12 Jobs Found in Greater Manchester

A service engineer position has become available with a leading OEM of steel processing machinery.

This position offers a strong basic salary of up to £42K, annual bonuses, no call out or standby, company vehicle with a choice of van or car, fuel card, 32 days holiday, a fantastic pension, private healthcare, and lots of other great benefits.

Part of a group of companies, they specialize in providing automation and processing solutions to clients across various manufacturing sectors. They have a head office here in the UK for machine storage, refurbishment and distribution, as well as a global headquarters in Europe where the machines are built.

Responsibilities for the role include -

• Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance & Service of machines and equipment
• Using Siemens S7 to fault find and interrogate
• Routine service, checks and breakdown maintenance both mechanical and electrical
• Part of a team of 10 engineers, primarily covering the midlands and north west of the UK, but prepared to travel nationally & Ireland when required
• Completing factory acceptance tests and audits before during and after installations
• Providing end user support to customers as well as training and demo's
• Use of laptop to complete all service and maintenance documentation, and to submit timesheets / expenses

This role represents an excellent opportunity to work in a growing business within a solid and stable market, and will enjoy a high degree of trust to ensure jobs are completed or delivered as planned.

There is a robust training package with this role too, working for an OEM they offer product training in the UK, and overseas in Europe after the probation period is completed

Nationwide travel is expected at times, however the business do aim to keep engineers as regional as possible.

To be successful in this role you will have -

- Previous experience as a field service engineer working for a similar OEM of laser, cutting or press machinery
- Multi skilled both mechanically and electrically, along with electrical training ideally to city & guilds or equivalent.
- Have a solid understanding of PLC's to fault find on inputs and outputs
- Willingness to travel nationally and show flexibility when required
- Full clean drivers license

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 an individual 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

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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 continued growth, a leading manufacturer of plastic products is seeking an experienced Plastic Injection Moulding Setter to join their team working on a night shift Monday-Friday.

This company has experienced year on year growth, even over the past 12 months, which has included investment in new machinery and expansion of the site.

As Injection Moulding Setter, your duties will include -

• Carry out tool changes, material and colour changes
• Condition setting of machines
• Ensure all robotics and ancillary equipment are in operation
• Maintaining a safe, neat and tidy work area
• Recommend modifications/ improvements to increase productivity, improve quality and/or reduce waste
• Liaise with Production Team Leader for production priorities
• To promote, maintain and action 5S and lean management activities within relevant areas
• Trouble shoot processes and correct as necessary with documentation as required

To be successful in the role of Injection Moulding Setter, the ideal candidate will -

• Be an experienced Injection Moulding Setter or Technician
• Be able to set from scratch
• Have experience with process optimisation
• Have experience with a variety of materials
• Be skilled in trouble shooting
• Be able to carry out basic machine maintenance
• Have a strong interest in lean manufacturing / process improvement and want to help take the business forward.

Based near Rochdale, this role is commutable from Bolton, Huddersfield, Manchester, and Hyde.

On offer

• A salary of £27-32k depending on experience
• Shifts available on perm nights
• Further mould training and career development

Apply now to be considered for this role!

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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 key client of ours is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join its growing team. This is a well-regarded precision manufacturing business that has offers sociable working hours, a competitive salary and an opportunity to work within its modern-day engineering facility.

Reporting directly to Manufacturing Management, the successful professional will be on site to coordinate all manufacturing and assembly process improvements, together with lean CI activities on a daily basis. Whether you're a CI/Manufacturing Engineer professional with 3, or 30 years of experience, if you're able to help deliver manufacturing excellence then we'd like to hear from you.

Manufacturing Engineer main duties -

• Drive the best practice of lean techniques on the shop-floor - 5S, waste elimination, standard work, material flow, changeover reduction, plant layout optimisation and mistake proofing.
• Review processes on site and implement improvements across the production area.
• Ensure that plant equipment is aligned to the required specification, is safe to use, and meets the plant layout and the production schedules agreed.
• Manage any SAP requirements, Bills of material accuracy, MTM, Engineering Changes and improvements to support any SOPs.
• Support production material flow - Kanban systems, Plan for Every Part etc.
• Provide staff training on new systems as and when required.

Desirable skills/experience/attributes -

• Experience within a similar position (3 years)
• Ideally Automotive, Yellow Goods, or Industrial sector experience.
• Able to use tools such as 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Process Flow, Visual Management.
• Able to build rapport with employees and help drive a CI culture.
• Fully conversant with MS Office and documenting changes.

Manufacturing Engineer Benefits include -

• Competitive salary and pension package.
• 33 days annual leave and flexible hours.
• Friendly working environment.
• Chance to work for a leading and ever growing manufacturing business.

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

Keywords relating to this position include: operational excellence, process engineer, industrial engineer, BOM, assembly process improvement, lean, CI, application, VSM, process flow, MTM analysis, communication, project management, quality, time management, problem solving, KPI's continuous improvement, HSE, ISO9001.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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.

Would you like to work for a large independent system integrator who pride themselves on project delivery and excellent customer service?

Working as a Technical Support Engineer you will:

• Working with various clients to provide technical support with modifications, faults, maintenance and repairs for existing systems.
• Would also be expected to liaise with customers to establish their safety system requirements, assess and interpret to provide practical solutions.
• This role will be 50 / 50 split working from office to site work, this could be based in UK, overseas or offshore. You will be paid overtime and uplifts when working on site.

To be successful, we're looking for a Technical Support Engineer:

• Experienced working within a similar role and have worked on site ideally within the process industry sectors.
• Proficient with various PLC platforms and experienced being able to program applications from scratch, fault find and commission automated systems.
• Provide 24/7 support to customers via the On Call system, on a rota basis.
• A Time served apprenticeship or relevant engineering qualification.
• Ensure compliance with QA procedures, Company procedures and statutory regulations
• Highly motivated individual who can demonstrate experience delivering control system software projects and working closely with customers
• Design of any changes to be made to systems hardware and/or software to meet customer's requirements.
• Applicants must have the ability to work on customers sites on their own.

Benefits:

£35,000 to £40,000 pa basic salary OTE earnings up to 50k - 55k, plus car allowance, pension. Holiday is 33 days including all statutory and public holidays.

Commutable from: Warrington, Runcorn, Birchwood, Widnes, St Helens, Northwich, Altrincham, Manchester, Liverpool and Stockport.

Apply now to be considered for this role.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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.

Would you like to work for a large independent system integrator who pride themselves on project delivery and excellent customer service?

Working as a Control Systems Engineer you will:

• Program a variety of PLCs using Ladder Logic, Function block or Statement List methods.
• Programming and configuring SCADA software packages (Siemens S7, Allen Bradley, WinCC, Factorytalk, Intouch)
• Perform a FAT and site commissioning under formal client witnessed conditions.

To be successful, we're looking for a Control Systems Engineer:

• Strong PLC / controls background ideally working the full lifecycle of a project from conceptual design all the way through to commissioning on site.
• Have experience working within process industry sectors.
• Must have experience creating functional design specifications.
• A Time served apprenticeship or relevant engineering qualification.
• Previous experience working as part of a team to design, implement and test control/integrated
• Highly motivated individual who can demonstrate experience delivering control system software projects and working closely with customers
• You will naturally have an appetite to learn and develop additional skills and new technologies
• Applicants must have the ability to work on customers sites on their own.

Benefits:

£35,000 to £42,000 pa basic salary with pension. Holiday is 33 days including all statutory and public holidays.

Commutable from: Warrington, Runcorn, Birchwood, Widnes, St Helens, Northwich, Altrincham, Manchester, Liverpool and Stockport.

Apply now to be considered for this role.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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 continued growth, a leading manufacturer of plastic products is seeking an experienced Plastic Injection Moulding Setter to join their team working on a night shift Monday-Friday.

This company has experienced year on year growth, even over the past 12 months, which has included investment in new machinery and expansion of the site.

As Injection Moulding Setter, your duties will include -

• Carry out tool changes, material and colour changes
• Condition setting of machines
• Ensure all robotics and ancillary equipment are in operation
• Maintaining a safe, neat and tidy work area
• Recommend modifications/ improvements to increase productivity, improve quality and/or reduce waste
• Liaise with Production Team Leader for production priorities
• To promote, maintain and action 5S and lean management activities within relevant areas
• Trouble shoot processes and correct as necessary with documentation as required

To be successful in the role of Injection Moulding Setter, the ideal candidate will -

• Be an experienced Injection Moulding Setter or Technician
• Be able to set from scratch
• Have experience with process optimisation
• Have experience with a variety of materials
• Be skilled in trouble shooting
• Be able to carry out basic machine maintenance
• Have a strong interest in lean manufacturing / process improvement and want to help take the business forward.

Based near Rochdale, this role is commutable from Bolton, Huddersfield, Manchester, and Hyde.

On offer

• A salary of £27-32k depending on experience
• Shifts available on perm nights
• Further mould training and career development

Apply now to be considered for this role!

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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 Electrical Design & Development Engineer position has just become available, with one of our key clients working through a period of growth. This is a client that holds a large customer footprint globally and is able to provide technical solutions to a broad range of sectors including Automotive, Industrial, Yellow Goods, Construction, Agricultural and Automation.

Reporting to the Lead Electrical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the specification, design, test and validation of electric vehicle thermal management systems, such as pumps, power motors, actuators, temperature sensors, motor speed controllers and System ECU controllers.

The successful contractor will work remotely. So long as you're UK based, please feel free to apply.

Responsibilities include -

• Review customer specifications to define requirements and/or feasibility for the product.
• Design and 2D drafting of electrical harnesses aligned with system requirements.
• Engage with sales and customers on engineering design issues.
• Liaise with suppliers to understand capabilities and ensure cost effective solutions.
• Create executing test and validating plans for products and components.
• Design and build prototype-testing equipment.

Required Skills/Experience/Attributes -

• Experience working in a similar position (Design/Development)
• Ability to work on the 2D design of electrical harnesses.
• Confident working very closely with customers and suppliers.
• Understanding of DFMEA and DRBFM processes (participate in scoring meetings).
• Knowledge of Mobile Air Conditioning, HVAC systems and Components (desirable).
• An engineering or other relevant Engineering qualification (Electrical).

In return you will receive -

• Flexible hourly rate (IR35 status TBC).
• Remote working (WFH).
• Sociable working hours.
• Opportunity work for a market leading and award winning business.

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

Keywords relating to this position include; Battery, Energy Storage, Cooling, Heating, Thermal, Compliance, Documentation, Pump, EMC, Cab, Yellow Goods, JCB, CAT, Truck, Highway, Aircon.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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 global, market-leading, well-known clothing retailer is recruiting a Risk and Compliance Manager to join the business to deliver a best in class supply chain and to implement programmes that protect staff, product customers and ensure a high level of compliance. This is a global role taking you all over the world where you will visit, audit and work with suppliers, freight forwarders and Logistics partners.

This is an exciting time to join the business as it is undergoing change and is currently performing well given the current retail climate. The company offers a market level salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension scheme, healthcare, and a generous staff discount.

The role will initially be home-based with a phased part return into their London HQ near Euston Station. It is anticipated that once travel bans are lifted you will be travelling 50-75% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Conducting on site and virtual audits with supply chain partners.
• Working with relevant internal departments to ensure processes and procedures are being followed in order to maintain high levels of security compliance.
• Implementation of new processes and policies internally and externally globally.
• Work with global business on trade security initiatives.

To be successful within the role you will have:

• Proven experience in managing global supply chain programmes focused around security.
• Knowledge in trade security initiatives including C-TPAT, AEO AND TAPA.
• Previous experience in managing 3^rd party vendors.
• Experience in working with a vast range of internal and external contacts and to be able to highly influence these individuals.
• To be highly skilled in planning, coordination, presentation and communication and the ability to explain complex processes into plain English.

In return, you will receive an excellent benefits package which includes:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Bonus Scheme
• Health Care
• Pension Scheme
• Travel Loan
• Staff discount

In addition to the formal package, the company offers a real opportunity and the opportunities to further develop your skills and career and to work for a very well known, respected, and exciting retail business.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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 Application / Sales Engineer position has just become available, with one of our key clients in the North West of England. This is a client that already holds a large customer footprint globally and is able to provide technical solutions to a broad range of sectors including Motorsport, F1, Oil and Gas, Aerospace and Food Manufacturing.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining key accounts and developing new business relationships. Your UK location isn't vital so long as you're fully flexible with managing your own time on the road.

In return you will receive -

• Competitive starting salary and bonus scheme.
• Company Car, or Car allowance.
• Pension & Holiday package.
• Excellent on boarding training programme.
• Opportunity work from home and manage your own time.
• Flexible working hours.

Responsibilities include -

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

Desirable Skills/Experience/Attributes -

• Experience in a similar position (Technical Sales).
• An engineering or other relevant Engineering qualification, ideally Mechanical.
• Able to manage multiple high-value business introductions within a dynamic environment.
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive work ethic, self-driven and flexible with travel requirements.

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

Keywords relating to this position include; Account Management, New Business, Business Development, Technical Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, Technologies, Services, Customer Relationships.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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 Technical Sales Manager job opportunity has just become available, with one of our key clients in the North West of England. This is a client that already holds a large customer footprint globally and is able to provide technical solutions to a broad range of sectors including Motorsport, F1, Oil and Gas, Aerospace and Food Manufacturing.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining key accounts and developing new business relationships. Your UK location isn't vital so long as you're fully flexible with managing your own time on the road.

In return you will receive -

• Competitive starting salary and bonus scheme.
• Company Car, or Car allowance.
• Pension & Holiday package.
• Excellent on boarding training programme.
• Opportunity work from home and manage your own time.
• Flexible working hours.

Responsibilities include -

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

Desirable Skills/Experience/Attributes -

• Experience in a similar position (Technical Sales).
• An engineering or other relevant Engineering qualification, ideally Mechanical.
• Able to manage multiple high-value business introductions within a dynamic environment.
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive work ethic, self-driven and flexible with travel requirements.

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

Keywords relating to this position include; Account Management, New Business, Business Development, Technical Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, Technologies, Services, Customer Relationships.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however, we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

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.