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Telford
£52,750 per year
Permanent
On Site
2 NEW VACANCIES - PRODUCTION SHIFT MANAGERS (TELFORD, SHROPSHIRE)
We are proud to be working with a leading food manufacturing business in Telford (Shropshire) who are looking for 2 Production Shift Managers to join them on a permanent basis, although the production staff work 4 on 4 off shifts, this particular job will be working 8.30am-5pm Monday to Thursday with a 4.30pm finish on a Friday (39.5 hours per week), and the job comes with an annual salary of just under £53,000 per annum (with a pay review taking place in October).
The hiring manager is looking for someone who has a minimum of 5 years Managerial experience and has a proven background in either a Production Manager / Operations Manager/ Shift Manager / Manufacturing Manager / Production Operations Manager / Production Lead / Shift Leader role.
The hiring manager would also prefer to have someone who holds an ILM or CMI qualification (level 3 or above) and/or qualifications in either Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing.
Previous experience from within the food manufacturing industry would be preferred, but is not essential.
We are looking for someone who lives within a 30 mile radius of Telford (Shropshire).
This is a minimum of a 2 stage interview process, the first stage will consist of a numeracy and literacy assessment being completed on site in Telford, and providing you pass this the second interview will be a formal interview with the key stakeholders of the business, as well as you having a full factory tour.
What You Will Do:
- Oversee daily production plans, ensuring all equipment and resources are in place for seamless operations.
- Develop strategies to manage orders efficiently and troubleshoot challenges as they arise.
- Analyse performance data to identify areas for improvement and implement solutions.
- Monitor product quality and line efficiency, driving improvements to meet production standards.
- Lead projects, ensuring deadlines are met and production goals are achieved.
- Review and reduce waste, identifying opportunities to minimise scrap and enhance efficiency.
What You Will Bring:
- Minimum of 5 years experience within a similar role - ESSENTIAL
- You MUST hold either an ILM or CMI qualification, or equivalent (level 3 or above) and/or qualifications in either Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to implement logical solutions.
- Leadership capabilities with a focus on team development and performance.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to multi-task effectively.
- A proactive, collaborative mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.
In this role, you'll be part of a company that thrives on determination, quality, integrity, and teamwork. These core values define the people who succeed here. You'll work alongside a like-minded team, sharing a commitment to pushing boundaries and driving innovation. With a focus on delivering exceptional quality and maintaining the highest standards, your contributions as a Production Shift Manager will have a direct impact on the company's success.
Location:
This role is based in Telford (Shropshire), and you MUST live within a 30 mile radius.
Interested?:
If you're ready to take on the challenge and make a real difference as a Production Shift Manager, we want to hear from you. Apply now to start your journey with a company that values your skills, ambition, and commitment to excellence.
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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Coventry
£27.30 - 27.30 per hour
Contract
Hybrid
Logistics Specialist - 36836218 - £27.30/hr (Umbrella Rate) (Inside IR35)
Are you ready to take your logistics expertise to the next level? This Logistics Specialist role offers an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of prototype planning within a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation. With a focus on innovation and precision, this position promises to challenge and inspire you, while providing the chance to make a tangible impact on cutting-edge projects. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for logistics, this is the perfect opportunity to showcase your skills and drive your career forward.
What You Will Do:
- Ensure delivery promises are accurately entered within one week of receipt to maintain operational efficiency.
- Coordinate the timely receipt of 87% of parts for the first car of each schedule by the MRD deadline, ensuring seamless prototype builds.
- Prevent build stoppages and Point of Fit losses for all prototype builds, excluding VB scenarios.
- Arrange on-time shipping collections for prototype parts, prioritising cost-efficient transport modes.
- Negotiate delivery dates with suppliers to support multiple prototype production builds for new products and battery production.
- Collaborate with internal tool rooms and 3D printing operations to secure production slots aligned with prototype build requirements.
What You Will Bring:
- Proven ability to perform under pressure, maintaining accuracy and focus.
- Strong negotiation skills to secure delivery commitments and production slots.
- Excellent presentation skills to effectively communicate programme delivery status to senior management.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to manage and report on logistics activities.
- GCSE-level education or above, demonstrating a solid foundation for this challenging role.
This Logistics Specialist role plays a key part in ensuring the timely and efficient delivery of prototype components, directly supporting the company's mission to deliver exceptional products faster. As a valued member of the team, you will contribute to the success of prototype builds and foster strong relationships with suppliers, all while embodying the company's commitment to excellence and innovation.
Location:
This role is based at Whitley, a location known for its accessibility and vibrant professional environment.
Interested?:
If you're ready to make a difference and bring your logistics expertise to an exciting and rewarding role, don't wait! Apply today to become a Logistics Specialist and be part of something extraordinary.
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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Banbury
Market related
Permanent
On Site
Buyer
Automotive & Motorsport
Oxfordshire, Onsite,
Strong salary and benefits package
Unfortunately, no sponsorship for overseas candidates
The Opportunity
This isn't a back-office buying role. This is procurement at pace.
You'll take ownership of supplier packages that directly support cutting-edge automotive and high-performance motorsport programmes. From sourcing critical components to ensuring they land on time and to spec, you'll be at the heart of delivery-where commercial decisions meet engineering reality.
If you thrive in environments where timing is everything, supply chains are dynamic, and every decision counts, this role puts you right in the driver's seat.
What You'll Be Doing
- Own and deliver supplier packages across low to medium complexity technical components
- Lead sourcing activity, driving competitive pricing, lead times and supplier performance
- Act as the primary interface with suppliers-negotiating, challenging and securing commitments
- Track orders end-to-end, from placement through to receipt and issue to build
- Anticipate and resolve supply risks before they impact programme delivery
- Ensure components arrive on time, to specification and ready for use
- Maintain robust purchasing data across price, lead time, and supplier commitments
- Resolve invoice queries quickly and accurately, keeping financials clean and controlled
- Balance cost, speed and risk with sound commercial judgement in a fast-moving environment
What We're Looking For
Experience & Background
- Experience in purchasing within automotive, motorsport, manufacturing or Tier-1 environments
- Confident managing suppliers and technical components in a programme-driven setting
- Familiarity with ERP systems
- Degree or equivalent technical/commercial experience
What Sets You Apart
- You're delivery-focused and take ownership-things don't slip on your watch
- You're comfortable operating at pace without losing structure or control
- You can challenge suppliers confidently while building strong relationships
- You understand the pressure and precision required in engineering-led programmes
- You make clear, timely decisions-balancing risk, cost and urgency
How You'll Work
- High pace, high accountability - you'll be trusted to deliver
- Structured but agile - process-driven where it matters, flexible where it counts
- Collaborative - working closely with engineering, manufacturing and programme teams
- Commercially sharp - always looking for better value, stronger performance and reduced risk
Why Join
- Be part of programmes where what you buy directly impacts performance on the road and track
- Work in an environment where speed, innovation and delivery go hand in hand
- Gain exposure to complex engineering and high-performance supply chains
- Develop your career in a team that values ownership, progression and continuous improvement
What You'll Get
- Competitive salary that grows with your impact
- 25 days holiday + option to purchase up to 15 additional days
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Subsidised on-site restaurant
- Car and pension salary sacrifice schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Exercise classes and wellbeing support
- Paid volunteering time
- Regular social events and company-wide activities
- Exclusive discounts
- Life assurance
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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Bromsgrove
Market related
Permanent
Hybrid
Senior Electronics Engineer
Location: Bromsgrove
Competitive Salary
Overview:
- We are currently recruiting for a Senior Electronics Engineer to work for our client to play a pivotal role in our growing R&D team. This is more than just a design role, it’s an opportunity to take real ownership of cutting-edge technology that directly impacts water quality, environmental monitoring, and sustainability.
- Our sensors combine advanced electronics and intelligent software to deliver highly accurate, low-noise measurements in real-world environments. You’ll be at the heart of this innovation, driving design excellence from concept through to manufacture.
- If you’re passionate about electronics, enjoy solving complex challenges, and want your work to make a tangible difference, we’d like to hear from you.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead electronics design and development
- Design, develop, and test high-performance electronic systems for advanced sensor technology
- Translate product requirements into robust technical specifications
- Deliver optimised PCB designs using Altium Designer
- Drive quality, standards and process improvement
- Own electronics templates and component libraries, ensuring consistency and ISO9001 compliance
- Lead and enhance the electronic design review process
- Ensure designs are reliable, manufacturable, and scalable
- Test, validate and refine
- Debug, test, and validate hardware to achieve best-in-class performance
- Work hands-on with lab equipment to ensure product reliability
- Support rapid prototyping, including PCB rework and modification
- Collaborate and influence
- Act as the technical interface with manufacturing partners from prototype to production
- Work closely with firmware and mechanical engineers to deliver fully integrated solutions
- Mentor and support junior engineers, helping to grow team capability
Experience and Background Requirements:
- HND (or equivalent) in Electronics Engineering, Embedded Systems, or similar
- Proven experience owning electronic designs within a multidisciplinary R&D environment
- Strong background in analogue and digital design
- Experience across the full product lifecycle (concept to manufacture)
- Experience with high-sensitivity sensors (desirable)
- Technical expertise
- Advanced experience with Altium Designer (schematics, PCB layout, libraries)
- Embedded firmware development (C/C++) and microcontrollers
- Familiarity with communication protocols and version control systems
- Strong hands-on debugging and validation skills
- Confident with soldering and PCB rework
- Personal strengths
- Confident leading design and specification reviews
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to work across disciplines
- Passion for mentoring and developing others
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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Banbury
Market related
Permanent
On Site
Senior Programme Buyer
Oxfordshire. Onsite
Automotive and motorsport sector
Strong salary, pension. 25 days holiday plus option to buy more,
Unfortunately, no sponsorship opportunity for overseas candidates
The Opportunity
This is a role at the sharp end of automotive and motorsport programme delivery.
As a Senior Programme Buyer, you will take ownership of procurement across high-performance vehicle programmes, supporting fast-paced launch environments where timing, precision, and supplier execution are critical. From early sourcing strategy through to build events and final validation, you will play a key role in ensuring every component is delivered to meet demanding programme and customer expectations.
You will act as the commercial lead within the programme, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, and OEM customers to bring complex, performance-driven vehicles to life.
What You Will Be Responsible For
Programme Leadership in Launch Environments
- Lead procurement delivery across automotive and motorsport launch programmes and key commodity workstreams
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned to aggressive timing plans, cost targets, and programme risk
- Act as the primary procurement interface between internal teams, suppliers, and OEM customers
- Drive alignment across engineering, programme, quality, and manufacturing functions to ensure delivery success
Build Phases and Supplier Readiness
- Own procurement delivery across all build phases, including prototype, pre-production, and launch builds
- Ensure all parts, tooling, and documentation are in place to support build events and validation activity
- Coordinate supplier readiness for HLTO (High Level Timing Overview) and critical build milestones
- Resolve supply, tooling, and readiness issues at pace to protect programme timing
Commercial Control and Programme Ownership
- Own BOM cost, supplier commitments, and commercial agreements across the full programme lifecycle
- Maintain accurate purchasing data including price, lead times, tooling, and MOQ
- Manage cost tracking, commercial change, and invoice accuracy throughout the programme
- Identify and mitigate supply chain, capacity, and commercial risks before they impact delivery
What You Will Bring
- Strong experience in automotive purchasing within Tier-1, OEM, or motorsport environments.
- Proven experience supporting or leading procurement across vehicle or product launch programmes
- Deep understanding of OEM programme gates, sourcing processes, and supplier readiness expectations
- Experience managing tooling, supplier nomination, and programme-level commercial agreements
- Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure, fast-moving environments with demanding timelines
- Confident working within ERP systems and programme reporting structures
Why Join
- Work on cutting-edge automotive and motorsport programmes from concept through to launch
- Be part of a high-performance environment where speed, quality, and delivery matter
- Take full ownership of procurement within complex, technically driven programmes
- Collaborate with leading engineers, suppliers, and OEM customers on high-visibility projects
Summary
This is an opportunity for a commercially sharp, delivery-focused Senior Buyer who thrives in launch environments and wants to play a key role in bringing high-performance vehicles to market.
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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Watford
Market related
Permanent
On Site
Job Title: Field Service Manager
Location: Watford(Office-based with nationwide operational oversight)
Salary: Competitive + Company Vehicle + Benefits
Overview:
We are currently seeking an experienced Field Service Manager to lead and develop a UK-wide team of Service Engineers supporting a large installed base of industrial equipment for our client.
This is a senior operational leadership role responsible for the effective management, deployment and performance of a national field engineering team. The role plays a vital part in ensuring customers receive reliable, high-quality service support while maintaining strong operational standards and driving continuous improvement.
You will combine technical understanding, people leadership and operational discipline to ensure service activities are delivered safely, efficiently and professionally across the UK.
As a member of the management team, you will contribute to operational strategy and play a key role in supporting the ongoing growth and performance of the service division.
The Role:
The Field Service Manager will lead the day-to-day operations of a team of approximately 16–18 home-based Service Engineers, ensuring engineering resources are deployed effectively and service activities are delivered to the highest standards.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and managing the UK Field Service Engineering team
- Ensuring effective deployment of engineers based on skills, availability and customer requirements
- Managing and supporting the Service Scheduler to optimise engineer utilisation
- Monitoring operational performance, service KPIs and delivery standards
- Ensuring timely and accurate completion of service reports and work orders
- Providing technical support and escalation for complex service issues
- Promoting and maintaining safe working practices and advising on health and safety matters
- Managing engineer performance, development and training plans
- Supporting customer relationships and responding to service-related queries or concerns
- Collaborating closely with internal teams including Sales, Projects and Service Coordination
- Driving continuous improvement in service processes, systems and operational performance
Person Specification:
- This role would suit an experienced field service leader or senior engineering manager with a strong technical background and a track record of managing distributed engineering teams.
- You will be comfortable balancing people leadership, operational oversight and customer engagement, with the ability to organise and prioritise work across a geographically dispersed team.
- We are looking for someone who can bring structure, professionalism and operational focus to a growing service organisation.
Key experience and attributes include:
- Proven experience in field service management or senior engineering supervision
- Strong technical background in industrial plant, process equipment or mechanical systems
- Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and develop engineering teams
- Strong organisational and operational management skills
- Experience monitoring and improving service performance and engineer utilisation
Professional communication skills when working with engineers, customers and internal teams
A structured, disciplined and proactive management approach
Confidence using digital service management and reporting systems
Location:
- This role is primarily office-based, with responsibility for a nationwide field engineering team. Occasional UK travel may be required to support operational or customer needs.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary
- Company vehicle
- Opportunity to lead and shape a growing national service team
- A senior role within the operational management structure
- Long-term career development within an established engineering business
If you are a strong technical leader with experience managing field service teams and are looking for an opportunity to make a real impact in a growing service operation, we would welcome your application.
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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