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Job Title: Chief Mechanical Design Engineer Location: Rochester Salary: Circa £75,000 per annum + annual bonus What you’ll be doing: • Providing technical guidance and governance of the design and delivery of all aspects of Mechanical Design, • Developing purpose-fit processes for engineering excellence. Your insights will lead to streamlined operations, enhanced craftsmanship, and vendors, raising the bar in tool improvement, • Providing valuable insight and advice on wider industry Mechanical Design technology, tools and processes, • Inspiring both teams and the larger enterprise to embrace innovative paradigms, to bridge disciplines and influence a culture of excellence, • Chairing and/or providing guidance to technical design reviews, • Mechanical Engineering background with a relevant qualification and experience, • Engineering development lifecycle execution experience within Mechanical Engineering domains, • Ability to provide technical direction and guidance at all engineering levels within the Mechanical Engineering department and Engineering as a whole, • Demonstrable leadership skills, in order to drive growth, • Ability to engage and negotiate with stakeholders, being able to deliver information at all levels, influence decision making and embed Process Improvement initiatives As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The Engineering team: You will provide technical guidance & oversight to our Engineering Teams within Mechanical Engineering, having a vital role in continuous improvement, enhancing processes, inspiring teams and driving efficiency in one of the world’s leading defence, security and aerospace companies. You will play a key part in technically guiding Mechanical design teams enabling the development and supply of products across a diverse mix of commercial and military platforms; Head Up and Head Worn Displays, Safety Critical Pilot Control and Flight Control Systems. This will give you a direct influence on leading process innovation and propelling excellence, whilst driving a culture of creativity and collaboration. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Closing Date: 28th November 2025 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. #LI-NP1 #LI-Onsite

Job Title: Senior Hardware Engineer Location: Rochester. Salary: £50,000- £57,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: • Generate hardware requirements (DOORS/Polarion), • Generate design documentation (top level architectures, concept design), • Enclosure design (Creo), • Electronic hardware design (Siemens Xpedition), • Hardware integration and commissioning, • Hardware obsolescence management, • System safety (EN61010, CE Marking), • Hardware validation (analysis, testing), • Hardware estimation and task maturity tracking Your skills and experiences: Essential: • Proven technical hardware knowledge and development skills with a good understanding of electronic systems and software, • Experience of the full hardware design life cycle, from requirements through to formal release, • Experience of test equipment design, • Educated to minimum of HNC level or equivalent Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The Test Systems Engineering team: As part of the Test Systems team at BAE Systems Rochester, you will be working on active projects developing hardware used to test and simulate various avionic systems. Test Systems provides solutions used to develop and test equipment such as Head-Up Displays, mission and flight control computers, and flight controls. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Closing Date: 25th November 2025 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. #LI-NP1 #LI-Onsite

Job title: Senior Systems Engineer Location: Rochester We offer full and part time opportunities – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Salary: £45,000 – £60,000 dependent on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: • Understanding our customers’ complex needs and collaborating to develop, validate and manage requirements at multiple levels, • Developing complex system architectures and sub-systems using a Model Based Systems Engineering approach, • Integration, analysis and test of real time systems containing multiple technical disciplines such as electronic, mechanical, optical and software sub-systems, • Taking accountability for collaborative technical work package execution and associated outcomes, • Providing guidance, coaching and nurturing talent in other engineers, • Verifying that customer needs are satisfied Essential • Proven experience developing systems in relevant product markets and/or domains, such as control systems, real time displays or other safety related systems, containing multiple technical disciplines such as electronics, mechanics, optics and/or software, • Proven experience in requirements management, design analyses, modelling and simulation, using tools such as DOORS, Siemens Polarion, Enterprise Architect, MATLAB and/or Simulink and design methodologies such as SysML, • Experience in integration, test, and verification of real time and/or safety related systems, with understanding of safety assessment processes including how these processes influence the design, • Customer and/or supplier liaison experience for technical aspects, verifying and obtaining agreement that customer needs are satisfied 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. The Systems Engineering Team: You’ll be part of the development and supply of products across a diverse mix of commercial and military platforms; Head Up and Head Worn Displays, Safety Critical Pilot Control and Flight Control Systems. We encourage our Systems Engineers to gain a breadth of knowledge across these domains to become subject matter experts in one or more product domain, or systems engineering specialism. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Closing Date: 26th November 2025 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. #LI-NP1 #LI-Onsite

Assistant restaurant general manager Welcome to KFC. Home of the real ones. We sell the world’s best chicken. We’ve done it for a long old time — since 1939, when the idea of finger lickin’ good chicken popped into our Colonel’s head. Now, we proudly serve 1000+ communities across the UK and Ireland, bringing the grit, pride and iconic reputation that started in Kentucky all those years ago. People who are original. Individual. Fresh. We come to work to be ourselves, and to make something of ourselves. We bring the graft and the laughs every day — building our own community, as we serve our original recipe chicken to the ones we’re in. In our place, ambition grows. Careers build. Potential goes further. Our doors are open, and they can take you anywhere. If you join our team, we only ask one thing. That you be you. Because that makes us, us. Sounds good? Great. Here’s more about the job. About the role Support the team, take charge of the day-to-day, and help hit those performance goals while ensuring your team doesn’t just meet expectations, but crushes them. Own the operations, the atmosphere, and the guest experience, helping everything run smoothly and creating a place where both guests and the team feel right at home. What will you spend your time doing? • Support like a leader. Assist in taking ownership of the restaurant — help drive performance, hit goals, and keep the vibe alive., • Help build a dream team. Train, coach, and motivate your crew to not only meet standards but go beyond them., • Hit those targets. Own your KPIs, support the team, and make sure every shift delivers what’s expected., • Keep everything running smooth. Stay on top of the admin — from rosters to stock, you help ensure the behind-the-scenes work is solid., • Make every guest feel special. Assist in turning first-timers into regulars with moments that keep them coming back. What we'd love from you: • You lead by example. You’ve helped manage teams before and know how to bring out the best in others., • You understand people. You support building strong teams, handle tough convos, and make sure everyone feels valued., • You keep things running. You help ensure smooth operations — efficient, clean, compliant — even when things get hectic. Keeping it real We don’t hire staff — we hire people. People with real lives and aspirations, building real careers. Each of us has something special to add to the mix we call work, and we’ll always encourage you to add your perspective. See, at KFC, everyone’s welcome — whatever your background, and whatever future you’re creating. We’ll look out for you because you’re one of us, not because you work for us. We’ll invest in your potential, because it’s what we’ve always done. But most of all, we’ll give you the freedom to be you, wherever (and whoever) you happen to be. What’s in it for you: We offer benefits that make your life that little bit easier, because we know the juggle is real. • Pay rate: £32,000 - £35,000, • Quarterly BONUS that rewards the hustle, • Extra holiday – more time to recharge, • Life assurance – we’ve got you covered, • Free chicken & chips every shift, • 25% staff discount, • Gym discounts to keep you moving, • 200+ high street perks & cashback, • Wellbeing support that actually helps KFC for everyone: Whoever you are and wherever you’re from, KFC is a place where you can bring the real you to work. We’re here to support you in being yourself, whether you work with us, or are trying to. Our promise is this: every person who applies to a role at KFC, regardless of age, background, ethnicity, gender, ability, religion or sexual orientation, will have an equal opportunity to work here. We don’t just welcome, we encourage applications from underrepresented groups in all industries. If you’d like any additional support with your application, have a disability or condition that may affect your performance during the recruitment process, or have any other requirements — just let us know. We’ll be there to help you be the real you. Ready? We hope so. If you’re ready to be part of our community, now’s the time to apply. Worried you aren’t ticking all the boxes? Don’t - we’d still love to hear from you. #KFCCareers

My Four Wheels are looking to expand our team and are recruiting both part time and full time Driving Instructors though out the UK. Next year there will be a record 700,000 learner drivers hitting our roads, there has never been a better time to become a Driving Instructor. Becoming a Driving Instructor has many benefits, these include – A car – Get your very own dual controlled car to teach in Be your own boss – work hours which suit you (Monday to Sunday - 7am to 7pm) Excellent Pay – £20,000 - £35,000 per year We are looking for candidates who meet the following criteria – Reliable, Punctual, Patient, Possess excellent customer service skills, Enjoy meeting new people We provide the most cost effective training in the UK. Once you have completed your training, you are guaranteed a job with us. After working with us for 1 year, we refund your training fees on a weekly basis up until year 3. Should you already hold you ADI license, no training is required. Anyone can become a Driving Instructor, recently we have recruited candidates from driving roles such as HGV Drivers, Teachers, Delivery Drivers, Accountants and Estate Agents. We also have successfully recruited candidates who decided to completely change their career from sales right to engineering. To apply for our role, you need to meet the following criteria: Have held a full UK driving licence (or approved foreign licence) for at least 2 1/2 years Have not been banned from driving in the last 4 years Have no more than 6 points on your licence. For more information, please click apply.

If youre ready to take the next step in your gardening career and lead a team in one of Kents most tranquil and purposeful landscapes, wed love to hear from you. Uphold sustainable gardening practices and care for our wildlife-friendly habitats.

Start a career with one of the best beauty brands around? World famous beauty and cosmetics brand Avon is looking for full and part time representatives in the UK right now as business expands. See the TV Ad campaign This is your chance to work with a premier international brand with 130 years of proven success and 2023 opportunity. Earn extra income and be your own boss. Work the hours that suit you and promote AVON’s award-winning products and you can build a business with agents selling and generating income for you. You must be 18 or over , promoting Avon could open a world of potential income to change your life. • Earn extra money working hours that suit you, • Work your own area & online UK wide, • Full ongoing support & training provided, • No experience or qualifications required. An Avon representative can earn up to 32% commission on sales via face to face or online. Work the hours that fit around your existing work, family commitments, childcare etc. Become a Sales Leader helping others do the same as you. Income potential is unlimited you still sell Avon products while earning significant bonus team commission. The more people you help the more you earn. This is self-employed role where you can gain financial control and possible independence Some senior team leaders earn 6 figure income. Want to find out more about this exciting opportunity to work with one of the best beauty brands around? APPLY NOW to find out how you can transform your life as an Avon representative or sales team leader. If you do not speak English you will be rejected. You must be conversant in English to apply