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Coventry
£46k - 48k per year
Permanent
On Site
Production Team Leader – High Volume Manufacturing
Location: Coventry
Shift Pattern: 4 on / 4 off (Continental Shift Pattern)
Are you ready to take the next step in your career and lead from the front within a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation as a Production Team Leader, where you will oversee a team of approximately 20 production operators working across machine operation, press work, and assembly processes. Producing life-saving products, this role offers the chance to combine strong leadership with operational excellence in a purpose-driven environment.
With a competitive benefits package including discretionary bonuses, a holiday purchase scheme, and a healthcare plan, this position provides a strong platform for career progression and professional development.
What You Will Do
- Supervise, lead, and motivate a team of 20 production operators across a 4 on / 4 off continental shift pattern
- Drive performance within a high-volume manufacturing environment, ensuring output targets are consistently achieved
- Oversee day-to-day operations across machine operation, press processes, and assembly lines
- Ensure all production activities meet strict quality and compliance standards
- Monitor KPIs including productivity, efficiency, scrap, and downtime
- Implement and support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational performance
- Maintain a safe working environment, ensuring full adherence to health & safety procedures
- Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, and development to build a high-performing and engaged team
What You Will Bring
- Proven experience in a Production Team Leader / Supervisor role within manufacturing
- Strong background in high-volume production environments
- Experience working with or overseeing machinery, press operations, and/or assembly processes
- Ability to effectively manage and develop large teams in a fast-paced setting
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
- A proactive, results-driven approach to leadership
- Commitment to maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and efficiency
Why Apply?
This role is key to ensuring the smooth running of a complex manufacturing operation delivering critical, high-quality products. You’ll play a vital role in driving team performance, improving processes, and maintaining operational excellence.
If you’re looking for a role where you can lead a sizeable team, operate in a structured high-volume environment, and make a tangible impact, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career.
Location
Based in Coventry, this site offers good transport links and easy access from surrounding areas.
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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Borehamwood
£28k - 32k per year
Permanent
On Site
Are you ready to step into a pivotal role where your organisational skills and proactive mindset can truly shine? This Service Contracts Administrator position offers an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of a growing service division within a dynamic and technically innovative company. With exposure to major industrial clients and complex service activities, this role promises professional development, career growth, and the chance to make a real impact in service operations.
What You Will Do:
- Take ownership of service contract administration, ensuring records and documentation are up-to-date and annual renewals are managed efficiently.
- Coordinate service activities with engineers, including support for larger and more complex plant operations.
- Act as the first point of contact for customers with service contracts, delivering outstanding customer service.
- Plan and track scheduled service visits to ensure all contractual obligations are met.
- Manage service orders and support broader service administration processes.
- Collaborate with finance, field service, projects, and commercial teams to ensure seamless operations.
What You Will Bring:
- Strong administration experience, ideally within service, engineering, or technical sectors.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively liaise with customers and teams.
- Confidence in managing multiple contracts, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel, with experience in CRM or service management systems (Salesforce experience would be a plus).
- A proactive attitude, with a drive to take ownership and develop the role further.
This role is central to the company's mission to optimise energy production and deliver high-quality service solutions. The Service Contracts Administrator will play a key part in ensuring the smooth delivery of service contracts and maintaining strong client relationships. With the support of an experienced and technically proficient team, you'll have the chance to grow with the business and shape the future of the service contracts function.
Interested?:
Don't miss the chance to join a thriving team and advance your career in service contract management. Apply today to take the next step in your professional journey!
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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Redditch
£28k - 30k per year
Permanent
On Site
A growing FMCG manufacturer are seeking a Logistics Administrator to join their supply chain team. Reporting into Head of Logistics you will be responsible for overseeing international operations, working with freight providers, warehouse partners, and teams across the globe. If you're passionate about logistics, detail-oriented, and eager to drive efficiency in a fast-paced environment, this role is the perfect next step for you.
Salary £28,000 to £30,000 plus Benefits
What You Will Do:
- Coordinate day-to-day logistics activities, ensuring shipments are booked, tracked, and invoiced accurately.
- Check and verify incoming freight and warehouse invoices weekly, challenging errors or discrepancies to ensure cost control.
- Maintain structured Excel workbooks for cost analysis, weekly activity reporting, and budget tracking.
- Create, check, and issue export documentation in line with customs and compliance requirements.
- Track international shipments, updating movement status and arrival times in SAP.
- Identify and present cost-saving opportunities within freight and warehousing spend.
What You Will Bring:
- Experience in logistics, freight forwarding, or international supply chain roles.
- Strong working knowledge of export documentation, customs processes, and Incoterms.
- Proficiency in Excel, including formulas, filters, and pivot tables for analysis and reporting.
- Practical experience with SAP or similar ERP systems.
- A methodical and structured approach to managing tasks and data, with high attention to detail.
This Logistics Administrator role is vital to the company's operations, ensuring seamless international movements and supporting business growth through efficient logistics processes. The company values proactive individuals who bring an analytical mindset and a commitment to continuous improvement. This role allows you to shape processes, contribute to cost control, and collaborate with global teams in a dynamic FMCG environment.
Location:
This role is based in Redditch, offering a central location with excellent transport links.
Interested?:
If you're ready to take the next step in your logistics career and work for a company that values your expertise, apply now! Don't miss the chance to make a meaningful impact in this exciting Logistics Administrator role.
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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Beamhurst
Market related
Permanent
On Site
Principal Design Engineer - CAB Structures
Staffordshire - ST14
Highly competitive salary plus industry leading benefits.
Our client, a globally recognised engineering manufacturer, is seeking a Principal Design Engineer to join their team.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the design and development of cab structures and operator systems for advanced machinery. The position combines hands-on design engineering with technical leadership, supporting projects from concept through to production.
You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, compliant and cost-effective engineering solutions while driving continuous product improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the technical authority for cab and operator environment systems, including cab structures, ergonomics, controls, visibility, HVAC, noise and vibration.
- Lead operator environment activities throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring robust and timely delivery of engineering solutions.
- Ensure designs comply with relevant legislation, standards and internal engineering requirements.
- Own and manage technical risk through activities such as DFMEA, design reviews and validation planning.
- Drive standardisation, component reuse and complexity reduction across product platforms.
- Work closely with Structures, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality and other business functions to deliver integrated solutions.
- Support and challenge suppliers to develop technically robust and cost-effective designs.
- Liaise with testing and development teams to define and support validation activities, including endurance, customer evaluation and development builds.
- Investigate and resolve engineering issues arising from testing, production and field performance, feeding lessons learned into future product development.
- Mentor and support engineers within the team, helping to develop capability and maintain high technical standards.
About You
- Strong background in structural, mechanical or cab system design within a complex engineering environment.
- Good understanding of engineering compliance, legislation and design governance.
- Experience designing fabricated structures, welded assemblies and complex mechanical systems.
- Knowledge of ergonomics, operator controls and human-machine interaction.
- Experience leading DFMEA activities and structured engineering problem solving.
- Proficient in 3D CAD software (NX advantageous but not essential).
- Experience with plastics design and injection moulded components would be highly beneficial.
- Able to balance technical performance, quality, cost and manufacturability throughout the design process.
- Backgrounds from off-highway, automotive, rail, aerospace or other regulated engineering sectors will be considered.
What's on Offer?
- Excellent salary package.
- Outstanding benefits package including healthcare, 10% matched pension and employee rewards.
- Opportunity to join a world-class engineering organisation.
- Long-term career development and progression opportunities.
- A varied role combining hands-on design with technical leadership.
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
Market related
Permanent
On Site
Production Manager – Unit / Spindles
Worcester
Highly Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits Package
Our client, Yamazaki Mazak, is a leading global machine tool manufacturer with a long-standing reputation for engineering excellence and innovation. Based at their Worcester facility, this is an opportunity to join a well-established business in a key leadership position, responsible for delivering operational performance within the Unit / Spindles production area.
The Role
Reporting into senior operations management, you will be responsible for leading production teams, driving performance against key operational targets and ensuring the successful delivery of the A-Line production plan. This role requires a strong people leader with experience managing production operations within a manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Chair monthly Health, Safety and Environmental performance reviews
- Take overall responsibility for departmental 5S standards
- Establish and deliver departmental KPIs (SQDCP)
- Sign off departmental capability to deliver the A-Line plan
- Lead teams to achieve on-time delivery targets
- Generate and present W21 reports, ensuring productivity and capacity targets are achieved
- Create and manage production action and recovery plans
- Plan and allocate resources in line with production requirements
- Drive productivity improvements and continuous improvement initiatives
- Manage departmental budgets
- Lead recruitment activities within the department
- Develop and support departmental supervisors through structured development plans
- Complete performance reviews and appraisals
- Manage disciplinary, attendance and performance-related matters
- Coordinate training activities to support operational objectives
- Manage Pro-Team and Pro-Time systems
- Work closely with Machining and General Assembly teams to ensure production targets are achieved
Essential
- Strong focus on quality, productivity and continuous improvement
- Excellent planning and communication skills
- Proven leadership experience within a manufacturing environment
- Ability to motivate and develop teams
- Strong understanding of resource planning and production scheduling
- Experience delivering operational and business performance targets
- Experience managing NPI projects
- Commitment to maintaining high workplace standards and 5S principles
Desirable
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office packages
- Experience developing supervisors and succession planning
- Detailed understanding of manufacturing processes
Benefits include:
- 8% Pension Contribution
- Private Healthcare
- Full Sick Pay
- Death in Service Cover x4
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
- Subsidised Restaurant
- Free On-Site Parking
- Genuine Career Progression Opportunities
If you are an experienced Production Manager looking to join a market-leading manufacturer with excellent benefits and long-term career prospects, we'd be keen 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.
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Warwick
£33.91 - 33.91 per hour
Contract
Hybrid
Procurement Specialist
Reference: 36826753
Umbrella Rate: £33.91/hr (Inside IR35)
12 months maternity cover
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join a forward-thinking company as a Procurement Specialist and become a vital part of a dynamic and innovative team. This role offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects, develop your expertise, and make a real difference in a company that values excellence and professionalism. If you have a passion for procurement and are looking for a role that challenges and inspires, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
What You Will Do:
• Source goods and services required for both direct and indirect operations, ensuring optimal quality and cost.
• Conduct supplier selection processes and negotiate pricing and terms to achieve favourable outcomes.
• Manage order processing and oversee contract administration efficiently.
• Monitor and evaluate supplier performance, maintaining strong and productive relationships.
• Lead projects and processes independently, demonstrating initiative and accountability.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a collaborative environment.
What You Will Bring:
• Proven experience in procurement, with a strong understanding of sourcing and supplier management.
• Exceptional negotiation skills and the ability to secure advantageous agreements.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build and maintain supplier relationships.
• A proactive and self-motivated approach, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
As a Procurement Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring the company’s operations run smoothly by securing essential goods and services. Your expertise will contribute to the company’s success and its commitment to delivering excellence in its industry. This position offers the chance to work in a supportive and professional environment where your skills and contributions are highly valued.
Location:
This exciting opportunity is based in Gaydon, a location renowned for its rich heritage and vibrant community.
Interested?
If you’re ready to make an impact and take on this exciting challenge as a Procurement Specialist, apply now and take the first step towards a rewarding and fulfilling career!
Please note that both full-time and part-time applicants are welcome to apply.
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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