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Safety Manager – Marine & Civils

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Marine Civils Safety Manager
Location: Sizewell C (Onshore & Offshore)
Contract: 8-12 Months (Initial 6-9 months + extension)
Start Date: May 2026
Rate: £650 per day (All-In, Outside IR35)

Overview
We are seeking an experienced Marine Civils Safety Manager to support a major infrastructure project at Sizewell C, working with the principal contractor responsible for delivering complex marine works.
This role will take ownership of health & safety across both onshore and offshore operations, ensuring compliance, best practice, and safe delivery across a technically challenging marine environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage all Health & Safety activities across marine civils operations
  • Oversee both onshore and offshore workstreams, ensuring consistent safety standards
  • Provide visible safety leadership across site, vessel, and subcontractor operations
  • Ensure compliance with all regulatory, client, and project-specific safety requirements
  • Conduct audits, inspections, and risk assessments across all phases of work
  • Support method statements and safe systems of work for complex marine activities
  • Work closely with operational teams to drive a proactive safety culture
  • Liaise with stakeholders, contractors, and project leadership on all HSE matters
  • Monitor and report on safety performance, incidents, and corrective actions

Project Scope

  • HDD outfalls (3 lines) including offshore drilling and dredging
  • Scale protection and diffuser installation
  • Piling operations and deep shaft construction
  • Drainage and associated civils works
  • 800-tonne jack-up barge operations
  • Follow-on works including jetty beams and structural elements

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a Safety Manager within marine civils environments
  • Strong background working with a main contractor on large-scale infrastructure projects
  • Experience across both onshore and offshore operations
  • Ability to obtain clearance for a nuclear new build project (Sizewell C)
  • Strong knowledge of UK HSE legislation and marine safety standards

Certifications

  • BOSIET (Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training)
  • GWO (Global Wind Organisation certification)
  • Working at Height

Additional Information

  • Immediate requirement due to current contractor stepping away
  • Long-term opportunity with continuity of work beyond initial scope
  • High-profile project offering strong exposure within the marine and energy sectors

Technical Operations Technician

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Technical Operations Technician

  • Full-time (40 Hour) – Varied Shift-based – Permanent Contract

Ready to build a cleaner future and grow your career in a modern, fast‑paced Renewable Energy Power Plant?!

We’re looking for enthusiastic, practical person to join our clients Operations Team in Snetterton, Norfolk. Whether you’re already working in power generation or coming from a hands‑on technical background with transferable skills, if you enjoy solving problems, working with machinery, and being part of a team that keeps essential equipment running smoothly, this could be the perfect move for you!

What You’ll Do:
As a Technical Operations Technician, you’ll help keep their Renewable Energy Power Plant running safely, reliably and efficiently form both the control room and around the Power Plant. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the Plant produces clean, renewable energy for the local area.

Responsibilities of the Role:

  • Ensure the Power Plant is operated in accordance with safety, environmental, and operational limits, while maximising availability, reliability, and efficiency, whether working in the Control Room or on the Plant as required
  • Ensure compliance with all aspects of the Environmental Permit through correct operation and monitoring and report any potential or actual incidents to the Team Leader.
  • Undertake routine Plant inspections, operational routines, adjustments and testing alongside the collecting and recording of data.
  • Undertake planned general and first line maintenance and fault finding, to achieve availability and reliability targets required.
  • Monitor plant performance, identifying and taking proactive measures to improve performance shortfalls.
  • Adopting and enacting roles within the site safety rules, including the isolation of mechanical plant and electrical apparatus.
  • Support with the testing of the site emergency/abnormal condition plans.
  • Provide operational support for the maintenance and fuel handling teams to maximise plant performance and safety, particularly during fuel delivery and by-product removal periods.
  • Provide support for the receipt of all plant operational chemicals onto site.
  • Assist in maintaining an accurate and comprehensive shift log and ensuring all defects/works are recorded within the sites computer system.

Why Join Them?

  • Be part of a growing, green energy, future‑focused industry.
  • Excellent training: includes control room operation, safety procedures, and plant systems.
  • Competitive salary of £35,000 to £40,000 depending on experience and qualifications held + benefits.
  • Opportunities to upskill into mechanical, electrical or control roles.
  • A supportive team culture where your ideas matter.
  • Shift patterns that offers work-life balance. This role is part of a rotating shift team. Flexibility is important as they sometimes adjust shift patterns to support the Power Plant needs.

Who They’re Looking For:
You might already work in power generation, or you may come from another industry such as: Manufacturing, Engineering, Oil & Gas, FM/Maintenance, Armed Forces, Process/Production Plant, Utilities, Transport/warehouse and possess excellent technical experience.

What You’ll Need (Essential):

  • Strong technical experience, knowledge and awareness.
  • A technical qualification (mechanical, electrical or controls) OR equivalent hands‑on industrial experience.
  • Practical experience working with machinery or process systems.
  • Good understanding of safety and willingness to follow procedures.
  • Excellent communication skills, hands‑on and a good problem solver.
  • Strong work ethic, attention to detail and safety awareness.
  • Able to stay focused during busy or changing situations.
  • A strong team player who also works well independently.
  • The flexibility and willingness to work a varied shift pattern over 24/7.
  • A full UK driving licence and your own transport.

What You’ll Need (Beneficial but not Essential):

  • Experience in a power or process plant.
  • Knowledge of steam systems, boilers, turbines or similar equipment.
  • Forklift/loader/crane tickets.
  • Experience using a plant control system (DCS/HMI).

Join our client on the Journey to a Cleaner Future! If you want a role where no two days are the same, where you’ll develop specialist skills and contribute to real environmental impact, this is your chance.

If you’re skilled at working with machinery, diagnosing problems, thinking on your feet and staying calm under pressure – we want to hear from you – Apply now and take the next step in your technical career!

Please contact Louisa Coggs on 07341 497822 or email louisacoggs@major-recruitment.com

Major Recruitment acts as an Employment Agency for permanent roles and an Employment Business for temporary opportunities.

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Purchasing Engineer

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Purchasing Engineer

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Purchasing Engineer to join a well-established and innovative manufacturing business in Thame!

Job Purpose

To Manage and Coordinate Purchase Functions at Site level in coordination with Global Procurement Guidelines and Objectives

  • Develop and implement key procurement strategies, contingency plans and ensure that plans are aligned with business requirements.
  • Develop long-term partnerships with suppliers. Monitor supplier performance to ensure meeting of service, cost, delivery and quality norms.
  • Supplier relationship management to ensure mutually beneficial and stable business relationships are maintained.

Job Context

  • This role supports UK-based operations while working closely with international teams and global subsidiaries.
  • Based in Thame, the position may require occasional travel to supplier sites across the UK and internationally.
  • Responsible for achieving agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set by management.
  • Operates as an integral member of the operational team, contributing to day-to-day procurement activities.
  • Undertakes additional duties as required to maintain and enhance procurement processes and supplier relationship management.
  • Provides support to cross-functional projects beyond procurement, including continuous improvement initiatives, sustainability programmes, and new product introduction.
  • This is primarily an office-based role (Monday to Thursday), with home working available on Fridays.

Salary: £45000 to £50000

Job Dimensions

  • Outsourcing and Component Development for parts and new products introduced.
  • Vendor Base Management
  • Statutory Documentation
  • Master data maintenance in D365 related to Procurement function
  • Compliance with GPP
  • Non-Inventory ( Indirect) procurement support

Key Accountabilities

These will include:

  • Interfacing with cross functional departments for ascertaining procurement plans. Ensuring maximum cost savings. Co-ordination with Design, R&D, QA and Suppliers. Closely work with Global Purchase Team for Alternate Sourcing, support and participation towards all actions to ensure diversified supplier base
  • New parts /Vendor development to help with new product introduction
  • Negotiation and price finalization with suppliers for best possible prices and terms. Performing cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
  • Drive & Implement Cost Reduction Projects/Monitor the progress and reporting it to business. Management Reporting on KPIs, Commodity Movement, Operations Reports, Purchase Volume and Corresponding Savings, BOS.
  • Monitoring KPIs, performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual & group targets. Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and motivates the high performance amongst the team members.
  • Lead and Ensure Implementation of GPP and Compliance
  • Monitor and control on D365 records that includes vendor registrations, VTA , Standard costs, Price Approvals as per DOA, Non-Inventory PO approvals and routine PR- PO management
  • Monitoring, Review and Control of Non-Inventory Purchase/AMCs and related procurements, Price Negotiations, Contracting and Approvals as per GPP
  • Review/Monitor – ECN Management
  • Mod Meetings – Participation
  • Review/Monitor – Price Variances
  • Monitoring COPQ
  • Scrap Rates Negotiations and Controls
  • Regular Review and Control on Tooling Records, Approvals for Tool Agreement, Ensuring the Tool Payment and Tool Asset register
  • Annual budgeting exercise by providing cost details and inputs on trends of material cost for the forthcoming year

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

  • Degree in Engineering, Professional Certification in Procurement and Supply chain or equivalent
  • Understanding of the principles of Materials management
  • Working Knowledge of MRP set ups
  • Numeracy skills to interpret statistics and make commercial decisions
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment

Advance Computer skills – specifically in Microsoft Office & AX Dynamics D365

Behavioural Competencies

  • High level of communication skills, people management.
  • Strong leadership skills with an ability to drive team’s performance.
  • Planning and Organizational skills
  • Proactive and positive (Can do) approach, innovative and customer focused.

INDKD

Multi Skilled Engineer (Food Manufacturing)

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Major Recruitment is working on behalf of a leading food manufacturing business in Evesham to find experienced Multiskilled Engineers. This permanent position is an excellent opportunity to join a successful and growing company that truly values its people and their contribution to its ongoing success.

You’ll have the option of working a permanent day shift or permanent night shift, both on a 4-on / 4-off rotation, with the possibility of an immediate start for the right candidate.

As a factory employer, they are one of the largest private employers in the region and place strong emphasis on the welfare and development of their team. With a rich history dating back to 1990, their founding belief was that fast food could, and should, be good food. Quality, sustainability, and innovation remain core principles.

The Benefits:

  • Salary:
    • Days: Starting at £51,380 with the potential to increase to £56,500.
    • Nights: Starting at £56,518
  • Hours: 4 days on / 4 days off 06:00am – 18:00pm (Days) OR 18:00pm – 06:00am (Nights)
  • Ongoing training and opportunities for progression.
  • On-site canteen with free tea and coffee.
  • Free on-site parking.
  • Competitive employer contributions.
  • 23.5 Days holiday inclusive of BH
  • Company pension contributions 5%
  • Health Cash Plan – Westfield Health
  • Life assurance up to 4x annual salary

What You’ll Do:

As a Multiskilled Engineer, you will ensure production lines run reliably and efficiently by delivering high-quality engineering support. Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Diagnosing mechanical and electrical faults safely and effectively.
  • Performing breakdown repairs and preventative maintenance to a high standard.
  • Carrying out root cause analysis to identify and resolve recurring issues.
  • Recording breakdowns, repairs, and improvement actions clearly.
  • Working closely with production, hygiene, and technical teams to minimise downtime and optimise equipment performance.
  • Ensuring all engineering work supports safe, hygienic food production.
  • Conducting electrical machinery audits and ensuring equipment poses no electrical risks.
  • Following health & safety standards, including lock-off/tag-off procedures and correct PPE use.
  • Actively contributing to risk assessments and promoting a safe working environment.
  • Communicating effectively with colleagues, equipment suppliers, and other departments.
  • Completing project work and maintaining accurate, up-to-date records and paperwork.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re keen to hear from candidates with:

  • Proven experience as a Multiskilled Engineer within food manufacturing.
  • Strong skills in mechanical and electrical fault finding, repairs, and preventative maintenance.
  • Relevant engineering qualifications.
  • A methodical, organised approach and a passion for getting into the detail of machinery operation.
  • A commitment to high standards of food safety, hygiene, and health & safety.
  • Great teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Why Join?

This is your chance to join a company that values its people, supports career progression, and invests in high standards and continuous improvement. If you’re passionate about engineering and ready to bring your skills to a dynamic production environment, this is the role for you.

How to Apply

Sound like the perfect fit? We’d love to see your CV. Please send us your up-to-date CV highlighting your relevant experience. If you’re shortlisted, we’ll be in touch within 2 working days.

INDMG

Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer

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Major Recruitment have an exciting and rare opportunity available for an experienced Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established, long-standing packaging manufacturer based in Leeds. This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled engineer with a strong electrical bias and proven experience within a manufacturing environment.

About Our Client

Our client is a highly respected UK manufacturer, operating from modern, state-of-the-art modern facilities. They specialise in delivering innovative, high-quality flexible packaging solutions, including printed packaging, bags, pouches, films, and laminated products for major UK and European brands across food, home, and consumer goods sectors. With a strong heritage and continued investment in technology and people, they remain at the forefront of their industry.

What’s in it for you

  • Salary: £40,000 – £46,500 (Depdendent on experience)
  • Shifts: Rotating (Mon-Fri: 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm / 10pm-6am)
  • Immediate start available for the right candidate
  • On-site canteen facilities
  • Company pension scheme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Health and wellbeing programme
  • Genuine opportunity for progression
  • Company sick pay
  • Staff store discounts

About the Role

Our client is seeking a skilled electrically biased Maintenance Engineer to join their fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing operation. This is a hands-on, technically engaging role where you’ll act as a key engineering contact on shift, driving machinery performance, supporting production, and championing continuous improvement across the site.

You’ll ideally be multi-skilled, with exposure to PLCs and automated systems, and thrive in a preventative maintenance environment. Working alongside an experienced engineering team, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring equipment reliability, minimising downtime, and enhancing operational efficiency.

Maintenance Engineer – Day-to-Day Duties

  • Providing reactive maintenance support to the production operation.
  • Assessment, identification, modification and performance of preventive maintenance, scheduled maintenance, modifications, or failures / breakdowns on production and packaging machines / lines, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical.
  • Engineering corrective actions to support the Production Line Manager in ensuring that safe product is produced in line with legislation and Quality standards.
  • Actively identify and implement plans to eliminate unnecessary losses such as cost, waste, and inefficiencies.
  • Undertaking fault finding, problem solving and planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance.
  • Ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote Health & Safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Attend and resolve breakdowns, to ensure minimum down time.
  • Continuous improvement of equipment, improving safety, efficiency, changeovers and minimising downtime.
  • Undertaking improvements projects to increase machine efficiencies and output.
  • Reporting on potential breakdowns, maintenance issues, equipment performance, and plant data.
  • Install and commission new equipment when required.
  • Working with PLC’s to fault find and repair production equipment.
  • Carry out checks and inspection of plant, machinery, and equipment, maximise machine utilisation, decrease cycle times.
  • Work closely with the production team.
  • Gain a wide, in-depth knowledge of the current production facility, equipment and processes.
  • Responsibility for the implementation and execution of the factory asset maintenance programme and aimed to eliminate unplanned stops and optimise maintenance cost.
  • Carry out proactive and reactive maintenance on electrical and mechanical systems on the companies state of the art production lines in a number of different areas of the business.

Health, Safety & Compliance

  • Adhere to and promote safe working practices
  • Identify and report hazards to maintain a safe environment
  • Accurately report incidents, near-misses, and maintenance issues
  • Maintain high standards of hygiene and housekeeping

Skills & Experience

  • Educated to a minimum NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in an Electrical or Mechanical Engineering time served apprenticeship.
  • 17thor 18th edition wiring regulations is desirable
  • Will have knowledge in electrical or mechanical maintenance, within a manufacturing industry.
  • Have excellent fault-finding and repair skills.
  • Demonstrate strong mechanical comprehension
  • Have working knowledge of PLC fault-finding and repair, any programming skills would be of great interest.
  • Experience of modern manufacturing techniques such as 5S, LEAN and TPM would be ideal.
  • An analytical mind-set coupled with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Be familiar with working to planned and preventative maintenance schedules in a continuous improvement environment.
  • Be keen to learn and develop your skills further with a great work ethic and can-do attitude.
  • Driving licence and own transport.

Personal Attributes

  • Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work independently
  • Strong communication skills across all levels of the business
  • Well-organised with the ability to prioritise workload effectively
  • Team-oriented with a collaborative mindset
  • Committed to continuous learning and development

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking business offering stability, technical challenge, and the chance to make a real impact on operational performance.

Why Join?

This is your chance to join a company that values its people, supports career progression, and invests in high standards and continuous improvement. If you’re passionate about engineering and ready to bring your skills to a dynamic production environment, this is the role for you.

How to Apply

Sound like the perfect fit? We’d love to see your CV. Please send us your up-to-date CV highlighting your relevant experience. If you’re shortlisted, we’ll be in touch within 2 working days.

INDMG

Purchasing Assistant

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Purchasing Assistant


Salary: £28,000 – £29,000 | Location: Thame, UK (Hybrid: Office Mon-Thu, Home Fri)

Are you ready to take your procurement career to the next level? We’re looking for a Purchasing Assistant to join a dynamic team supporting local and international purchasing activities. This is your chance to play a key role in sourcing, supplier management, and process improvement across a growing organization.

Job Purpose

  • Provide support and contribute to local purchasing activities, implementing key procurement strategies and contingency plans in line with organizational goals.

Job Context

  • Report to the Site Purchase Manager, supporting activities in the UK and interactions with subsidiary companies globally.
  • Role based in Thame, UK, with occasional travel to suppliers domestically and abroad.
  • Achieve defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for procurement functions.
  • Actively participate in operational teams on a daily basis.
  • Undertake duties as required to maintain or improve procurement function and supplier relationship management.
  • Support projects external to procurement, including continuous improvement, sustainability, and new product introduction initiatives.

Job Dimensions

  • Outsourcing and component development for parts and new products.
  • Vendor base management.
  • Statutory documentation and master data maintenance in D365.
  • Compliance with organizational procurement policies.
  • Non-inventory (indirect) procurement support.

Key Accountabilities

  • Ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures.
  • Assist in purchasing functions, including raising RFQs, preparing comparison statements, updating vendor trade agreements, maintaining approved vendors in D365, submission of price approvals, maintaining price logs, communicating prices to supply chain teams, raising OSRs for new parts, and quarterly price updates.
  • Vendor onboarding documentation, arranging approvals, and maintaining records.
  • Non-inventory purchasing: raising POs, expediting deliveries, monitoring overdue POs, monthly consumables, and tooling record management.
  • Support annual maintenance contracts related to maintenance, facilities, and infrastructure.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

  • Understanding of procurement and purchasing principles.
  • Working knowledge of ERP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics D365.
  • Numeracy skills to interpret data and make commercial decisions.
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • GCSE-level numeracy and literacy (NVQ level 3 or above).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems.

Behavioral Competencies

  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills for cross-department collaboration.
  • Effective time management and multitasking abilities.
  • Proactive problem-solving approach.
  • Resilience and flexibility.

If you’re a proactive, detail-oriented professional ready to make an impact, we want to hear from you!

INDKD

Purchasing Manager

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Join a forward-thinking and well-established manufacturing business at a key stage of growth. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Purchasing Manager in Thame to take ownership of procurement strategy, supplier performance, and cost optimisation within a dynamic, global-facing environment.

The Role

As Purchasing Manager, you will lead the site’s procurement function, driving sourcing strategies, supplier partnerships, and cost efficiencies. You’ll play a pivotal role in outsourcing and re-sourcing components and services, ensuring best-in-class supply chain performance aligned with long-term business objectives.

Working closely with global sourcing teams and cross-functional departments, you’ll influence key decisions around cost, quality, and supply continuity while leading and developing a high-performing purchasing team.

Key Responsibilities

* Leading the local team of the Purchasing Department
* Developing and implementing procurement strategies and contingency plans
* Rationalizing sources of supply for optimal efficiency
* Negotiating and finalizing supplier pricing and terms
* Coordinating with cross-functional teams (Design, R&D, QA, etc.)
* Supporting quality initiatives and vendor development
* Managing supplier relationships and performance
* Monitoring team KPIs and fostering a high-performance culture
* Overseeing QMS & EHS activities related to supply chain
* Driving cost reduction projects and reporting on KPIs
* Managing commodity risk and market dynamics
* Contributing to annual budgeting and cost forecasting
* Maintaining ERP records and vendor pricing
* Ensuring compliance with processes and identifying risks/opportunities
* Identifying and addressing team training needs

System Management & Reporting
* Timely submission of management reports
* Budgeting activities for the Production Department
* Oversight of D365 system activities

Health & Safety
* Promote a safe working environment and ensure compliance with H&S regulations
General Responsibilities
* Perform additional duties as required to enhance efficiency and service quality
* Adhere to company policies and maintain confidentiality

Key Competencies
* Strategic thinking and decision-making under pressure.
* Strong planning and MRP skills with attention to detail and deadlines.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
* Effective problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
* Leadership and team motivation skills.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems.
* Understanding of risk management and sustainability in supply chain operations

Minimum Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering
Experience:
* Minimum 10 years in sourcing/purchasing within a manufacturing environment
Technical Skills:
* Proficiency in ERP systems (preferably D365)
* Familiarity with electrical LV switchgear products
* Strong negotiation and analytical skills

Why Apply?

  • Competitive salary of £60K-£65K + benefits
  • Opportunity to shape and lead procurement strategy at site level
  • Work within a globally connected organization
  • High-impact role with real influence on cost, quality, and operations
  • Supportive environment that values continuous improvement and innovation

INDKD

Purchasing Engineer

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Purchasing Engineer

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Purchasing Engineer to join a well-established and innovative manufacturing business in Thame!

Job Purpose

To Manage and Coordinate Purchase Functions at Site level in coordination with Global Procurement Guidelines and Objectives

  • Develop and implement key procurement strategies, contingency plans and ensure that plans are aligned with business requirements.
  • Develop long-term partnerships with suppliers. Monitor supplier performance to ensure meeting of service, cost, delivery and quality norms.
  • Supplier relationship management to ensure mutually beneficial and stable business relationships are maintained.

Job Context

  • This role supports UK-based operations while working closely with international teams and global subsidiaries.
  • Based in Thame, the position may require occasional travel to supplier sites across the UK and internationally.
  • Responsible for achieving agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set by management.
  • Operates as an integral member of the operational team, contributing to day-to-day procurement activities.
  • Undertakes additional duties as required to maintain and enhance procurement processes and supplier relationship management.
  • Provides support to cross-functional projects beyond procurement, including continuous improvement initiatives, sustainability programmes, and new product introduction.
  • This is primarily an office-based role (Monday to Thursday), with home working available on Fridays.

Job Dimensions

  • Outsourcing and Component Development for parts and new products introduced.
  • Vendor Base Management
  • Statutory Documentation
  • Master data maintenance in D365 related to Procurement function
  • Compliance with GPP
  • Non-Inventory ( Indirect) procurement support

Key Accountabilities

These will include:

  • Interfacing with cross functional departments for ascertaining procurement plans. Ensuring maximum cost savings. Co-ordination with Design, R&D, QA and Suppliers. Closely work with Global Purchase Team for Alternate Sourcing, support and participation towards all actions to ensure diversified supplier base
  • New parts /Vendor development to help with new product introduction
  • Negotiation and price finalization with suppliers for best possible prices and terms. Performing cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
  • Drive & Implement Cost Reduction Projects/Monitor the progress and reporting it to business. Management Reporting on KPIs, Commodity Movement, Operations Reports, Purchase Volume and Corresponding Savings, BOS.
  • Monitoring KPIs, performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual & group targets. Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and motivates the high performance amongst the team members.
  • Lead and Ensure Implementation of GPP and Compliance
  • Monitor and control on D365 records that includes vendor registrations, VTA , Standard costs, Price Approvals as per DOA, Non-Inventory PO approvals and routine PR- PO management
  • Monitoring, Review and Control of Non-Inventory Purchase/AMCs and related procurements, Price Negotiations, Contracting and Approvals as per GPP
  • Review/Monitor – ECN Management
  • Mod Meetings – Participation
  • Review/Monitor – Price Variances
  • Monitoring COPQ
  • Scrap Rates Negotiations and Controls
  • Regular Review and Control on Tooling Records, Approvals for Tool Agreement, Ensuring the Tool Payment and Tool Asset register
  • Annual budgeting exercise by providing cost details and inputs on trends of material cost for the forthcoming year

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

  • Degree in Engineering, Professional Certification in Procurement and Supply chain or equivalent
  • Understanding of the principles of Materials management
  • Working Knowledge of MRP set ups
  • Numeracy skills to interpret statistics and make commercial decisions
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment

Advance Computer skills – specifically in Microsoft Office & AX Dynamics D365

Behavioural Competencies

  • High level of communication skills, people management.
  • Strong leadership skills with an ability to drive team’s performance.
  • Planning and Organizational skills
  • Proactive and positive (Can do) approach, innovative and customer focused.

INDKD

Production Engineer

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Exciting opportunity for an experienced Production Engineer to join a well-established and innovative manufacturing business in Thame!

As a Production Improvement Engineer, you’ll support production engineering initiatives, driving process improvements, system enhancements, and capital expenditure projects to boost efficiency across the site. You’ll work closely with the Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager, focus groups, and cross-functional teams, as well as engage with global engineering teams as required.

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify and implement process improvements across production and assembly areas
  • Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Product teams to enhance manufacturing processes and work instructions
  • Support Lean Six Sigma initiatives including Kaizen events and continuous improvement projects
  • Drive Industry 4.0 adoption and innovative manufacturing solutions
  • Cost new/existing products for successful implementation and capital expenditure submissions
  • Implement, monitor, and improve Statistical Process Control (SPC) across site processes
  • Support Design for Manufacture (DFM) improvements across the product range
  • Raise and resolve problem reports to improve manufacturing systems, machinery, and tooling

What We’re Looking For

  • Level 3 Management (CMI or equivalent) and Level 3 Engineering or equivalent
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt trained
  • Experience with Industry 4.0 tools and techniques
  • Strong project management skills
  • Skilled in problem-solving tools such as Ishikawa, Five Whys, Pareto, DMAIC
  • Full UK Driving Licence (or approved equivalent)

Location & Hours

  • Based in Thame, with standard hours: Mon-Thu: 07:00-15:30, Fri: 07:00-12:00 (negotiable to suit the individual and business)
  • Occasional UK travel and overseas site visits may be required

If you are passionate about continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and driving production excellence, this is the perfect opportunity to make an impact.

Apply today and join a team that’s shaping the future of manufacturing!

INDKD

Principal Electrical & Controls Engineer

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We are looking for a Senior Engineer with experience of Electrical Design and Industrial Controls to take on a hands-on technical leadership role within a busy engineering team. You will be expected to provide advice and guidance to other engineers when needed, be the customer focal point on projects from concept to completion.

Main duties & Responsibilities:

  • Ensure engineering output is technically and commercially correct and robust, satisfies customer requirements and is delivered on time
  • Correct interpretation of customer requirements/specification/designs/drawings
  • Creation and issuing of quotes to customers
  • Liaising with the other Engineers to meet the workload demands and linking into production
  • Responsible and accountable for the correct and safe low voltage control system designs
  • Responsible and accountable for specification and bill of materials management
  • Drafting/drawing of engineering drawings (schematics, layouts, harnesses etc.)
  • Creation and control of engineering documentation (calculations, assessments, manuals,
  • specifications etc.), reports, technical documentation, and certifications (as required)
  • Communicating and supporting with the wider teams for problem solving and projects
  • Involvement in production meetings, commissioning assistance, site remote support
  • Undertake site visits/inspections for projects/upgrades/modifications etc. as required
  • Managing and prioritising engineering workload to meet deadlines and company requirements
  • Responsible for keeping own knowledge and skills up to date and relevant
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement cycle with your expertise and experience
  • Following through on works to completion and not leaving loose-ends

YOUR SKILLS

The ideal candidate will have experience of leading an engineering team and be experienced at industrial electrical control system and panel design, including BOM management. You will need to be proficient with Electrical CAD software and be able to read & interpret electrical schematics and diagrams and specify components to meet a design

You will need experience of producing quoted and dealing with customers, create technical and engineering documentation and understand machinery control systems. Ideally you will have a HNC level qualification in Electrical Engineering or similar and some experience of PLC development, programming or commissioning would be an advantage as you will work closely with panel wirers, site & commissioning engineers to ensure project delivery.

This is a varied and exciting role within a growing engineering company with good benefits, technical development and career progression opportunities.

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If you are interested in this great opportunity please call Adam Jones at Major Recruitment or click Apply Now and send your CV

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