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Craven Arms
£45k - 50k per year
Permanent
On Site
Location: Craven Arms, Shropshire
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 + Benefits
Working Pattern: Full-time, Onsite 5 Days per Week
Design Engineer - Structural Design
Are you an experienced Design Engineer with a passion for structural design within the construction industry? Do you enjoy taking projects from concept through to manufacture and installation while working closely with clients, architects, and production teams?
We are seeking a Design Engineer to join a growing and innovative business in Craven Arms. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong CAD and 3D modelling experience to play a key role in developing structural products and systems used across a variety of construction projects.
Working within a collaborative engineering environment, you will be responsible for creating practical, cost-effective designs that meet customer requirements while ensuring manufacturability, quality, and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop structural products and systems from concept through to production and installation.
- Produce detailed engineering drawings, specifications, and drawing packs.
- Create 3D models using SolidWorks or similar CAD software.
- Generate and maintain Engineering Bills of Materials (BOMs).
- Design for manufacture, ensuring products can be efficiently produced and installed.
- Produce product cost estimates and support quotation activities.
- Collaborate with clients, architects, suppliers, and internal teams throughout the design process.
- Support prototype testing, validation, and continuous product improvement initiatives.
- Troubleshoot design and technical issues during development and production.
- Maintain engineering documentation, revision control, and design records.
- Keep up to date with relevant construction standards, materials, and engineering technologies.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:
- Degree qualification in Engineering, Product Design, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience in a Design Engineer or Product Development Engineer position within construction, building products, structural systems, or a similar engineering environment.
- Strong knowledge of engineering principles and structural design.
- Experience using SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to work across engineering, manufacturing, and commercial teams.
Desirable Experience
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials.
- Experience with DriveWorks configurator development.
- Experience using PDM systems and engineering change control processes.
- Understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM) systems.
- Experience working on structural or construction-related products and systems.
What's on Offer?
- Salary of £45,000 - £50,000
- Opportunity to work on exciting structural design projects
- Stable and growing business within the construction sector
- Collaborative engineering environment
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Full-time onsite role in Craven Arms, Shropshire
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
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Worcester
£14.09 - 14.09 per hour
Contract
On Site
About the Job
The Company
Our client, Yamazaki Mazak is a leading global manufacturing company based in Worcester. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a market leading Machine Tool manufacturer who have been at the forefront of the industry for many years.
Due to increased workload within the department, our client now has a requirement for a Spindle Build Engineer .
Jonathan Lee Workforce Solutions are the preferred supplier to Mazak.
Job Description
The Role
The role is to repair broken Mazak spindles to new standards and will involve various assembly tasks related to spindle build such as:
- Precision measuring of spindle components.
- Precision assembly and adjustment related to Mazak work instructions.
- Carrying out various quality checks during the assembly process involving precision equipment such as micrometers, test bars, dial test indicators, clamp force and axial force gauges.
- Balancing of spindle cartridges.
- Electrical checks of stators (new and re-used/repaired) to ensure conformance to standard Mazak check sheets.
- Some electrical assembly work is required however the role is mainly mechanically focused.
The Person
Essential Criteria
- Background in precision engineering.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated and good communication, attention to detail.
- Organised, able to plan ahead and good ability to follow written procedures.
- Ability to work to tight tolerances using hand tools and measuring equipment
Desirable Criteria
- Apprentice trained.
- Good understanding of mechanical component drawings and assemblies.
- Previous experience in spindle assembly.
- Good understanding of testing electrical motors and fault finding.
- Previous experience with vernier callipers, depth mics, force gauges and micrometers.
- IT skills, and previous experience with Microsoft packages
The Reward
The successful candidate can also expect the following:
- Join a successful, multi-national manufacturing company,
- Excellent career potential,
- 25 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays,
- X2 Salary Life Insurance Package and Well Being Programmes,
- Aviva Pension,
- Free Uniform,
- Free Parking,
- Subsidised Restaurant on site,
- Working hours are Monday to Friday 8-15am to 16-30 pm,
- Overtime is paid at Time 1/3 first 2 hours then Time 1/2 thereafter each day. Saturday is Time 1/2 and Sunday Double Time.
If this Spindle Build Engineer role sounds like the right opportunity for you then please call to discuss further, or email me at the address supplied
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
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Carnforth
£40k - 45k per year
Permanent
On Site
Step into a role where planning turns into real progress. As a Production Planner, you'll help keep manufacturing operations running smoothly, strengthen coordination across teams, and play a key part in delivering production items on time and within budget. If you enjoy structured problem-solving, scheduling, and continuous improvement, this Production Planner position offers the kind of steady momentum and responsibility that's easy to get energised by.
What You Will Do:
- Develop and maintain production schedules that match delivery requirements and operational capacity for this company's manufacturing output.
- Liaise with the Supply Chain Coordinator to communicate transport booking requirements and dispatch priorities.
- Monitor production progress, adjust plans when needed, and keep deadlines firmly in focus.
- Coordinate preparation and distribution of key documentation, including job sheets and works orders.
- Lead production visibility by maintaining and updating the Production Tracker, sharing performance updates with the Supply Chain Manager.
- Work closely with the Supply Chain team to resolve stock discrepancies and support stock-take activity.
What You Will Bring:
- Proven experience in production planning or coordination within a manufacturing or production environment, ideally using an ERP system.
- Strong organisational skills, excellent time management, and a careful eye for detail.
- Confident working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Clear communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
- A proactive approach to identifying risks and supporting improvements that strengthen operational compliance and efficiency.
This Production Planner role sits within a fast-moving manufacturing setting, supporting this company's wider goals of reliable delivery, operational efficiency, and well-run production processes. By turning data into actionable schedules and keeping all stakeholders aligned, you'll help drive smooth workflow from planning through to dispatch.
Interested?:
If this sounds like the next step for your career, apply now to secure an interview for the Production Planner role. A quick application today could be the start of a more impactful, well-structured role in manufacturing planning.
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
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Manchester
£33.99 - 33.99 per hour
Contract
Hybrid
Platform Development Engineer - 37208529 - £33.99/hr - Umbrella Rate
Division: Software Architecture
Contract Position based at: Digital Product Platform, Manchester
Role Overview
Platform Development Engineer role within a leading global automotive engineering organisation’s digital product and connected vehicle software division, working on next-generation software-defined vehicle platforms and premium in-car digital experiences.
Position Description
Currently seeking to recruit a Platform Development Engineer for our high-tech Software Development centre in the heart of Manchester. Working alongside our Pioneering Hub to integrate connected technologies in our next generation vehicles to create premium, in car experiences.
The Centre is home to Software, IT and Engineering teams and is focused on developing mobile apps and our data analytics capabilities in a culture that is open and innovative.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Proven experience (ideally 4+ years) in Unix OS and ideally recent experience in container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and a scripting language (e.g. Python, Bash)
- Proven experience (ideally 4+ years) of at least one major cloud provider (GCP, AWS, Azure) and Kubernetes experience
- Strong experience of Site Reliability Engineering practices and principles
- Strong experience in operational monitoring and dash-boarding for applications (ELK, SonarQube, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Experience with containers and orchestration frameworks (Docker, k8s)
- Experience with source code management and version control (Git/GitHub/GitLab)
- Experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques
- Previous involvement in all stages of the software delivery lifecycle
- Passion for mentoring and technical coaching of engineers
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Collaborative skills - being open to pair programming and working closely with engineers in cross functional teams
- Infrastructure provisioning tools e.g. Terraform, Ansible
- Good automation skills, including experience with unit testing and automated testing tools
- Experience of operating enterprise scale production systems alongside monitoring and telemetry practices (SonarQube, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Solid understanding of networking concepts, technologies, and protocols (TCP/IP, IPSec, HTTP, FTP, DHCP, and DNS)
Desirable:
- Experience of Software Engineering with Go, Java, JavaScript or another language
- Knowledge of Microservices architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues
- Experience operating bespoke built enterprise scale cloud-native microservice applications
- Experience with database technologies such as MySQL or NoSQL technologies (e.g. MongoDB)
- Additional Information
THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
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Gaydon
£35.94 - 35.94 per hour
Contract
Hybrid
Feature Integration Engineer - 37211197 - £35.94/hr umbrella rate
Do you have a strong understanding of software/feature integration and systems engineering principles relevant to an automotive or similar environment? Step into a high-impact contract opportunity as a Feature Integration Engineer and help shape software features for real-world vehicle programmes. This role sits right at the intersection of software integration and systems engineering, giving you the chance to coordinate across stakeholders, drive clarity in feature delivery, and gain real momentum as features move from definition through to deployment readiness.
What You Will Do:
- Own the oversight of software feature content for a specific vehicle programme, ensuring it is clearly defined, delivered, and signed off to target as a Feature Integration Engineer.
- Align the customer experience offering across key stakeholders, including Marketing, Programme Management, and Vehicle teams, ensuring consistency and shared understanding.
- Work with technical domains to develop and maintain design specification readiness, reporting on maturity progress and deployment readiness as a Feature Integration Engineer.
- Interpret technical data to support decisions and keep a consolidated status narrative for stakeholders, including risk and plan updates.
- Organise feature demonstrations so customer experience can be assessed accurately and effectively.
- Lead regular discussions with feature owners to capture risks, plans, and emerging needs, then translate them into clear action and next steps.
What You Will Bring:
- A strong understanding of software/feature integration and systems engineering principles relevant to an automotive or similar environment.
- Experience planning and integrating complex electrical and software systems, with a structured, delivery-focused approach as a Feature Integration Engineer.
- Proven ability to lead engineering product delivery using project management techniques and clear coordination methods.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to influence and collaborate across business functions at different levels, including presenting progress confidently as a Feature Integration Engineer.
- Competence with Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
This company is focused on delivering reliable, customer-focused innovation, and this Feature Integration Engineer role directly supports that by turning feature intentions into actionable plans, coordinated technical work, and demonstrable readiness throughout the vehicle programme lifecycle. The emphasis on clear alignment, disciplined reporting, and structured decision-making helps the organisation keep delivery on track and features moving forward with confidence.
Location: This Feature Integration Engineer role is based at Gaydon.
Interested?: If you are energised by cross-functional delivery, clear technical communication, and seeing software features progress to launch, apply now for this Feature Integration Engineer contract and take the next step in your integration career.
This role is Inside IR35.
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
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Gaydon
£28.54 - 28.54 per hour
Contract
Hybrid
Suspension Engineer - 37462315 - £28.54/hr Umbrella rate
Do you have some exposure to suspension or damper, coil spring, or air spring technologies? Do you have the capability to interpret engineering drawings and understand GD&T notation, with CAD/CAE design? if so, unlock an exciting opportunity as a Suspension Engineer within a fast-paced automotive engineering environment. If you enjoy turning complex challenges into practical, high-quality solutions, this Suspension Engineer role offers meaningful impact, clear ownership, and the chance to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on advanced suspension systems. The role sits at the heart of developing industrialised products through disciplined delivery and continuous improvement. Whether experienced in supplier collaboration or ready to step into programme-driven engineering work, this Suspension Engineer position is a strong platform to grow and deliver.
What You Will Do:
- Deliver the commodity plan to quality, cost and time, maintaining the Worldwide Engineering Release System for robust control of engineering change.
- Support Engineering Advanced Product Quality Planning deliverables and contribute to effective programme planning across Agile squads.
- Manage aspects of Change Requests, including expenditure forecasting and working with relevant supplier teams to hit programme milestones.
- Plan and support spring and damper module test activities, covering detailed stages through to sign-off and assisting engineering test teams with rectifications.
- Collaborate to resolve supplier component engineering and vehicle attribute issues, ensuring designs meet defined targets for performance and reliability.
- Keep module documentation up to date, supporting design verification and compliance with standards throughout design maturation.
What You Will Bring:
- Proven experience resolving business, technical and process issues in a project team environment, with a structured approach to delivery.
- Strong understanding of product creation and delivery, including change control, product definition and change management processes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence in influencing and engaging across teams.
- Capability to interpret engineering drawings and understand GD&T notation, with CAD/CAE design and analysis experience as a beneficial advantage.
- Some exposure to suspension or damper, coil spring, or air spring technologies, ideally alongside agile scrum working methods.
This Suspension Engineer role plays a direct part in enabling high standards of engineering delivery, quality focus and regulatory compliance, supporting the development of advanced suspension engineering systems. Working in an automotive programme context, your contribution helps this company maintain momentum across milestones, ensure transparent documentation, and support continuous improvement within an Agile delivery culture.
Location: This Suspension Engineer role is based in Gaydon.
Interested?: If this sounds like the next challenge for your career, apply now for the Suspension Engineer opportunity and take the next step towards delivering impactful suspension engineering work in a dynamic programme environment.
This role is Inside IR35.
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.
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