- Excellent bonus scheme
- Board-level position
- Additional benefits
I am partnered with a company offering you the opportunity to be an instrumental part of their next stage of growth. An SME that designs and manufactures high-precision equipment used for cutting-edge research globally, that want someone who can help drive continuous improvement across operations and the wider business. They are looking for someone to lead their manufacturing operation and be an active part of the leadership team, taking them to the next level.
They have a fantastic working environment and a genuinely collaborative leadership team. They encourage driving continuous improvement, taking accountability and team development. They have an operations department that is running very well, but there are plenty of opportunities to make improvements. This will be an opportunity where you can really influence the future of the business and reap the rewards.
The Role – Operations Director:
You will be responsible for production, procurement, planning, stock control & shipping, and after-sales. Your role will include:
- Managing a team of 15-20 people, providing leadership and coaching to increase the team’s capability and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Be a key part of the Senior Leadership Team, developing the company’s strategy alongside the MD.
- Ensuring all orders are delivered on time, to cost & quality requirements.
- Performance management of the team, including regular 1-to-1s to review performance and develop objectives.
- Using your experience and knowledge to help the business deliver its strategic growth goals.
These are just some of the responsibilities: it will be a varied and impactful role with opportunities to implement new procedures and drive operational excellence! If this sounds like it could be for you, please get in touch to discuss the details in confidence.
The Candidate – Operations Director:
- Previous experience within the manufacturing of electro-mechanical products.
- Strong leadership capability with management experience.
- Lean Six Sigma qualified
- A change agent with an operational excellence mindset.
- Self-motivated, approachable and empathetic.
- Strong business acumen and a high level of integrity.
- Not afraid to be hands-on and lead by example.
- Proven experience of line and task management of operations teams with up to 30 people
- Additional benefits include pension, healthcare plan, and employee assistance programme
- Flexible hours, with an early finish on Fridays
- West Sussex based
Are you looking for an opportunity to use your test engineering capability in a role focused products used to keep people safe? The role will be varied, focused on final testing of products and supporting other departments and customers with technical issues. You will have strong electronic fault-finding skills and be comfortable working with computers.
As part of an SME, your role will be flexible, and you will work closely with various departments. Focused on both hardware and software, you’ll also get to build conceptual test equipment and prototypes for development testing purposes.
As Test Engineer, you will also be responsible for the following:
- Conducting product servicing and repair on faulty units
- Maintain product assembly and test procedures, and be involved in the creation of new and improved processes
- Providing technical support to customers
- Developing product performance specification
The Candidate
The successful Test Engineer will have:
- 2+ years of experience in electrical testing, inspection, assembly, or service engineering.
- An aptitude for troubleshooting, fault finding and diagnosis.
- IT Literate
- Willingness to get hands-on in all areas to solve problems and ensure a high standard of product quality.
- Commission scheme - £10k - £20k annually
- Unique product offering
- Fantastic career path
- Hybrid role
- Flexible hours
Are you looking for an opportunity to join an engineering business with huge growth potential? Or is it career development and a key role in a business moving forward? This opportunity can offer you both.
You’ll be working closely with the Sales Director and have the opportunity to travel across the UK, Europe, Asia and the US up to 25% of the time. They are looking for a motivated Technical Sales Engineer to work closely with customers, with the hunger to find new business!
The products are patented and completely unique on the market, used in a variety of technical applications, so having a technical grounding is key. You will be responsible for many things, including customer liaison, doing presentations and demos, creating quotes, and bringing in new business. There is plenty of low hanging fruit, and a huge market to go at, which will have a direct impact on your earnings. If this sounds of interest, please get in touch, or click apply!
The Candidate: Technical Sales Engineer
The successful candidate will be positive and confident in their ability, self-motivated, and will have most of the following skills and experience:
- Qualification in Engineering, physics or equivalent practical experience.
- A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in technical sales.
- Ability to build rapport with people
- Driven, inquisitive, with excellent attention to detail.
- Willing to travel nationally and internationally up to 25% of the time.
- Quarterly Bonus Scheme
- Life Assurance & Pension
- Flexible hours
My client is a world leading designer and manufacturer of material testing equipment. With opportunities to expand their network of agents globally, they are seeking an enthusiastic Engineer who wants to use their technical skills to help research facilities, universities and laboratories all over the world. The business is performing well and expanding, with plans in place to move into a larger premises in the next month. It is an exciting time to join!
An interesting part of this role is the opportunity to visit various countries around the world. Up to 2 months (spread over the year) could be spent away from home with the chance to experience different countries and cultures. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Civil or Mechanical Engineering Graduate with good communication skills who wants to use their technical capability to support their customers.
The Role: Technical Sales Engineer
- You will manage new and existing distributors across the world
- Build and maintain excellent relationships both with end customers and distributors
- Support distributors through quotation and customer visits, whilst promoting the company’s range of products
- Participate in trade seminars, conferences, exhibitions, etc
- Provide feedback to the company’s product development department on customer equipment requirements
The Candidate
- Experience selling complex equipment to labs.
- Willing to travel up to 50% including international locations.
- Willing to learn new products as part of an in-depth training programme.
- Comfortable discussing product applications and able to work under tight deadlines.
- Highly motivated, confident and friendly with adaptable levels of communication.
- Career advancement opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Healthcare scheme
- Annual bonus
Are you looking for an opportunity to impact a manufacturing business? If you want to be a Supply Chain & Logistics Manager in a positive and rewarding environment, where you’ll be given autonomy to use your expertise in supply chain. The role will grow with you, keeping you engaged and challenged. If this sounds like something for you, click apply!
They are a leading designer and manufacturer of electromechanical products, used in growing markets globally. With a long-standing history and a great brand reputation, they can offer you a role where you can put your stamp on it and help drive a business forward. You’ll be joining a company of less than 50 people, 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.
As Supply Chain & Inventory Manager, they want your help with improving the on-time delivery of incoming goods, and there is a big opportunity to improve quality too. You will manage the supply chain, ensuring materials are available to support business growth. This includes strategic sourcing, demand planning, logistics and managing supplier relationships. You will also be responsible for the following:
- Manage daily supply chain activities: identify material needs, negotiate prices and delivery and work closely with the purchasing team to support them with the order process.
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies to support business growth.
- Build and maintain relationships with suppliers to meet quality, cost, and delivery goals.
- Evaluate, monitor, and report on supplier performance, addressing issues as needed.
- Support inventory control during stock counts and resolve discrepancies.
The Candidate: Supply Chain & Inventory Manager
- Proven supply chain/purchasing management experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Hands-on and proactive approach
- Able to implement supplier development processes.
- Strong analytical and change management skills.
- A clear communicator, confident in challenging assumptions, detail-oriented, energetic, and results-driven.
- Home based position with occasional trips to the office in the South
- Exciting international travel opportunities - covering EMEA
- Annual Bonus
- Company Car
- Generous annual leave, pension & life assurance
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with complex equipment used in critical and lifesaving fields, such as cancer diagnostics? At the forefront of their industry, they need a permanent Field Service Engineer to support their customers across the EMEA region. You will be working with a close-knit, down-to-earth team that truly look after their people.
You will be responsible for the installation and set-up of their lab equipment in locations across the UK and Europe. They have systems installed in over 30 countries globally, covering almost every continent. The travel involved will be roughly 150 days per year (mostly Europe), and when not travelling, you will be based at home. As a Field Service Engineer, the role will also involve:
- Installation and calibration of scientific equipment.
- Providing training to customers across the EMEA region.
- Conducting validation, quality control, and troubleshooting activities on systems.
- Managing your diary and travel, along with creating and maintaining all relevant documentation.
The Candidate: Field Service Engineer
The ideal candidate will be willing to travel internationally, and will also:
- Have previous experience in a field service position.
- Have worked with complex electro-mechanical or laboratory equipment.
- Be flexible, self-confident and happy to work alone on occasion.
- Be organised and disciplined, ensuring no shortcuts are taken to ensure product integrity.
- Excellent communication skills.
Based from home, you can live anywhere in the South of England.
- Development opportunity
- Performance-based bonus circa £6,000
- Hybrid working
- Annual bonus
- Health Insurance & Life Assurance
Are you looking for a company that can help you develop and progress? This is a pathway to become a Key Account Manager in the next 12 months, as part of a growing engineering business. You will initially be given smaller accounts to manage, working with a team of experienced KAMs to help you develop your account management skills, with a development plan to progress to Key Account Manager. You will then begin to manage larger, more complex accounts with business units worldwide.
They are an SME with an amazing culture: a genuinely happy team that believes in their values and the business's vision. The products are technical, used in life sciences, so you need to be comfortable working with technical products.
A typical day will be varied: researching and mapping out accounts, developing relationships with key stakeholders, putting prices together, working with technical support, and that’s just some of the responsibilities! You will also travel occasionally to visit customers and attend trade shows, but no more than 20% of the time initially. The rest of the time, you will be in the office, collaborating across the business, and learning from the experienced people around you.
If you have some experience in sales but want something that you can really get your teeth into, please get in touch!
The Candidate: Account Manager
The successful candidate will be positive and confident in their ability, and will have most of the following skills and experience:
• Some experience in sales within a technical or scientific industry.
• 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.
- Performance-based bonus circa £8,000
- Hybrid working and flexible hours
- Annual bonus
- Health Insurance & Life Assurance
Are you looking for an opportunity to use your account management skills in 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 that 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 based in Europe and the US, you will be travelling around 25% of the time 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, please get in touch!
The Candidate: Key Account Manager
The successful candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in a sales position, and will have most of the following skills and experience:
• Experience in managing and growing accounts, with a good commercial mindset.
• Experience in a technical or scientific industry.
• 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
- Commission Scheme
- Annual Bonus
- Healthcare plan
- Pension
Are you looking for a role where you can use your technical knowledge to help customers with their R&D? This role offers full training, long-term stability, and a chance to excel, as part of a company that designs and manufactures R&D equipment. This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven graduate looking to kick-start their career. This is about personality over product knowledge, so you must be able to build rapport with both new and existing customers.
You will be based in the office, introducing specialist products into universities, laboratories, pharmaceutical labs, and R&D establishments across the UK and Europe. You will be responsible for many things, including customer liaison, product marketing, market research, and after-sales support. With full training, in time you will travel to meet customers across the UK and Europe. If you have recently completed your degree or find yourself in a similar role involved in engineering, but want something you can get your teeth into, please get in touch!
Reporting to the Sales Director, you will also be responsible for the following:
- Selling to new and existing customers throughout the UK and Europe
- Networking with end users across your territory
- Providing technical support & training to customers on the full range of products
- Getting involved in relevant exhibitions and conferences
The Candidate: Area Sales Manager
We are open to applications from graduates through to candidates with industry experience!
The successful candidate will be positive and confident in their ability, enjoy speaking to people, and will have most of the following skills and experience:
- Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Food Technology or an associated technical discipline.
- Great communication skills with a love of building relationships with people.
- Willing to travel within the UK and Europe for customer visits and occasional trade shows.
- A full UK Driving License is essential
- Stability and growth in an exciting and successful SME
- Progression opportunity in an evolving business
Are you looking for a production planner role but in a more progressive industry? They have a fantastic working environment, friendly and supportive, where team dynamics and the wellbeing of their people are more important than profit margins. They promote from within and encourage personal development, and this role will be no different! They have been going from strength to strength over the last few years and have built a fantastic brand in the industry.
If this sounds like somewhere you’d like to be, then please click apply!
The role responsibilities will include:
- Create, modify and maintain the production plan using the MRP system
- Agree on schedule requirements with Sales, Purchasing and Production, helping to develop the site, processes, and procedures.
- Maintain accurate planning of all parts and BOMs.
- Using Excel to assist with planning.
- Releasing and completing work orders in production
- Maintaining work schedules
Production Planner Candidate
Experience in a small to medium sized manufacturing company
- Strong Excel skills
- Understanding of the MRP process and how to effectively use MRP
- Experience in a similar position, such as Planner, Materials Controller, or Scheduler.
- Monday-Friday with an early finish on a Friday!
- Benefits package includes pension, bonus, life assurance
Are you looking for a company that values their employees, where you manage your own projects from concept right through to production? You would be working for a manufacturing business specialising in the design and manufacture of metal components used in various critical industries, such as oil & gas, medical and aerospace. They have been around for over many years, with a huge focus on investing into their team and their facilities.
They are looking to add a Mechanical Design Engineer to the team. Here you’ll be using SolidWorks, though experience of any 3D CAD package is fine, and you’ll be creating 3D models, detailed component drawings, as well as assembly drawings. If this sounds interesting, please click apply!
The Candidate: Mechanical Design Engineer
The ideal candidate will be a proactive Engineer who looks for solutions to problems, and will have most of the following skills and experience:
- 3+ years’ experience in mechanical design in a role such as Design Engineer, CAD Engineer, Mechanical Engineer
- Experience using Solidworks, Inventor, Solid Edge, Creo or a similar 3D CAD package.
- Ability to think of your feet.
- Experience working with metal and designing components
- Confident in voicing your opinions and ideas, both within the team and to other departments
- Exciting travel opportunities
- Excellent benefits package including pension, healthcare scheme and shares scheme
Are you looking to work with interesting products, working alongside a friendly and dedicated team? With this position, you will receive excellent training and an opportunity to work with a complex range of equipment used in laboratories worldwide. You can really hone your engineering skills and take your career up a notch.
The role will be extremely varied, with the opportunity to do some interesting work and become trained to perform equipment installations globally. Most of the travel will be in Europe, so if that’s somewhere you’d like to explore, this could be a great fit! Or you may be looking for a role that means you’re not on the road all of the time: this will be around 35% travelling.
If this sounds like it’s up your street, and you’ve got an electro-mechanical engineering background, then please click apply!
This is the kind of work you'll be doing:
- Responding to customers who are having technical issues.
- Providing support when it comes to spare parts and components.
- Conducting testing and repairs in-house.
- Travel both nationally and internationally to conduct installations, service and repair work.
- Using your problem-solving ability to generate ideas for better ways of working.
You will consider yourself to have good diagnostic ability with excellent time management skills. You will also have:
- An electro-mechanical engineering background.
- An aptitude for troubleshooting, fault-finding and diagnosis.
- IT literate – able to install software/drivers etc.
- Fantastic communication skills.
- An inquisitive mind and happy to work independently.
- Willing to travel nationally and internationally with some overnight stays.
