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Who are we ?

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will
leave that for you to judge).



FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming
together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud
manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries
across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St
Albans. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.




Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the
passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?!
We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.



We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing
diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive
impact.



We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth.
We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning
experiences.



Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to
work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each other
whilst meeting our business goals.



What does your typical day look like?

Finished Goods service level is paramount and this is a pivotal role within the Supply Chain function by ensuring that there are
always sufficient FG stock available to meet production plans to achieve this service level, whilst simultaneously balancing the
needs of our warehousing in not over stocking therefore reducing obsolescence and excess storage costs.

Adherence to Business Change Management process is expected at all times, Sitting within the Site Planning function this role
provides an overview of all Business supply, demand and NPD and there will be considerable and frequent interaction with
suppliers, project managers, marketing, site operations and more.




Other key actions will be but not limited to:

* Customer Service level target of 98.6%.
* Ownership of internal planning tool BPPS (Excel)
* Cross functional working between Customer Service, Demand Planner’s and other internal functions along with direct Customer
Communication as and when required.
* Holding correct Finished Goods stocks.
* Reacting to short notice plan amendments and Communicates changes effectively
* Implementation of all PCP.




What are the key ingredients needed for the role?

* Knowledge of MRP and SAP systems would be highly advantageous
* Experience of working directly with customers would be desirable.
* Strong Microsoft Office skills
* Strong communication skills




If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.

We have an exciting career opportunity!

We have a 2 x Business Development Advisor roles available, with a superb local established business in Lytham.

Business Development Advisor salary: c£22000 - £25000 basic salary + £7500 bonus - uncapped

Business Development Advisor hours: Flexible working options available -37.5 hours Monday - Friday - flexi time

Some of the perks you can expect as a Business Development Advisor:

25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Performance bonuses
Onsite canteen and coffee shop (gorgeous food!)
Bupa Cash Plan (including dental and optical care) and Bupa Select Health Scheme (including
inpatient and outpatient services)
Pension (up to 4% contribution match)
Onsite subsidised gym
Death in service benefit
Long service award
Workplace listener scheme
Free onsite parking

The role of a Business Development Advisor:

• Maintain regular communications with customers to remain 'front of mind' and encourage increased business
• Develop communications plans for agencies and ensure planned activities are completed
• On-board new customers, assess business potential and develop plan with Head of BD to secure additional customers
• Fielding incoming calls and emails
• Attend presentations and training sessions to improve business development relationships and skills
• Ensure that the CRM system is kept up to date with accurate and relevant information to assist with Business Development and Marketing communications
• Liaise with internal departments

Our ideal Business Development Advisors will…

• Have excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Be confident
• Have the ability to prioritise and work on own initiative
• Have great time management skills and be able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• be a good team player
• Be IT literate

Join the team! Click apply now - we look forward to receiving your application.

The Recruitment Co is an equal opportunities employer.

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

Heating Engineer / Plumber

The Company:
A well respected renewable heating supplier requires an experienced Plumbing and Heating Engineer to help commission, service and fault find systems, predominantly throughout East England. Using your excellent Plumbing and Heating knowledge, combined with your customer service skills, you will be able to ensure that renewable heating systems are correctly installed and commissioned in line with company and industry guidance.
As an organised and self-motivated individual, you will manage your own van, van stock and diary, whilst maintaining a high visit rate. You will also ensure that any post visit documentation is completed accurately and quickly to ensure a smooth journey for the customer.

Job Responsibilities:

- Commission heat pump and underfloor heating systems. Check the installation against the design, set up the system according to the commissioning document provided, test for correct operation and provide the customer with a system handover
- Servicing systems in line with the documentation provided, answering any queries the customer may have
- Trouble shooting on systems. Identify, resolve and test the system, aiming for first visit resolution
- Provide telephone support to our customers for trouble-shooting problems as required
- There will be a requirement to stay away an average of three nights per month although this may be increased in winter months
- Ensure that van stocks are managed according to the process, are kept up to date and are accurate

Preferred Skills:

- City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in plumbing and heating
- G3 unvented qualification highly desireable
- Minimum 3 years practical knowledge in the heating and plumbing industry
- Renewable industry knowledge preferable
- Full driving license essential.

Associated Benefits:
Company van, equipment, mobile and laptop provided
Individual Performance Related Bonus up to 2% of salary
Up to 3% matched pension contributions
23 days holiday (rising to 28 with tenure) plus bank holidays
10% membership discount for LED leisure

Working Hours:
8.30-5pm Mon-Fri with overnight stays required approximately 3 times per month (possibly more in the winter months)

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Senior Business Analyst: up to £63,517, 27.9% pension, hybrid working, flexible hours, investment in your L&D and career growth and lots more… 

 

• Are you a skilled and experienced Senior Business Analyst?
• Can you work with a wide range of stakeholders?
• Want to use your skills, as part of purpose driven multidisciplinary team, on projects and services that will make difference to millions of people?

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

In DWP our expert technologists are working on stuff that is genuinely massive. And we're driven by a unique and extraordinary purpose. 

We have 1bn lines of code in over 12,000 code repos and 90+ programming languages.

Over 22 million people - 1/3 of the UK's adult population - access our services daily to get support, access benefits and find work. 

Over 110,000 colleagues and agents use the kit, tools, and systems we roll out. 

We're one of the biggest payers in Europe with over £195bn payments made annually. 

And you'll be part of the biggest, best established BA community of practice in UK government with access to all the support and learning you need to be at your best and grow your career. 

Your role: 

We're growing our team so we have a number of opportunities.  

You might work on one large, complex product or service, or across a number of products or services simultaneously.  

Few other organisations globally can offer an opportunity to work within a service at this scale and to make such a critical difference to millions of people.  

You might work on a service that enables people to access the payments they need to live independently, you might help lower the risk of fraud and error, you might help people make better pension choices, or put better tech in the hands of users and DWP colleagues. 

Whatever you're working on you can be sure you'll be taking on huge and complex technical challenges, where your expert Business Analysis insights can make a real difference. 

Day-to-day you'll be leading business analysis activities within your project area(s),ás part of an agile multi-disciplinary team. You know which tools and techniques to use to identify improvements and make recommendations. 

And you'll have a chance to share your skills. You'll manage our junior BAs, develop your leadership skills, and pass on your knowledge and experience to the BA leaders of the future. 

What you'll need to be successful 

• Significant experience of working at Senior BA level. 
• Using a wide range of tools and techniques to identify improvements and make recommendations.  
• Leading business analysis activities within complex projects/environments. 
• Building and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders. 

Details. Wages. Perks. 

You'll join us in either our Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield digital hubs. 

We offer hybrid working with a mix of working in the office/home, flexible hours, and flexible working so you can do your job in a way that works for you. 

Pay for this role is up to £63,517 per annum.

Our pension offer is great too - with 27.9% pension contributions worth over £17,000 in your pension pot every year. 

Some of the benefits our team love: 

• Generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising further with service 
• Extra days off using flexi time (up to 3 a month) 
• Flexible working options to enable you to achieve the work life balance that is right for you including part-time, flexi time and job sharing 
• Civil service pension with employer contributions of over 27% 
• Training and development opportunities 
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more 
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket 
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

 

CLICK APPLY for further information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

Reference No: EDP78
SO1/S02 (scp 26-32) £34,834 to £40,221 per annum
37 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our ambitious, forward thinking, and proactive Development Management team; seeking to shape and create sustainable communities whilst protecting and enhancing the rich cultural heritage and landscape of the beautiful Ribble Valley.

The successful candidates will determine a varied caseload of planning applications throughout the Borough and be responsible for mentoring the Assistant Planning Officers.

The position includes a host of benefits including flexible working hours (flexi-time scheme in operation with no core hours), generous leave entitlement, occupational pension scheme, job security, and training/development opportunities.

For further information please contact Lyndsey Hayes, Head of Development Management & Building Control, 01200 414502.

To apply
You can download the application pack from our website www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/jobs
Alternatively, you can email: HR@ribblevalley.gov.uk and quote the reference number or call 01200 414596 (24-hour answerphone)

Closing date for applications: Friday, 12th January 2024
Interviews will be held on: Monday, 22nd January 2024

If you need reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please contact us on the details above or provide further information on your application form.

Ribble Valley Borough Council reserve the right to close job vacancies before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Abbey Court Solicitors in Accrington are recruiting for an Apprentice Business Support Assistant. The successful candidate will work towards their Level 3 Business Administration qualification which will take approximately 18 months to complete.

Job duties:
•Answering all phone calls
•Dealing with voicemails
•Emails
•Post, franking allocating post
•Creating letters
•Use the case management system, updating case files, opening files and inputting data
•Process of medical records
•Assisting solicitors and team
•Preparing documents for court
•General admin duties

Requirements:
•Must be willing to learn
•Friendly and approachable
•Punctual
•Reliable
•Good communication skills
•Keen and Willing

Grades:
Must have GCSE grade A* - C or 4 or Functional skills level 2

Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00pm / 1 hour unpaid lunch

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

• Support the Senior Leadership Team on a day-to-day basis alongside other Business Support Officers.
• Delegate tasks where appropriate and make sure workload is shared amongst the team
• Follow support systems and processes
• Work as a team to handle difficult situations and responses to complex issues
• Understand when to escalate problems when necessary
• Ensure the VIP function runs effectively and follows procedures, escalate to management when appropriate
• Communicate with Chief Executive, Executive Directors, Directors and Heads of Service effectively to acquire urgent responses and build a good rapport with internal services

In addition to the skills knowledge and experience described above, you may be required to undertake a lower graded role as appropriate.

Due to the changing nature of the business, this job description serves as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility. It is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive and will inevitably change. You may be required to undertake other activities of a similar nature that fall within the remit of your area of work, as directed by service management, and this may entail working from other locations.

Senior Digital Project Manager: Pay up to £63,517 plus up to 27% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

• Are you an experienced Digital Project Manager?
• Do you want to manage large scale projects that will improve services for millions of people
• Do you want career opportunities, learning and development that works for you, and great work life balance?

We want a Senior Digital Project Manager to join our DWP Digital team.

You'll be part a supportive and expert project delivery community, and contribute to one of the biggest digital transformations around.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year, to support millions of daily users.

Our Digital Project Managers use a range of skills and methodologies to manage multi-functional delivery teams.

We deliver change, maintain our core applications and build new services that help DWP users get support, find jobs, and access payments.

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

Delivery. Work. Projects.

As a Senior Digital Project Manager you will lead the end-to-end delivery of large scale and complex digital change projects.

One of the great things in DWP is the scale and breadth of activity we're taking on. It is massive. This is a career path with no dead ends.

There is a real variety of projects and teams who want your coaching, leadership and empowerment in DWP and across the civil service. This is a career path with no dead ends.

You'll manage a varied stakeholder environment and lead your project team, setting the pace for delivery. You'll work with internal teams and external suppliers to deliver successfully.

You will manage appropriate governance and reporting, to Digital Directors - communicating and taking ownership of complex issues and influencing decisions that require board level approval.

We're a continuous learning organisation. You'll take responsibility for your own learning and development, especially in project management practice, digital frameworks and technologies and agile ways of working.

You'll also coach and mentor your team and the wider delivery community to build capability and set standards for Project Management in the public sector.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Experience of taking full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of large-scale complex projects, utilising internal and external suppliers
• You ensure project control, change control, risk management and testing processes are maintained, responding to what the data is telling them appropriately.
• You can prioritise the most important or highest value tasks, using data to inform planning decisions and managing complex internal and external dependencies
• Ability to communicate with others in a clear, honest and enthusiastic way in order to build trust.
• Able to explain complex issues in a way that is easy to understand and influence Senior level decision making
• Experience in identifying appropriate development for both themselves, and their team to improve the delivery outcome.

Details. Wages. Perks.

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

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

In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £63,517.

You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 27.9%.

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.

Summary

Job Description for Project Controls Lead:

NNL is where your project management helps deliver our purpose. As part of our Project Management Authority, you'll play a critical role in managing projects that deliver nuclear science to benefit society. Your project management skills and attention to detail will enable industry-leading scientists, engineers and analysts to work together to deliver unique projects using cutting edge technology. It's a challenging role but it's an opportunity to grow, adapt and develop new skills in a fast-moving area.

The NNL PMO team are looking for an individual who will be accountable for leading and managing the day-to-day operations, development, and support the growth of the Project Controls team. Responsible for the provision of Project Controls support services on NNL projects, and programmes. The role will include stakeholder interface with the Project Management Authority, to ensure smooth transition of information is supplied to establish effective reporting.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities for Project Controls Lead:

• Line management responsibility within the Preston Project Controls team, providing day-to-day leadership, mentoring and support as required ensuring that the portfolio PC services are being effectively discharged.
• Support the development and embed a Project Controls framework (aligned to the UK PMA and Delivery Operations delivery strategies) and drive the correct behaviours across the PC team; to maintain an effective Project Controls service to the NNL PM community.
• Oversee, motivate and monitor the performance of the Project Controls team, working with the 'senior' team to identify capability improvement and team development opportunities, addressing any performance gaps as required.
• Lead on Functional continuous improvement activities / initiatives relating to Project Controls operational governance procedures, processes, tools and systems.
• Attendance at, and provision of input into, Project Management Authority (PMO) Senior level management review meetings, and responsibility for the management of Project Controls related actions arising.
• Support and manage the Project Controls framework, systems and resources to deliver an effective cost control and reporting service to Project Managers and Sponsors within the portfolio.
• Provide senior-level Project Controls oversight on more complex NNL projects / programmes (Class 3 &4) and Risk Reviews / workshops as required, providing assistance to Project Managers as required to discharge their duties; leading on schedule risk analysis activities, and development of risk mitigation strategies to increase the chances of successful project outcomes.
• Ensure the generation of fully detailed project forecast cost estimates, work breakdown structures (WBS), and 'quantity tracking' tools / mechanisms, to enable projects to be delivered within a robust project controls framework.
• Implement effective project control techniques (in line with best practice), including where appropriate monitoring of 'earned value'; cost and schedule variance; estimates at completion (EACs); critical path analysis, and risk, to deliver projects effectively.
• Prepare, monitor and forecast expenditure profiles and provide accruals where needed.
• Prepare cost and progress reports, including earned value analysis, identifying critical areas and trends and recommend recovery options; ensuring the accuracy of data.
• Communicate and report any current and potential issues to the Project Manager and key stakeholders (as required).

Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for Project Controls Lead:

• Demonstrable experience of senior line management / leadership responsibility in a Project Controls delivery environment.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully delivering / leading Senior Project Controls services on complex projects / programmes / portfolios.
• Experience of involvement in strategic-level discussions and development of Functional / service delivery strategies.
• Ability to confidently present and converse at all level of seniority within organisations.
• Commercial awareness to support the Defence Portfolio.
• 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 Project Controls Lead:

• A relevant qualification associated with one of the cost engineering / project controls professional bodies, e.g. AACE, APM, APMG International, ACostE, ECITB, and PMI.
• Demonstrable experience of developing systems of work; governance and / or delivery processes, tools & systems.
• Good level of understanding of schedule risk analysis techniques and interpretation of output data, and development of mitigation / recovery strategies.