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A Graduate Process Engineer job opportunity has just become available, within a leading manufacturing business that supplies complex engineering products to a broad range of industries. Located near Leeds, this company continues to work through a huge period of growth and is offering a competitive starting salary for the right engineering professional. If you're looking for an employer that appreciates a fair work-life balance and thrives on promoting from within then, this could be your next career move. No matter how much problem-solving experience you hold, please feel free to apply. This client is more focused on personal attitude rather than experience. Those with work-based experience are also more than welcome to apply - salaries adjusted to suit.

Graduate Process Engineer duties include -

• Analyse current processes using CI/lean tools, to improve overall performance.
• Ensure that the required quality, time frames, and costings are adhered to.
• Identify the reasons behind scrap and drive corrective/preventative actions.
• Work closely with manufacturing teams to identify areas of improvement.
• Train staff in Six Sigma tools and techniques.
• Liaise with maintenance staff on the commissioning of new plant innovations.
• Plan and implement strategies to help the business reach its project goals.

Graduate Process Engineer desirable skills and experience -

• Ideally some experience within a similar position (could be grad placement or post-grad).
• Manufacturing engineering education (could be HND/HNC/Chemical/Aerospace).
• Ability to deliver continuous improvement within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to demonstrate the use of tools such as 8D, CAR, Control Plan, and SPC.

Graduate Process Engineer position benefits -

• Competitive starting salary package (negotiable).
• Competitive bonus scheme.
• Friendly working environment and hours.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Competitive pension scheme and annual leave scheme.
• Free parking.

If interested in this Graduate Process Engineer position, please apply through this advert immediately.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Due to a huge increase in orders, a renowned first tier manufacturer of automotive parts sold globally are now looking to increase their team of Production Operatives near the RICO ARENA IN COVENTRY.

To attract new employees to their business we are offering a £1000 bonus for every worker that completes their initial 3-month probation period and is offered a full time contract with the company!

Over 30 Production Operatives are sought for these temp to perm vacancies, enabling them to hit increasing customer demand for their revolutionary, recently developed products.

Full training is provided for the following tasks:

Production Operatives

• Operating various production machines
• Ensure machines run smoothly and products meet quality standards
• Troubleshoot any problems and ensuring downtime is kept to a minimum
• Flag any issues you can't fix to the maintenance team

2 Rotating shift (one week of each)

• 06:00 until 14:00 - £11ph
• 14:00 until 22:00 - £12.51ph

A week working 7am - 5pm may be needed for training and then move to shifts.

Please be aware if offered a contract, you may be required to work 3 shifts (AM, PM & NIGHTS)

Ideal candidates will have experience in a manufacturing business and be willing to work rotational day shift and/or nights. You should have at least 1 year experience in production or manufacturing.

• Plenty of overtime available!
• Free hot and cold drinks!
• Partly paid breaks
• Free on site parking

If you are interested in this role, click "apply now" and a consultant will call you!

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

CRM & Insights Manager required to deliver an ambitious and industry leading CRM strategy. Designing engaging and nurturing user journeys and comms, directly impacting vital acquisition, revenue and retention targets. Responsible for developing customer and audience segmentation strategies that support customer retention and increase lifetime value.

Benefits Include:

• Hybrid Working
• Staff Discounts
• 25 days hols B'hols
• Flexible Hours

I would like to talk to candidates who:

• Have at least 3 years' experience within a similar role - CRM or Insight Analyst
• have the ability to translate data and numbers in a visual and compelling way with clear actions
• Experienced with email marketing platforms
• Knowledge working with CRM campaign planning, development, and end-to-end execution in a fast paced, high volume campaign environment
• Who have in depth knowledge of customer segmentation models, LTV cohort analysis, personalisation campaigns, and A/B testing (preferably in an e-commerce environment)
• Strong problem solving skills, comfortable making data driven decisions to continuously improve campaign performance and forecasting
• Excellent track record in driving the strategy and optimisation of CRM campaigns across multiple customer touch points and trading channels

Role & Activities required:

• Work with IT and commercial and the wider marketing team to build market leading customer journeys to improve customer acquisition and retention
• Use analytics to find trends and insights to drive business improvement
• Ensuring the CRM platform captures all required information at key points in the customer cycle
• Mapping customer journeys by analysing touch points along the sales funnel and maximising commercial opportunities with the data
• Working with and improving existing systems such as ESP, Website, Business System, CS System in the way they facilitate acquisition, retention and loyalty
• Migrating different communication channels to more effective, cost-worthy ones
• Overseeing direct communication with customers through all platforms and monitoring customer complaints
• Ensure that we adhere to email relevant rules and regulations, including GDPR
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the customer journey to create highly relevant and personalised CRM
• Monitor competitor activity & implement tactical campaigns to increase market share
• Identifying new leads and target audiences to optimise ROI
• Drive the CRM campaign strategy to increase loyalty and improved retention of customers
• Develop new communication strategies to support customer acquisition and retention - multi step, multi-channel programmes that build customer engagement, life time value and support our business KPIs

This role would suit candidates who are within a commutable distance of Evesham and have a background in CRM management, customer insight and marketing. For further details please apply to this advert and we will respond to your application asap.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Are you an experienced service engineer, looking to join a more organized machine tool service provider? Do you want to be paid door to door for all the hours you work? Do you need to earn over £55K a year OTE?

As a UK agent to several German brands, their CNC machine tools are globally recognized. They have a strong network of service engineers across the UK, along with 2 additional technical support staff who are office-based. They have a head office here in the UK for operations and storage.

Responsibilities for the service engineer include -

• Breakdown repairs and maintenance of CNC Machines including multi axis Mills and Lathes
• Routine service and inspections, as well as fault finding
• Carrying out mechanical and minor electrical repairs to ballscrews, bearings, gearboxes, pumps, motors
• Machine levelling and alignments
• Installation and commissioning of machinery on site
• Ordering of parts from the office, replacing and retrofitting
• Providing end user training and customer support both remotely and on site
• Travel from home to site covering regionally to your location on service and breakdown, but be prepared to travel nationally when installation & commissioning projects are required.

They have over 15 trained technicians across the UK, along with 2 technical support staff at the end of the phone for troubleshooting support.

Product training provided, along with job shadowing with engineers in the team

We would love to hear from suitable candidates with the following skills and experience

- Previous experience as a CNC service engineer, or service technician
- Confidence with either electrical or mechanical breakdowns of machinery
- Experience working with either FANUC or Siemens controls
- Good knowledge of fault-finding, diagnostics checking and equipment inspections
- Willingness to travel nationally, and be prepared to stay overnight if required
- Clean driving license

No call out is required with this role, weekend overtime has to be pre-authorized by both client and head office before being offered out to the team.

Benefits including an excellent base salary £40-45K depending on experience, salary review after successful probation, plus an OTE of £55-£60K with overtime weekday / weekends, company vehicle with choice of car or car allowance mobile phone & laptop, 33 days holiday, and a private pension

The business are prepared to be as flexible and supportive as possible, overnight stays and extensive travel is ideally kept to a minimum, but the business requires someone who is prepared to do both when necessary. In return, the company can be equally flexible when needing time off or working around other engagements

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Are you an experienced service engineer looking to join a more established brand of EDM machinery? Fed up of working ridiculously long hours and weeks away from home? Perhaps you're looking for a company that offer brand new hybrid vehicles?

A global manufacturer and supplier of EDM machinery, this business provide installation, commissioning, service and breakdown of their equipment. They have a strong network of service engineers across the UK, along with technical support staff who are office based. They have a head office here in the UK for equipment modification, refurbishment and distribution, as well as a global headquarters where the equipment are built.

Responsibilities for the service engineer include -

• Breakdown repairs and maintenance on EDM and special purpose machinery
• Routine service and inspections, as well as fault finding
• Carrying out both mechanical and electrical repairs to machinery including control panels
• Installation and commissioning of machinery on site
• Providing end user training and customer support both remotely and on site
• Travel from home to site covering a region of West & East Midlands, but be prepared to travel nationally when installation & commissioning projects are required.

The business really promote a solid work / life balance too, their engineers work an average of 40hrs per week. If an engineer travels nationally or spends a night away from home, they bank any additional hours worked and take it off at the end of the week or into the following week.

Product training provided during the probationary period, from both job shadowing and from their technical support team.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience and skills in -

- Previously a Service Engineer, Service Technician, or CNC Engineer
- Multi skilled in electrical and mechanical
- Strong working knowledge of EDM machinery
- Good knowledge of fault finding, electrical and mechanical repairs
- Willingness to travel nationally, and be prepared to stay overnight if required
- Clean driving license

Benefits including an excellent base salary of £40 - £45K, brand new hybrid company car, discretionary bonus at the end of the year, mobile phone & laptop, 33 days holiday, private pension, and private healthcare

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Are you a Production Supervisor, keen to break into the Aerospace Industry? Want to work in a modern manufacturing facility with a great mix of machinery both automated and traditional? Or are you looking to get off shift work and back onto days only? Then we want to hear from you!

The business is a global manufacturer, and supplier of a wide range of high-quality products for the aerospace and defence sectors, with sites across the world they are part of the biggest Aerospace manufacturing group in the world. With a site stretching over 200,000 sq feet, they have superb manufacturing facilities ensuring the highest possible standards are achieved. They also have a highly experienced team of staff across all the divisions of manufacturing, along with team leaders, supervisors and managers who are responsible for their own respective departments.

This position is based on a day shift, 38hrs per week Monday to Friday

Benefits include a salary of up to £38K, quarterly bonuses, 33 days holiday including bank holidays, a company pension scheme with matched contributions up to 7.5%, and various other benefits

Responsibilities for the Production Supervisor engineer include -

- To ensure the department achieves all set KPI's for efficiency and cost control
- Ensuring all department health & safety is adhered to, by carrying out risk assessments, audits and investigations
- Production planning, by understanding customer requirements, material and capacity demands
- Coaching, mentoring and daily management of a team of up to 20 staff
- Driving continuous improvement by championing 6S and lean manufacturing exercises
- Introducing methods, ideas and changes required to ensure planned efficiency targets and budget constraints are met

To be successful in the role of Production Supervisor, the ideal candidate will have -

- Previous experience in a technical manufacturing environment, supervising daily operations and workflow
- A formal qualification within an engineering discipline, C&G or HNC preferably
- Effective staff management skills, to ensure the team are motivated and performing well
- Confident with manufacturing processes and lean methodologies such as ToC, 6S, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5why's
- Be able to use SAP or a similar package to manage the recording of KPI's and critical data, as well as Microsoft office packages

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Are you an experienced CNC Turner looking to work for a more established local manufacturing business? Want to work in a modern facility with state of the art equipment, plenty of overtime, and an environment that encourages training and development? Then we want to hear from you!

The company are long established, family run business that specialise in the manufacture of precision components to the Aerospace, Oil & Gas and Defence industries. As part of their continuing expansion they have an opportunity for a CNC machinist to work within their modern manufacturing site in Nottingham. Working alongside a team of highly skilled engineers, you'll be given full autonomy over manufacturing precision parts from raw material, to finished article.

Benefits include an hourly rate of £14 - £16 p/h depending on experience, overtime during the week and weekends, 32 days holiday, company pension, and much more

Responsibilities of the CNC Turner include -

• Responsible for programming and setting of 2 & 3 axis HAAS SL Turning Lathes
• Writing new programmes long hand at the machine using HAAS controls
• Manage the programming of updates and new components
• Editing pre written programmes, the full machine setup including material, tooling, speeds, feeds and then programme prove out
• Producing one off, as well as low to medium volume precision parts, including bespoke / prototype parts when required
• Carry out in-process inspection using measuring equipment
• Continuous improvement to existing and new jobs completed

Ideal applicants for the CNC machinist role will have the following skills / experience

- Previous experience with either programming, or editing of pre-written CNC programmes
- Confident user of either HAAS or FANUC controlled Lathes
- Be able to machine high quality parts from one off to medium batch volume, in a range of hard and soft metals
- Have a strong stable working history within the manufacturing industry, and be able to provide references when required

Working hours are 39hrs per week 7:30am - 4pm Mon to Thurs, with a 12:30pm finish on Friday

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

An ERP specialist Job opportunity has just become available, within a leading manufacturing business that supplies precision products to various key industries. Located near Northampton, this company continues to work through a huge period of growth and is offering a competitive starting salary for the right engineering professional. If you're looking for an employer that appreciates a fair work-life balance and thrives on promoting from within then, this could be your next career move. No matter how much Commercial Estimator experience you have, please feel free to apply. This client is more focused on personal attitude rather than experience.

ERP Specialist benefits-

• Competitive starting salary (negotiable).
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Benefits Platform.
• Life Assurance.
• Pension scheme.
• EAP Scheme
• Friendly working environment and hours.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Free parking.

ERP specialist duties-

• Support in house applications
• Technical support on all hardware and software
• Create and implement process within the Erp system
• Maintain IT security

Skills required as an ERP specialist-

• Solid experience and understanding of development of ERP Systems- ideally Epicor
• javascript knowledge and experience
• Office suite
• SQL

This role would suit anyone with a solid background of working as an ERP specialist with knowledge of IT support, a driving license is required for this role due to travel to different sites on an infrequent basis. To be considered for this role click apply

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

A part-time Administrator vacancy has arisen to join a successful Mechanical Engineering company in the Dudley area. Working in a small friendly team, you will have experience of Administration within Engineering or Manufacturing as well as some accounts experience.

Responsibilities in the role include;

• Preparing accounts to trial balance
• Sales order processing
• Raising PO's and liaising with suppliers
• Managing stock control and turnover
• Raising and checking invoices, issuing delivery notes
• Handling incoming calls, dealing with order enquiries
• General office administration

Ideally you will have strong organisation skills, moderate experience with Excel and strong administration and customer service experience.

Working part time 28-30 hours across 5 days Monday - Friday paying a salary of £15 - 16,000p/a (£10.30p/h). Ideal if you are without a notice period or a short notice, as looking to start in August 2022.

If this role is of interest, please contact Lucy @ ASC Connections on 01902 771 443 or Apply Now!

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Product Manager

A designer and manufacturer of industrial capital equipment supplied globally, is now seeking a Product Manager to join their Redditch based facility.

As Product Manager you will take responsibility for a range of electro-mechanical products, ensuring continued innovation and profitable growth. You will discuss and understand customer requirements in order to ascertain whether the business can meet their requirements. Pricing structures, sales presentations and distributor & sales company support will be provided by you.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Manage Voice of Customer (VoC) research and develop business around results
• Take a lead on growth and management of full product range
• Detailed product definition, business case development, market analysis and technical support
• Create and deliver action plans relating to profitability and growth of specific product lines
• Working with the Marketing and Sales Team, you will create and present business case and product definitions for all new product proposals
• Expand on existing markets and develop new ones through market research, customer communication and competitor analysis
• Ensure appropriate marketing is in place for your respective product ranges

The ideal candidate will be experienced in product management, marketing, engineering and sales within a customer focused business. A degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or Marketing is required as well as in depth knowledge and understanding of customers, competitors and the market in your previous role/s.

Due to a recent acquisition, this business is undergoing high levels of growth which makes this an opportunity that could easily take you to retirement, offering training and a clear career path to fulfil your aspirations. An excellent benefits structure is in place as well as longevity not offered by many employers at the moment.

If you believe you have the skills required and you're looking to join a forward-thinking business, please hit the 'apply now' button in the advert.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.