Total 462 Engineering job vacancies in Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL5 1EE

Mott MacDonald Bentley is a joint venture business, established in 1999 between civil engineering contractor JN Bentley and global management consultancy, Mott MacDonald.

Mott MacDonald Bentley offers fully integrated design and build services to its clients, combining the contracting expertise of JN Bentley and the design specialisms of Mott MacDonald.
Mott Macdonald Bentley (MMB) is the design and build unit of global engineering consultancy Mott Macdonald. We are currently looking to recruit a Structural Engineer to help support us in delivering work within our United Utilities framework.

MMB are among one of seven partners that will support United Utilities and help deliver £3bn worth of upgrades to critical infrastructure assets including water and wastewater treatment sites, pumping stations and reservoirs within the North West during the AMP8 period.

As a Structural Engineer your responsibilities will include:

- Conducting site inspections and assessing existing structures for repair and/or replacement
- Designing new structures and/or modifications to existing structures using appropriate design codes and standards
- Preparing detailed structural calculations, drawings, specifications, and reports
- Coordinating with other disciplines (e.g. process, mechanical, electrical) to ensure that structural design is fully integrated into overall project design
- Participating in design reviews, project meetings, and construction site visits
- Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers and drafters


Candidate requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Civil/Structural Engineering or equivalent
- Chartered Engineer status or actively working towards chartership
- Experience in the water and wastewater industry
- Knowledge of relevant design codes and standards (e.g. Eurocodes, British Standards)
- Proficient in structural analysis software (e.g. Staad Pro, ETABS, SAP2000)
- Knowledge of the Designer or Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015.

What we will give you:

- An agile working arrangement that provides you flexibility whilst ensuring effective project delivery.
- Opportunities to develop your practical application of civil engineering, commercial acumen, management skills and health, safety, and sustainability leadership.
- A secure multi-million programme of work and the opportunity to see your designs built.


What we can offer:
At Mott MacDonald Bentley you will be offered a competitive salary which is commensurate based on your experience. Our core benefits include:


- Pension matched by employer up to 7%
- Option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave
- Life assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
- 26 weeks maternity leave, enhanced paternity and adoption leave/ Shared parental leave
- Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
- Gym Membership discounts UK wide
- Cycle to work scheme, interest free season ticket loans and discounted dining cards also available

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What's on offer?

• A role as a Senior/Principal Structural Engineer, working with a Manchester City Centre & Leeds based SME who have started to make real progress with their growth strategy
• Challenging pipeline - You will deliver your own projects, with relevant support from the management team such as a £50m+ high-rise tower, major hospital extension schemes, listed building refurbishment, higher education buildings, corporation head offices and much more
• A growing business - having grown to 18 staff from 10 in the last couple of years, your new company are well underway with the growth strategy that you can help shape
• Well-rounded role - whether you prefer the technical design or managing projects, you will be given the chance to excel whilst developing elsewhere
• Supportive environment - weekly mentoring can be expected for those approaching Chartership review/exam, and an open door policy means that queries are always welcome, at any level
• Employee-owned Trust - since becoming an EOT, profits are shared annually amongst staff, increasing your take-home and giving staff a bigger say in how things are run
• Excellent package - salary up to £50,000 for Senior and £55,000 for Principal, annual bonus/profit sharing, company pension, state-of-the-art workplace facilities, Friday morning free breakfast, company holidays abroad, and WFH options if needed + much more

What's needed?

• A good knowledge of structural engineering principles and relevant design codes of practice (Eurocodes), and the ability to apply these across all projects.
• A good knowledge of structural engineering materials, to include steel, concrete, timber and masonry.
• A demonstrable experience of working on UK based projects, in accordance with UK Building Regulations and other relevant UK standards, across a range of the main industry sectors such as industrial, residential, retail, commercial and healthcare.
• The candidate must be a team player, with excellent communication skills (written and verbal English) and the desire to work collaboratively to achieve the best results possible.
• Highly motivated, passionate and with an attention to detail.
• Essential experience of structural design software including, but not limited to, Tekla Structural Designer & Autodesk Robot.
• Good knowledge of BIM, and experience of delivering projects collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Relevant degree qualification - BEng/MEng Civil/Structural engineering (accredited).
• The successful candidate will be Chartered (or approaching) with the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) or Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
• The role will generally be office based, with a flexible working approach. Candidates may be required to travel around the UK to attend design meetings and site visits.
• Full Driving Licence preferred.

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Your new company
Your new company is a large multidisciplinary consultancy that specialises in Defence, Life Sciences, Aviation, Health and Pharma.
Their Salford office is modern and spacious, offering views of the quays and the city. They have over 7000 staff globally and use their global resources of engineers to work across specialisms and offices, resulting in their NW-based offices working on Belgium labs with their local teams.
Experienced members of staff are only tasked to attend the office once per week and junior members of staff three times. The office is opposite a tram stop and also offers free on-site car parking.


Your new role
Your new role will see you using design software such as Revit and IES for thermal modelling, heat gains and losses, natural ventilation, and annual energy consumption.
You will be completing designs and calculations on the sectors mentioned above while working closely with senior members of staff to increase your software capability and Building Services knowledge.
This is a fast-paced role, so learning on the job will be key to success, so your role of senior will also involve aiding junior staff with their designs.


What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this role, you will have a degree in Building Services or Mechanical Engineering and have a minimum of 6 years' UK industry experience and be a British Citizen, as a high level of security clearance is necessary to be involved with the above schemes.


What you'll get in return
In return, you will receive world-class training, a highly competitive salary, flexible and hybrid working, an electric company car, a 6% pension contribution, a private healthcare scheme, retail vouchers and the chance to purchase an extra weeks' holiday.


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Your new company
Your new company is a UK-wide multidisciplinary company which has offices based in London, Manchester and Glasgow with 200 staff across all three regions.
Their Manchester office is located in a bustling part of Manchester's city centre, close to public transport hubs and car parks. The office is open planned, modern and spacious with a boardroom, kitchen and reception area.
The company is currently working on multiple schemes including: Eden - New Bailey/ Well Street - Trinity Bay, which will be the biggest green wall in Europe/ Water lane in Leeds - 200 bed 5* hotel/ New office designs across the UK/ 47 storey residential developments/ Student accommodation in Liverpool/ Student accommodation in Leeds/ Labs in Cambridge/ Vertical farming facilities.


Your new role
Your new role will see you working as a senior engineer on the multiple schemes mentioned above using your design software experience, mentoring junior staff with their designs and adding your input on meetings regarding wider schemes.
You will be using RELux, DIALux, AMtech, and other lighting design software to complete your designs and given the freedom to achieve your daily tasks without micromanagement.


What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this role you will have a minimum of 4 years' UK experience, a degree in Electrical Engineering or Building Services and have a solid knowledge of design software and experience working in the above-mentioned sectors.


What you'll get in return
In return, you will receive a highly competitive salary, 25 days' leave - The ability to get an extra weeks' leave for working 4 days a week from the office or a normal 3 days working from the office.
You will receive full support towards chartership and mentoring throughout your career working for a respected consultancy who have monthly socials and a solid community culture.


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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

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Your new company
An excellent opportunity to join one of the UK's largest multi-disciplinary consultancies with offices based in the North West and across the UK working on private and public sector projects supporting Health, Education and government clients. With over 800 staff working across the UK the North West team is a small and close team that has ambitions to grow and as such there will be opportunities to progress and advance your career in the future.

Your new role
You will be working alongside engineers, surveyors and senior professionals. There will be a varied workload of public and private sector projects. You will be leading and developing detailed briefs in conjunction with clients and senior colleagues allowing you to establish and maintain client relationships. You will carry out site surveys and prepare reports including compliance, condition and defect analysis as well as life cycle and cost data analysis. In addition, you will be liaising with clients, contractors and consultants to develop design and specification work in order to win new business by tender. You will assist other senior team members on project finances, recruitment and mentoring with a view to working toward an associate level.


Carry out site surveys (including compliance, condition & defect analysis). * Prepare reports (including remedial works, life cycle & cost data). * Review and comment on 'As Built' data. * Carry out design and specification work and preparing tender information. * Liaise with clients, contractors & other consultants (internal and external). * Assist senior team members with project finances, recruitment, and mentoring. * Work towards progression to Associate level.

What you'll need to succeed
You will need a degree in Building Services HND/HNC or equivalent with 10 years post degree experience in the public or private sector particularly in the Health Sector. You will need to be able to establish and develop good working relationships with both professionals and clients through good written and verbal communication. You will need to be able to work with minimal supervision, prioritising your workload, to meet deadlines using a variety of design tools such as AutoCAD, Amtec or similar.

You will need to be ACBSIE or MIET registered and as such have an excellent understanding of current regulations, Health sector standards and CIBSE guides and their implications on design and maintenance of buildings. You will need to be able to demonstrate a flexible approach to work and willingness to travel/stay away from home from time to time. As such a full UK driving Licence is required.

What you'll get in return
In return you will be joining a highly ambitious company with opportunities for internal promotion to Associate in the short-term future. You will be offered a highly competitive salary of between £40,000-£55,000 depending on experience plus a generous car allowance in addition the company offers a fully flexible hybrid working policy that can suit your needs. You will get 23 days holiday rising to 27 after 5 years plus bank holidays. You will be offered a company matched pension scheme, life assurance and cycle 2 work scheme plus a range of voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle.

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Your new company
Your new company is a contractor based in northern Greater Manchester and has 20 years' of industry-leading experience working on both minor and major schemes. They have developed an excellent relationship for retaining clients while winning new work, boasting a secure pipeline for the next decade. Their current sectors include, MoJ, Commercial, Retail, Offices, Private developments and Public Sector schemes. They have a friendly and supportive attitude within the office and keep a healthy competitive nature amongst colleagues while supporting all staff towards their individual goals, be either chartership or promotion.

Your new role Your new role will see you working as a Mechanical engineer working across the sectors mentioned above using software such as AutoCAD and Revit to complete drawings and designs in a timely and precise manner. You will be trained and up-skilled at design software. However, you will use your existing design software experience to help you grasp the quick-paced nature of the business. You will not be asked to meet with clients initially, but as you progress throughout your career, your interaction with clients and stakeholders will increase. As an Intermediate BIM Technician, your role will be initially assisting on existing designs with the aim of running your own designs within a short amount of time.

What you'll need to succeed To succeed in your application you will need a minimum of 3 years' UK Mechanical Building Services experience within the construction and the built environment realm. You will need to attend the office each day as this is the requirement of the clients and business, due to the fast-paced nature of the schemes, so the ability to travel to Bolton is a must.For any non-UK nationals, you will need a minimum of 5 years remaining on your visa with full working rights.

What you'll get in return In return, you will receive a highly competitive salary, an excellent career progression working within a nurturing and ambitious company that will give great exposure to multiple sectors ranging in value and size.

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YOU MUST BE A BRITISH PASSPORT HOLDER!

Carbon60 is currently recruiting for a Mechanical Inspector with a well known UK based defence company.

Location: Bolton

Rate: £20.37-£21.37

Duration: 12-months

This role will be fully on site.

See role responsibilities below.

Job Title: Mechanical Inspector

Responsibilities:

• Certify the product in line with the product certification procedure
• Examining for correct assembly
• Examining the finish of all parts to detect faulty finishing or painting, deterioration of surfaces etc.
• Inspect for physical damage
• Intermediate inspection checks non product certification
• Monitor product certification operators
• Check and complete all paperwork associated with the manufacturing data pack
• Control defect items via segregation from good product
• Raise and maintain relevant data records/defect reports
• Produce relevant inspection/quality control documentation/history sheets
• Care for and use specialised inspection tools
• Maintain product certification and approval via regular audits
• Ensure compliance with all associated procedures applicable to the manufacturing process
• Ensure inspection times are met
• Possess a versatile skill base with the capability to apply these skills across a range of tasks
• Maintain to the highest level, workmanship standards and product quality
• Maintain a safe working environment
• Maintain a good housekeeping policy
• Willing to contribute to an environment of process improvement.

Skill set/experience required:

• Formal technical engineering/craft apprenticeship to NVQ Level 3/TR23/TR21or HNC
• Several years' experience as a skilled person
• IPC 610 certified / trained preferred.

IF THIS ROLE SOUNDS RIGHT FOR YOU APPLY NOW!

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YOU HAVE TO HOLD A BRITISH PASSPORT TO APPLY.

Carbon60 is currently recruiting for a Mechanical Fitter for a well known UK based defence company.

Location: Bolton

Rate: £19.30 rising to £20.33

Duration: 12-months

This role is fully on site.

See full role responsibilities below:

The Mechanical Fitter will be responsible for carrying out manufacturing and test tasks within the mechanical department, in accordance with product certification procedures, defined workmanship standards, allocated budgets and timescales to meet project objectives.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Certify the product in line with the product certification procedure.
• Maintain product certification and approval via regular audits.
• Possess a versatile skill base with the capability to apply these skills across a range of tasks.
• Be fully conversant with all equipment, tools and measuring instruments associated with the manufacturing cycle.
• Ensure manufacturing build times are met.
• Check and complete all paperwork associated with the manufacturing data pack.
• Maintain to the highest level, workmanship standards and product quality.
• Ensure compliance with all associated procedures applicable to the manufacturing process.
• Maintain a safe working environment.
• Maintain a good housekeeping policy.
• Communicate best practice to other team members.
• The successful candidate should be a team player who is able to demonstrate customer focus.
• They should also have proven planning and organising skills and be flexible and adaptable.

Skill set/experience required:

• Formal technical engineering/craft apprenticeship to NVQ Level 3/TR23/TR21.
• Formal further education certificate to HNC or equivalent certificate.

IF THIS ROLE SOUNDS RIGHT FOR YOU APPLY NOW!

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Your new company

• An SME consultancy specialising in Infrastructure Design, Transport Planning and Master Planning across 4 UK offices, your office being located in Manchester city centre
• Thriving business, hitting all year-on-year targets and embarking on an exciting 5-year growth strategy
• Established client base - delivering National Highway S278 highway schemes, junction design and developments across the residential and commercial sectors
• All encompassing role - leading on design from feasibility through to construction, project management, bid writing, work winning and team leading! You will play an essential role in the growth strategy on your pathway to Director
• Backed by a globally recognised consultancy which is bringing in even more varied and exciting work across the UK
• Flexible and rewarding - Paying up to £65,000, annual performance related bonus, 35 hour work week, standard 8% employer pension contribution with all personal contribution optional, 3 days in the office per week

What you'll need to succeed

• You will need an excellent knowledge of the DMRB and S278 processes as well as experience designing residential/commercial development infrastructure
• Advanced AutoCAD and Civil3D/PDS software skills
• You will need to be a Chartered Member of a relevant engineering institution (ICE/IHT/IHE)
• In addition to all the technical skills required to be a competent Highway/ Civil Infrastructure Engineer, you will need the drive and ambition to contribute to an ambitious growth strategy and experience leading a design team. Work winning experience isn't essential - you will be given the platform and support to gain further experience here if needed.

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Prestigious opportunity for an EUC Engineer for a pioneering technology exam working hybrid in Manchester.
As part of a small team dedicated to infrastructure and End User Computing, you will be responsible for:-

• Providing development, support, and maintenance experience across multiple platform EUC environments.
• Dedicating technical expertise to projects developing new IT services.
• Researching and evaluating emerging technologies relevant to EUC systems and services.
• Reliability and resilience of the EUC platform.
• Assisting with capacity planning and project delivery.
• Understanding and implementing IT security into EUC planning and delivery.

If you possess a combination of the following skills, then LETS TALK!

• Desktop support experience up to and including 3rd Line
• Windows operating systems and enterprise management.
• Experience managing/administration/configuration of app virtualisation and VDI solutions
• Experience of Intune deployment/configuration and management within azure systems
• Managing/administration of SCCM, JAMF in an enterprise environment.
• Deployment and management of endpoint security platforms.
• Active Directory, Azure AD and Group Policy management.

In return, you will be rewarded with 25 days holiday plus Christmas shutdown and bank holidays, an industry-leading Pension scheme and an enviable benefits package in a hybrid working environment.


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Are you looking for your next opportunity? Would you like to work in a renowned company which offers up skill and training?

Randstad Construction & Property are working on behalf of a National Facilities Management company to find an experienced and collaborative HVAC Engineer to join their team covering the North West. The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out across different sites.

Location: North West (mobile)

Salary: Competitive (up to £44,000 depending on experience)

Employment type: Full-time, permanent, Monday-Friday

Key benefits:

• Van
• Annual holidays (including bank holidays)
• Employer pension
• Company sick pay
• Overtime rates
• Flexible working considered

An average day will include the following:

• Ensure that Planned Preventative Maintenance is carried out in line with task schedules and industry best practices.
• The role is site based to carry out reactive repairs as instructed by the management team.
• Complete refrigeration usage sheets for all F-gas used.
• Complete OP6 & OP6A F-Gas log sheets accurately.
• Ensure refrigerants are transported and handled in accordance with current Health & Safety Regulations.

An ideal candidate will have:

• Formally trained in refrigeration maintenance (City and Guilds).
• Certified in Safe Refrigerant Handling.
• F-GAS.
• Formal Electrical Qualification an advantage (City and Guilds).
• Experience of maintaining Split Air Conditioning units and variable Refrigerantion Volume systems
• Experience in Facilities Management

An ideal candidate will be:

• Flexible and patient
• A team player
• Able to understand complex information and demonstrate attention to detail
• Remain professional and communicate strongly
• A can-do attitude
• Be available to carry out necessary works outside normal working hours

If this sounds like you please get in touch by contacting Hannah Mitchell at Randstad C&P Newcastle

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.

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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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Join us as a Principal Engineer

• This is a challenging role that will see you design and engineer software with the customer or user experience as the primary objective
• With your software development background, you’ll be working with architects to help define major components of the business-wide target architecture and roadmap
• You’ll gain valuable senior stakeholder exposure as well as the opportunity to hone your technical talents and leadership skills
• This is a hybrid role in payments technology domain and you’ll work from home some of the time, but you’ll also spend one day per week working from the office
• We offer different types of working arrangements to allow the best in collaboration, and to give flexibility where it’s needed

What you'll do

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be creating great customer outcomes via engineering and innovative solutions to existing and new challenges, and technology designs which are innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust.

You’ll be leading the more significant, complex and technically challenging assignments, coordinating multiple feature teams, making sure that their technical journeys support realisation of the targets, and deliver the values of the relevant metrics published to our investors.

You’ll also be:

• Defining, creating and providing oversight and governance of engineering and design solutions with a focus on end-to-end automation, simplification, resilience, security, performance, scalability and reusability
• Working within a platform or feature team along with software engineers to design and engineer complex software, scripts and tools to enable the delivery of bank platforms, applications and services, acting as a point of contact for solution design considerations
• Defining and developing architecture models and roadmaps of application and software components to meet business and technical requirements, driving common usability across products and domains
• Influencing the development of strategies and architecture at domain and enterprise levels, identifying transformational opportunities for the businesses and technology areas

The skills you'll need

You’ll come with significant experience in software engineering, software or database design and architecture, as well as experience of developing software within a DevOps and Agile framework.

Along with an expert understanding of the latest market trends, technologies and tools, you’ll bring significant and demonstrable experience of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance.

You’ll also need:

• Knowledge and experience in Java, Kafka and Cloud migration is essential
• Knowledge of transforming payments system is preferable
• A strong background in leading software development teams in a matrix structure, introducing and executing technical strategies
• Significant and demonstrable experience of test-driven development and using automated test frameworks, mocking and stubbing and unit testing tools
• A background in designing or implementing APIs
• The ability to rapidly and effectively understand and translate product and business requirements into technical solutions
• A background of working with code repositories, bug tracking tools and wikis

We are currently looking for an experienced Maintenance Engineer to join one of our clients on an temp to perm basis.

The company is a well-respected provider of specialist equipment to a range of train manufacturers and train operating companies around the UK and overseas

Working on a day shift basis and based in their premises in Manchester the role will involve providing a range of electrical and mechanical duties to the site.

The main responsibilities will include the following:-
•Electrical and mechanical maintenance of the equipment at the facility with a bias towards electrical engineering and PLC programming.
•Planned Maintenance - Working with the Maintenance and Test Team Leader on the planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedule for all key pieces of equipment.
•Working closely with the production team on continuous improvement activities in all areas of the site processes.
•Developing and leading a TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) strategy for the site, including automation of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and machine conditions monitoring linking to Industry 4.0 technologies.
•Maintenance and repair of all aspects of the site infrastructure as required:
•Maintenance of all machines and equipment, tooling, buildings and infrastructure
•Operation of the dynamometer test cell.
•Process improvement work across site.
•Writing and improving standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for site.
•To ensure continuity of activities with the production operators and other maintenance engineers across shifts.
•OEE (Overall equipment effectiveness)
•Machine Utilisation
•Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule adherence using the online system

Applicants must have previous experience of working in a similar role and have a proven track record of working in factory/industrial maintenance. In addition lean manufacturing experience would be an advantage especially with industrial engineering principles.

Previous experience of working on drives, controls, HMI’s and hydraulic equipment maintenance is essential.

Applicants will hold a relevant recognised qualification, ideally to HNC level or equivalent. In addition 18th Edition Wiring Regulations would be preferred as would some basic AutoCAD experience

This is a day shift role

This is an fantastic opportunity to join a world leader in their field with excellent prospects for the future

Global Recruitment Services Ltd are a Recruitment Business based in the Midlands

For more information and to apply please email your CV to us