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We are looking for an established Fabrication Supervisor who would be responsible for the safe, efficient day-to-day running of the fabrication workshop. You will lead a team of around 30 people to deliver high-quality work to agreed specifications and production times, coordinating labour, materials from the press brake workshop, machines, and priorities to achieve on-time delivery. The role includes monitoring quality output, driving continuous improvement, and handling day-to-day people matters in line with company policies. Based in Chadderton this is a full-time position in a factory/workshop setting. PPE is required and will be provided in accordance with site rules. Monday to Thursday 6am to 16:30 with flexibility to support production requirements, including occasional overtime. Pay is dependent on Experience with an initial Salary range of £38k-£42k p/a. Key Responsibilities • Lead and manage the workshop team (approx. 30 people): set daily expectations, allocate work, monitor performance, and maintain good discipline and morale., • Plan and control workflow: coordinate job priorities, labour, and machine capacity, to keep work moving efficiently through the workshop., • Adhere to production times and delivery commitments: ensure jobs are completed to route/standard times, identify bottlenecks early, and implement corrective actions to protect on-time-in-full (OTIF) performance., • Quality management: ensure output meets drawings/specifications, workmanship standards, and customer requirements; carry out in-process checks and ensure final inspection requirements are met., • Health & Safety leadership: enforce safe systems of work, PPE compliance, risk assessments, COSHH controls, and housekeeping; investigate near misses/accidents and implement preventative actions., • Manage day-to- manage attendance/timekeeping, holidays, minor conduct issues, informal grievances, return-to-work conversations, and capability concerns in line with HR procedures; escalate appropriately., • Training and competence: support onboarding, identify skill gaps, arrange on-the-job training, and ensure operators are competent/authorised for equipment and tasks., • Continuous improvement: drive 5S, waste reduction, rework reduction, and practical improvements to methods, layouts, tooling, and standard work., • Materials and WIP control: liaise with planning/stores/engineering to ensure drawings, cut lists, materials, consumables, and tooling are available; maintain control of WIP and job packs., • Reporting and communication: provide clear shift handovers, production updates, and escalation on risks to safety, quality, delivery, or cost., • System discipline: ensure accurate job tracking, clocking, paperwork completion, and traceability records as required. Key Measures of Success (KPIs) • On-time delivery / OTIF performance against plan, • Labour efficiency and adherence to standard/estimated times, • Right-first-time quality, rework and scrap levels, • Health & Safety performance (near misses, incidents, audit findings, housekeeping/5S), • Absence, timekeeping, and team stability (turnover/retention), • WIP control and throughput (bottleneck performance) Skills, Knowledge and Experience • Essential: Proven supervisory experience in a fabrication/manufacturing environment, ideally sheet metal., • Essential: Strong working knowledge of fabrication processes (cutting, forming, welding, finishing) and interpreting engineering drawings., • Essential: Demonstrable ability to plan workflow, prioritise, and deliver to time and quality requirements., • Essential: Confident people manager with experience handling day-to-day employee issues fairly and consistently., • Essential: Strong Health & Safety mindset with experience enforcing safe working practices in an industrial setting., • Essential: Clear communication skills and the ability to work with planning, engineering, quality, and supply chain., • Desirable: Formal H&S training (e.g., IOSH Managing Safely) and/or first aid/fire marshal training., • Desirable: Experience with lean/continuous improvement (5S, standard work, root cause analysis)., • Desirable: Familiarity with MRP/ERP systems, job tracking/clocking, and quality documentation/traceability

Job Title Junior Buyer Salary £30,000 - £32,000 + benefits Location Rochdale, Greater Manchester Site-based role with some flexibility where needed About the business The company is a long-established engineering and manufacturing business supplying precision engineered solutions to customers across multiple industries. The business combines strong technical capability with a practical, hands-on approach to manufacturing and supply chain management. This role sits within the Operations team and reports directly to the Head of Planning and Supply Chain. The Role This is a hands-on buying role supporting production across a busy manufacturing environment. You’ll work closely with suppliers, engineering, production, finance, and quality teams to make sure materials and services arrive on time, at the right cost, and to the required standard. Key responsibilities include: • Manage supplier pricing, lead times, and purchasing activity, • Raise and process purchase orders within SAP, • Expedite orders where required, • Support supplier negotiations on cost, lead times, and payment terms, • Identify new suppliers and outsourcing opportunities, • Support engineering and production teams with new product and cost reduction projects, • Monitor supplier performance and resolve quality issues, • Maintain supplier records and documentation, • Support preparation work ahead of a new ERP system rollout, • Visit suppliers when required What We’re Looking For • Previous experience in a buying or purchasing role., • Manufacturing or engineering environment experience preferred., • Strong communication and negotiation skills., • Comfortable working to deadlines in a fast-paced environment., • Good Excel skills., • Experience using ERP systems., • CIPS qualification preferred., • Engineering background advantageous. What Success Looks Like In your first 12 months, you will: • Build strong working relationships with key suppliers, • Improve supplier lead time visibility and reporting, • Support production by reducing supply issues and delays, • Maintain accurate pricing and supplier data within SAP, • Contribute to cost reduction and outsourcing projects Benefits • Competitive salary, • Pension scheme, • Training and development support, • Exposure to engineering and supply chain projects, • Stable manufacturing business with long-term investment, • Opportunity to grow within the supply chain function This is a fantastic opportunity to get into a stable business who will support your through growth and development - including CIPs qualification. Interested? Apply now and I'll arrange a call with you

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Indirectly lead and influence a team of around 10 engineers and QAs, upskilling them in automation, quality engineering, and modern testing practices. Lead the migration from Cypress to Playwright, helping teams adopt best practices and build maintainable, reliable end-to-end automation. Act as a te

Proven experience as a QA Lead, Test Lead, or Test Manager. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong coordination, stakeholder management, and end-to-end testing oversight across SIT, E2E, and UAT activities. Lead and oversee SIT, E2E, and UAT testing activities.

Quality Engineer / Lead Auditor. Act as a Quality Engineer / Lead Auditor, visiting various Nuclear supply chain sites across the UK as required. Quality Engineer / Lead Auditor.

Leads quality assurance and quality control functions for piping projects. Lead internal quality audits, attend client quality audits and drive close out of actions associated with audits. Quality Assurance Lead - Wales.

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Teaching Enhancement Quality Assurance Lead. To provide strategic leadership in teaching quality,. Lead and manage a structured classroom.

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In this role, you will be responsible for managing the full lifecycle of IT projectsensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to a high-quality standard. Lead the successful delivery of IT projects across Barchester's portfolio. You're an organised, knowledgeable, and driven IT Project Manager w

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We are recruiting a senior Quality Manager to lead Quality across three UK manufacturing and distribution sites supplying OEM customers. This Quality Manager role owns OEM compliance, customer assurance and the performance of a robust, scalable Quality Management Syste. The Quality Manager will embe

Leading audits with confidence (not scrambling before them).

We are committed to supporting the transition to a low‑carbon future by supplying high‑quality, reliable products to our partners and customers.

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Geary’s require a Quality Manager to monitor processes and products against site procedures through auditing and supporting interdepartmental teams with the purpose of maintaining the company’s due diligence defence and ensure food safety, product integrity and quality of all products in line wi

Reporting to the CTO, the QA & Test Engineer will lead the design, development and execution of test and verification activities for the runtime assurance platform across multiple hardware architectures and real‑time operating systems. Lead the design, development and implementation of embedded so

I’m currently supporting a major infrastructure organisation with the search for a senior Water Quality & Regulations professional to oversee regulatory compliance and drinking water quality performance across multiple regions. Leading water quality compliance and regulatory assurance across potab

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Senior QA Engineer – Fully Remote.Northwest based with one office visit per month.This is a chance to be the first Senior QA Engineer hire in a growing financial SaaS business.If you want ownership and the opportunity to build QA properly from the ground up, this role is worth a look.As Senior QA

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We're hiring a QA Engineer to safeguard the quality of the Cytix platform as we scale.

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Lead root-cause analysis activities and present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Responsible for a team of construction operatives, site supervisor, project managers and commercial staff the Senior HV Project Manager will lead schemes at voltage levels up to 132kV, ensuring their safe and successful delivery. Lead direct and subcontract construction and installation teams.

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