7 Jobs Found in Northampton

A globally recognized 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.

Head of Operations

As the Head of Operations for this technology-based business you will lead a cross functional team to deliver a high-class service to its customer base within the UK and across the globe. You will create an environment which allows each individual to shine and deliver the best possible service to it's customer base.

You will also be tasked with not only managing some of the UK operations but assisting and facilitating the opening of strategic operational sites across key global markets such as Australia.

The business performs a specific function to their clients that allows the expansion of their headcount with high quality, vetted applicants. This is a real high-volume business delivering it's service to and interacting with hundreds of thousands of people each year.

If you are looking to join an established, successful business with global growth plans then read on.

Key Responsibilities ad their Head of Operations

• Enable to the business to deliver a first-class service by ensuring that the operation has the right processes, procedures, environment, and expertise in place. This will include the use of all technologies available.
• Devise and implement a platform and strategy that enables the UK business to be replicated at key locations globally.
• Being part of the senior leadership team, you will be instrumental in the opening and management of new global operations.
• Build relationships and lead the development of new partners, such as 3^rd party businesses to assist on the running of new global operations.
• Build, develop and lead the people within your team, empowering each of them to excel, in turn delivering the highest standards of work.

We would love to hear from you if you are, or have operated as Senior/Head of Operations role within a fast paced, high volume business. It woudl be a distinct advantage if you have led or been part of a business global expansion and you have managed an international operation.

To succeed as their Head of Operations you really need to have a high interest in technology and to be constantly on the lookout for ways in which to use technology to assist in the automation of some processes.

You should be able build, lead and influence a team of people to understand and believe in your business strategy.

The business has been established for over 10 years and is a technology services provider to a range of industries. It operates from a head office in Bedfordshire.

This is a Hybrid role and you will receive a base salary, 25 days leave plus bank holidays, a reward scheme, excellent working conditions, team, and business events. There are plans for 2023 to greatly improve employee benefits.

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 global business offering mass-volume manufacturing solutions to markets such as healthcare and food & beverage is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their team, working on a continental shift pattern.

The Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer will predominantly be working reactively on breakdowns in a plastics manufacturing facility, ensuring production continues to run efficiently with minimum disruption.

As a Maintenance Engineer, your duties will include -

• Fault finding and diagnostics in reactive breakdown situations on a variety of production machinery to include extruders and site services, and routine safety inspections.
• Ensuring all breakdowns are dealt with promptly and efficiently.
• Engaging with the operations team to provide proactive support to the plant and equipment, maximising production output.
• Tenacity in approach to incident management and actively pursue investigations to identify root causes.
• Using initiative and confidently make sound decisions quickly based on knowledge, experience and best practice.

To be successful in the role of Maintenance Engineer, the ideal candidate will -

• Have a time-served apprenticeship (or equivalent) and a recognised qualification in a related discipline (minimum qualification of NVQ level 3).
• Have held the same job title or similar such as Maintenance Technician or Electrical Engineer.
• Have experience of working in an engineering manufacturing environment on machines that convert a raw material into a product that incorporate electrical, mechanical, hydraulics/pneumatics.
• Will be results orientated, with ability to deliver results in a rapidly changing environment and with excellent attention to detail.

On offer -

• A salary of £35 - 39K depending on experience.
• Working a Continental 3 on 3 off shift pattern.

Based in Northamptonshire, this role is commutable from Peterborough, Kettering, Towcester, Bedford and Huntingdon

Apply now to start 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.

Are you an experienced applications engineer looking to work for a leading OEM of CNC Machine Tools? Fed up of the same 4 walls, and would prefer to be in front of customers? Maybe you're looking to work for a financially secure business that is globally recognized?

Renowned for exceptional quality and reliability, this business supplies machine tools globally, selling brand new CNC machines in huge quantities. As part of their growth plan, they're looking to hire experienced applications engineers into the team. They have a head office here in the UK for equipment storage, refurbishment, and distribution, as well as a global headquarters outside of the UK where the equipment is built.

Responsibilities for the CNC Applications Engineer include -

• Design and preparation of customer demo's, as well as creating programmes and cycle time estimations for projects
• Providing turnkey solutions to customers with efficient programming of parts or brand new jobs
• Programming of FANUC multi axis lathes using CAM software and long hand using G&M code
• Assisting with brand new machine commissioning both at head office, and on site with customers
• Providing customers and end users with training, troubleshooting and applications support
• Use of various types of CAM Packages for producing programmes

You'll be working within an already established team of engineers, collaborating and working towards the same goal, so being able to work effectively with colleagues, as well as representing the brand on site with customers is absolutely essential.

A lot of travel will be required in this role too, so having the flexibility to cover various areas of the UK, and work away from home with overnight stays is also essential.

We would love to hear from you've previously worked in any of the following roles -

- Applications Engineer, Turning Applications specialist CNC Programmer, CAM Programmer, CNC Manufacturing Engineer
- Ability to programme turning lathes, and ideally machining centres
- Strong knowledge of at least 2 types of CAM software packages
- Experience working with FANUC controls
- Willingness to travel nationally, and be prepared to stay overnight if required
- Clean driving license

Benefits include

- An excellent base salary circa £38K depending on experience,
- OTE of £45K with bonus paid monthly
- Hybrid company car
- Mobile phone & laptop
- 30 days holiday
- Private pension, long term illness cover, death in service cover
- Quarterly parties and team get togethers

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 growing, market-leading manufacturer are recruiting a forward-thinking, pro-active Purchasing Assistant to work form their Brixworth manufacturing facility. The facility is well established and will join an experienced team of individuals and work for a business with a very strong order book. The company offer 25 days leave plus statutory days, pension, life assurance and a health plan.

You will support the Purchasing team and ensure that the business can hit all production targets by having the right level of materials in line with the production plan. You will assist the business by ensuring purchasing processes are being followed and the business has up to date data and reports.

As the Purchasing Administrator you will support the company in:

• Onboarding new suppliers and act as a conduit between the business, suppliers, and the purchasing team.
• The generation of communication between the business and the supply base.
• The capture of key supplier data ensuring thew adherence of KPI's and supplier performance.

To be successful within the role you will have:

• Previous experience within purchasing as an assistant or buyer, ideally within a manufacturing business.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret data.
• Excellent people skills and the ability to develop relationships both internally and externally
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Packages
• Ability to use MRP systems

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

This role will involve a lot of product training and investment from the company to bring you up to date with their full machine tool range. Once fully trained, this role would require someone flexible enough to work in the UK, Europe and sometimes worldwide depending on projects that are happening.

Responsibilities for the service engineer include -

• Worldwide travel to carry out breakdown repairs and maintenance of CNC Machines including multi axis Mills and Lathes
• Routine service and inspections, as well as fault finding
• Carrying out both mechanical and minor electrical repairs to the machinery
• 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

Product training in Germany will be 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 in UK, Europe and worldwide, with extensive time away from home when necessary
- Clean driving license

Benefits include an excellent base salary of circa £41K depending on experience, salary review after successful probation, plus an OTE of £55K with overtime weekday / weekends, company vehicle with a choice of car or car allowance, meal allowances, mobile phone & laptop, 33 days holiday, death in service insurance, and a private pension

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.