21 Jobs Found in Greater Manchester

A globally recognised manufacturer of mechanical components sold into capital equipment OEM's and end users, is now seeking a Technical Area Sales Engineer to join their team.

• Realistic OTE of £65K (uncapped)
• Fully expensed company car
• Guaranteed commission for up to 6 months
• Company credit card
• Working From Home (WFH)

The business has a global reach, with distribution channels on every continent. They have a UK based operation with a team of territory focused sales professionals, all operating in the field to provide cutting edge technology and innovation to their clients, across various industries of precision manufacturing.

Key responsibilities for the Area Sales Engineer include:

• Maintaining and developing relationships with the current client base
• Increasing sales and volume of end users of the product
• Actively deliver technical tool and workholding solutions to customers whilst on site
• Identify and develop your own leads with new or existing customers
• Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of capital machine tool equipment, to maximise sales opportunities
• Work alongside colleagues and management to coordinate and deliver marketing campaigns, exhibitions and promotional events
• Document cost saving activity and daily use / updating of the CRM system

The ideal candidate will have previous experience as an Area / Field Sales Engineer, selling technical engineered products focusing on new business and account management.

This growing business has consistently grown year on year, despite the pandemic, putting them in the enviable position of being able to offer genuine job stability as well as career progression.

If you're looking to join a business as an Area Sales Engineer, that invests heavily in their continued development of their market leading products, that also invests in their employees, then make sure you hit the apply now button in this 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.

A reputable, forward-thinking custom development company is seeking a senior web developer to join their growing team and work closely with customers to create online solutions and products. Benefits for the position include access to tech blogs, remote working, flexible work schedules, and salary reviews.

In this web developer role, you will be responsible for:

• Developing web solutions and consulting with clients
• Working as a senior member of a team
• Taking part in all elements of the SDLC

I would like to speak to individuals with previous experience with working with bespoke software companies/ digital agencies, and team working environments.

To be successful within the role you will have:

• Several years of web development experience working with PHP7 and MySQL
• Comfortable working with web technologies including React, or other similar modern JavaScript Frameworks
• Experience with MVC, particularly Symfony
• Experience with version control system (Git)

The position offers benefits including:

• Remote working
• Flexible hours
• Holidays
• Access to technical blogs

If this web developer opportunity is of interest, click apply for further feedback on your application.

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 contract Quality Manager position has become available within a business that supplies sustainable technologies to a broad engineering space. On-site they not only produce volume products using modern-day manufacturing techniques, but they invest heavily in prototyping and strive to always stay ahead of the curve. Located near the Manchester area, this company is working through a period of growth and is offering a competitive hourly rate, flexible working hours, and the option to work from home for the right engineering professional.

Quality Manager responsibilities include -

• Support plant process reviews and deal with supplier-related concerns.
• Maintain the QMS and monitor the quality team's KPIs.
• Manage any issues and liaise with the manufacturing team.
• Maintain weekly and monthly status reports, to ensure supplier projects are on time for delivery.
• Support the quality department with any issues as and when required.
• Ensure customer queries are reported in a timely manner.
• Provide training when required.

Desirable skills and experience -

• Senior Quality experience working within a Manufacturing environment.
• Able to engage with a quality team and make tangible improvements.
• Relevant mechanical manufacturing engineering education, or training.

Quality Manager benefits include -

• Competitive hourly rate.
• Friendly working environment and hours.
• Option to work from home.
• Working for a leading and ever-growing manufacturing business.

If interested in this Quality Manager 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.

Are you an experienced service engineer, looking to join a more organized OEM of CNC machinery? 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 one of the global leaders in CNC machine tools, their reputation for quality and reliability is respected by their customers, and envied by their competition. They have a strong network of service engineers across the UK, along with departments dedicated to projects, technical support and applications. 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 30 trained technicians across the UK, along with office based 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 include a competitive basic salary, ongoing salary review after successful probation and training, plus an OTE of £55K with travel time door to door, overtime paid x1.5 for weekday / Saturday's, monthly bonuses, company vehicle with choice of car or van, 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.

A leading UK manufacturer of home furnishings is actively looking for someone to join their team as a Supply Planner. The main purpose of this role is to manage the company's stock and Inventory whilst ensuring materials quality through working with suppliers.

As the Supply Planner, your duties will include -

• Ensuring an accurate baseline of stock is in place and then working with the department to ensure this satisfies production requirements.
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure not only efficient, on-time delivery but also product quality is of a high standard.
• Work with the production team to ensure accurate stock forecasting.

To be successful in the role of their Supply Planner, candidates will -

• Have a background in material planning and inventory, ideally with some purchasing experience thrown in.
• Great eye for detail and time management is essential for the role
• Ability to use a range of inventory systems
• Good overall IT skills
• Baseline knowledge of shipping, both import and export

What is on offer for you as Supply Planner-

• 40 hour working week- Mon - Friday - 7am - 4.30pm
• 28 days holiday (including statutory), rising by one day over five years, with each completed year of service.
• Life Assurance covering your annual salary.
• Free car parking, Discounted Gym Membership, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling support, legal guidance, and medical advice from qualified nurses, for you and your immediate family.
• Free Flu Jab voucher every Autumn.

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 leading manufacturer in the Manchester area is seeking a Production Manager on shift to join their busy team.

Working in a state-of-the-art factory, with future investment planned on automation projects, you will be responsible for ensuring your shift runs smoothly, maintaining a high output whilst ensuring quality and safety levels are met.

Reporting into the Manufacturing Manager, your duties as Production Manager on shift will include -

• Taking ownership for rolling out operational strategies, driving improvements through the business and identifying operational opportunities that will enhance production
• Supporting Teamleaders to execute efficient production plans, whilst monitoring KPIs and performance in the department
• Management of a team of around 20-25 staff, taking responsibility for training, development, performance management and appraisals
• Taking a proactive approach with regards to health & safety in the working area, ensuring your team takes pride in their role and in their working environment, and that that legal requirements and company policies are adhered to

As a key part of the Management team, the Production Manager will be results focussed and use a data driven approach to deliver operational results, whilst maintaining and developing a strategic vision for their team to deliver sustained high performance.

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

• Have supervision / management experience within a manufacturing environment, utilising lean manufacturing principles to drive performance improvements
• Have strong people and performance management skills with the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues
• Have a proven ability to lead and motivate a team to succeed through coaching and development of skills, knowledge and attitude, and defining responsibilities to give a clear sense of direction.
• Have a flexible approach, with resilience and adaptability to change
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills (data driven) and able to establish logical, practical solutions.
• Be computer literate, with a good working knowledge of Excel

Based in the Manchester area, this role is commutable from Winsford, Warrington, Bolton, Oldham, Macclesfield and Glossop.

On offer -

A salary of £36,000 -38,000 for day shift and £42,000 - £44,000 for nights

12 hour shifts, either continental days or continental nights

A comprehensive benefits package including life assurance, production bonus, pension, discount scheme, etc.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, click the "APPLY NOW" button below and we'll be in touch.

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 OEM of CNC machinery? 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 one of the global leaders in CNC machine tools, their reputation for quality and reliability is respected by their customers, and envied by their competition. They have a strong network of service engineers across the UK, along with departments dedicated to projects, technical support and applications. 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 30 trained technicians across the UK, along with office based 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 include a competitive basic salary, ongoing salary review after successful probation and training, plus an OTE of £55K with travel time door to door, overtime paid x1.5 for weekday / Saturday's, monthly bonuses, company vehicle with choice of car or van, 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.

One of the UK's leading freight companies is looking to recruit a Transport Planner to join their established transport team. This established family-run company are specialists in heavy freight providing heavy haulage and general haulage for some of the largest construction, demolition, and manufacturing companies in the UK. As Transport Planner shifts would be - Mon - Fri 7.30 am- 6 pm and potentially every third Saturday.

Job Duties as their Transport Planner:

• Plan resources to meet work demands and minimum key performance indicators.
• Working with the planning team on general, heavy, and abnormal loads.
• Assign and maximise the utilisation of drivers and vehicles daily.
• Keep up to date status of the jobs and communicate updates, as necessary.
• Use the inhouse system to contact drivers with any updates.
• Deal / resolve any issues from drivers and customers

To be successful in this role we would like to talk to you:

• If you have worked as a Transport Planner / Transport Clerk
• Experience of general haulage is essential for this role.
• Ideally experience in working with a smaller family run haulage company
• Strong IT Skills- experience in using software such as Road Runner
• Knowledge and experience with route planning systems.
• Managing own time, planning and performance on a day-to-day basis

The company are paying £25,000 - £33,000 depending on experience. Holidays are 28 days including bank holidays.

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 rapidly growing, internationally serving digital agency are looking for a web developer to join an expanding development team, in order to help maintain existing products and work on new client requirements, providing a number of digital marketing and website solutions. The role offers remote working, highly flexible hours, trips abroad, holiday, and pension contributions.

The role can be performed entirely working from home, but team interaction and socialising is encouraged through occasional office visits.

In this web developer role, you will be responsible for:

• Maintaining and enhancing web products
• Working as a senior member of the development team
• Liaising with clients to deliver web-based requirements

I would like to speak to any web developer with previous experience with working with digital agencies, and team working environments.

To be successful within the role you will have:

• Several years of commercial experience working with PHP7 and SQL
• Comfortable working with modern JavaScript technologies including Vue.js and React
• Previously developed solutions with CMS, including Drupal or Wordpress
• Experience with MVC, particularly Laravel
• Knowledge of cloud architecture (AWS)

The position offers benefits including:

• Remote working
• Flexible hours
• Trips abroad
• Holiday
• Pension Contributions

If this web developer opportunity is of interest, then please respond to this advert with your details and we will review them as soon as possible.

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 Area Sales Manager position has become available, within a business that continues to supply revolutionary technologies to key industries such as Automotive and 3^rd Party Logistics. As they continue to work through a huge period of growth (even throughout the pandemic), this award-winning company is looking to expand its various teams, including additional staff within the Sales team.

Area Sales Manager overview -

Maximise opportunities within large-scale current accounts and help to drive new business strategies elsewhere.

Area Sales Manager duties include -

• View current accounts and ensure that sales plans have been implemented across all areas.
• Identify prospective customers and contact key decision-makers.
• Manage a service plan that is aligned with customer requirements.
• Liaise with the internal accounts team with leads and day-to-day project updates.
• Retain the current customer base and expand footprint through cross/up-sell opportunities.

Area Sales Manager desirable skills and experience -

• Understanding manufacturing processes (mechanical, or electrical).
• Drive to engage with a client base in person as much as possible.
• Relevant engineering education and/or training (HND/HNC).

Area Sales Manager benefits include -

• Competitive starting salary package (negotiable).
• Extremely competitive bonus scheme.
• Work from home, out on the road, and from the office.
• Personal development plan.
• Working for a leading and ever-growing manufacturing business.

If you have the relevant experience, are self-driven, and are result-driven then please apply accordingly. This is a client that appreciates a fair work-life balance and thrives on promoting from within!

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.