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Basildon
£27.38 - 35.89 per hour
Contract
Hybrid
Direct Commodity Buyer (Powertrain Components)
Reference: 56511
Umbrella Rate: £27.38/hr, increasing to £35.89/hr after 12 weeks (Inside IR35)
Do you have experience of purchasing within the automotive industry? This is your chance to join a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation as a Direct Commodity Buyer for Powertrain Components. With the automotive world transitioning from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, you'll be at the heart of this change, shaping the future of mobility while advancing your career in a challenging and rewarding environment.
What You Will Do:
• Develop sourcing strategies that leverage the transition from internal combustion engines to battery electric vehicles, ensuring value, quality, and efficiency.
• Conduct benchmarking activities and market tests to maintain a world-class supply base.
• Complete sourcing documentation in line with programme timing and cost targets.
• Place production purchase and tooling orders in accordance with purchasing procedures.
• Monitor supplier quality performance and drive cost reduction initiatives through effective negotiation and collaboration.
• Handle raw material negotiations and support distressed supplier management to ensure supply chain stability.
What You Will Bring:
• Proven experience in a purchasing role within the automotive industry, along with a degree qualification or equivalent experience.
• Strong business acumen and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrable understanding of the challenges facing the automotive industry and how purchasing can support business objectives.
• Proven negotiation skills with a track record of delivering cost reductions and value improvements.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams, coupled with strong organisational and project management skills.
In this role, you’ll play a critical part in shaping the company's supply base, ensuring it remains competitive and robust in a rapidly changing industry. By driving supplier performance, leveraging cost-saving opportunities, and ensuring quality standards, you’ll directly contribute to the company's mission to deliver innovative and sustainable mobility solutions.
Location:
This role is based in Dunton, with a requirement to work on-site four days a week. Occasional travel may also be required.
Interested?
If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact in the automotive industry, apply now to become a Powertrain Components Direct Commodity Buyer. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a company that values innovation, excellence, and collaboration. Your next career move starts here!
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.
Warrington
£35k - 48k per year
Permanent
On Site
Servicing Engineer – CNC - North West – Manchester/Liverpool/Preston/Warrington
£14.82 – £18.83/hr plus company vehicle & door to door travel
The Company
Our client, Yamazaki Mazak, is a leading global manufacturing company. This is an excellent opportunity to join a market-leading machine tool manufacturer.
An opportunity has arisen to join the Service Department as a Service Engineer. This role would suit an electrically or mechanically qualified engineer. Full training will be provided, with the successful candidate becoming a key member of the Service Team.
Job Description
Field-based role travelling to customer sites to service Mazak machines as part of planned maintenance. Duties include fault diagnosis, machine alignment checks, and general servicing.
The role involves representing Mazak to customers, working in a professional and safety-conscious manner at all times.
Essential Criteria
- Electrical or mechanical experience
- Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings
- Basic programme experience (Mazak / Siemens / Heidenhain)
- Understanding of machine tool levelling, alignment, and geometry
- Knowledge of different control systems
- Experience with Mazatrol controls and Mazak machines
- Professional, customer-focused approach
- Flexible with overtime, weekends, and overnight stays
- Clean driving licence
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Ability to communicate with customers at all levels
Desirable Criteria
- 5-axis knowledge
- Experience of report writing
Package
- Join a successful, multi-national manufacturing company
- Excellent career prospects
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- x2 salary life insurance & wellbeing programmes
- Aviva pension
- Free uniform & parking
Band 6 – 9

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.
Bicester
Market related
Permanent
Hybrid
Senior Embedded Systems Engineer
Location: Oxfordshire
Hybrid Working: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Overview:
Are you an experienced Embedded Electronics Engineer looking to work on cutting-edge technology with genuine product ownership?
Our client is involved in high-performance electronic systems used across a wide range of industrial applications, and due to continued growth and investment in R&D, we are looking for a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer to join our engineering team in Oxfordshire.
This is an excellent opportunity to work across the full product lifecycle, combining embedded firmware development, electronics design and new product innovation within a highly collaborative engineering environment.
What You'll Be Doing:
As a key member of the R&D team, you will design, develop and support next-generation embedded electronic products, taking projects from concept through to production.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Embedded firmware development using Embedded C
• Design of analogue and digital electronic circuits
• Schematic capture and PCB design/layout
• Development of microcontroller-based systems
• Working with ARM Cortex, PIC and similar embedded platforms
• Design and development of communication interfaces including SPI, I2C, RS232, RS485 and Ethernet
• Hardware and firmware debugging, testing and validation
• Supporting power electronic designs including DC-DC converters and constant current circuits
• EMC-conscious product design and compliance activities
• Rapid prototyping, testing and product development
• Supporting products throughout their lifecycle from concept to production
What We're Looking For:
Essential Skills & Experience:
• Degree-qualified in Electronics Engineering, Embedded Systems or a related discipline
• Proven experience in embedded electronics design
• Strong Embedded C programming skills
• Experience designing analogue and digital electronic circuits
• PCB design and schematic capture experience
• Experience with microcontrollers and embedded systems
• Hardware and firmware debugging experience
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering projects
Desirable Skills:
• ARM Cortex platforms
• PIC microcontrollers
• Power electronics design
• EMC design and compliance
• Ethernet communications
• 3D CAD experience
• Rapid prototyping and 3D printing
• Product development within a manufacturing environment
Why Join?
• Work on innovative, market-leading technology
• Hybrid working arrangement
• High level of technical autonomy
• Modern engineering and laboratory facilities
• Strong focus on innovation and R&D
• Career progression opportunities
• Supportive and collaborative engineering culture
• Opportunity to influence future product development
If you're passionate about embedded systems, electronics design and developing real-world products that make a global impact, we'd love to hear from you.
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.
Oxfordshire
Market related
Permanent
On Site
Technical Buyer
Motorsport | Advanced Engineering | Precision Manufacturing
Oxfordshire, Onsite, No Sponsorship for overseas candidates
Strong starting salary plus benefits package
UK | High-Performance Environment | Fast Paced | Engineering-Led Procurement
Some buyers place orders.
Others keep race programmes alive.
We're looking for a technically credible, commercially sharp Technical Buyer who understands the difference between "on order" and "on the car."
This is not a traditional procurement role hidden behind spreadsheets and approval chains. You'll sit at the heart of a high-performance engineering environment, working closely with engineers, programme teams and specialist suppliers to source complex machined and metallic components where quality, timing and technical accuracy are absolutely critical.
If you can read engineering drawings as comfortably as commercial terms, challenge suppliers intelligently, and thrive when priorities shift at pace, this could be your next move.
What You'll Be Doing
- Managing technically complex machining and metallic components from sourcing through to delivery and use.
- Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and technical requirements with confidence.
- Holding credible conversations with engineers and suppliers around manufacturability, lead times, technical risk and cost.
- Applying your understanding of machining and manufacturing processes to make smart sourcing decisions.
- Identifying supply chain, technical or quality risks early and acting before they become programme issues.
- Ensuring components arrive on time, to specification and fit for purpose in a demanding delivery-focused environment.
- Maintaining accurate purchasing and ERP data including pricing, lead times and invoice resolution.
- Making sound judgement calls under pressure, often with incomplete information and changing priorities.
What We're Looking For
We want someone who combines engineering understanding with procurement instinct.
You'll Ideally Have:
- Experience in technical purchasing within Motorsport or advanced engineering
- Strong knowledge of machining and metallic component procurement
- Confidence reading engineering drawings and specifications
- Understanding of manufacturing processes and engineering constraints
- Experience using ERP/purchasing systems in a fast-paced technical environment
- Commercial awareness and exposure to should-cost analysis
- Degree qualification in a relevant discipline
- CIPS qualification advantageous but not essential
- IFS ERP knowledge and strong Excel skills beneficial
The Kind of Person Who'll Succeed Here
You are:
- Calm under pressure
- Technically credible
- Commercially aware
- Proactive and analytical
- Comfortable making decisions quickly
- Someone who spots problems before they become expensive
You'll be equally comfortable working with:
- Engineers
- Suppliers
- Procurement leadership
- Manufacturing teams
...and you'll know how to keep momentum when deadlines tighten and priorities change overnight.
What's In It For You?
- Competitive salary with genuine development opportunities
- 25 days holiday plus the option to buy up to 15 more
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Subsidised onsite restaurant
- Car salary sacrifice scheme
- Pension salary sacrifice scheme
- CycleScheme
- Exercise classes and well-being support
- Paid volunteering time
- Social events throughout the year
- Exclusive company discounts
- Life assurance
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a business where engineering excellence, pace and teamwork genuinely matter.
You won't just be raising purchase orders.
You'll be influencing delivery, supporting cutting-edge engineering programmes and working in an environment where every component counts.
If you enjoy technical challenge, autonomy and being part of a high-performance culture, we'd love to hear from you.

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.
Telford
£38k - 41k per year
Permanent
On Site
Are you ready to take your career to the next level in a dynamic and fast-paced manufacturing environment? This exciting opportunity as a Shift Manager offers you the chance to lead a team, drive operational excellence, and make a real impact in a company that produces high-quality products used across the food industry worldwide. The role promises professional growth, opportunities to implement innovative ideas, and the satisfaction of contributing to a company that values continuous improvement and efficiency.
Hours are 38.75 per week (rotating shift pattern hours are - 6.45am – 3pm, 2.45pm – 11pm and 10.45pm to 7am
What You Will Do:
- Lead and engage manufacturing employees on your shift, ensuring high levels of motivation and performance.
- Manage personnel in line with company policies, including absence, performance, and disciplinary procedures.
- Schedule and oversee production throughput to meet customer requirements efficiently.
- Monitor, measure, and report on production processes, analysing performance data to implement corrective actions.
- Advocate for continuous improvement, collaborating with other shifts to ensure consistency and implement enhancements.
- Ensure compliance with health & safety guidelines, good housekeeping practices, and lean manufacturing protocols.
What You Will Bring:
- Proven experience managing a team within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong leadership and managerial skills with a professional and responsible attitude.
- Competence in using Microsoft Office packages.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and communicate effectively, both written and verbal.
- A proactive approach to analysing and improving production processes to maximise efficiency.
This company is a leader in its field, producing billions of products annually for major food producers, retail brands, and distributor markets worldwide, including Europe, Asia, North America, and Australia. With a commitment to operational excellence and innovation, the company provides an inspiring environment where your contributions will be valued and rewarded.
Interested?:
If you're ready to step into a challenging and rewarding role as a Shift Manager, apply now to join a company that prioritises growth, efficiency, and excellence. Your next career move starts here!

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.
