• Hybrid working
• Annual bonus
• Health Insurance & Life Assurance
• Flexible hours

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your account management skills is a progressive and growing business? This is an opportunity to become a central part of a business, giving you excellent career prospects and the opportunity to develop. They are an SME with an amazing culture: a genuinely happy team who believe in their values and the vision of the business. The products are technical, used in research around the world, so you need to be comfortable working with technical products. Though there is no need to be an expert in their field!

With many of the accounts across Europe, there will be some travel involved to visit customers and attend trade shows. The rest of the time you will be in the office, collaborating across the business, or working from home.

You will be responsible for many different things, but most importantly you will be networking across your accounts and building relationships from top to bottom. If you have some experience in account management, but want something that you can really get your teeth into that will keep you busy, please get in touch!

The Candidate: Key Account Manager

The successful candidate will be positive and confident in their ability, and will have most of the following skills and experience:

• Experience in managing and growing key accounts, with a good commercial mindset.
• Experience in a technical or scientific industry, to be comfortable discussing the products.
• Comfortable in an SME environment, where processes and systems are being developed. 
• Willing to travel throughout the UK and internationally for customer visits and occasional scientific conferences, on average 30% of the time

Are you involved in quotations or costing, looking for a SolidWorks based role? It’s truly an exciting time to join, with a lot of positive change happening. They’re keen for someone coming into this role to have a pathway of progression in the medium term, with different pathways available.

If you’ve been using 3D CAD, and you are the kind of person who likes creating plans and solving problems, then I’d love to tell you more about this one.

In terms of the products, it is electro-mechanical equipment used in scientific research. Here you’ll sit with the engineering team and be responsible for modelling laboratory layouts for customers, and creating initial sketches to get quotes from suppliers quickly. Some suppliers require a full set of drawings to quote, so experience of estimating costs would be useful. You would be using SolidWorks daily, creating designs and drawings for special equipment or components

We need someone who is open and happy talking to people. You'll be required to attend project handover meetings to gain an understanding of what is needed and discuss the detailed aspects of a project.

You’ll be surrounded by a lovely engineering team, who will be there to support and help you as and when you need it. If you want to find out more, please get in touch!

The Candidate: Quotations Engineer

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience in industry, whether that be in an engineering-based role or a more commercial role
• Knowledge of manufacturing, estimating or materials costing.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.
• Solution-focused mindset and able to work with accuracy.
• UK Driving License.

• Progression to Directorship
• Benefits package including profit share scheme, pension & life assurance
• Office based role

Have you been looking for that next step up, where you can deliver advanced electromechanical products used for research worldwide? You’ll have full accountability for Engineering and NPD, and your goal is to get new products to market and achieve project deadlines.

You’ll be joining a company of less than 50 people, with a global presence and excellent reputation in the market. So, your team will be a manageable size, there isn’t so many people that you’ll forget everyone’s name, and most importantly you will be able to make a huge impact as part of the leadership team.

With this also comes the opportunity to progress to Engineering Director. With an exciting roadmap to deliver over the next few years, get this underway and show your capability, and this will be a clear next step for you. But achieving deadlines is critical to this. You will have been in a role where you’ve overseen the entire development lifecycle and have achieved deadlines. We need someone who can strategise and create the plans, not just run with an existing plan. You will be proactive and take action to reduce possible risks before they happen.

But where do the ideas come from? Like any business, there are many avenues, but the main driver will be customers. You’ll be able to meet with customers, understand what’s needed in their labs, and develop those ideas for new NPD projects.

The Candidate – Head of Engineering

• Experience in successfully delivering NPD projects: this can be in any technical engineering sector.
• Expertise in planning, controlling, and delivering NPD projects.
• Experience leading a multidiscipline engineering design team – a mix of mechanical engineers with electronics/software/mechatronics
• A proven track record of successfully working in a similar role.

If you’d like to learn more about the role, please click apply and we’ll be in touch for a confidential chat!

• £40,000 - £45,000 basic salary pro-rata (£20,500-£23,000)
• Circa 20 hours per week: flexible to suit
• Good benefits package including pension and healthcare scheme
• Stability and growth opportunity in an exciting and successful SME

Are you looking for a varied HR role that you can fit around the other important things in your life? Maybe you’d like a part-time role where you can apply your HR management experience and make a real difference in an SME. Here, you’d oversee all aspects of HR practices and processes.

They have a fantastic working environment: they are friendly and supportive where team dynamics and the wellbeing of their people is hugely important. Having gone through a lot of change (for the better) in the last few months, there is more positive change on the horizon, and they have created this new role to help them and their people to move forward.

If this sounds like somewhere you might like to be, then please click apply!

The Role: HR Manager

You will be involved in a wide range of HR tasks from recruitment and performance management to employee relations and compliance, alongside supporting the Senior Management team. This will also include:

• Serve as a point of contact for employee inquiries and concerns, providing guidance and support as needed.
• Support and guide managers on performance evaluation, goal setting, and feedback processes.
• Identify training needs and coordinate the development and delivery of training programs.
• Develop, update, and communicate HR policies, procedures, and guidelines in compliance with legal requirements and company objectives.
• Assist in developing and communicating employee benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other perks.
• Administration and management of the HR system.

The Candidate: HR Manager

• Experience in a similar role with a track record of success in HR functions.
• CIPD level 3 qualification
• Excellent knowledge of HR policies, procedures and functions.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Personable, approachable and enjoys communicating with people at all levels.

• A collaborative work environment with opportunities for growth and development
• Relaxed work environment
• Package includes pension & life assurance
• Ireland Based

Do you know about scientific instrumentation equipment, and know how to get it working when there’s an issue? Here’s an opportunity to work with multiple well-known brands of scientific equipment, helping customers across your territory.

You’ll be working with a dedicated team that’s worked hard to build a positive, supportive culture. Here, people genuinely enjoy coming to work. You’ll collaborate with experienced field service engineers, gaining hands-on knowledge and valuable skills.

The Role: Field Service Engineer

• Perform routine and non-routine preventive maintenance (PM) on equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair breakdowns to minimise downtime.
• Provide technical support for customer inquiries, ensuring timely and effective solutions.
• Evaluate fault reports, identify issues, and implement solutions.
• Maintain a clean and organised laboratory environment, adhering to safety and operational standards.

The Candidate:

• Strong knowledge of Scientific systems.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work autonomously within established guidelines.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to liaise with customers.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to delivering high-quality support.

• Benefits include life assurance, pension and shares scheme
• Service & installation of scientific equipment
• Development opportunities to progress your career

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with more interesting and complex products? As part of an SME, you’ll be part of a close-knit engineering team. They are responsible for test, installation and commissioning of electro-mechanical scientific products. The team really enjoy the environment. Many have been there for years! However, with growth comes opportunity, and they need an additional person to add to the team.

The Service team works closely with all departments to ensure customers experience no issues with their new piece of equipment. You will be responsible for providing technical support, diagnosing faults and supporting the design team with testing new products. Customers are based all over the world and there is a huge product range, keeping the days varied and interesting. They will fly by!

The Role:

• Installation of equipment on customer sites around the world.
• Providing technical support to customers as well as distributors.
• Providing customer training, both in person and remotely via video.
• Supporting other departments such as design and production

The Candidate: Test Engineer or Service Engineer

You will have most of the following skills and experience:

• Electro-mechanical background;
• High attention to detail and able to read and interpret engineering drawings;
• Previously used equipment such as multi-metres, micrometers and verniers gauges.
• Dexterous: comfortable with intricate hand work.
• Great communication skills.

• Excellent Benefits
• The conduit between engineering and production
• The ideal role if you like solving problems

Are you looking for that first step into industry? If you’ve been using Solidworks, Inventor or CATIA to name some, and you are the kind of person who likes solving problems and making products better, then I’d love to tell you more about this role.

Here you’ll be part of the team approving ECNs, and it’ll be you who makes the improvements on Solidworks and sees the engineering change process through to conclusion. Requests can come from internal stakeholders as well as customers: ultimately if something just isn’t working, you’ll be able to find and implement a solution.

This will also involve working closely with the manufacturing team and involve some prototyping and testing of the potential solutions. With DfM and DfA in mind for the changes being introduced.

We need someone who is open and happy talking to people. With ECRs coming from all different avenues, you’ll need to be comfortable telling people when you’ll be able to complete their request: managing expectations will be key!

In terms of the products, it is electro-mechanical equipment used in scientific research. It’s truly an exciting time to be joining, with a lot of positive change happening. They’re keen for someone coming into this role to have a pathway of progression in the medium term, with different pathways available.

You’ll be part of a lovely engineering team, who will be there to support and help you as and when you need it. If you want to find out more, please get in touch with Ashlea Harland.

The Candidate: CAD Design Engineer

You will have the following skills and experience:

• 1-2 years’ experience in a similar role such as CAD Engineer, Draughtsman, Junior Design Engineer, Mechanical Engineer.
• Excellent knowledge 3D CAD tools and capable of 3D modelling.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritise your workload to meet deadlines.
• Solution-focused mindset and able to work with accuracy.
• UK Driving License.

• Sales Bonus
• 28 days holiday + bank hols
• Additional benefits package
• Office based

Are you looking for an opportunity to excel your career and earning potential in the life sciences arena? With this role, you’ll be internally based, working with experienced Territory Sales Managers, with a plan to develop your skills to eventually have your own territory to manage.

This is an opportunity to become a central part of a business where you’ll be given flexibility, training and you’ll be working with friendly and down to earth people. Due to growth, they are searching for a Business Development Rep, to identify target customers, and provide leads to the external sales team.

You’ll be looking for customers to contact across the EMEA region: it’s a big territory so a lot of opportunity to succeed! We need someone who likes researching scientific discoveries, emerging markets, and looking for leads to develop new business.

If this sounds like it could be the right fit for you, then please click apply!

The ideal candidate will be positive and confident in their ability, and have the following skills/experience:

• Experience of communicating with customers within laboratories or manufacturing environments.
• Either degree qualified in a scientific discipline, OR equivalent experience in a scientific industry.
• Driven to succeed and self-motivated.
• Great communication skills and not afraid to contact people they haven’t spoken to before.
• Able to pick up technical details and convey that to non-technical people.
• Willing to travel to attend trade shows and conferences across the UK and Europe.

• Hybrid role
• Flexitime
• Benefits including pension and shares scheme

An incredible opportunity for a Software Engineer has arisen with this pioneering company. You will be part of a small team developing their brand new 64 -bit software platform for their electro-mechanical products. This is a great chance to have a direct input and influence into the control software. If you are excited by this and have relative experience, apply now!

As a member of the Software Engineering team, you will be responsible for designing and developing an instrument control and data analysis application for brand-new products currently in development. In addition, you will also contribute to the ongoing development and maintenance of existing software applications in long term support.

Here are the responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining bespoke processing and control software
• Defining new project specifications, providing regular updates to the wider team
• Updating online manuals alongside the maintenance of software version control
• Testing new software features with the hardware
• Supporting the installation team and customers with software support

The Candidate: Embedded Software Engineer

The successful candidate will be self-motivated and excited about voicing their ideas during the development process, and will have most of the following skills and experience:

• Experience as a Software Engineer / Software Developer within a multidisciplinary environment
• Real time embedded development
• Experience with I2C and SPI communication protocols.
• Experience with some of the follow: C# / .Net / WPF / MVVM / GitHub / Embedded C