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Coventry
£25 per hour
Contract
On Site
Defence Vehicles | Coventry | 6-Month Rolling Contract
Are you an experienced Automotive Paint Sprayer or Bodyshop Technician looking for your next challenge? Join a leading Defence manufacturer working on some of the UK's most advanced military vehicles. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your automotive bodyshop skills on large, complex military platforms in a modern production environment.
Working Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm, you'll be part of a highly skilled team responsible for preparing, refinishing, and restoring military vehicle bodies to the highest standards of quality and durability.
Pay Rate
- £19.33 per hour PAYE
- £25.00 per hour Ltd/Umbrella
The Role
As a Vehicle Body Paint Sprayer, you will be responsible for the preparation and spraying of large military vehicles, ensuring all work meets strict quality and Defence industry standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out all aspects of vehicle panel preparation, including sanding, filling, masking, and surface finishing.
- Prepare vehicle bodies and components for painting and refinishing.
- Apply primers, base coats, and top coats using conventional and HVLP spray equipment.
- Wet spray large military and armoured vehicle platforms to a high cosmetic standard.
- Mix paints and coatings to specification and ensure colour consistency.
- Inspect completed work and rectify any defects to achieve a flawless finish.
- Maintain paint spraying equipment, booths, and work areas in line with safety standards.
- Work from engineering drawings, work instructions, and production schedules.
- Adhere to all health, safety, and environmental procedures.
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience as an Automotive Paint Sprayer, Vehicle Paint Technician, Bodyshop Paint Sprayer, or Vehicle Refinisher.
- Strong background in wet spraying and paint application within an automotive bodyshop environment.
- Experience in panel preparation, including sanding, masking, filling, and surface correction.
- Ability to spray large vehicle bodies, commercial vehicles, buses, military vehicles, plant machinery, or similar heavy-duty equipment.
- Knowledge of primers, top coats, paint mixing, and surface finishing techniques.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality work.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Understanding of safe handling procedures for paints, coatings, and related materials.
Desirable
- Previous experience within Defence, Aerospace, Commercial Vehicle, Rail, or Heavy Manufacturing sectors.
- Familiarity with military vehicle production or refurbishment programmes.
- Relevant vehicle refinishing, paint spraying, or body repair qualifications.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a world-class Defence organisation at the forefront of military vehicle innovation. You'll work on specialist platforms that support critical operations while developing your skills within a highly respected manufacturing environment.
Location
Coventry
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Coventry
£35k - 40k per year
Contract
On Site
Commercial Officer
Location: Coventry
Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week - Onsite
Contract Type: Temporary role for 6 - 9 months initially
Are you an experienced Commercial Officer or Contracts professional looking for your next opportunity in a highly regulated industry?
We are recruiting for a Commercial Officer to join a busy commercial team supporting a range of complex defence and engineering contracts. This is an excellent opportunity to work across the full contract lifecycle, from bid support through to contract delivery and completion, while developing your commercial and contractual expertise within a fast paced environment.
This is an initial 6 to 9 month temporary assignment with the possibility of becoming a permanent position for the right person.
The role
As Commercial Officer, you will provide commercial and contractual support across a portfolio of projects, working closely with internal teams, customers and suppliers. You will help ensure contracts are commercially sound, compliant and effectively managed throughout their lifecycle.
This role would suit someone with previous commercial contracts experience who enjoys building relationships, negotiating agreements and supporting business growth while managing commercial risk.
Key responsibilities
- Manage the commercial aspects of major contracts and act as a key commercial contact.
- Support the full contract lifecycle including tendering, contract award, contract changes, delivery and contract close out.
- Prepare, review and negotiate contracts, subcontracts and commercial agreements.
- Work with bid and sales teams to provide commercial input into proposals and tenders.
- Ensure contractual obligations are flowed down to suppliers where required.
- Identify commercial risks and opportunities and support the development of appropriate strategies.
- Attend customer and supplier meetings to provide commercial guidance.
- Advise internal stakeholders on commercial matters and contract compliance.
- Assist with the development and maintenance of commercial processes, templates and governance documentation.
What we're looking for
- Previous experience in a Commercial Officer, Contracts Officer or Contract Management role.
- Experience working within defence, aerospace, manufacturing, engineering or another highly regulated industry would be advantageous.
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating and managing commercial contracts.
- Knowledge of contract management principles and commercial risk.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
- A proactive approach with strong problem solving and negotiation skills.
- Understanding of export regulations would be beneficial but is not essential.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) and will be required to sign the Official Secrets Act before commencing employment.
If you have experience in commercial contracts, contract management or defence contracts and are looking for a new challenge in Coventry, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to be considered.
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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Derby
Market related
Contract
On Site
Electrical Improver
Location: Derbyshire (DE12 7BS)
Contract: 12+ Weeks
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8-hour days (7:30am start)
Rate: Competitive hourly rate (DOE)
We are currently recruiting for an Electrical Improver to join an established fire & Security contractor on an industrial project based near Derby (DE12 7BS).
This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy site with an initial 12+ week contract, with the potential for ongoing work for the right individual.
The Role
Working alongside Approved Electricians, you'll be involved in a range of industrial electrical installation works, including:
- Pulling and dressing cables.
- Assisting with power and installations.
- Installing electrical equipment and accessories.
- Supporting the F&S team to deliver work safely, efficiently and to a high standard.
What We're Looking For
- Previous industrial electrical installation experience is essential.
- Experience working on industrial sites carrying out electrical installation work.
- Valid ECS Card.
- Ability to work safely and effectively as part of an installation team.
- Reliable with a strong work ethic and a positive attitude.
What's on Offer
- Initial 12+ week contract with the possibility of further work.
- Monday to Friday working.
- 7:30am starts with 8-hour working days.
- Competitive hourly rate.
- Opportunity to work with a well-established Fire & Security contractor on a busy industrial project.
If you have the required industrial Electrical experience and are available to start on 27th July, we'd like to hear from you. Apply today with your CV or get in touch for more information.
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.
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Buckingham
Competitive salary
Permanent
On Site
Step into an exciting new challenge with the Advanced Quality Engineer role, where quality strategy, supplier collaboration and customer-ready approvals come together in the automotive industry. If quality drive and continuous improvement energise the working day, this Advanced Quality Engineer position offers a real platform to influence new product introductions, support launch readiness, and help deliver products that meet demanding standards for premium vehicles.
What You Will Do:
- Coordinate APQP activities across all new product introductions for the Advanced Quality Engineer role.
- Control and track all APQP documentation through PPAP approval, ensuring customer submission dates are achieved.
- Execute PPAP submissions and manage Engineering Change requests for both customer and internal changes.
- Own project quality across project phases, acting as a single point of contact for customer project quality concerns.
- Oversee BEON/PPAP release status and contribute to lessons-learned workshops across the product range.
- Produce monthly PPAP/BEON status reports and escalate delays early when launch targets are at risk.
What You Will Bring:
- Significant experience in quality or project quality within a medium-volume manufacturing environment, ideally automotive.
- Strong APQP/PPAP exposure, including working knowledge of customer-specific PPAP requirements.
- Proven problem-solving capability using structured methodologies such as 8D, PPS, and advanced root cause analysis.
- Solid understanding of IMDS and experience working with customer and supplier stakeholders.
- IAFT 16949 auditing experience is essential, alongside confidence with Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and tools such as Minitab.
This Advanced Quality Engineer role supports the company's transformation into a world-class manufacturer by strengthening quality discipline across new programmes and launch readiness. The company designs and manufactures products for premium car makers, with a strong emphasis on high-performance technology, rigorous testing capability and clean-room manufacturing excellence. In this position, quality ownership and cross-functional collaboration help ensure releases meet customer expectations and quality targets.
Location:
The Advanced Quality Engineer role is based on-site in the Buckinghamshire, within a manufacturing environment where customer milestones and launch timelines are managed with precision.
Interested?:
If the Advanced Quality Engineer role sounds like the next step for our quality expertise and influence on real launch outcomes, apply now and take control of your next career move.
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
£33.99 - 33.99 per hour
Contract
Hybrid
Technical Group Leader - 37235119 - £33.99/hr umbrella rate (Inside IR35)
Do you have automotive technical knowledge with the ability to interrogate and ratify technical standards, system assumptions and detailed design decisions? Step into a career-defining leadership role as a Technical Group Leader and help shape the next generation of vehicle architectures, where your expertise directly influences real-world engineering outcomes. If leading complex delivery, driving cross-team collaboration, and turning technical ambition into measurable progress motivates, then the Technical Group Leader role is built for you.
What You Will Do:
● Act as the final technical arbitrator for your chosen zone, delivering engineering solutions that meet functional and attribute targets.
● Lead Group functional integration within the zone to reduce complexity and deliver efficient, scalable technical outcomes.
● Drive zonal technical data progression across CAD, DV, AIMS, Build, Test and Releasing, coordinating squads and interfacing chapter leads.
● Oversee alignment and delivery of Minimum Viable Product through virtual and physical verification and validation across the programme lifecycle.
● Lead cross-squad and cross-zone technical problem resolution, ensuring timely escalation via the obstacle process when required.
● Support study and Agile spike activities to solve complex engineering problems and maintain forward momentum.
What You Will Bring:
● Automotive technical knowledge with the ability to interrogate and ratify technical standards, system assumptions and detailed design decisions.
● Proven experience analysing complex interactions within vehicle, system or component environments, coupled with confident decision-making.
● Strong written and verbal technical communication, with influencing and negotiation capability across stakeholders.
● Experience leading teams to solve challenging engineering issues using structured methods such as 8D and/or Six Sigma.
● A customer-first mindset, resilience under pressure, and a genuine interest in new ideas and industry developments.
This Technical Group Leader role plays a crucial part in helping the company deliver dependable, innovation-driven vehicle engineering outcomes for a premium automotive environment. By championing Agile principles in practice and speaking up when technical blockers arise, the Technical Group Leader role supports clear delivery, robust quality, and practical problem-solving across programme phases.
Location:
The Technical Group Leader role is based in Gaydon.
Interested?:
If the Technical Group Leader role sounds like the next step in our journey towards impactful vehicle engineering delivery, apply now and take the opportunity to lead from the front.
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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United Kingdom
Competitive Salary Plus Benefits
Permanent
Remote
Consultant - Technology Strategy
Aerospace / Automotive / General Engineering
Competitive Salary Plus Benefits
Fully Remote Working
As a Consultant – Technology Strategy, you will lead complex consulting engagements, working closely with clients across the aerospace, defence, space and advanced manufacturing sectors to solve high-value strategic and technical challenges.
This is a highly visible, client-facing position where market research and analysis, technology strategy, and strategic planning combine with practical delivery to help organisations improve competitiveness, accelerate innovation, and optimise the way they design, develop and manufacture products, components and systems.
Working with senior client stakeholders, you will advise on technology roadmaps, manufacturing strategy, capability assessments, supply chain optimisation, investment decisions, and technical due diligence. Your recommendations will enable clients to maximise performance, reduce waste, improve efficiency, and successfully commercialise new technologies.
As a Consultant - Technology Strategy you will:
- Lead as Project Lead or Deputy Project Manager on strategic consulting engagements, owning delivery for time, cost, quality, and client value as part of the Consultant-Technology Strategy team.
- Run complex workstreams across technology strategy, capability and manufacturing assessments, market and supply chain analysis, and product development support within Consultant-Technology Strategy.
- Act as the day-to-day client interface for assigned accounts, building trust, driving excellence, and supporting future wins as a Consultant-Technology Strategy professional.
- Develop and quality-assure analytical assets, including frameworks for TRL/MRL evaluation and technical due diligence processes.
- Support practice capability build-out by creating repeatable tools, structuring high-quality databases, and contributing to thought leadership.
- Supervise and develop Senior Analysts and Analysts, and coordinate Associate Consulting Partners on defined work packages in this Consultant-Technology Strategy role.
As a Consultant - Technology Strategy you will have:
- A Master's degree or higher in Engineering, Technology, or a relevant discipline, aligned with Consultant-Technology Strategy.
- 5 to 8 years of experience in consulting, strategy, engineering, or advanced R&D, ideally across mobility, aerospace, automotive, or government sectors.
- Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary workstreams and guide junior colleagues, bringing clarity and structure as a Consultant-Technology Strategy leader.
- Strong understanding of technology development lifecycles (including TRL/MRL), manufacturing and industrialisation environments, and competitiveness analysis.
- High proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Microsoft Project, with excellent analytical structuring skills.
This Consultant-Technology Strategy role directly supports the company's growth by strengthening consulting delivery, enhancing project-level client outcomes, and building scalable capabilities that enable longer-term partnerships and business development.
Location:
The role is based in the UK being fully remote, supporting consulting engagements across multiple client projects.
Interested?:
If you're excited by the blend of strategic consulting, technical leadership, and team development offered through this Consultant-Technology Strategy position, apply now to take the next step.
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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