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Senior Engineer
Morson Edge
Prenton
In office
Senior
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

SPEN are looking for a Senior Engineer to join them on contract basis, based in Prenton.

Role: Senior Engineer
Business: Scottish Power Energy Networks
Duration: 12 month initial contract
Location: Prenton, CH43 3ET
Rate: Inside IR35, Umbrella and PAYE options available

Role
The position of Senior Engineer (Delivery) sits within SP Energy Networks 132kV Projects team delivering our RIIO-ED2 business plan.
In this role you will manage personal objectives to ensure the safe and timely delivery of the department work programme including design, planning and construction.
Assist in the statutory obligations of the department by developing solutions and work programmes.

What you’ll be doing
Contribute to the development / delivery of a portfolio of complex capital projects, ensuring safety, environmental compliance, and adherence to budget, quality, and timelines.
Drive performance and efficiency by identifying and implementing innovation, value engineering, and best practices to outperform price control targets.
Develop and manage project programmes.
Managing a range of multi-discipline internal teams and external contractors and ensuring delivery of key project outputs in line with business targets.
Ensure safe and compliant construction delivery, maintaining operational access and mitigating environmental risks.
Deliver quality outcomes - oversee testing, handover, and ensure accurate asset data entry into corporate systems.
Promote continuous improvement through lessons learned, project reviews, and sharing best practices across the wider portfolio.

What you’ll bring
Knowledge of infrastructure planning and consenting requirements.
Understanding of health, safety, and environmental legislation, particularly CDM regulations.
Managing stakeholders and Governance for allocated projects.
Ability to influence and collaborate across diverse teams and stakeholders without direct line authority.
Strategic problem-solving skills - able to devise solutions for complex challenges and drive efficiency.
Excellent organisational and planning capability, managing long-term, multi-year projects and multi-disciplinary resources.
Commitment to quality and continuous improvement, ensuring best practice adoption across the portfolio.
Driving license (travel across SPEN locations required).

Minimum Criteria
Proven experience in complex project development/delivery, preferably within electrical infrastructure or transmission/distribution projects.
Degree in Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience).

Entry Level IT Field Service Engineer
Sanderson Recruitment Plc
Multiple locations
In office
Graduate - Junior
£125/day - £129/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Role Overview:

This role is an ideal gateway into IT and the wider opportunities within a major global IT company. You will have the opportunity to access the certification program for one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers. It would be well suited to those who have a passionate interest in IT but may not have had the opportunity to work in the sector, or those looking for the opportunity to gain further experience.

Flexible working hours between 8am and 6pm

The role consist of flexible working hours between 8am and 6pm. You will cover a set geographical area to provide on-site support for client’s IT hardware devices. You will be expected to work to a professional standard and ensure customer satisfaction through technical skills and strong customer service.

Responsibilities:

  • As a Field engineer you will work with both commercial and residential clients to provide hardware technical and break fix support on Laptops, Desktops, Workstations, Tablets, Printers and Servers.
  • Be involved in installing, maintaining, upgrading, and repairing of IT products such as PCs, Workstations, Printers, Terminals, Servers, and associated devices.
  • To attend all Incidents/requests as directed by the Customer Incident Centre in a courteous and customer focused fashion as per your engineering work instruction guidelines.
  • Ensure assigned incidents are monitored, updated, and progressed in the system Real Time.
  • Co-ordinate between clients and vendors to ensure timely resolution of problems.
  • Provide a high degree of customer satisfaction in all work undertaken
  • Maintain and manage parts in line with returns return process and deadlines.

Essential Skills:

  • Applicant must have a full valid UK drivers’ licence, own car, and business insurance or should apply for it upon offer.
  • Ability to resolve hardware issues and basic software problems
  • Capable of building (o/s and required software) and deploying PCs (desktop and Laptop)
  • Good understanding of IT systems and environments.
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Analytical and problem-solving mindset.

Preferred but not essential skills:

  • MCSE certification
  • Manufacturer Enterprise server certification
  • SAN Server
  • A+
  • Network+/CCNA
  • Dell/Other vendor Certification to Enterprise level or above
  • Experience in a data centre and in smart space technology is advantageous.

Please Note: Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via Call/Email.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Senior Technical Engineer / Project Manager
Morson Edge
Chester
Hybrid
Senior
£30/hour - £40/hour
RECENTLY POSTED

£30.55 per hour PAYE / £40.86 per hour Umbrella

Overview We are looking for a dynamic professional to join the team to lead Technical Facility Services to support and deliver a portfolio of sustainability Building & Construction projects. You will be responsible for the technical delivery, governance, operations, and maintenance of all on site projects, work space and infrastructure changes alongside the construction of new buildings and infrastructure refurbishments. This includes supporting the delivery of a portfolio of projects >30M€ yearly to achieve operational, strategic, sustainability, and _workplace of the future_ objectives.

How You Will Contribute Strategy & Leadership for
? Portfolio Leadership: Across all projects ensure the project delivery is aligned to technical standards and specifications (electrical, mechanical, and building fabric) at each stage. Act as a key member and interface for the technical service team in the Multi-Functional Teams (MFTs) to establish, plan, and lead the successful delivery of technical requirements for all site project portfolios (>50M€). Ensure adherence at each gate with clear governance that supports delivery aligned to time, cost, and quality objectives.
? Facility Maintenance: Provide technical leadership for all projects ensuring alignment to the ongoing maintenance of facilities, infrastructure, and technical equipment (mechanical & electrical) to ensure a safe working environment and business continuity
? Project Delivery: Lead site development strategies, including new construction and the reconfiguration of existing assets, to directly support production ramp-ups and operational requirements. Ensuring the delivery of technical specifications and solutions to ensure delivery of strategic projects
? Systems: Ensure all projects are linked to and updated within the CMMS / CAFM tools
? Supplier Governance: Manage suppliers and govern partner relationships through Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
? Customer Relationships: Ensure good relationships with internal customers, understanding and anticipating business needs through active demand management
? Cost Reduction: Contribute to reducing operating costs by delivering cost-saving targets through business transformation and the implementation of new technologies Compliance, Health, Safety & Sustainability
? H&S Adherence: Drive a safety-first culture by ensuring every project aligns with statutory regulations and utilizes designated

Health and Safety tools

? Sustainability: Drive energy and water efficiency initiatives to actively support and achieve our corporate environmental objectives
? Stakeholder Communication: Develop and execute communication plans for all FMRE, business stakeholders, governing bodies, and authorities.

About You
? Leadership: Experience in leading a technical team of engineers, and managing partners/subcontractors
? Project Management: Project management fundamentals with experience in technical maintenance and the construction industry with leadership on high-profile, large-scale portfolio projects
? Define: document a clear technical strategy and policy for all maintenance activities (i. Electrical, Mechanical, Fire, Fabric, Cranes) ensuring continuous improvement through data analysis is delivered through the project portfolio
? Technical Knowledge: Electrical / mechanical with a preference for electrical including networks and HV/LV assets and with proficiency in Google Suite and construction management tools

Develop:
Continue to develop the FMRE technical specifications and create a catalogue of standards for all technical deliverables for deployment across all UK sites
? Regulatory: Knowledge of Building and Maintenance regulations and facility maintenance/operations management. (SFG standards)
Financial: Understanding of financial management, operation and investment budgets, and resource control for strategic portfolios
Sustainability: Demonstrate a clear understanding of fundamental sustainability concepts and their application in an industrial context

What’s In It For You
? Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, tax-free technology scheme, and shopping discounts

Additional Information
? Security Clearance: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check).
? Working Pattern: 60% of your working week must be office-based.

ABOUT YOU
? Electrical / Mechanical & building fabric knowledge
? Financial management understanding, operation and investment budgets
? Knowledge of Building and Maintenance regulations
? Facility maintenance and operations management
? Partner and subcontractor management
? Project management fundamentals
? Sustainability fundamentals

Tools Development Engineer
Guidant Global
Chester
In office
Junior - Mid
£58,701/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Manufacturing Engineering - Tools Development Engineer

Location: Broughton (fully onsite)
Contract: 12 months (with potential to extend)
Working Pattern: Flexible working hours, 35 hours per week
Pay Rate:

  • £24.01 per hour PAYE
  • £32.13 per hour Umbrella

Shape the future of advanced manufacturing

Guidant Global is proud to partner with Airbus UK to recruit a Manufacturing Engineering - Tools Development Engineer based at their Broughton site. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development, industrialisation and delivery of jigs and tools that support world-class wing manufacturing programmes.
If you enjoy working at the intersection of design, manufacturing, and technology - and want to see your engineering solutions make a real impact on the shop floor - this role offers both challenge and long-term development.

What you’ll be doing

As a Tools Development Engineer, you’ll take ownership of tooling solutions from early concept through to final acceptance and handover to Operations. Working closely with manufacturing, engineering, suppliers and programme teams, you will:

  • Develop, modify and industrialise jigs and tooling assets to support production requirements
  • Deliver clearly defined tooling statements of work and technical specifications aligned to programme needs
  • Ensure manufacturing system and facility designs meet Manufacturing Engineering, quality and EHS requirements
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles to improve efficiency and support continuous improvement
  • Integrate new industrial technologies, working collaboratively with industrial architects and R&D teams
  • Support the delivery of robust manufacturing systems capable of meeting product design and process capability requirements
  • Build strong interfaces with programme teams to ensure timely and accurate design data flow to manufacturing
  • Contribute to measurement, reporting and governance frameworks in line with PMO standards
  • Support R&T submissions to help secure development funding where required

What we’re looking for

We’re keen to hear from engineers who are collaborative, delivery-focused and comfortable working in a complex manufacturing environment. You’ll bring:

  • Appropriate engineering qualifications (e.g. HNC, apprenticeship or equivalent experience)
  • Experience or knowledge of wing manufacturing or similar complex production environments
  • Strong technical engineering skills, including interpreting drawings, specifications and tooling documentation
  • An understanding of product development and design-to-manufacture principles
  • Awareness of health, safety and quality standards within an industrial setting
  • The ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders across engineering, operations and suppliers
  • A structured approach to problem-solving, project delivery and continuous improvement

Experience from aerospace or other high-volume production industries is highly transferable and welcomed.

Why join through Guidant Global?

At Guidant Global, people are at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you benefit from:

  • A dedicated recruitment and onboarding experience focused on clarity, fairness and speed
  • Transparent pay structures
  • Opportunities to work on industry-leading engineering programmes
  • Ongoing support throughout your assignment, with clear communication and feedback
  • A strong commitment to diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity

We’re proud to create opportunities where everyone can thrive and contribute.

Security & eligibility

This role requires BPSS+ security clearance, which will be supported by Airbus Security.

Ready to apply?

If you’re looking for a role where your engineering expertise will directly influence manufacturing capability and future programmes, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now to take the next step in your engineering career with Guidant Global.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Manufacturing Engineering Technical Support Engineer
Carbon60 - Eng&Tech
Chester
In office
Junior - Mid
£30/hour - £40/hour
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Technical Support Engineer (Manufacturing / Shopfloor Support)

Location: Broughton, North Wales (On-site)

Contract Length: Contract to November 2026 (strong likelihood of extension)

Pay Rate:

* £30.00 per hour PAYE

* £40.13 per hour Umbrella

IR35: Inside IR35

Shift Pattern: Double Days (rotating mornings/afternoons) with 20% shift uplift

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Support Engineer to join a high-profile aerospace manufacturing environment, providing hands-on technical and shopfloor support within a busy production setting.

This is a role supporting aircraft manufacturing operations and requires strong manufacturing, lineside, and production engineering experience.

The Role

Working on-site within the production environment, you will provide end-to-end technical support to shopfloor operations, ensuring continuous production flow and resolving technical issues that cannot be managed by operators or first-line management alone.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing daily lineside technical support to production teams
  • Investigating and resolving non-conformances, missing parts, concessions and outstanding work
  • Managing work orders, including out-of-cycle and rework activities
  • Supporting continuous improvement and Lean manufacturing initiatives
  • Escalating recurring issues to relevant support functions where required
  • Supporting quality, health & safety, logistics and production standards on the shopfloor
  • Assisting with tooling, jigs, industrial assets, and process improvements

Skills & Experience Required

  • Proven experience in a manufacturing or production environment (aerospace highly desirable)
  • Strong aircraft production and engineering process knowledge
  • Hands-on lineside / shopfloor support experience
  • Practical and structured problem-solving ability
  • Experience working with non-conformances and production issues
  • Knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles
  • Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
  • SAP experience is desirable

Qualifications:

  • NVQ Level 4 or equivalent

This role would suit candidates from Technical Support Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer, or Project Engineer backgrounds who enjoy working directly on the shopfloor in a complex manufacturing environment.

To apply or find out more, please apply with your CV.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Technical Shopfloor Engineer
Morson Edge
Chester
In office
Junior - Mid
£26/hour - £36/hour
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

£26.92 per hour PAYE /£36.00 per hour Umbrella

Tasks
• Accompany the production team / Autonomous Production Team (APT).
• Supports in identifying, analysing and solving technical issues not directly manageable by the Operators & First Line Manager (FLM).
• Provides an E2E perspective at the shopfloor level within the production team / APT.
• Supports continuous production enablement by efficiently utilising available resources & knowledge
• Contributes to the Operational Excellence targets within her/his area by adhering to the continuous improvement of operational processes.
• Support in identifying Non-Conformance on the shopfloor.

Skills
As the successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate the following skills and competencies:
• HNC qualification would be desirable
• Manufacturing engineering experience required
• Experience working to regulatory requirements and constraints.
• Project management
• Communication skills
• Autonomy, adaptability, and proactivity
• Ensure Customer Focus
• Ensure Product Safety
• Support Non conformity reduction activity

Manufacturing Engineer
Morson Edge
Chester
In office
Mid
£24/hour - £32/hour
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Morson are working with a leading Aerospace Manufacturer who are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer with build process experience to work at the site near Chester.

Role Description

The role will deliver build processes aligned with Industrial Architect and engineering definitionwith the main objective being to ensure industrial requirements are embedded into the Design Definition. Process Engineer supports the design of manufacturing systems from the initial principles towards a manufacturing process in the operating environment according to cost and lead-time objectives. The position will utilise the latest digital technologies including 3DX.

Key Accountabilities

  • Create documented Industrial Dossiers/build process up to handover to serial planning phase.
  • To influence the product design and derive the process instructions concurrently.
  • Influence and approval of the product design - Design Data Set (DDS).
  • Manufacturing maturity of new technical solutions.
  • Support and influence the Manufacturing System.
  • Create Component Delivery Specifications (CDS).
  • Work in collaboration with the MFT to identify, analyse and solve technical issues.
  • Support the Manufacturing Engineering Elements of the Call for Tenders i.e. Tooling packages.

Skills, Knowledge, Competities

  • Knowledge of wing manufacturing and operational processes to enable creation of build philosophies.
  • Variety of engineering technical skills, drawing interrogation, specifications parts, tooling and documentation.
  • Understanding of product development/design process.
  • Awareness of health and safety standards and regulations.
  • Stakeholder management.
  • Project management.
  • Effective working in multi-functional teams.

If you are interested in the position please submit an up to date CV

NEC Project Manager
Morson Edge
Liverpool
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£56/hour
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Liverpool (Hybrid Working Available)

  • £56 per hour (Inside IR35)
  • 6 Months

We’re seeking an experienced NEC Project Manager to support our client on local authority infrastructure and capital projects. This role will involve managing projects under NEC contracts, ensuring delivery to time, cost, and quality while maintaining strong governance and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Administer and manage projects in accordance with NEC3/NEC4 contract frameworks
  • Act as the Project Manager under NEC contracts, fulfilling all contractual duties
  • Oversee project delivery from initiation through to completion
  • Manage budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting
  • Identify, assess, and manage risks and early warnings in line with NEC processes
  • Review and manage compensation events and change control procedures
  • Ensure compliance with programme requirements and monitor contractor performance
  • Liaise with internal stakeholders, contractors, consultants, and external partners
  • Prepare and present progress reports to senior stakeholders and governance boards
  • Ensure health & safety and regulatory compliance across all project activities

Key Requirements:

  • Proven experience as an NEC Project Manager on public sector or infrastructure projects
  • Strong working knowledge of NEC3 and/or NEC4 contracts
  • Demonstrable experience managing budgets and complex project programmes
  • Experience handling compensation events, early warnings, and contract administration
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced local authority environment

For more information, please contact Scarlet Wilson

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