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines.

Qualifications for the Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering, or equivalent experience in relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Growth opportunities
• Potential to develop skills

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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Job Title: Principal Mechanical Engineer
Location: Preston, Lancashire + Hybrid working
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Attractive Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57390

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Mechanical Engineer at our Preston site.

The role
As a Principal Mechanical Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll maintain the engineering configuration, ensuring the overall design intent and integrity is maintained throughout design lifecycle.

Day-to-day, you'll promote effective co-operation across Engineering and other functional teams.

• Assist in effective management of the customer, including liaison and relationship development with existing and new customers, to aid the development of business, resolution of technical and delivery issues, and such that the customer is fully briefed and informed of progress.
• Ensure procedures, codes and standards are correctly identified and applied to engineering and technical activities.
• Ensure task and project risks are communicated and managed appropriately.
• Produce, review and approve calculations, analyses, drawings, models, design basis documentation and technical reports as assigned.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at our Preston site. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Principal Mechanical Engineer

• You are someone who owns and delivers, who champions high performance and is courageous to challenge the status quo.
• Knowledge of CAD tools and General Engineering Drawing Practice.
• Ability to build strong and influential relationships with key stakeholders.
• Experience leading a team.
• Nuclear experience is not a necessity, we welcome applications from all engineering backgrounds.

Qualifications for the Principal Mechanical Engineer

• Minimum HNC/HND in Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Holds or has the ability to obtain Chartered status.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role. ]

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Growth opportunities
• Potential to develop skills

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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About the role:

Our DS Smith Packaging site in Burscough is looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer, either multi-skilled or with an electrical bias (with the ability to fault find and resolve some mechanical issues). You will be working closely with your engineering colleagues, Operations, OEMs and vendors to develop and implement best practices and increase plant and asset reliability.

The role is hands on and fast paced, requiring you to carry out duties with respect to Preventative Maintenance schedules. Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring any tasks carried out are completed to the best possible standard and in accordance with current regulations and company policy on health and safety, quality, hygiene, housekeeping, delivery and cost.

Shift:

Shift engineer

X2 days X2 nights 12 hours

48 hour per week

Potential for permanant position.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring all maintenance activity meets quality standards with respect to workmanship, processes and procedures in order to deliver plant quality targets
• Ensuring that company procedures and effective controls are followed and implemented with respect to maintenance costs to deliver plant cost performance targets
• To work in support of a preventative maintenance strategy by undertaking work of a predictive preventive and repair nature
• Ensuring contractors are appropriately supervised and comply with contractual commitments and site operating processes
• Document and communicate as necessary comprehensive maintenance records
• Ensuring appropriate training is completed for both self and others with a view to maintaining professional and technical skills.

Note: This is a shift-based role working 4 on 4 off (2x 12-hour days, 2x 12-hours nights, 4 rest days).

What we would like our candidate to have:

• Sound engineering experience working in a similar maintenance environment
• Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship with multi-skilled knowledge
• Computer literate, and well versed in Excel and Word
• Experience with autonomous maintenance practices
• The ability to work well individually and within a small team
• Strong fault finding skills and knowledge
• Experience of maintenance management systems (SAP) would be advantageous
• 17th or 18th edition (need to be able to evidence)
• Apprentice route, time served
• Industry experience

Benefits:

• £23.95 per hour
• Equivalent of 277.2 hours of annual leave (including bank holidays)

There will be a test if you are interviewed, this will involve technical questions asked.

Contact Randstad now for your application to be considered.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the biggest government department in the UK. Over 20 million people access our digital services every day, and we make payments worth over £195bn every year.

We're recruiting Senior Software Engineers in our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

We want devs and engineers with the skills to design, build and maintain government digital services that really work for the people that need them.

You'll write code that changes the face of public services, helps people get the support they need more quickly and easily, and helps transform the future of millions of people.

Delivering World-Class Performance.

Our Senior Software Engineers work with freedom and autonomy. We write code and make decisions which shape the future engineering landscape of DWP.

We develop, build and support products and applications as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams, alongside researchers, analysts, designers, architects, testers and more.

Together we use the latest and greatest tools and technologies to build applications and products that work for millions of users.

As well as doing the hands-on stuff you love, you'll be one of our expert leaders.

You'll set best practice and build capability among our more junior devs and engineers, and across a supportive engineering community of over 200.

We'll give you the tools and time to build your skills and learn new tricks - with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.

We're looking for skills, knowledge and experience of:

• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of modern JavaScript/Node.JS technologies, frameworks and design principles. Capable of leading the production of software solutions of the highest quality.
• Extensive experience of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) practices and techniques.
• Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services and Microservice Architectures.
• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of developing on cloud-based environments like AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge and experience of SQL and NoSQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience and the skills required to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery, ensuring standards, ways of working and building supportive and collaborative culture.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model with some time at home and some time in the office.

Pay: We'll pay you from £52,412 to £78,517.

Pension: You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97% of your salary (between £15,000 - £18,400)

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 and rising to 31 days, plus extra days off on flexi-time, and all the usual public holidays.

Our benefits package is built around your work-life balance and 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, Sports and Social activities
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, bills, tech, days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Working as part an award-winning environment and culture

How to Apply:

Click the apply button and you'll be redirected to Civil Service Jobs, where you can get full details and submit an application.

TEACHER OF ENGINEERING - REF 240807
Up to £47,131 p.a.
Minimum starting salary is £30,240 p.a. In addition, up to £13,517 p.a. in employer pension contributions.
Runshaw College is one of the most successful colleges in the country, renowned locally and nationally for our outstanding results, a friendly and supportive culture, and a focus on putting the student at the heart of all we do.
We value our staff and students highly, and invest heavily in their development, support and wellbeing. Situated in Leyland, Lancashire, the College is near the M6, M61 and M65 and within commuting distance of Manchester, Liverpool and the Lake District.
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated individual to join the School of Professional Engineering. The successful candidate will teach across the expanding Engineering curriculum, which includes a range of design and civil engineering programmes. They will become part of a highly successful and ambitious teaching team. The School of Professional Engineering currently comprises 10 full-time teachers, supported by a full-time specialist technician.
From September 2024, up to £6, 000 will be available for teachers as part of the government’s drive to recruit and retain the best staff. Eligible FE teachers can claim a levelling up payment for teaching in a number of subjects and this includes engineering. More information is available at Levelling up premium payments for FE teachers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Closing date for this post is 12 noon, Friday 13^th September 2024
For further information and to apply, please visit www.runshaw.ac.uk/work-at-runshaw/current-vacancies and click on Vacancies. Alternatively, email HR@runshaw.ac.uk or call 01772 642004, quoting the vacancy reference number.
Runshaw College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the health, safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly people with protected characteristics.

Network Engineer

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP have been carrying out a large technology transition over the past few years and there is still a long way to go.

Join us a Network Engineer. Help our Network Service Operations team take the next step as we transform the DWPs datacentre and remote site network infrastructure into leading edge technologies.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

You'll help change the face of public services used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

As a Network Engineer, you will provide operational support and carry out planned work like upgrades and failover exercises as well as providing input into service improvements.

We have several projects underway in Wi-Fi, On-Prem Datacentre and Cloud solutions that require skilled, self-sufficient, and determined engineers to drive improvements and good practices, as well as ensuring current legacy infrastructure remains stable.

You will need the skills to:

• Provide support for incident and problem resolution, this could involve out of hours work.
• Implement BAU exercises, this could involve out of hours work.
• Use your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with employees at all levels of the organisation and 3rd-Parties suppliers.
• Understand ITSM process with a focus on Incident, Problem and Accept into Service Management.
• Conduct network monitoring and analysis tooling - e.g. BMC Entuity, Wireshark and NetScout
• Provide strong technical knowledge in Cloud and On-Prem Network Infrastructure, Next Generation Firewall, Load-balancing, and PKI technologies

Full training and development are available for the following if you don't already have these skills:

• Aruba Central and Clearpass
• Arista Cloud-vision and DC-VXLAN
• Infrastructure as Code and Network Automation in Terraform, Ansible and Python

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Manchester or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £48,347

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £12,557

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

Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and 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, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process.

Stage 1: Application

Stage 2: Interview

We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES.

Click apply now to see the full job description and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital.

The Recruitment Co are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to work for an established, growing business in the Blackpool area.

Maintenance Engineer salary: £40,000 - £45,000 (depending on experience)

Maintenance Engineer hours: Rotation of 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm shifts

Maintenance Engineer company benefits:

• Car Parking
• Employee benefit schemes
• Competitive pension scheme
• 28 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Maintenance Engineer Roles and responsibilities:

• Work safely at all times ensuring Safe Systems of work are adhered too.
• Work within our quality standards of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 respectively.
• Ensuring high levels of Teamwork with colleagues and senior engineers.
• To address areas where production machinery is inefficient, understand the cause and effect of such inefficiencies and seek solutions independently or with assistance from the Manager or relevant departments.
• Support production staff who need engineering assistance.
• Pass on knowledge and mentoring, be open to new ways of working.
• To assess efficiencies of machines within the department, dealing with any maintenance issues. To be active in identifying and confirming timelines for resolution.
• Attend daily production meetings as required.
• Ensure you provide the required level of technical support and reviews to the Production Department.
• To ensure all machines are utilised effectively and production is not adversely affected, where issues arise ensure the relevant stakeholders are advised.

The ideal Maintenance Engineer will be:

• Confident and self-aware with the ability to communicate professionally
• Support the Production Department to ensure machines are operating efficiently and accurately
• Able to positively and effectively influence and develop in their own abilities
• Able to maintain performance in stressful and challenging circumstances
• Able to build and sustain long-term professional relationships both internally and externally
• Able to identify and develop solutions to meet production needs
• Produce high quality work ensuring all recording and administration is accurate
• Effective organisation to ensure priorities, goals and deadlines are met
• Works proactively to ensure health and safety, quality, and process are not negatively affected

If this sounds of interest, please do feel free to apply through the link below, or alternatively please do get in touch on 01253 751511 or email

The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer.
CPBlackpoolOther

The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we're committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

This role is posted on behalf of The Recruitment Co., a sister company of Blue Arrow.

The Recruitment Co are currently recruiting for a Electrical Engineering Manager to work for an established, growing business in the Blackpool area.

Electrical Engineering Manager salary: £45,000 - £50,000 (depending on experience)

Electrical Engineering Manager hours: Week 1 between 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week) Week 2 Tuesday to Friday 8am - 4.30pm Saturday 6am - 2.30pm

Electrical Engineering Manager company benefits:

• Car Parking
• Employee benefit schemes
• Competitive pension scheme
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Electrical Engineering Manager Roles and responsibilities: Actively Learn all aspect of maintenance department

• Participate in, on the job training
• Attend all H&S and business-related course & briefings

Preventative Maintenance System

• Update and maintain the schedule
• Conduct walk rounds and visual inspection
• Conduct Planned Preventative Maintenance of all equipment

Breakdown and Repairs

• Mechanical
• Electrical where permitted (legally)
• Plumbing
• To be part of the 'call out' team

New systems installation

• Electrical installations, cable routing etc - non-electrician work
• Mechanical installations
• Pipe work around factory
• Paperwork checks
• Logistics

Control of cost center and ordering

• Raising and checking purchase orders - to be handed to Maintenance Manager
• Obtaining quotes for work required
• Time sheets work and liaising with 3 rd party contractors
• Purchasing consumables

Administration

• Help in the preparation and implementing/ training out of, Risk Assessments (RA) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Preparing Method Statements for tasks and jobs to be done
• Training of other Maintenance team members & operational staff
• Control of contractors and their paper work

Utility Supervision

• Participate in the energy management system
• Check sampling equipment
• Cold rooms running to correct temperatures & settings
• Actively monitor and challenge water usage & wastage

Electrical Engineering Manager Qualifications / Experience Required:

• Existing mechanical engineering qualification
• 18th edition electrical qualification - required
• Effective Communication Skills between all levels within the business
• Time Management - ability to work to set deadlines
• Ability to work as part of a team and also confident / competent to work on own
• Microsoft Office Skills (Excel & Word proficient), Outlook Express (Task and Diary management),
• Working knowledge of electrics
• Understanding of the 'Permit to work' system
• Driving Licence (clean/current)
• CCTV Knowledge
• IOSH Managing Safely
• Welding and fabrication
• Carpentry & Plumbing
• Refrigeration knowledge
• Knowledge of PLC units
• Understanding of Bulgarian Language
• Previously worked in a Food manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of food safety (Basic Hygiene)
• An understanding of health and safety requirements and implementation in the workplace.
• Training towards or achieved CIEH Level 3 Awards in Food Safety
• Ability to issue permits under the permit to work system

If this sounds of interest, please do feel free to apply through the link below, or alternatively please do get in touch on 01253 751511 and I will be happy to discuss further!
The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer.
CPBlackpoolOther

The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we're committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

This role is posted on behalf of The Recruitment Co., a sister company of Blue Arrow.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the biggest government department in the UK. Over 20 million people access our digital services every day, and we make payments worth over £195bn every year.

We're recruiting Senior Java Engineers in our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

We want devs and engineers with the skills to design, build and maintain government digital services that really work for the people that need them.

You'll write code that changes the face of public services, helps people get the support they need more quickly and easily, and helps transform the future of millions of people.

Delivering World-Class Performance.

Our Senior Java Engineers to work with freedom and autonomy. We write code and make decisions which shape the future engineering landscape of DWP.

We develop, build and support products and applications as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams, alongside researchers, analysts, designers, architects, testers and more.

Together we use the latest and greatest tools and technologies to build applications and products that work for millions of users.

As well as doing the hands-on stuff you love, you'll be one of our expert leaders.

You'll set best practice and build capability among our more junior devs and engineers, and across a supportive engineering community of over 200.

We'll give you the tools and time to build your skills and learn new tricks - with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.

We're looking for skills, knowledge and experience of:

• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of modern Java technologies, frameworks and design principles. Capable of leading the production of software solutions of the highest quality.
• Extensive experience of Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) practices and techniques.
• Knowledge and experience of APIs, RESTful services and Microservice Architectures.
• Expert knowledge and extensive experience of developing on cloud-based environments like AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge and experience of SQL and noSQL database applications such as Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience and the skills required to build up a useful, robust automated test suite to support a continuous deployment environment.
• Experience of leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, communicating with stakeholders, driving delivery and setting standards.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model with some time at home and some time in the office.

Pay: We'll pay you from £52,412 to £78,517.

Pension: You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97% of your salary (between £15,000 - £18,400)

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 and rising to 31 days, plus extra days off on flexi-time, and all the usual public holidays.

Our benefits package is built around your work-life balance and 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, Sports and Social activities
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, bills, tech, days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Working as part an award-winning environment and culture

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Summary

Job Description for Senior Process Engineer:

NNL is where your solutions solve real-world problems. As part of our Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. This is your chance to use your experience, expertise and ingenuity to collaborate with leading scientists. You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment and keeping everyone safe.

As part of our multi-discipline Engineering team, you'll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects, but you'll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment.

You'll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment, and keeping everyone safe.

We're looking for a versatile and experienced Senior Process Engineer who can take projects from initial specification through to delivery of an operational asset, managing all the relevant Process Engineering design elements throughout.

We're looking for someone who is self-motivated and a team player looking to push their career to the next level and keen to work and grow as part of an integrated team.

The location for this role is flexible and can be based at Preston or Risley.

Main Responsibilities for Senior Process Engineer:

• Get involved in Cradle to Grave Projects by:
  • Taking the lead in developing Process Engineering designs to national and international standards.
  • Supporting the commissioning of your designs.
  • Supporting the active plant areas with troubleshooting and problem solving.
  • Working with the wider engineering and business teams to design safe plants in line with relevant safety standards, such as BS EN 61508, BS EN 60079 and BS EN 4126.
  • Mentoring junior engineers and guiding their design activities.
  • Working with the Process Engineering Discipline Lead to identify and develop business improvements.
  • Engaging in the employee development program to support your technical and behavioural growth.

Essential Criteria for Senior Process Engineer:

• Degree in Chemical Engineering or closely related subject and a relevant level of experience.
• Experience in developing process plant design deliverables in a highly regulated industry.
• Experience of the HAZOP process.
• Knowledge of the legislative, regulatory, quality and environmental requirements relating to engineering design projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, such that difficult concepts can be conveyed clearly and concisely to customers, regulators and key stakeholders.
• Evidence of problem solving and seeking solutions.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Senior Process Engineer:

• Chartered Engineer.
• Experience within the nuclear industry.
• Good presentation skills.

Why join us?

NNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

Our client is seeking a multi-disciplined Design Engineer with a pro-active and disciplined approach to work to join their dynamic team in Blackpool. You would play a key role as part of a fast-paced NPI and Engineering function at one of the UK's leading manufacturers of dispense systems for the beer, water, and soft drink industries, supplying to household names such as Budweiser, Britvic, Molson Coors, and Karcher.

Offering an attractive salary up to £37,000 dependent on experience plus benefits including…
- 4.5 day working week with midday finish every Friday
- Pension is 5% contribution and 3% Company contribution, Medicash
- Fantastic career progression opportunities within the business

This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly creative Engineer, skilled in the use of 3D CAD software, Autodesk Inventor & Vault, able to demonstrate significant experience producing engineering drawings, sheet metal design, and design for manufacture. You'd be joining a business which invests in its people, boasts excellent employee retention and staff engagement levels, and continues to develop incentives to support and maintain these levels of engagement.

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The Role
Working alongside a multi-disciplined team you would be tasked with undertaking electrical/mechanical product design and development activities for new & existing products whilst supporting the production and manufacturing areas within the business. Key responsibilities will include…
- Coordinating and managing a wide variety of design projects
- Providing technical support, creating drawings and details for throughout the project life cycle
- Producing and updating BoM's for manufacturing and costs
- Producing high quality component and assembly design
- Maintenance of Engineering Changes

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The Candidate
- HND/Degree Level qualification in mechanical/electrical engineering related discipline, or equivalent
- Minimum 3 years experience in design for manufacture.
- Design skills; the ability to think and conceptualise in three dimensions
- Experience of participating in teams of multidiscipline engineers and designers
- Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of relevant analysis and design software
- Expertise with Drafting software such as inventor and AutoCAD
- Electrical knowledge (BS EN60335, LVD etc)
- Understanding of design and production costs to include waste, downtime, scrap, and re-work
- Good level of knowledge of quality control systems, workflow management and risk analysis
- High quality standards, meeting quality and performance standards and seeking improvements to the company

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The Company
A reputable company specialising in the design and manufacture of dispense systems for the beer, water, and soft drink industries. They are committed to delivering exceptional quality to their clients, and value the professional development of staff by providing opportunities for growth and learning in a supportive environment.

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This Design Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity for a skilled and creative professional to make a significant impact within a leading company and contribute to their continued success. If you are driven, detail-oriented, and ready to take on a challenging yet rewarding position, we encourage you to apply. Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

It’s an exciting time to join the Motor Engineering department here at AXA. As an In-house Engineer, you’ll be responsible for providing technical expertise to our Motor Claims Department, Brokers and Customers while successfully managing and controlling damage spend on Motor Insurance Claims.
You’ll be instrumental to the team by undertaking remote vehicle inspections using the most appropriate methods such as written reports, data, and digital imaging, to ensure the accurate valuing of the motor vehicle claims. We see ourselves as one big team, where development and the sharing of knowledge is a top priority, so you’ll be someone who thrives off working within a positive and diverse team.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, or at one of our office locations.
For applicants who do not live within a commutable distance from the Birmingham, Bolton or Haverhill office, we would be happy to consider Location Independent working.
What you’ll be doing:

Reviewing and negotiating settlement of all motor vehicles, liaising directly with our customers.
You’ll be working to agreed timescales and business parameters, depending on the business needs.
Audit and evaluate performance of repairer, making recommendations regarding repair quality, repair costs and customer service.
Building and maintaining professional working relationships with a range of suppliers.
Supporting all aspects of the business to assist in the claims process for both insured and third party in order expedite settlement and minimise cost.
Ensuring all work is carried out within agreed KPI’s and SLA’s and in accordance with our company values.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.

We’re seeking a talented and motivated Junior Data Engineer to join our dynamic Claims Analytics team. Our aim is to deliver a robust platform that enables Machine Learning and analytics to drive indemnity savings, efficiency benefits and improved customer outcomes. We’re focused on developing our data engineering capability so that machine learning and AI solutions can be developed and deployed internally in a sustainable way within claims analytics. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills in data orchestration, data governance, CI/CD and MLOps. You’ll assist in the development of robust data pipelines, optimise data storage and retrieval, and contribute to the overall success of our data-driven initiatives.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, either at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
What you’ll be doing:

Design, build and deploy data systems, pipelines, and applications and maintain current data pipelines.
Build a detailed knowledge of AXA data sources, both internal and external.
Ingest data from a variety of data sources from relational databases to unstructured data such as text documents.
Operate in fast-paced, iterative environment while remaining compliant with Information Security policies and standards.
Collaborate with data analysts and data scientists to prepare data for use in their advanced analytical models.
Help transform the existing platform and pipelines to enable us to run faster and with more quality, implementing activities such as more advanced orchestration (DAGs), data quality checks, catalogues, MLOps.
Design re-usable code and data assets to enable team activity using Software Engineering best practices and code frameworks.
Ensure Data Governance practices are followed regarding the data assets created.
Build market leading data engineering solutions and building our cloud-based data asset to enable commercial decision making based on rich, robust data.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.