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Yeovil
£85k - 100k per year
Permanent
On Site
NEW VACANCY - OPERATIONS MANAGER
Are you an experienced Operations Manager, Business Operations Manager, Site Operations Manager or Site Manager looking for a new job opportunity within Somerset?!
We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to join a leading manufacturing business who are based in Somerset, whilst the working hours are 39 hours per week Monday to Friday, some flexibility will be needed regarding start and finish times.
The role comes with a competitive annual salary, as well as an annual bonus (up to 10%) and a company car allowance.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Proven experience in Production, Operations or Site management within a process manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience of leading manufacturing processes and implementing process improvements.
- Experience and/or knowledge with ISO9001 and/or AS9100 quality standards.
A Bachelor's or Masters degree in either Engineering, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering would be highly advantageous, but is not essential.
What You Will Do:
- Develop and execute manufacturing strategies that improve productivity and support business goals as an Operations Manager.
- Own operational performance through clear KPIs, identifying gaps early and ensuring effective corrective actions.
- Lead production planning and production-related maintenance scheduling, helping ensure continuity and efficiency across operations.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives such as Lean, Six Sigma-style methods, and process optimisation to reduce waste and enhance quality.
- Collaborate closely across engineering, supply chain, and quality to deliver seamless manufacturing plans and customer requirements.
- Support customer audits and manage queries through to resolution, ensuring robust operational responses and quality outcomes.
What You Will Bring:
- 10 to 15 years' experience in production or operations management within complex process manufacturing, with strong leadership and planning capability as an Operations Manager.
- Proven experience improving processes and delivering operational results, ideally in precision engineering or manufacturing settings.
- Strong knowledge of production and quality frameworks, with exposure to PFMEA/PPAP/FAIR-type disciplines being advantageous.
- Familiarity with MRP/ERP tools for planning and resource management, helping drive accurate schedules and effective utilisation.
- A safety-first mindset and confidence in managing budgets, resources, and performance in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable Experience:
- Lean Six Sigma Certification (Green Belt or Black Belt preferred).
- Project Management Certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP).
- Health and Safety Certification (e.g., NEBOSH, IOSH Managing Safely
This Operations Manager role sits within the manufacturing and engineering industry, supporting advanced, integrated manufacturing solutions for aerospace, defence, and related sectors. The business has a clear focus on quality, process discipline, and continuous improvement, including ISO9002 and AS9100 approvals and accredited capabilities. By stepping into this Operations Manager position, you'll help strengthen operational performance, enhance customer confidence, and contribute to a culture that values safe, reliable, world-class manufacturing outcomes.
Location:
This role is based in Somerset.
Interested?:
If you're ready to lead production performance, drive continuous improvement, and make an immediate operational impact as an Operations Manager, apply today and take the next step in your manufacturing leadership 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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Didcot
£65k - 80k per year
Permanent
Hybrid
An exciting start up organisation who are looking to shape the energy sector are seeking a Head of Science, to own the experimental programme, set decision-ready success criteria, and lead a small team of PhD specialists to accelerate progress in a fast-moving, lab-first environment. If you thrive on clear thinking, rapid testing, and making confident calls with incomplete data, this Head of Science position is built for you.
What You Will Do:
- Own and run the experimental programme, ensuring every experiment maps to a specific programme decision.
- Maintain the system energy ledger by integrating modelling outputs, experimental data, and hardware constraints.
- Define experimental requirements and decision points for each prototype stage, including explicit success and failure criteria.
- Lead and develop a science team of four, setting scientific direction, ownership, and performance expectations.
- Ensure scientific validity through rigorous measurement definitions, integrity checks, and clear sign-off on results.
- Translate experimental findings into actionable inputs for engineering and contribute to technical narratives for stakeholders, investors, and external partners.
What You Will Bring:
- A PhD or Masters in physics, engineering, materials science, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated experience in system-level modelling and energy balance thinking.
- A track record of hypothesis-driven experimental design linked to practical hardware development.
- Strong thermodynamic literacy and an evidence-first mindset when interpreting results.
- Proven leadership experience developing small multidisciplinary teams in a high-tempo, experiment-led setting.
This Head of Science role sits within the wider energy hardware and scientific innovation landscape, helping convert first-of-a-kind research into prototypes with disciplined, measurable outcomes. With a mission focused on designing, patenting, and licensing energy technology to support global sustainability and reduce energy poverty, this position plays a direct part in turning scientific progress into reliable engineering direction. The company's culture values speed with rigour, intellectual honesty, and decision-making that prioritises what the data truly shows.
Location:
This Head of Science role is based in Didcot Oxfordshire, with a well-equipped laboratory environment at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.
Interested?:
Bring your experimental leadership to the Head of Science role and help drive the next breakthroughs at pace. Apply now and submit your CV and a short covering note explaining why this scientific challenge excites you and which parts of your experience best match the essentials.
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
£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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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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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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Worcester
£27.5k - 34k per year + 33% Night Shift Premium
Contract
On Site
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.
Jonathan Lee Workforce Solutions are the preferred supplier to Mazak and are seeking a Production Operative within the Machining Department.
Job Description
- Setting & Operating Studer CNC Grinders.
- Producing a wide & varied range of highly toleranced parts which are used in the manufacture of Mazak CNC machines.
- Understand CNC controls & be able to safely & reliably operate CNC grinders.
- Work within a team of fellow engineers to strict health & safety guidelines & rules.
- Play your part in promoting positive culture amongst staff by engaging in H&S improvements & kaizen initiatives.
Essential Criteria
- Have a solid understanding of operating CNC controlled grinders.
- Can demonstrate & have experience of safely using CNC controls.
- Have a can-do attitude.
- Prior experience working within a team in a busy manufacturing environment.
Desirable Criteria
- Understand & improve programs safely.
- Would have served a mechanical engineering apprenticeship/HNC etc.
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 Sunday to Thursday 10pm - 6am.
- 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 CNC Grinder 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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Redditch
Market related
Permanent
On Site
Setter Operator
Redditch
Competitive Salary
Monday to Thursday – 08:00 -16:30 & Friday 08:00 – 15:00
Our client is a well-established manufacturer of bespoke products used within the electrical industry sector for both the UK and globally, and they are seeking a Setter Operator to join their existing team. As a Setter Operator, you will set, calibrate and operate production machinery.
Setter Operator Responsibilities
- Setting and operating production machinery.
- Use precision measurement tools.
- Work to tight tolerances.
- Measure out length and quantity of materials using Excel and mental arithmetic.
- Ensure that production targets are achieved.
Setter Operator Requirements
- Previous experience working in a Setter Operator position.
- Experienced in using production machinery.
- Background in the metal industry sector would be beneficial but not essential.
- Must be a Team player
- Comfortable being trained on both new and legacy machinery.
If you are interested in Setter Operator positions and looking for a permanent day’s opportunity, we would 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.
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