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Team Leader – Machine Shop Location: WhitstableDepartment: Machine ShopReports to: Production Manager – Machine Shop Are you an experienced leader with a strong background in manufacturing? Do you thrive in a fast-paced production environment where quality, efficiency and teamwork are essential? If so, we’d love to hear from you. We are looking for a Team Leader to oversee daily operations within our clients' Machine Shop, ensuring our team delivers on-time, high-quality production while maintaining the highest standards of Health & Safety. About the Role As a Team Leader in our Machine Shop, you will play a key role in driving performance and maintaining smooth day-to-day operations. You’ll be responsible for coordinating a team of Operators, managing workloads, monitoring production output, and ensuring all tasks are completed efficiently, accurately and safely. You’ll work closely with the Production Manager and Planning teams to meet KPI targets such as On-Time Delivery, Quality Performance, Scrap & Rework reduction, and arrears management. You’ll also ensure effective training, skill development and performance management across your team. This is a hands-on supervisory role—perfect for someone who enjoys both leading people and contributing directly to production. Key Responsibilities • Lead, motivate and coordinate a team of Machine Shop Operators., • Plan and delegate daily tasks to meet production schedules and departmental KPIs., • Carry out First Off and in-process inspections, identifying scrap, rework and NRFT issues., • Previous experience in a manufacturing or production environment., • Proven experience supervising or leading a team., • Strong understanding of production planning, manufacturing processes and quality systems., • Good Health & Safety awareness, including Risk Assessments and COSHH. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a skilled team in a key part of the business, driving improvements and contributing directly to their success. Please click Apply now!

Service Desk Team Lead Herne Bay, Kent – Office Based £32,000 – £35,000 25 Days Holiday | 40 Hours Per Week | 8am–6pm Service Desk (OOH On-Call) -Are you currently a Senior Engineer who naturally leads from the front? Do you enjoy managing ticket flow, motivating engineers, and keeping customers happy not just fixing technical issues yourself? Are you ready to step into a genuine Team Lead role within a growing MSP environment? We are recruiting for a Service Desk Team Lead to join a well-established Managed Service Provider based in Herne Bay. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys leading a service desk team and wants to focus on operational excellence being responsible for the day-to-day management and performance of an 11-engineer service desk team. The business supports clients across: - Microsoft environments - Google Workspace - End-user support - Cyber security - Connectivity & networks The service desk uses Autotask PSA, and tickets are typical MSP-style incidents across the full service stack. The Role Reporting to the Service Director, you will be responsible for overseeing service desk operations, ensuring SLA and KPI performance, and leading the team to deliver consistently high customer satisfaction Service Desk Team Lead . You will manage: * 11 engineers (L1, L2 and Senior Engineers) * Ticket allocation and workflow management ...

Are you a commercially savvy finance professional ready to make an impact in a growing PE backed SME? We're recruiting on behalf of a dynamic organisation for an FP&A Manager to join their team, based in Whitstable with hybrid working options. This hands-on role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys partnering closely with operational teams to drive financial performance and strategic decision-making. The Role: As the FP&A Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the company's financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes. Key responsibilities include: • Leading the annual budgeting process and developing rolling forecasts based on project data., • Preparing monthly performance reports with variance analysis and actionable insights., • Supporting business units with tender preparation, pricing decisions, contract reviews, and cost analysis., • Enhancing reporting processes, improving data quality, and driving finance transformation initiatives alongside the Financial Controller. What We're Looking For: • Qualified accountant (CA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with 2-6 years' experience in FP&A or commercial finance., • Strong Excel skills and expertise in financial modelling., • Solid understanding of strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management., • Proven ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights for non-finance stakeholders., • Excellent working knowledge of NetSuite would be advantageous.

Location: Whitstable, Kent (On-site) Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum (DoE) + benefits Employment Type: Full-time Department: Manufacturing Engineering About the Role We're looking for a proactive and driven Process Development Engineer to join our Manufacturing Engineering team based in Kent. You'll play a key role in developing, improving, and delivering high‑quality interconnection solutions for our customers, ensuring we remain fast, flexible, and competitive in the market. This is a hands-on, on-site role where you'll work closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and customers to ensure new products and processes are introduced smoothly, efficiently, and to the highest standards. What You'll Be Doing Developing robust solutions to production issues and minimising line stops. Using NRFT data to plan and implement process improvements that enhance delivery performance while maintaining exceptional quality. Working with Development Engineers to ensure strong, scalable processes for transitioning NPIs into production. Managing product development projects, ensuring: On-time delivery Budget adherence Strong relationships with customers and suppliers Smooth handover into Production Representing the business in customer meetings, both on-site and off-site. Supporting Operations with the introduction of new processes and resolving production challenges. Supporting Qua...

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a talented and visionary Executive Head Chef to join a distinguished large contract cateing site in Kent . This multifaceted operations, renowned for its extensive dining and exceptional retail and events, and is now seeking a culinary leader to take it into its next chapter. About the Role: As Executive Head Chef, you will lead the kitchen team across three key areas: a large main restaurant , extensive retail outlets, and a thriving events calendar including corporate functions, internal hospitality and seasonal celebrations. You will be responsible for maintaining high culinary standards across the site, bringing creative flair, rigorous organisation, and a deep understanding of quality dining experiences. Key Responsibilities: Lead and develop the culinary team to consistently deliver menus across the estate Oversee daily service in the restaurants, ensuring menus are seasonal, locally inspired, and meticulously executed. Design and execute high-quality menus for a wide range of events and price points Manage budgets, GP targets, stock, and supplier relationships efficiently and effectively. Ensure full compliance with food safety, hygiene, and health & safety standards. Candidate Profile: Demonstrable experience as Head Chef or Executive Chef in large scale environments Strong leadership credentials with the ability to inspire and develop a high-performing team. A genuine passion for seasonal British produce Experience managing multi-outlet kitchens or versatile venues is highly desirable. Excellent communication, planning, and problem-solving skills. Calm, composed, and results-driven, even under pressure. What We Offer: Competitive salary up to £60,000 plus generous tronc. Creative freedom within an ambitious, quality-focused independent business. A unique working environment with access to top-quality local ingredients and inspiring surroundings. Autonomy to shape the culinary direction and elevate the guest experience. Supportive ownership and opportunities for future development. If you're an Executive Head Chef with the vision, experience, and leadership to shape a destination venue of culinary distinction – we would love to hear from you. Kellan Group (including all of our brands, Berkeley Scott and Xpress Recruitment) are committed to promoting equal opportunities to people regardless of age, gender, religion, belief, race, sexuality or disability. We operate as an employment agency and employment business. You'll find a wide selection of vacancies on our websites TPBN1_UKCT

Project Manager We are recruiting an experienced Project Manager to support the continued growth of our Banking and Financial Services Frameworks, delivering large‑scale, complex construction projects across the UK. At Morris & Spottiswood, we operate a One Team approach, working collaboratively across project, commercial, operational and client teams to deliver consistently high standards in safety, quality and programme performance. This role plays a key part in strengthening that culture as project volumes and complexity continue to grow. This role is suited to an established Project Manager from a Main Contracting background, with proven experience delivering major projects within live operational environments. As Project Manager, you will provide proactive leadership as the number one lead on the project, maintaining full control of all elements including design coordination, programme and planning, health & safety, operational delivery, and subcontractor management. You will have experience delivering projects within live banking and financial services environments, including work within highly regulated, secure and operationally sensitive settings, where safety, programme certainty, stakeholder assurance and minimal disruption to business‑critical operations are essential. Experience working for a blue‑chip contractor and on projects involving complex interfaces, constrained sites and occupied buildings is essential. You will hold a relevant construction‑related qualification and demonstrate strong capability in managing cost, commercial performance and programme delivery on fast‑track and complex schemes, often with a high degree of change during the contract period. Close collaboration with internal project teams is essential, alongside ensuring accuracy, quality and compliance with client, regulatory and governance standards. You will take site commercial responsibility for contract performance, maximising turnover and profitability while maintaining robust commercial processes and effective change management. Successful candidates will come from a Main Contracting background, with a minimum of 5 years’ hands‑on project delivery experience and hold a full UK driving licence. A strong working knowledge of JCT contracts is essential, with NEC experience desirable but not essential. The role requires nationwide travel in line with project requirements. Personal Attributes The successful candidate will be a confident and credible leader with a calm, methodical approach, capable of managing senior client stakeholders through clear and effective communication. They will be highly organised, with strong programme and time management skills, and commercially astute with a proactive approach to risk and change management. The role requires flexibility, resilience and comfort working nationwide and away from home as required, gained through experience operating within pressured, live project environments. Other information Due to our multiple office bases across the UK, this role offers flexibility on location and can be based anywhere nationwide, aligned to project demands. The successful candidate must hold a full UK driving licence, be flexible in working hours, and be willing to work away from home as required. You must be: • Fully IT‑literate (MS Word and Excel at intermediate level),, • Have experience using Asta Powerproject, and, • Hold a construction‑related qualification, CSCS card, SMSTS, First Aid at Work, Asbestos Awareness, and Scaffold Inspection certification., • Temporary Works Coordinator experience is desirable. Valuing People at Morris & Spottiswood Morris & Spottiswood is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. One of our core values is to ‘Value People’. We are passionate about investing in people and genuinely take care about what we do and how we do it. This ensures that the working environment, staff, suppliers and the communities we serve always remain at the front-of-mind. Put simply, a diverse and inclusive workforce opens our business up to a much wider talent pool and greater innovation and creativity through teams with different experiences, backgrounds and education

Maintenance Engineer Location: Seasalter area, Kent Salary: £21.00 – £22.50 per hour (inclusive of shift allowance) + overtime available Shift Pattern: Rotating • Week 1: Monday–Friday, 06:00 – 14:00, • Week 2: Monday–Thursday, 14:00 – 22:30 | Friday, 14:00 – 19:30 Syntech Recruitment are supporting a manufacturing client in the Seasalter area seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer to support plant reliability, equipment performance, and continuous improvement across site operations. Maintenance engineer responsibilities: • A balanced split of PPM and reactive maintenance, • Fault finding across electrical and mechanical systems, • Working on a range of equipment including automation, hydraulics and pneumatics, • Supporting ongoing improvements and site upgrades, • Using a CMMS system to manage and prioritise work, • Collaborating with production and engineering teams to keep things running smoothly Maintenance engineer experience: • Experience in a maintenance engineering role (electrical or multi-skilled), • Background within manufacturing or industrial environments, • Strong fault-finding and problem-solving ability, • Someone reliable, proactive and comfortable working independently, • If you have some experience with production machinery then we definitely want to hear from you Apply today to speak to one of our consultants. Syntech Recruitment Ltd We act as an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary placements. INDO

Business/Operations/Transaction/Sales Manager (Automotive)Gloucester, England£30,000-£35,000 (£50k+ OTE) + Training + Progression + Commission + Company Car + PensionAre you a Business Manager/Operations Manager/Transaction Manager/Sales Manager or similar, with a background in the automotive ind

Job Description: Role Overview Deliver the Practice's 6-12 month capability plan, focusing on training, certification, and strategic initiatives.Build value-driven relationships with external partners to support professional development.Define and support E&ET capability strategy for effective onboa

This role is central to ensuring efficient, well-coordinated, and compliant business operations across the region. Support the smooth running of day-to-day business operations across the UK & Ireland team.

Staffline is recruiting a Business Support Assistant in Chard. Great opportunity to work as a Business Support Assistant for our client, a manufacturer of soft cheese.

The Opportunity:This role sits within the Central Business Office and is part of the Business Excellence Function in the delivery of. Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Business Operations Strategy and Planning Senior Specialist to join their team, Inside IR35.

Tech (FinTech preferable) environment, with a proven focus on strategy & operations, business operations (BizOps), or strategic planning. We’re building stablecoin-native infrastructure so businesses can move value instantly across borders and networks. Our technology is transforming how businesse

You will have ownership of the Business Operations and Digital Operations workstreams to direct end to end operations and connection for our client globally. Publicis has spent the last 10 years honing our capabilities in the operations area, which now have become foundational to how we deliver exc

A leading investment firm is seeking an Operations Analyst specializing in Asset Based Lending to join their Corporate Finance/Debt Finance team in London. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years' experience in Asset Based Lending Operations or Risk and will coordinate due diligence

The role works daily with both leadership and all members of the Government Affairs (GA) team across the Europe region, on all aspects of Business Operations and Planning, focusing on efficiency, scalability and smooth workflows through managing processes and resources, whilst ensuring operations an

A leading global media company in Greater London seeks a senior operational expert for Global Business Development. The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical capabilities and excellent writing skills, with a proven track record in media or advertising operations.

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field or 8 -12+ years of experience in business operations and/or facilities management. Ensure compliance, governance, and risk management across operations, maintaining business continuity and high standards. We’

As a Business Operations Associate, you’ll be at the heart of our day‑to‑day operations — making sure every order is delivered on time and every customer is happy.

A prominent energy company in Greater London is seeking an experienced Senior Credit Data Scientist.This role is essential for enhancing credit risk analytics through advanced AI-driven solutions.The ideal candidate will have strong skills in Python, SQL, predictive modelling, and data visualisation

Assist the Wealth Planning Team and Operations Manager with business and operational improvement initiatives. Senior Wealth Planning Analyst – Financial Planning Operations, Business Support (14 month FTC). The Senior Wealth Planning Analyst will support the Operations Manager in delivering operat

Set goals consistent with global operations targets with the Group Manager Market Operations / Director Operations. Reviews and signs of the annual operations budget (HC, Opex, Capex) together with the Group manager market Operations / Director Operations. The Subregional Director- Operations and Bu

A leading educational recruitment agency is seeking a strategic School Business Manager for a primary school in Brent.

You will have ownership of the Business Operations and Digital Operations workstreams to direct end to end operations and connection for our client globally. Publicis has spent the last 10 years honing our capabilities in the operations area, which now have become foundational to how we deliver exc

Publicis has spent the last 10 years honing our capabilities in the operations area, which now have become foundational to how we deliver excellence across client business. The Business Director role plays a key part in the Global Operations Team and will be front and center in developing our strate

The role involves engaging with small business customers to address their queries and learning about the operations that drive outstanding customer service.

Experience in a business analyst, strategy, or business operations role within a complex, multi‑stakeholder environment. The Business Analyst will be a key member of a small team which supports the Global Head of IAM, responsible for translating business and strategic needs into clear, actionable

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, commercially minded Finance Business Partner to support our operational and technology functions. Supporting business cases and investment decisions across operational initiatives. To succeed in this role, you will bring strong FP&A and business pa

At Ant International, our mission is to become the world’s most trusted digital services connector, enabling businesses everywhere to participate and thrive in the global economy. This role sits within WorldFirst, our international payments platform dedicated to helping businesses move money aroun

Partner closely with product, commercial, finance, technology, and operations leaders to build business cases, size opportunities, estimate synergies, shape integration plans, and track post-close or post-launch performance against strategic theses. The combined business operates globally with a bro

A leading law firm in London is seeking a Practice Support Assistant to provide essential administrative support across legal teams.The ideal candidate will have experience in office-based administration, possess good communication skills, and maintain high attention to detail.Responsibilities inclu

In this role you will provide expert risk management and insurance advice and solutions to Shell businesses and Joint Ventures across all aspects of Shell's operations. Risk and Insurance touches all aspects of Shell's business operations and the discipline have an important role to play in the ener

Lead a direct team of approximately 65 colleagues globally within the CE Business Strategy and Operations team and provide indirect leadership of the wider CE operations and business development network globally. Director, Business Strategy & Operations. Provide strategic leadership and input to key

You will work directly with the Head of Finance & Operations across Finance, Legal & Compliance, People Operations, and General Operations providing execution‑layer support across all of them. Work across finance operations, legal & compliance, people and general operations as an execution layer d

The high-performing Global Business Solutions Monetization Strategy & Operations (MSO) organization is essential to enabling TikTok's advertising business growth. Business intelligence - Create and maintain business intelligence tools and dashboards to track operational metrics/KPIs, monitor and sha

Lead a direct team of approximately 65 colleagues globally within the CE Business Strategy and Operations team and provide indirect leadership of the wider CE operations and business development network globally. Strategic leadership of multi-disciplinary teams across business, operations and delive

This role will business partner members of the Operations Leadership team, ensuring that Regional people plans are developed and implemented, that are consistent with the business objectives and the Bupa Dental Care (BDC) People plan. People Business Partner - Operations. Collaborate with People tea

A recruitment firm in logistics seeks an experienced HR Business Partner to support operational leaders at a key site in Widnes, UK.

We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Senior Order Operations Business Partner to support the end-to-end quote-to-cash process, from deal structuring through order validation and renewals management. Deal Desk, Order Operations, Revenue Operations, or a similar role. Senior Order Operations B

The Head of/VP of Revenue Operations will own CRM strategy, forecasting, pipeline management, and revenue analytics, while building and scaling a high-performing Revenue Operations function. Revenue Operations leadership experience within. Proven people leader with the ability to influence senior st

A leading tech solutions provider in Greater London is seeking a Senior Business Operations Analyst.

A leading technology employer in Greater London is seeking a Data Centre Security Operations Specialist to provide security expertise and ensure compliance across data centre operations. The role demands a strong background in physical security operations, especially in critical environments.

A recruitment agency is seeking a Temporary School Business Manager in Nottingham to oversee essential support functions during a transition. You will manage administrative, financial, and support tasks to ensure smooth operations.

A global information service provider in London is seeking an individual to support their Event Operations team.

The Operations Practice sits within Business Transformation, connecting organisation strategy to frontline operations to drive new levels of competitiveness and resilience in an ever‑changing world. The Operations Practice consists of five service lines that focus on improving business profitabili

This is a site-based HR Business Partner role providing an integrated HR service to The Centre Director, Operations Director, Line Managers, and all site-based employees. Discuss any restructure proposals with the Line Manager to agree the business/HR strategy to move forward with facilitating this

Utilize deep Sales operations expertise to partner on key focus areas such as Go-To-Market, business and Sales operations planning, coverage optimization, demand management, pipeline and forecasting, and performance management. Lead in the development and design of Sales supporting processes to alig

As we expand our portfolio, we are seeking a dynamic Head of Business Operations to oversee the daily operations and drive operational excellence across our diverse ecosystem of projects. Translate strategic objectives into operational plans across business lines, including venture studio, trading,