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Job Title: Pipefitter (Shipbuilding)

Location: Govan & Scotstoun – Glasgow

Salary: £37,318 (Shift allowance of 33% (£49,632) for Back, Night & Weekend shifts)

Overtime Rates: Mon – Thurs: Time and a third Friday: Time and a half for the first 4 hours, double time from then on Saturday: Time and a half Sunday: Double time

Shift Patterns:

Mon – Thurs

Day Shift: 07:00 – 16:30

Back Shift: 14:00 – 23:30

Night Shift 20:30 – 06:00

Fri – Sun

Weekend: 07:00 – 19:30

BAE Benefits: You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive

Essential Experience:

• Trade papers, e.g., formal apprenticeship (ability to provide papers)
• Current knowledge and experience of pipe manufacture and installation, and use of associated equipment
• Clear understanding of SHE risks awareness
• Understanding of manufacturing processes
• Must be comfortable working in confined spaces and or at height

My client is a global defence leader, looking for a Pipefitter to fabricate and install pipework systems and utilities, with the aim of delivering the very best product possible to our customers. You will be working to engineering standards, striving for quality right first time.

If you are interested in the role, please click ‘APPLY’ and submit your CV for immediate consideration.

Welder – £21.88 p/hr + OT + Travel allowance | Plymouth | 26-Week Contract

Join one of the UK’s most prestigious engineering projects at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth. We’re looking for skilled Marine Fabricators to support major Warship and Submarine programmes, delivering critical structural repairs, modifications, and fabrication work.

This 26-week contract offers £21.88 p/hr (inclusive rate), with a 35-hour workweek (Mon-Fri, early finish Fridays). The successful candidate will be responsible for welding, cutting, and assembling metal components on ships and marine vessels according to technical specifications and safety standards. If you’re time-served, hold a relevant Level 3 qualification, and have experience in marine or heavy engineering environments, we want to hear from you. Prior experience with Royal Navy ships, submarines, or commercial vessels is highly desirable but not essential.

This is a great opportunity to contribute to projects of national significance.

Candidates will need to go through SC clearance or BPSS.

HGV Technician – The salary is £39,000.88 + Shift Premium of 13% (£5,017.28), permanent position, 40 hours per week (06:00-14:30 and 13:00-22:00, Monday to Friday), location, Ruislip London.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for servicing and repairing defects on fire vehicles
• Servicing fire pumps
• Diagnose faults and test vehicles utilising equipment available and using recognised test procedures and techniques. Including road testing where deemed necessary
• Work in an efficient and productive manner, achieving the targets set out and agreed with Workshop Supervisors or Manager
• Operate a ‘Fix First Time’ way of working ensuring quality of work is at the utmost standard and meets/exceeds any inspection carried out against it
• Drive in a manner within the parameters of the law
• This position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

Required experience:

• Experience in Mechanical Workshops or Car Plants
• Experience in servicing and repairing HGVs / LGVs
• NVQ Level-3 in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance

If you are interested in the role, please ‘APPLY’ and submit your CV for immediate consideration.

Vehicle Technician Trainer – £37,310 starting salary, permanent position, location Tidworth, Lyneham, Warminster, Colerne, Larkhill and Bulford (field base). Pension & enhanced leave allowance available.

Required experience:

Essential

• Vehicle Technician background
• Minimum City & Guilds Part 3/NVQ L3 or Apprenticeship in Engineering Maintenance
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an appropriate industry environment
• Knowledge of vehicle inspection processes MEI/MOT

Desirable:

• Previous experience in an Army/Defence environment
• Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement/ Education & Training

My client is a large and rapidly expanding global Defence company looking for a Vehicle Technician Trainer to prepare relevant training material. You will deliver learning, coach, assess and support them to achieve their apprenticeship.

If you are interested in the role, please ‘APPLY’ and submit your CV for immediate consideration.

Vehicle Technician Trainer – £37,310 salary, permanent salary, location Lyneham. Pension & enhanced leave allowance available.

Required experience:

Essential

• Vehicle Technician background
• Minimum City & Guilds Part 3/NVQ L3 or Apprenticeship in Engineering Maintenance
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an appropriate industry environment
• Knowledge of vehicle inspection processes MEI/MOT

Desirable:

• Previous experience in an Army/Defence environment
• Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement/ Education & Training

My client is a large and rapidly expanding global Defence company looking for a Vehicle Technician Trainer to prepare relevant training material. You will deliver learning, coach, assess and support them to achieve their apprenticeship.

If you are interested in the role, please ‘APPLY’ and submit your CV for immediate consideration.

Multi-Skilled Field Service Engineer

Location: Swindon

Salary: £40k DOE, plus overtime & benefits

Company phone, vehicle, laptop, tools & equipment are all supplied

Overview – Field Service Engineer

This is a UK field-based role, predominately based working from a home location within a 20-mile distance of West, North, or South of Swindon. A solid understanding in the fundamentals within Electro / Mechanical Engineering is crucial.

Responsibilities – Field Service Engineer

• To carry out the installation, servicing, moves & changes, upgrade, modification, and repair requirements of the company customer base as requested
• Problem-solve in a responsible and methodical manner
• To be flexible to work within other regions of the UK within given notice as required
• Be responsible for ensuring safe working practices under the Health & Safety Acts

Knowledge, skills and experience – Field Service Engineer

• Previous engineering experience in a related environment
• Fault-finding / troubleshooting
• Electrical/Electronic/ Mechanical Software Engineering experience
• Clean driving licence

All successful Field Service Engineer applicants will be contacted within 2 working days

Manufacturing Services Technician – 12 month contract

Salary: £25.52 (inside)

Location: Derby

My client is a global defence and aerospace leader, and due to new business contacts they seek a Mainteance Technician to join their team on an initial 12 month contract.

As a Maintenance Technician you will be doing:

• Perform a range of routine, reactive, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance tasks
• Installations, diagnostics, repairs, and maintenance on mechanically bias machines
• Ability to perform alignment and geometry checks
• Utilise hand tools and test equipment to deliver customer requirements.
• Coordinate workload and mechanical activities with customers
• Work with site Manufacturing Engineers to help understand and restore equipment
• Work to control standards and procedures

Experience and skillset – Maintenance Technician

• MUST HAVE completed an advanced modern engineering apprenticeship and an NVQ/SVQ/City & Guilds Level 3 or equivalent qualification.
• Good understanding of Maintenance operations and fault finding
• Basic IT literacy and ability to work to engineering drawings.

All successful Maintenance Technicians will be contacted with 2 working days of application

Principal Safety Engineer – Product Safety Engineering

Salary: up to £70k + overtime

Location: Coventry – hybrid

Overview – Safety Engineer

The role will provide the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of safety management and safety case delivery. This includes safety requirements capture and management, hazard identification and analysis.

All industries considered and have cross transferable into Defence: Aerospace, Automotive, R&D / Test, Oil & Gas, Rail, Maritime, Shipbuilding and so on…

What you’ll be doing – Safety Engineer

• Working as part of an Integrated Development Team, established to develop and deliver systems /capability
• Supporting Hazard Identification and Analysis studies
• Assisting with or generating safety reports
• Liaising with other Integrated Development Teams and the Whole Boat Safety Team

Skills and experiences – Safety Engineer

• An understanding of ‘Safety and Systems Engineering’
• The ability to be agile in working practices and customer expectations
• Self-motivated, with good verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge in ALARP, HAZID or HAZOP
• Knowledge of safety analysis techniques such as Fault / Event Tree Analysis or FMEA

All successful Safety Engineers will be contacted within 2 days of application

Principal Safety Engineer – Product Safety Engineering

Salary: up to £70k + overtime

Location: Coventry – hybrid

Overview – Safety Engineer

The role will provide the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of safety management and safety case delivery. This includes safety requirements capture and management, hazard identification and analysis.

All industries considered and have cross transferable into Defence: Aerospace, Automotive, R&D / Test, Oil & Gas, Rail, Maritime, Shipbuilding and so on…

What you’ll be doing – Safety Engineer

• Working as part of an Integrated Development Team, established to develop and deliver systems /capability
• Supporting Hazard Identification and Analysis studies
• Assisting with or generating safety reports
• Liaising with other Integrated Development Teams and the Whole Boat Safety Team

Skills and experiences – Safety Engineer

• An understanding of ‘Safety and Systems Engineering’
• The ability to be agile in working practices and customer expectations
• Self-motivated, with good verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge in ALARP, HAZID or HAZOP
• Knowledge of safety analysis techniques such as Fault / Event Tree Analysis or FMEA

All successful Safety Engineers will be contacted within 2 days of application

Multi-Skilled Field Service Engineer

Location: Swindon

Salary: £40k DOE, plus overtime & benefits

Company phone, vehicle, laptop, tools & equipment are all supplied

Overview – Field Service Engineer

This is a UK field-based role, predominately based working from a home location within a 20-mile distance of West, North, or South of Swindon. A solid understanding in the fundamentals within Electro / Mechanical Engineering is crucial.

Responsibilities – Field Service Engineer

• To carry out the installation, servicing, moves & changes, upgrade, modification, and repair requirements of the company customer base as requested
• Problem-solve in a responsible and methodical manner
• To be flexible to work within other regions of the UK within given notice as required
• Be responsible for ensuring safe working practices under the Health & Safety Acts

Knowledge, skills and experience – Field Service Engineer

• Previous engineering experience in a related environment
• Fault-finding / troubleshooting
• Electrical/Electronic/ Mechanical Software Engineering experience
• Clean driving licence

All successful Field Service Engineer applicants will be contacted within 2 working days