8 Jobs Found in Greater Manchester

Would you like to work in an exciting, dynamic, environment, based in the heart of Manchester city centre? Fancy joining a world leader in their sector and have your birthday off, casual dress and some great benefits? So you like to add valuable input into your work as a Software Tester then I want to hear from you.

Responsibilities & Skills:

• Have previous system testing experience, have worked in a fast-paced agile and Windows environment.
• Creation and housekeeping of Test Plans/Cases.
• Ensure that all released software is functionally complete and stable
• Have previous hands on experience of - functional, regression, performance, usability, load testing, etc. with a good eye for detail.
• Proficient with bug / issue tracking software (JIRA, TFS) and with test case management software (Quality centre, Enterprise, TestRail)

As the successful Software Tester you will have the ability to work in high pressure environment on multiple active projects, assisting the QA Manager in defining the best processes and tools to perform QA tasks. This role will allow collaboration with Artists, Software Developers and Project Managers who work together to deliver exceptional software on time.

Benefits: Contributory pension scheme, Your Birthday off, access to a benefits website, 25 days holiday, casual dress and Life Assurance to name a few.

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.

This well-established manufacturer of plastic products is currently seeking an experienced Injection Moulding Setter Technician to join their team on a 3 shift basis, Monday to Friday.

Working at their modern facility, with the mouldshop machinery ranging from 22-500T, as setter Technician your duties will include -

• Condition setting
• Tool changing
• Troubleshooting
• Working with robots

To be successful in the role for injection Mould Setter Technician, the ideal candidate -

• Must have experience within injection moulding
• Will be able to set machines, ideally from scratch
• Be able to troubleshoot moulding issues

On offer -

• Starting salary of £25-28k depending on salary
• Overtime
• Working within a modern facility
• 37.5 hour week

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.

A BMS Technical Sales Engineer role has just become available within an Intelligent Buildings business. Home based, at the nearest office, or on the road, the successful engineering professional will offer turnkey BMS and/or Smart Metering solutions to a wide range of clients. Looking for your next career step? This well-regarded business will be paying a competitive salary and an uncapped commission's package! So long as your based in England, there could be a role for you!

The main purpose of the BMS Technical Sales Engineer role -

Use both industry knowledge and your own initiative to maintain existing client accounts and establish new business relationships.

BMS Technical Sales Engineer responsibilities include -

• Strive towards achieving sales objectives to achieve company sales goals aligned with business strategy.
• Development of sales presentations and proposals
• Set personal sales targets
• Make time-based decisions to meet challenges and maximize opportunities.
• Investigate lost sales opportunities and stagnant accounts.
• Develop effective business relationships with the relevant decision-makers in key accounts.
• Effectively understand and respond to customer concerns.
• Liaise with the Project teams during periods of solution delivery

BMS Technical Sales Engineer desirable skills/experience/attributes -

• Experience working within a similar role (BMS, or metering systems)
• Industry knowledge and ability to use market research resourcefully.
• Driven to provide engineering-based solutions to customer requirements.
• Full UK driving license and flexibility with travel requirements

BMS Technical Sales Engineer position benefits -

• Competitive salary and commission structure.
• Flexible on position location
• Friendly working environment.
• Social able working hours.
• Pension and annual leave package.
• Opportunity to work for an expanding and forward thinking engineering business.

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

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.

A BMS Technical Sales Engineer role has just become available within an Intelligent Buildings business. Home based, at the nearest office, or on the road, the successful engineering professional will offer turnkey BMS and/or Smart Metering solutions to a wide range of clients. Looking for your next career step? This well-regarded business will be paying a competitive salary and an uncapped commission's package!

The main purpose of the BMS Technical Sales Engineer role -

Use both industry knowledge and your own initiative to maintain existing client accounts and establish new business relationships.

BMS Technical Sales Engineer responsibilities include -

• Strive towards achieving sales objectives to achieve company sales goals aligned with business strategy.
• Development of sales presentations and proposals
• Set personal sales targets
• Make time-based decisions to meet challenges and maximize opportunities.
• Investigate lost sales opportunities and stagnant accounts.
• Develop effective business relationships with the relevant decision-makers in key accounts.
• Effectively understand and respond to customer concerns.
• Liaise with the Project teams during periods of solution delivery

BMS Technical Sales Engineer desirable skills/experience/attributes -

• Experience working within a similar role (BMS, or metering systems)
• Industry knowledge and ability to use market research resourcefully.
• Driven to provide engineering-based solutions to customer requirements.
• Full UK driving license and flexibility with travel requirements

BMS Technical Sales Engineer position benefits -

• Competitive salary and commission structure.
• Friendly working environment.
• Social able working hours.
• Pension and annual leave package.
• Opportunity to work for an expanding and forward thinking engineering business.

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

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.

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity within a highly successful global organisation who specialise in the industrial automotive industry? You will be based within a modern office based in either Birmingham, London Heathrow, or Manchester depending on where you are based.

This multi million pound organisation offer a great opportunity to grow within the business as well as being part of an existing Sales team. You will be an ambitious individual with a hunger to succeed and advance your career within consulting sales.

As a Sales Consultant you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Direct sales within your given territory
• 2 office days and 3 field days
• Find and follow up on business leads and schedule new business opportunities
• Meet clients and demonstrate products in order to sell effective solutions
• Work within a close knit sales team

To be successful in this role as a Sales Consultant you will have the following skills and experience:

• Degree educated in any discipline, however business/economics, scientific or a technical degree would be beneficial
• Previous sales or commercial experience
• Must have a driving licence that is valid in the UK
• Strong negotiation skills
• Have a hunger to over achieve on targets

As a Sales Consultant you will receive salary of £28k-£33k depending upon experience. The also offer a quarterly bonus, company car, advanced company pension, life cover and private healthcare, subsidised gym membership fully expenses travel and accommodation, a laptop and mobile phone. The company also offer a 4-8 week training programme which aims to give you a strong technical understanding of their products. This is only the start of a continued training package you will also receive.

If this excellent opportunity sounds like the perfect role for you then please apply today or email your CV to claire.roberts@asc-connections.com.

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.

Project Engineer

A Global Engineering business that service the Energy Transmission & Distribution sector, is looking to expand their team with a Project Engineer. Well regarded within its markets, this business offers sociable working hours, easily accessible from Manchester train station and an all-around friendly working environment for the right engineering professional.

Project Engineer Job Purpose

The role will involve direct engagement with our customers, collaboration with our design and manufacturing team in China, and working with regional interface designers and installation teams. The role will involve travelling and working away from home, predominantly in the UK and occasionally into Europe and Internationally. The successful candidate will report directly to one of our experienced Project Managers based in the UK.

Project Engineer Responsibilities include -

• • To participate in the preparation of tender documentation, including the compilation of budgets and programmes
  • To ensure the commercial terms and conditions are clear, agreed and understood by all team members.
  • To progress the project deliverables against the programme and budget, manage change control, ensure compliance with QA systems.
  • Ability to read drawings and interpret designs correctly
  • To report as required on progress internally and to the client
  • To ensure projects are completed in a timely and satisfactory manner.

To be successful in this role, we would like the ideal person to have -

• • Minimum 2 years previous employment ideally with project management / engineering experience within the ESI industry.
  • Bachelor degree or above on Electrical Engineering from a UK or overseas university
  • UK Driving Licence
  • Experience within the power industry. Major or working experience on protection & Control or Power Electronics field.

In return benefits include -

• Competitive salary.
• Friendly working environment.
• Sociable working hours.
• Easily accessible commute routes
• Pension and annual leave package.
• Working for a Global and ever-growing Engineering business.

If you've got experience working within a Project Engineer or Project Manager position, then please apply immediately.

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 CV on file to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections is a leading recruitment business specialising within areas of Engineering & Manufacturing, IT and Supply Chain & Procurement. We also recruit for Business Support roles & Executive level positions. We operate as an Employment Business or an Employment Agency for all temporary and permanent roles respectively.

This high-volume manufacturer of plastic products, that are part of a global organisation, are currently seeking an experienced Injection Moulding Setter Technician to join their team.

The role is responsible for identifying and diagnosing process faults and implementing the correct solution or, if you are unable to resolve the issue to report this to the relevant departmental representative on shift. You will be responsible for conducting daily monitoring and optimisation of processes to ensure that desired cycle times are achieved reporting any variances from this cycle time. This position will perform hand overs at both the beginning and end of the shift, therefore it is important that you can effectively communicate both verbally and written to ensure that any relevant information is transferred over to the oncoming shift.

As Injection Moulding Setter Technician your duties will include -

• Completing gate freeze off analysis and report deviations.
• Carrying out regular tool inspections, including cleaning and greasing.
• Daily monitoring and optimising of processes in order to achieve desired cycle times and report the reason for any variance of cycle times.
• Ensuring that an acceptable first off sample is produced at the start of each production run.
• Maintaining a good standard of housekeeping at all times, ensuring material spillages are cleaned up, all purging's are removed from machines and placed in appropriate bins once the material is cold.
• Setting hopper loader systems to the correct percentage for correct throughput of materials.
• Carrying out daily water heater checks and record these checks onto the attribute charts.
• Completing an effective shift handover at both the beginning and end of each shift.
• During the first and last hour of each shift ensure that all machines are checked for documentation, materials hoppers are topped up and purging's removed prior to handing over to the oncoming shift.

To be successful in the role of Injection Moulding Setter Technician, the ideal Candidate -

• Will be experienced in Injection Moulding
• Must be qualified to IMT Level 3 or equivalent (G&A/RJG)
• Have previous experience of using hot runner systems
• Will be able to set from scratch, process optimise and trouble shoot moulding/process/tooling issues.
• Will have excellent communication skills.

On offer -

• Salary of up to £33,650 per annum (inc. shift premium)
• Shift Pattern = 07.00-19.00 x 2 days, 19.00-07.00 x 2 nights, 4 on 4 off pattern
• Contributory pension scheme with up to 4% contribution from the company.
• Bonus
• Life assurance
• Access to subsidised canteen.
• Free onsite parking

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 CV on file to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections is a leading recruitment business specialising within areas of Technical, Business and IT services. We operate as an Employment Business or an Employment Agency for all temporary and permanent roles respectively.

A South Manchester based calibration engineer is required for a multi national engineering company based in the UK. The role requires you to calibrate and service a wide range of hand held instruments used within all types of industries. It's a permanent role paying up to £28K basic, plus company vehicle, bonus and other benefits.

The company

A global leader within temperature measuring equipment, they employ over 10,000 staff across 47 different countries globally. They specialise in the manufacture of hand held temperature measuring instruments, and provide full after care and service of the devices as part of a service package. They have a strong team of service engineers across the UK, along with direct support from supervisors and area managers.

The Role

Duties and responsibilities include -

- To cover the South Manchester and surrounding area with daily customer site visits
- On site calibration of both company and third party testing instruments
- Analyse pressure telemetry, checking flow rates, leakage and temperature loss investigation
- Providing on site customer support, technical advice and troubleshooting where necessary
- Telephone, email, fax or face to face customer support
- Adhere to site safety rules, permit to work systems and carry out risk assessments
- Ensure your calibration tool kit is in good working order and within its calibration dates
- You are responsible for ensuring the relevant parts of your tool kit is sent back to head office for re calibration in a timely manner
- Use of the reporting system to generate and issue reports from each calibration carried out
- Collection and logging of simple device information into web-enabled asset management system

Standard 40hrs per week Mon to Fri with no overtime expected or required, as all calibration site work is carried out during normal working hours.

The suitable candidate

The suitable calibration engineer will have the following demonstrable skills -

- ONC or equivalent in electrical / electronic instrumentation
- Technical background within service or calibration of hand held instruments, preferably heat or thermal measuring equipment
- Solid awareness of health & safety, good working practices and customer facing skills
- Good level of IT literacy to carry out the report writing, and to submit key information to the online asset management system

Package on offer

- Basic salary of up to £28K, and is potentially negotiable for the ideal candidate
- Company car, fuel card and personal mileage allowance
- Bonus scheme which is tailored to the engineer
- 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (holiday increases per year too)
- Private pension scheme
- 2 weeks training at head office in Manchester, including all expenses and hotels paid for.

This is a great opportunity to join a well established service team, within a corporate business that still has a family feel to how they treat and grow their staff. It also offers a great training programme with future career growth prospects too.

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 CV on file to consider you for future opportunities.

ASC Connections is a leading recruitment business specialising within areas of Technical, Business and IT services. We operate as an Employment Business or an Employment Agency for all temporary and permanent roles respectively.