PRODUCTION MANAGER

"Excellent opportunity to for lean engineering professional to join key strategic site within a market leader as P:roduction Manager".

£Very Competitive Bonus & Benefits including Relocation Assistance

East Lothian, Scotland

Commutable from: Edinburgh, Berwick upon Tweed, Dunbar, North Berwick, Haddington, East Linton, Musselbergh, South Queensferry, Livingston, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg, Bathgate, Glasgow, Coatbridge

Our client is a market leader within the construction materials sector and operates several plants in the UK.
Our client is a seeking degree educated Production Manager at a strategically important site located in Scotland. The site is currently focused on transformation including equipment upgrade to streamline processes, improve cost effectiveness and efficiency in order to meet rising volumes/throughput. You will play a key role in driving the production department's contributions and changes to support plant performance and reliability goals. Ideally you will have previous heavy industrial processing operations/production coordination or management experience and will be experienced at managing shift teams, contractors and day support teams. You will be familiar with working cross functionally with colleagues across maintenance and process optimisation as well senior management on site.

The Role:
As Assistant Production Manager you will be responsible for managing the operation of the Shift teams to optimise performance, improve reliability and achieve the works and departmental KPIs and objectives for safety, housekeeping, environment, quality, production, and costs.

This will also include performance monitoring and incident investigation relating to shift production activities. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will also supervise the department's day support teams and contractors on routine tasks.

The role will also require effective coordination with the maintenance engineering and process optimisation teams to improve performance and develop the reliability strategy.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Educated to minimum HND/University degree in Engineering
• NEBOSH Certificate preferred. Experience of ISO 14001 an ISO 18001 highly advantageous.
• At least 5 years' experience in a supervisory or management role within a heavy industrial manufacturing/ production operations environment.
• Strong people management skills, preferably at least 3 years' experience of managing a function or team in a results orientated environment.
• Excellent knowledge of a heavy industrial Manufacturing Process and/or Production operations eg cement, bricks, chemicals, steel, glass, building materials, energy/power or similar
• High awareness of safety, quality and environmental issues. Lean CI approach.
• An understanding of maintenance practices and requirements would be an advantage.
• Computer Literate in MS Office packages, Pi and Maximo or SAP

Our client offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package including bonus.
To apply, without delay, please email your CV quoting reference LX 949205

MRO Field Service Planning & Logistics Coordinator - Inverness, Highlands

"A challenging opportunity for a field service planning and logistics coordinator to undertake resource planning and work schedule allowance to a national, remotely based, field service MRO maintenance and repair team."

Salary c£28000 Excellent Benefits

Location: Inverness, Highlands, Scotland

Are you looking for a role that is office based with Hybrid working available?

How would you like to be a part of one of the world's leading renewable energy companies?

As a result of continued growth, they now require a Field Service Planning & Logistics Coordinator.

Our client needs someone with your experience of planning and coordination for its national field service maintenance and repair team. You will undertake resource planning allocating and planning work schedules to cover both planned maintenance and repair of its equipment. You will work with an internal technical support and customer account to ensure that remotely and regionally based 2-man teams of field service maintenance and repair technicians are accurately and efficiently dispatched to undertake work across various regions and multiple locations in the UK & Scotland ensuring excellent customer service.

The role of Field Service Planning & Logistics Coordinator would suit an individual who has excellent teamworking skills and who are, by nature, proactive and diplomatic.

The Role:

• Coordinate and plan the movements of service technicians undertaking mechanical and electrical maintenance and repair including emergency repair of equipment, ensuring their travel route and schedule is effective and efficient. Being mindful of individual capabilities/ skill sets. The objective being to have the right skill set with the right tools/materials in appropriate vehicle to access site and deliver the specific scope of work.
• Maintain consistent, positive and effective communication with in-house technicians to ensure smooth transition of teams to faults & planned preventative maintenance works
• Ensure that all necessary resources are planned to ensure efficient maintenance schedules and no lost time.
• Planning on going maintenance alongside daily emergency repair planning whilst still monitoring and updating the overall maintenance service plan.
• Day to day contact with customers relating to operational and equipment breakdown related service queries.
• Arranging induction requirements for technicians where sites require, ahead of attendance
• Liaison with Statutory Inspection coordinator when planning to avoid site conflicts of interest
• Provide effective manpower handover to the internal technical support team at the end of the working day to ensure effective continuation of service including updates on daily events and issues where required
• Work with the team leaders and Area Managers to organise and promote on call duties and rotas for weekends, bank holidays and other cover where required. Ensure there is full coverage and support for weekend working and cover
• To keep track of where outdoor employees are at any given time. Manage outdoor employees' bookings on and off as part of Health & Safety/ duty of care
• To keep a record of service technician's sickness, other absences, training courses and working hours
• Authorise technicians' holidays making sure that you always check their current entitlement beforehand
• If and where necessary, provide a tactful and empathetic response to technician's questions and queries

The Ideal Candidate:

• Educated to A level/HND/Degree level in business administration, logistics or engineering
• Currently undertaking a resource planning and coordination role within field service engineering, maintenance and repair operations, logistic/traffic planning, warehousing/distribution, or other similar environments.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, used to multi-tasking dealing with planned schedules of work e.g. maintenance and also emergency issues such as repairs or urgent despatches.
• Confident and used to liaising and communicating with remotely based employees or employees who are going to be out in the field undertaking repairs or making deliveries.
• Highly customer service focused and used to communicating with and updating customers in a timely, tactful, and diplomatic manner.
• A team player used to working cross functionally with colleagues in engineering/logistics, technical support, and customer service to ensure that our client's customer service promises are met.
• Calm and professional manner.
• A good geographical knowledge of the UK.
• Systems literate to undertake planning. MS office proficient, SAP experience, SCADA usage would be advantageous.

In return our client offers a competitive base salary plus benefits including hybrid working available.

SENIOR PROCESS OPTIMISATION ENGINEER

"Excellent opportunity for experienced chemical process engineer to join a flagship heavy industrial processing & manufacturing plant."

Salary: Competitive Bonus Benefits

Cheshire/Derbyshire Borders

Commutable from: Derbyshire, Cheshire, Manchester, Staffordshire, Macclesfield, Chapel en le Frith, Leek, Stoke on Trent, Stockport, Buxton, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Matlock, Burton on Trent, Ashbourne, Belper, Rotherham, Dronfield, Worksop.

This is an exciting career development opportunity for a degree educated and ambitious Chemical Engineer to join the plant optimisation team of a UK market leader.

Reporting to a Site Optimisation Manager and working closely with production, maintenance, project and environmental management colleagues, you will play a key role in developing and leading the optimisation of technical, HSE and quality, environmental and economic performance of the cement operation, whilst ensuring legal compliance.

The main elements of the role are to:

• Leading safety in the Optimisation team, demonstrating a clear commitment to achieving zero harm on the Plant. Ensuring that high safety standards are met, coaching and challenging others to work safely.
• Manage and develop team members; coach and support to develop individual's technical skills and develop their understanding of the wider business issues relevant to their job.
• Analyse plant technical information on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to advise production, quality, environment, systems and maintenance departments on improvement opportunities.
• Advise production and quality departments on plant running parameters / targets.
• Organise and contribute to the implementation of process inspections (both running and stopped) on main plant as per IPEA guidelines and Plant needs. Report the findings and liaise with relevant departments so that findings and recommendations are followed-up and actions progressed.
• In partnership with production department, develop and update the Standard Operating Procedures for Control Room Operators so that the plant is running at optimum level at all times.
• Contribute to root cause analysis process for stoppages related to process/production issues.
• Contribute to scope definition and then integration on site of capital projects impacting process. Depending on projects, he/she may be in charge of the Operational preparation.
• The role would be expected to cover the Optimisation Manager and any other reasonable duty in relation to the role.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Chemical Engineering / related Degree is ideal or equivalent
• IChemE associated - working towards or willing to attain chartered engineer status.
• NEBOSH qualification or equivalent would be desirable
• 5 years proven experience in the chemical process engineering industry is required for this role. This could be steel, cement, chemicals, minerals, glass or similar heavy processing industries.
• Candidates with a chemical engineering degree and recent or current in-depth experience as a process engineer or process optimisation engineer role gained within a minerals processing/manufacturing plant may also be considered.
• In-depth knowledge and direct hands on experience of the cement manufacturing process (or minerals processing).
• Strong foundation skills in physics, chemistry, thermodynamics and IT. Strong knowledge of physico-chemical products.
• Waste-derived fuel knowledge and experience such as alternative fuels implementation projects.
• Excellent analytical skills, and ability to deal with complex matters involving a lot of data.
• Strong IT skills, in particular proficient in the use of Pi and MS office packages
• Environmental awareness in relation to developing a positive impact on the business.
• Good knowledge of process control methods and statistical methods for troubleshooting.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Competent to assist the development of production operators to enhance the effectiveness of the process.
• High safety standards and a wide knowledge of Health and Safety management techniques (e.g. Risk Assessments).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Persuasion and influencing skills

Our client offers excellent development and the opportunity to make a real difference in a business that really values its people.

MRO Field Service Planning & Logistics Coordinator - Part Time/Job Share/Weekend Working

"A challenging opportunity for a field service planning and logistics coordinator to undertake resource planning and work schedule allowance to a national, remotely based, field service MRO maintenance and repair team."

Salary c£28000 Excellent Benefits (Working Days: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday -Job Share Available)

Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire (Hybrid Working)

Commutable from Bedford, Cambridge, Peterborough, Ely, Kettering, Corby.

Are you looking for a role that is office based with Hybrid working available?

How would you like to be a part of one of the world's leading renewable energy companies?

As a result of continued growth, they now require a Field Service Planning & Logistics Coordinator.

Our client needs someone with your experience of planning and coordination for its national field service maintenance and repair team. You will undertake resource planning allocating and planning work schedules to cover both planned maintenance and repair of its equipment. You will work with an internal technical support and customer account to ensure that remotely and regionally based 2-man teams of field service maintenance and repair technicians are accurately and efficiently dispatched to undertake work across various regions and multiple locations in the UK & Scotland ensuring excellent customer service.

The role of Field Service Planning & Logistics Coordinator would suit an individual who has excellent teamworking skills and who are, by nature, proactive and diplomatic.

The role:

• Coordinate and plan the movements of service technicians undertaking mechanical and electrical maintenance and repair including emergency repair of equipment, ensuring their travel route and schedule is effective and efficient. Being mindful of individual capabilities/ skill sets. The objective being to have the right skill set with the right tools/materials in appropriate vehicle to access site and deliver the specific scope of work.
• Maintain consistent, positive and effective communication with in-house technicians to ensure smooth transition of teams to faults & planned preventative maintenance works
• Ensure that all necessary resources are planned to ensure efficient maintenance schedules and no lost time.
• Planning on going maintenance alongside daily emergency repair planning whilst still monitoring and updating the overall maintenance service plan.
• Day to day contact with customers relating to operational and equipment breakdown related service queries.
• Arranging induction requirements for technicians where sites require, ahead of attendance
• Liaison with Statutory Inspection coordinator when planning to avoid site conflicts of interest
• Provide effective manpower handover to the internal technical support team at the end of the working day to ensure effective continuation of service including updates on daily events and issues where required
• Work with the team leaders and Area Managers to organise and promote on call duties and rotas for weekends, bank holidays and other cover where required. Ensure there is full coverage and support for weekend working and cover
• To keep track of where outdoor employees are at any given time. Manage outdoor employees' bookings on and off as part of Health & Safety/ duty of care
• To keep a record of service technician's sickness, other absences, training courses and working hours
• Authorise technicians' holidays making sure that you always check their current entitlement beforehand
• If and where necessary, provide a tactful and empathetic response to technician's questions and queries

The ideal candidate:

• Educated to A level/HND/Degree level in business administration, logistics or engineering
• Currently undertaking a resource planning and coordination role within field service engineering, maintenance and repair operations, logistic/traffic planning, warehousing/distribution, or other similar environments.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, used to multi-tasking dealing with planned schedules of work e.g. maintenance and also emergency issues such as repairs or urgent despatches.
• Confident and used to liaising and communicating with remotely based employees or employees who are going to be out in the field undertaking repairs or making deliveries.
• Highly customer service focused and used to communicating with and updating customers in a timely, tactful, and diplomatic manner.
• A team player used to working cross functionally with colleagues in engineering/logistics, technical support, and customer service to ensure that our client's customer service promises are met.
• Calm and professional manner.
• A good geographical knowledge of the UK.
• Systems literate to undertake planning. MS office proficient, SAP experience, SCADA usage would be advantageous.

In return our client offers a competitive base salary plus benefits including hybrid working available.

SENIOR OPERATIONS DIRECTOR - RETAIL LOGISTICS OPERATIONS

"3PL Grocery Retail Logistics operations. A fantastic opportunity for experienced grocery logistics professional with excellent multi-site, grocery retail DC operations management expertise to take the lead on high profile retail account."

£Competitive Car Allowance Bonus Benefits

Actual Job Location: South East Asia

We're seeking a high-profile individual to lead the further development and optimisation of multi-site logistics operations for one of South East Asia's largest grocery retailers. This role is perfect if you have experience leading large scale, complex projects in an international environment with primarily FMCG retail clients.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing multiple automated and semi-automated composite distribution centres. With experience as a 3PL General Manager or Site Operational Leader/Director this position requires an individual who can provide strategic leadership while improving the operational performance of the warehousing and transport logistics operations.

As Senior Operations Director, you will be responsible for leading a team committed to providing unparalleled service and support by delivering on challenging KPIs. Alongside this, you'll work closely with the VPs of key clients to build out an excellent client-focused approach while driving growth across the business. Therefore you will demonstrate a strong expertise in commercial and key account management within 3PL contract logistics.

To succeed in this role, you will be university degree educated in a business, logistics, or engineering discipline, and may have benefitted from an in-depth management development programme either with a large 3PL or a food/grocery retailer. This will have encompassed a series of 3PL operational leadership roles covering both warehousing and transport.

In addition, you should be able to demonstrate project work culminating in your current or most recent senior operational role as a GM/Regional Manager or Director of one or more DCs. Ideally, large scale multi-temperature FMCG retail NDCs or RDCs employing at least 300-1000 staff.

With complementary skills in project management and continuous improvement, you will have the skills to reduce costs while increasing efficiencies. You'll be able to take on new site openings and large-scale physical or systems redesigns without any problem because of your expertise with fully functional operations, delivering high levels of accuracy within retail distribution centres.

You are a strategic and commercially minded individual with experience in shaping plans and implementing cost-saving initiatives in large retail FMCG operations. You have successfully led teams through periods of change as they improved their performance while achieving results that met or exceed business goals. Ultimately, you'll have the desire to progress to VP level in our client's business, shaping the company for the future.

Our client feels the ideal candidate for this role will have a degree in business, logistics, or engineering and be resilient, with an energetic personality that can embrace challenges. In addition, you'll need to be committed to business success, and your previous development reviews will indicate you're already a high-potential leader.

Operationally, you'll take charge of all the aspects of our client's warehousing and distribution business. This includes running a retail pick, pack, and despatch operation and a multi-drop primary transport function. In addition, your team are responsible for delivering goods on time at competitive prices within budget while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction every step along the way.

You'll need excellent financial management skills to manage the £60m business under your control. A challenging task, but your unparalleled attention, detail and self-control drive will serve you well.

Previous experience of working abroad or extended periods of travel to APAC, Middle East or other developing/emerging markets will be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite. However, you will need to be able to adapt to a different cultural style quickly. Your people management and leadership approach will respect loyalty and engenders trust whilst remaining highly results-driven and focused on success.

Our client offers a competitive salary (low tax) and benefits such as a car, bonus, pension, healthcare and fantastic career development. In addition, relocation assistance will be provided, including short-term rental support and school fees.

To apply without delay and for a confidential discussion, please send your CV in word format, quoting reference LX 1035143 for the attention of Roheela Khan Telephone 00 44 (0) 1905 381 320 www.martinveasey.com

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR - 3PL RETAIL DISTRIBUTION CENTRES

"3PL Grocery Retail Logistics operations. A fantastic opportunity for experienced grocery logistics professional with excellent multi-site, grocery retail DC operations management expertise to take the lead on high profile retail account."

£Competitive Car Allowance Bonus Benefits

Actual Job Location: South East Asia

Our client is one of the world's most successful third-party logistics service providers with an impressive portfolio of blue-chip multinational accounts across various industry sectors.

As a result of rapid promotion, we are recruiting for this role again. This role is a high profile one, taking the lead in developing and optimising multi-site logistics operations for one of South East Asia's largest grocery retailers.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing two automated and semi-automated amient and composite distribution centres. With experience as a 3PL General Manager or Site Lead, this position requires an individual who can provide strategic leadership while improving the operational performance of the warehousing and transport logistics operations.

As an Operations Director, you will be responsible for leading a team committed to providing unparalleled service and support by delivering on challenging KPIs. Alongside this, you'll work closely with the senior leadership teams of key clients to build out an excellent client-focused approach while driving growth across the business. Therefore strong commercial and key account management expertise gained in 3PL will be critical to success.

To succeed in this role, you will be university degree educated in a business, logistics, or engineering discipline. You may have benefitted from an in-depth management development programme with a large 3PL or a food/grocery retailer. This will have encompassed a series of 3PL operational leadership roles covering both warehousing and transport (including the acquisition of a CPC).

In addition, you should be able to demonstrate project work culminating in your current or most recent senior operational role as a GM/Regional Manager or Director of a DC. Ideally, large scale multi-temperature FMCG retail NDCs or RDCs employing at least 200-300 staff.

Your 3PL experience will have included extensive contract account management and client stakeholder engagement. Either in-house or within a 3PL, you will have built up your project management and continuous improvement skills to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. You may already have been involved in new site openings through to large scale physical and systems redesigns. This will all have been achieved whilst ensuring that operations remain fully functional, delivering high levels of accuracy and on-time delivery within a retail DC.

You are a strategic and commercially minded individual with experience in shaping plans and implementing cost-saving initiatives in large retail FMCG operations. You have successfully led teams through periods of change as they improved their performance while achieving results that met or exceeded business goals. Ultimately, you'll have the desire to progress to senior/VP level in our client's business, shaping the company for the future.

Our client feels the ideal candidate for this role will have a degree in business, logistics, or engineering and be resilient, with an energetic personality that can embrace challenges. In addition, you'll need to be committed to business success, and your previous development reviews will indicate you're already a high-potential leader.

Operationally, you'll take charge of all the aspects of our client's warehousing and distribution business. This includes running a retail pick, pack, and despatch operation and a multi-drop primary transport function. In addition, your team are responsible for delivering goods on time at competitive prices within budget while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction every step along the way.

You'll need excellent financial management skills to manage the £60m business under your control. A challenging task, but your unparalleled attention, detail and self-control drive will serve you well. In addition, you will be comfortable persuading, influencing and presenting at both shop floor and director level internally and externally to the client.

Previous experience of working abroad or extended periods of travel to the APAC, Middle East, LatAm or other developing markets will be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite. However, you will need to be able to adapt to a different cultural style quickly. Your people management and leadership approach will respect loyalty and engenders trust whilst remaining highly results-driven and focused on success.

In return, our client offers a competitive salary (low tax) and very low cost of living and benefits such as car, bonus, pension, healthcare and fantastic career development. In addition, relocation assistance will be provided, including short term rental support and school fees.

To apply without delay and for a confidential discussion, please send your CV in word format, quoting reference LX 1035140 for the attention of Roheela Khan Telephone 00 44 (0) 1905 381 320 www.martinveasey.com

GRADUATE TRAINEE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT

£Very Competitive Benefits Commission/Bonus

Nr Pershore, Worcestershire

What's your mental picture when you think of a Recruitment Consultant?

You'll probably think of a power-dressing, sales beast with an expensive watch and loud voice who uses phrases like 'Work hard, play hard' and 'Go hard or go home'.

If you fancy a career in recruitment based on that picture, then you're not for us. Sorry, but we need someone very different.

Why?

Because we're the type of recruitment agency that uses the word 'professional' in its purest sense. During the past thirty-five years, we've built our business by giving our customers a high-quality, professional service. It's a simple but effective policy as they keep coming back to us for their recruitment requirements.

We now need to expand our team and want to invest in someone like you to become a successful and professional recruitment consultant. And we prefer the word 'invest' than 'train' because, like all good investments, we're in it for the long term and know that we have to allow time for our investment to mature.

Our first investment will be to develop you for your future career in recruitment.  This includes our own in-house and online learning courses to support you plus external recruitment coaching and training with some of the UK’s best recruitment trainers.

While you're learning the theory through these highly structured courses, we will give you practical experience by placing you alongside an experienced recruitment consultant. There's no substitute for practical learning and having that mentor to guide you through the recruitment process is a crucial part of your development.

And we know all of that learning takes time, so we have realistic expectations that you will focus your first three to six months on education, not billing. Our experience tells us that the billing takes care of itself in the future if we get the learning part right.

As for your background, we expect you to be degree qualified in a business or technical discipline and have a desire to work in a sales-based role. Like all sales roles, your personality will dictate your success and having natural confidence with the ability to communicate clearly and maturely with people will be critical to your career.

With much of our training being in-house via local training providers or via webinar, you will need to live within a commutable distance of our offices near Worcester, so possible locations could include Worcester, Cheltenham, Pershore, Gloucester, Warwick, Stratford, Kidderminster, Droitwich or Stourbridge, Hereford, Ledbury, Evesham, Malvern, Redditch, Alcester, Bromsgrove, Stourport.

SENIOR PROCESS OPTIMISATION ENGINEER

"Excellent opportunity for experienced chemical process engineer to join a flagship heavy industrial processing & manufacturing plant."

Salary: Competitive + Bonus +Blue Chip Benefits

Cheshire/Derbyshire Borders

Commutable from: Derbyshire, Cheshire, Manchester, Staffordshire, Macclesfield, Chapel en le Frith, Leek, Stoke on Trent, Stockport, Buxton, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Matlock, Burton on Trent, Ashbourne, Belper, Rotherham, Dronfield, Worksop.

This is an exciting career development opportunity for a degree educated and ambitious Chemical Engineer to join the plant optimisation team of a UK market leader.

Reporting to a Site Optimisation Manager and working closely with production, maintenance, project and environmental management colleagues, you will play a key role in developing and leading the optimisation of technical, HSE and quality, environmental and economic performance of the cement operation, whilst ensuring legal compliance.

The main elements of the role are to:

• Leading safety in the Optimisation team, demonstrating a clear commitment to achieving zero harm on the Plant. Ensuring that high safety standards are met, coaching and challenging others to work safely.
• Manage and develop team members; coach and support to develop individual's technical skills and develop their understanding of the wider business issues relevant to their job.
• Analyse plant technical information on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to advise production, quality, environment, systems and maintenance departments on improvement opportunities.
• Advise production and quality departments on plant running parameters / targets.
• Organise and contribute to the implementation of process inspections (both running and stopped) on main plant as per IPEA guidelines and Plant needs. Report the findings and liaise with relevant departments so that findings and recommendations are followed-up and actions progressed.
• In partnership with production department, develop and update the Standard Operating Procedures for Control Room Operators so that the plant is running at optimum level at all times.
• Contribute to root cause analysis process for stoppages related to process/production issues.
• Contribute to scope definition and then integration on site of capital projects impacting process. Depending on projects, he/she may be in charge of the Operational preparation.
• The role would be expected to cover the Optimisation Manager and any other reasonable duty in relation to the role.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Chemical Engineering / related Degree is ideal or equivalent
• IChemE associated - working towards or willing to attain chartered engineer status.
• NEBOSH qualification or equivalent would be desirable
• 5 years proven experience in the chemical process engineering industry is required for this role. This could be steel, cement, chemicals, minerals, glass or similar heavy processing industries.
• Candidates with a chemical engineering degree and recent or current in-depth experience as a process engineer or process optimisation engineer role gained within a minerals processing/manufacturing plant may also be considered.
• In-depth knowledge and direct hands on experience of the cement manufacturing process (or minerals processing).
• Strong foundation skills in physics, chemistry, thermodynamics and IT. Strong knowledge of physico-chemical products.
• Waste-derived fuel knowledge and experience such as alternative fuels implementation projects.
• Excellent analytical skills, and ability to deal with complex matters involving a lot of data.
• Strong IT skills, in particular proficient in the use of Pi and MS office packages
• Environmental awareness in relation to developing a positive impact on the business.
• Good knowledge of process control methods and statistical methods for troubleshooting.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Competent to assist the development of production operators to enhance the effectiveness of the process.
• High safety standards and a wide knowledge of Health and Safety management techniques (e.g. Risk Assessments).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Persuasion and influencing skills

Our client offers excellent development and the opportunity to make a real difference in a business that really values its people.

To apply without delay, please email your CV, quoting reference LX 1025976 01905 381 320 www.martinveasey.com

First Line IT Technician - Inverness, Highlands

Salary c£26,500 Excellent Benefits

Location: Inverness, Highlands, Scotland (Hybrid Working - Office & Remote Home Working)

Are you looking for a role that is office based with Hybrid working available?

How would you like to be a part of one of the world's leading renewable energy companies?

As a result of continued growth, they now require an IT technician.

Our client needs someone with your experience of solving technical and application problems for its IT team. You will undertake installations and configuration of computer systems, diagnose hardware and software faults and provide technical support and solutions either over the phone or in person. You will play a crucial role in helping rectify systems and rolling out new I.T initiatives. You will be the 1st point of contact for all IT based questions.

This role may involve travel to other locations to assist and therefore the job holder must possess a full UK driving licence.

The role of IT technician would suit an individual who has great interpersonal skills that can provide solutions to technical problem either on the phone or in person and who are, by nature, reactive and diplomatic.

The Role:

• Liaise with head office to help rectify systems and roll out new I.T initiatives.
• Maintain, problem solve and manage all in-house telecommunications systems.
• Answer incoming calls from technicians regarding software / hardware faults and ensure that their problems are responded to efficiently and they are provided with a solution or, their problems is escalated to the next appropriate level.
• Configuring, maintaining and fixing of all software and hardware.
• Maintain Networks and all associated infrastructure.
• Provide a phone service for technicians and 1st point of contact for all IT based questions.
• Produce accurate paper based and computerised reports where and when required.
• Configure and maintain Windows 10 based systems.
• Advise where required on data protection and the storage of confidential and personal data.
• Configuration of some aspects of lotus notes and associated databases.
• When and where necessary, travel to customer sites throughout the UK.
• Support with IT inventory - asset tag all equipment and manage the yearly IT inventory of all teams.
• Supporting and resolving VPN links.
• Support with all IT equipment for indoor and outdoor staff.
• Support Ireland when necessary.
• Providing training for end users.
• Planning and rolling out new technologies across the UK.
• On-call duties when required.
• Supporting / logging / monitoring the ticket system.
• Support with all wireless connections for teams and indoor staff.
• Support the use of all mobile devices.
• Configure and maintain sap on all indoor and field technicians' laptops.
• Support and Train new IT staff.
• Support new IT projects

The ideal candidate:

• Minimum Qualification: CompTIA A and Network
• Ideally 3 years minimum 1st level support or higher
• Network and server experience is desirable
• Customer service and phone support experience is essential

In return our client offers a competitive base salary plus benefits including hybrid working available.

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GRADUATE TRAINEE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT

£Very Competitive Benefits Commission/Bonus

Nr Pershore, Worcestershire

What's your mental picture when you think of a Recruitment Consultant?

You'll probably think of a power-dressing, sales beast with an expensive watch and loud voice who uses phrases like 'Work hard, play hard' and 'Go hard or go home'.

If you fancy a career in recruitment based on that picture, then you're not for us. Sorry, but we need someone very different.

Why?

Because we're the type of recruitment agency that uses the word 'professional' in its purest sense. During the past thirty-five years, we've built our business by giving our customers a high-quality, professional service. It's a simple but effective policy as they keep coming back to us for their recruitment requirements.

We now need to expand our team and want to invest in someone like you to become a successful and professional recruitment consultant. And we prefer the word 'invest' than 'train' because, like all good investments, we're in it for the long term and know that we have to allow time for our investment to mature.

Our first investment will be to develop you for your future career in recruitment.  This includes our own in-house and online learning courses to support you plus external recruitment coaching and training with some of the UK’s best recruitment trainers.

While you're learning the theory through these highly structured courses, we will give you practical experience by placing you alongside an experienced recruitment consultant. There's no substitute for practical learning and having that mentor to guide you through the recruitment process is a crucial part of your development.

And we know all of that learning takes time, so we have realistic expectations that you will focus your first three to six months on education, not billing. Our experience tells us that the billing takes care of itself in the future if we get the learning part right.

As for your background, we expect you to be degree qualified in a business or technical discipline and have a desire to work in a sales-based role. Like all sales roles, your personality will dictate your success and having natural confidence with the ability to communicate clearly and maturely with people will be critical to your career.

With much of our training being in-house via local training providers or via webinar, you will need to live within a commutable distance of our offices near Worcester, so possible locations could include Worcester, Cheltenham, Pershore, Gloucester, Warwick, Stratford, Kidderminster, Droitwich or Stourbridge, Hereford, Ledbury, Evesham, Malvern, Redditch, Alcester, Bromsgrove, Stourport.

Supply Chain & Inventory Planning Coordinator - MRP & SAP Experience

"An exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced FMCG Logistics & Supply Chain Planning Coordinator to manage imported inventory, ensuring optimum in stock availability and on time in full order fulfilment."

Salary c£30,000 - £34,000 (Dependent on experience) Excellent Benefits

Location: Northampton, East Midlands (Hybrid Working)

Commutable from: Bedford, Corby, Coventry, Kettering, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Royal Leamington Spa.

Our client is evolving the industrial packaging, packaging equipment solutions, consumables, spare parts and order fulfilment sectors through innovation, productivity, and trusted product brands. Its customer base is very varied and includes market leading ecommerce brands. With more than fifty years of packaging industry experience and a policy of global sourcing, they ensure customers stay at the forefront of the packaging product market. They have a reputation for exceeding customer expectations providing same day, next day Europe, and international shipping.

As a result of excellent business growth our client is seeking to strengthen its supply chain team with the appointment of a proactive Supply Chain & Inventory Planning Coordinator who prides themselves on working collaboratively within internal colleagues and suppliers to deliver exceptional levels of OTIF customer service.

To succeed as a proactive Supply Chain & Inventory Planning Coordinator within this fast-paced environment, you will have a confident, calm, highly visible, well organised, influential and positive "can do" personality with a proactive approach. Our client is undergoing a transformational change programme with the focus on continuous improvement so this is the perfect role for someone who wants to play a part in shaping a supply chain and developing their career within a rapidly expanding company.

The Role:

To provide efficient, accurate and optimum stock holding levels within JIT (Just in Time) delivery whilst ensuring that budgetary, quality and customer service targets are met. Candidates must be very confident with Excel and SAP and MRP systems as you will work from a sales and demand forecast to plan stock intake from international manufacturers and suppliers. Ultimately your role will be to ensure adequate stock availability to fulfil customer orders from stock within stringent service level targets.

Our client's products come in all shapes and sizes so you will need to have a good understanding of sea freight container and road freight vehicle and pallet volumetrics when planning stock movements via road and sea. You will also require good knowledge of HMRC customs and inco terms for the movement of imports. Products are sourced from suppliers in the Far East, Europe and the USA so you will plan imports/inbound stock into our client's warehouses in the UK and Europe. 95% of orders are fulfilled from these warehouses to customers. Therefore, you will also work closely with your colleagues in outbound despatch and logistics.

The ideal candidate:

• Well educated - A level/ HNC/ HND/ Degree level or equivalent NVQ level 3-4.
• Previous experience in stock management and forecasting using FIFO methodology.
• Demonstrable knowledge of inventory and logistics processes and systems.
• Experience of ERP systems software, specifically SAP.
• Knowledge of manufacturing MRP systems.
• Knowledge of import procedures and compliance requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical and communications skills at all levels and the ability to challenge effectively.
• High level of drive and enthusiasm.
• Capable of continually re-prioritising focus and resource with early identification of challenges and the proposal of their solutions.
• Knowledge of international trade regulations, HMRC import declarations. Incoterms.
• Understanding of freight movement processes including sea container and road freight pallet fill and similar volumetrics.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage time effectively.
• Ability to work under pressure both individually and as part of a team.

In return our client offers a competitive base salary plus benefits including flexible working and hybrid working (3 days in the office and 2 days from home following full training) and the option to work from our client's Kings Lynn or Northampton offices.

Supply Chain & Inventory Planning Coordinator - MRP & SAP Experience

"An exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced FMCG Logistics & Supply Chain Planning Coordinator to manage imported inventory, ensuring optimum in stock availability and on time in full order fulfilment."

Salary c£30,000 - £34,000 (Dependent on experience) Excellent Benefits

Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk (Hybrid Working)

Commutable from: Wisbech, Downham Market, Peterborough, Swafham, March, Whittlesey, Holbeach, Dereham, Dersingham, Lakenheath, Ely

Our client is evolving the industrial packaging, packaging equipment solutions, consumables, spare parts and order fulfilment sectors through innovation, productivity, and trusted product brands. Its customer base is very varied and includes market leading ecommerce brands. With more than fifty years of packaging industry experience and a policy of global sourcing, they ensure customers stay at the forefront of the packaging product market. They have a reputation for exceeding customer expectations providing same day, next day Europe, and international shipping.

As a result of excellent business growth our client is seeking to strengthen its supply chain team with the appointment of a proactive Supply Chain & Inventory Planning Coordinator who prides themselves on working collaboratively within internal colleagues and suppliers to deliver exceptional levels of OTIF customer service.

To succeed as a proactive Supply Chain & Inventory Planning Coordinator within this fast-paced environment, you will have a confident, calm, highly visible, well organised, influential and positive "can do" personality with a proactive approach. Our client is undergoing a transformational change programme with the focus on continuous improvement so this is the perfect role for someone who wants to play a part in shaping a supply chain and developing their career within a rapidly expanding company.

The Role:

To provide efficient, accurate and optimum stock holding levels within JIT (Just in Time) delivery whilst ensuring that budgetary, quality and customer service targets are met. Candidates must be very confident with Excel and SAP and MRP systems as you will work from a sales and demand forecast to plan stock intake from international manufacturers and suppliers. Ultimately your role will be to ensure adequate stock availability to fulfil customer orders from stock within stringent service level targets.

Our client's products come in all shapes and sizes so you will need to have a good understanding of sea freight container and road freight vehicle and pallet volumetrics when planning stock movements via road and sea. You will also require good knowledge of HMRC customs and inco terms for the movement of imports. Products are sourced from suppliers in the Far East, Europe and the USA so you will plan imports/inbound stock into our client's warehouses in the UK and Europe. 95% of orders are fulfilled from these warehouses to customers. Therefore, you will also work closely with your colleagues in outbound despatch and logistics.

The ideal candidate:

• Well educated - A level/ HNC/ HND/ Degree level or equivalent NVQ level 3-4.
• Previous experience in stock management and forecasting using FIFO methodology.
• Demonstrable knowledge of inventory and logistics processes and systems.
• Experience of ERP systems software, specifically SAP.
• Knowledge of manufacturing MRP systems.
• Knowledge of import procedures and compliance requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical and communications skills at all levels and the ability to challenge effectively.
• High level of drive and enthusiasm.
• Capable of continually re-prioritising focus and resource with early identification of challenges and the proposal of their solutions.
• Knowledge of international trade regulations, HMRC import declarations. Incoterms.
• Understanding of freight movement processes including sea container and road freight pallet fill and similar volumetrics.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage time effectively.
• Ability to work under pressure both individually and as part of a team.

In return our client offers a competitive base salary plus benefits including flexible working and hybrid working (3 days in the office and 2 days from home following full training) and the option to work from our client's Kings Lynn or Northampton offices.