Sales Engineer

Sales Engineer, Poole, Salary £44,000

The purpose of this role:

As a Sales Engineer, you will be responsible for the creating of quotes and proposals while delivering technical assistance to both internal and external clients. Engaging directly with customers involves assessing inquiries and offering the optimal technical and commercial solutions, contributing to business expansion and the attainment of strategic goals.

Background & Benefits:

Rubion’s client is a global engineering group specialising in fluid control for critical applications. With a strong international reputation, our client partners with leading companies in 50+ countries to provide innovative engineering solutions addressing clean energy, efficiency, healthcare, and automation.

As Sales Engineer you’ll enjoy a competitive basic salary, hybrid working opportunities, group pension scheme, training, and development and more…

As Sales Engineer you will:

  • Translate customer requirements into valve solutions, supporting customers directly or through the Business Development Manager/Key Account Manager.
  • Evaluate and categorise Sales Engineering inbox inquiries based on complexity and team workload.
  • Prepare quotations, negotiate, and analyse costs and margins for customer needs.
  • Provide technical support to the Customer Service team.
  • Collaborate with Product Marketing to identify new product opportunities.

As Sales Engineer you will have:

  • Solid general education with an HNC in Mechanical/Electro-Mechanical or equivalent qualifications/experience.
  • Extensive background in Mechanical or Electro-Mechanical Engineering.
  • Proficient in assembly and manufacturing processes, with strong estimating skills.
  • High commercial awareness and customer focus..
  • Accurate estimation of manufacturing, assembly cycle times, and material costs.

Interested? 

Rubicon Recruitment are committed to submitting suitable candidates for this Sales Engineering vacancy ASAP, so please apply quickly via this advert, or for more information call Kim at Rubicon.

Our team reviews every application. Please ensure your CV is submitted in Microsoft Word so that we can upload your details more easily to our system. If sent as a PDF, it will cause delays.

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Project Manager

Project Manager, Poole, Salary £48,000 – £55,000 DOE

The purpose of this role:

As Project Manager, overseeing the tender review planning and managing the entire order process, from customer order receipt to delivery. You will play a crucial role monitoring project costs to stay within budget and ensuring projects meet business margin targets. The role requires evaluating technical and commercial aspects during tender reviews, producing project plans, and serving as the main contact between the business and the customer.

Background & Benefits:

Rubion’s client is a global engineering group specialising in fluid control for critical applications. With a strong international reputation, our client partners with leading companies in 50+ countries to provide innovative engineering solutions addressing clean energy, efficiency, healthcare, and automation.

As Project Manger you’ll enjoy a competitive basic salary, group pension scheme, training, and development and more…

As Project Manager you will:

  • Evaluate all technical and commercial elements of a sales enquiry.
  • Develop and update project plans for the team to align with customer delivery schedules.
  • Conduct regular project meetings, document minutes, and escalate issues if delivery is at risk.
  • Participate in customer visits/quality reviews to final product acceptance
  • Handle technical inquiries with engineering support.
  • Prioritise activities in the pre-production route up to release for manufacturing.

As Project Manager you will have:

  • Holds an HNC or Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field, with practical application in sales, projects, or design roles.
  • Demonstrates expertise in Project Management, Analysis, Design, Manufacturing Methods, Process Improvement, Technical Understanding, Documentation, Supervision, CAD, and CAD/CAM Design.
  • Possesses excellent technical knowledge, particularly in production processes, welding, NDT, and component manufacture.
  • Proven experience in developing relationships for generating new and future business.
  • Travel Flexibility: Willing to travel nationally and internationally.

Interested? 

Rubicon Recruitment are committed to submitting suitable candidates for this Project Manager vacancy ASAP, so please apply quickly via this advert, or for more information call Kim at Rubicon.

Our team reviews every application. Please ensure your CV is submitted in Microsoft Word so that we can upload your details more easily to our system. If sent as a PDF, it will cause delays.

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Trainee Metal Operative

Trainee Metal Operative, Dorset, from £23,800 up to £27,370 per annum, Overtime available

Are you looking to kick-start your career in metal operations? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where learning and growth are valued? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

As a Trainee you’ll become an integral part of the production process, you’ll benefit from:

  • Various shift patterns available
  • Competitive salaries and annual salary reviews
  • Full on-boarding induction provided
  • You’ll be multi-trained on various machines, offering job variety
  • Length of service rewards

Rubicon Recruitment Group’s client provides training and you’ll have the opportunity to grow and develop your skills. As Trainee, you’ll benefit from working alongside experienced colleagues learning and developing on the job.

The starting salary is competitive and there are also opportunities for overtime.

If you are interested in this trainee role, please apply with an up-to-date CV.  If you would like any more information, please contact Silvia at Rubicon on 01202 688553.

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Quality and Health & Safety Engineer

Quality and Health & Safety Engineer, Edenbridge, £55,000

As the Quality and Health & Safety Engineer for this pioneering electronics manufacturer, you will be joining a talented team committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation and development in electronic technology.

As the company launches into their next chapter of expansion, you’ll play an integral part within a state-of-the-art new business unit with a strong focus on growth in the Aerospace industry, enhancing the business management system and ensuring compliance with AS/EN9100.

Background & Benefits

Rubicon’s client has operated internationally for over 50 years, with manufacturing facilities in the UK and USA, and operations in Europe and Asia. They have become a global source for their products and services in diverse industries such as Space and Military.

As the Quality and Health & Safety Engineer, you will work within an Employee-Owned company that empowers their staff with an open-door policy and investment in training. You will benefit from 23 days holiday + bank holidays, company bonus scheme, life insurance, regular social events, free onsite parking, and an employee rewards scheme.

Quality and Health & Safety Engineer Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain the quality management system to AS/EN9100 standards.
  • Assist in developing health and safety policies, procedures, and risk assessments.
  • Conduct internal audits of quality and health & safety documentation.
  • Participate in advanced product quality planning.
  • Liaise with customers and suppliers to resolve quality issues.

Quality and Health & Safety Engineer Skills & Experience Required

  • Degree in quality, manufacturing, or engineering discipline.
  • Certified in root cause corrective action and internal auditing (AS9100/EN9100/ISO9001).
  • Formal health and safety qualification (NEBOSH/IOSH).
  • Proficient in lean techniques, statistical analysis, and quality auditing.
  • Strong communication skills, teamwork, and IT proficiency.

How to Apply

To be considered for this Quality and Health & Safety Engineer opportunity, send your CV to Josh at Rubicon by applying directly to this advert.

Please ensure that your CV is submitted in Microsoft Word. If sent as a PDF, it will cause delays.

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Design Engineer

Design Engineer, Bournemouth, £50,000 

The Role

As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and development of electro mechanical systems, from design and specification, through to test and verification. You will need strong technical knowledge, as well as problem solving, communication and project life-cycle knowledge.

This role will either suit a Senior Design Engineer, or a Design Engineer who is looking for progress

Design Engineer Employer & the Benefits
 
Rubicon’s client is a global, leading manufacture within the medical industry. They offer a great working environment and benefits including:

  • Free on-site parking

  • Life Assurance paying 4 x employee base salary

  • Free beverages on site/drink and food allowance in the field

  • 25 days annual leave (rising after certain length of service milestones)

  • 8 Bank holidays

  • Private Medical Insurance

  • Birthday and Christmas Voucher rewards

  • Company Pension scheme

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Employee Volunteering Day

Senior Design Engineer responsibilities will include (or Design Engineer will include some of the below):

  • Confident in the design of components and assemblies, and selection and specification of proprietary components considering technical requirement and practical supply limitations

  • Creating new designs and improving existing

  • Awareness of project and technical risk identification and management techniques throughout project lifecycle

  • Experience with Finite element analysis of isotropic materials, definition of boundary conditions and load-cases appropriate to the technical requirement and mitigation of identified risks. Validation of FEA may also be required

  • Generation of an accurate CAD BoM and support and maintenance of the company MRP BoM (Navision)

  • Design and execution of experiments, validation and verification activities to support concepts, simulation activities, and validate performance

  • Familiar with the assessment of compliance against specification for both bought in and internally developed products and sub-systems

Design Engineer knowledge & experience:

  • Experience using Iventor, SolidWorks or a similar software

  • Knowledge and expertise of Engineering

  • Excellent communication, numerical and problem-solving skills

  • Ability to produce work consistently to a high standard within tight deadlines

  • Ability to prioritise and manage a diverse and busy workload, including simultaneous projects in parallel

  • Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams & Outlook  

  • A creative approach for generating new ideas

Interested? 

Call Charlie at Rubicon Recruitment for more information about this Design Engineer vacancy or apply to this advert. 

Our team guarantees complete confidentiality and will never submit candidate’s details or share them with a third party without first obtaining their permission. Here at Rubicon, our dedicated team take the time to review each and every application, please help us by submitting your CV in a Word document to allow us to more easily upload your details on to our system. 

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CNC Mill/Turn Machinist

Purpose

As a CNC Mill/Turn Machinist, you will be joining a team of time-served engineers who are responsible for the setup and operation of various CNC machines to manufacture precision parts.

Employer / Benefits

Rubicon People Partnership’s client is a world leading engineering business who specialise in the manufacture of innovative and bespoke machinery. Benefits you can expect as a CNC Mill/Turn Machinist include:

  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Death in Service scheme
  • Overtime available @ X1.5
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Permanent contract from day 1
  • State of the art shopfloor
  • Friendly work environment
  • Free parking
  • Accessible by public transport

Responsibilities

As a CNC Mill/Turn Machinist, your responsibilities will include:

  • Programming, Setting and Operating CNC Mill/Turn machines
  • Amending offsets and changing tooling
  • Working from technical drawings and specifications
  • Ensuring that components are machined to the correct specifications
  • Basic inspection of the completed parts
  • Possible minor maintenance of the machines
  • Adhering to health and safety requirements at all times

Background

The successful candidate for this CNC Mill/Turn Machinist role MUST have:

  • Experience working with CNC Mill/Turn machines ideally within an aerospace or a similar industry
  • Familiarity with Fanuc
  • Understanding of technical drawings and be able to interpret safety instructions, specifications, and manuals
  • High attention to detail
  • Good communication skills and ability to work as a team
  • Residence within sensible distance to our customers’ site
  • Consistent work history and employers we can obtain references from

Interested?

To be the first to receive information on this CNC Mill/Turn Machinist role, please submit an up-to-date CV via this advert or call Joe for more information.

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Key words: cnc, mills, milling, miller, turning, turner, lathes, sliding head, mill turn, engineering, machining, siemens, production, manufacturing, operating, setting, programming 

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Production & Scheduling Assistant

Production & Scheduling Assistant, Blandford, £35,000

The purpose of the role

As a Production & Scheduling Assistant, you will support the management and co-ordination of the manufacturing process. You will ensure production runs efficiently, ensuring continuous improvement and on-time delivery dates, resulting in customer satisfaction.

Background 

Rubicon People Partnership’s client is an established manufacturer of quality and bespoke products specifically engineered to meet the varied demands of an ever-growing health sector. Using innovative and award-winning technologies they’ve developed customer specific solutions for national government, public and private services for 70 years.

Benefits include: Company pension (4.5%), Life Assurance, Company Sick pay, 25 days annual holiday (excluding statutory holidays), Holiday entitlement increases with Long Service after 3 years service.

Working hours are likely to be 07:30 – 16:00 M-F.

As a Production & Scheduling Assistant, you’ll be responsible for

  • To coordinate the scheduling process.
  • To work with the Production Manager to ensure that all company required & external compliance documentation is kept up to date.
  • To liaise with the Sales Department to ensure that the orderbook is managed to meet the lead times given and manufacturing targets are kept within the specified values.
  • Full participation in stock take activities.
  • Development of the ERP system to improve production processes.
  • Assist the Production Team in the implementation projects as required.
    • Assist the Production Team on reporting of production activities, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of relevant key performance indicators.
    • Assist the Production Team in ensuring that the relevant resources are available to achieve delivery of the production schedule, including staffing, tooling, instructions, parts, materials, consumables, packaging & part-finished products.

As a Production & Scheduling Assistant, you will need

  • Experience using MS Office, Excel, Work and Outlook.
  • Excellent communication skills, Customer relationship skills.
  • Data base management would be advantageous.
  • An eye for detail and accuracy.
  • An outgoing and personable individual, who can work in a busy environment.
  • Good literacy and numeracy skills.

If this role is for you

We are working closely with our client and are committed to submitting suitable candidates for this Production & Scheduling Assistant vacancy this week, so please apply quickly via this advert, or for more information call Charlie on 01202 688555 at Rubicon.

Our team reviews every application.  Please ensure your CV is submitted in Microsoft Word so that we can upload your details more easily to our system. If sent as a PDF it will cause delays.

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Inspector

Inspector, Tewkesbury, £16.50ph

Purpose

As an Inspector you will be responsible for you will be responsible for the inspection ofa diverse range of components with various size, complexity, and surface finish to ensure products are being manufactured to the correct standard and specification.

If you are a Inspector looking to contribute to innovative projects and advance your career, this could be a great opportunity for you.

Employer / Benefits

Rubicon People Partnership’s client is a successful and forward-thinking precision engineering company located in the heart of Tewkesbury. With a rich history spanning several decades, they have established themselves as a trusted leader in the industry, renowned for their cutting-edge machining expertise.  Benefits you can expect as an Inspector include:

  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Death in Service scheme
  • Overtime available @ X1.5
  • 4 day working week
  • Flexi-time
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Permanent contract from day 1
  • State of the art shopfloor
  • Friendly work environment
  • Free parking
  • Accessible by public transport

Responsibilities

As a Inspector, your responsibilities will include:

  • First off, final and first article inspection of machined components
  • Using various manual and computer aided inspection equipment such as CMM machines
  • Completing documentation and relevant paperwork
  • Working from technical drawings and specifications
  • Ensuring that corrective action is completed within a timely manner
  • Liaising with other departments to support with corrective action
  • Overseeing the internal and external calibration systems

Background

The successful candidate for this Inspector role MUST have:

  • Previous experience working within an inspection role
  • Understanding of technical drawings and be able to interpret safety instructions, specifications, and manuals
  • High attention to detail
  • Good communication skills and ability to work as a team
  • Residence within sensible distance to our customers’ site
  • Consistent work history and employers we can obtain references from

Interested?

To be the first to receive information on this Inspector role, please submit an up-to-date CV via this advert or call Harriet for more information.

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Key words: inspection, inspector, inspecting, manufacturing, production, engineering, aerospace 

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Machine Shop Supervisor

Machine Shop Supervisor, Salisbury, £40’000pa

Purpose

As a Machine Shop Supervisor for this established engineering company, you will be a pivotal member of the company. You’ll have a 50/50 split between the shopfloor and office, between the shopfloor and office, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the machine shop as well as utilising your CNC skills in programming, setting, and operating machines. This role would be suited to a skilled machinist looking for the next step in their career.

Employer / Benefits

Rubicon People Partnership’s client are a highly accomplished, successful engineering business who specialise in automotive restoration. There is a real family feel throughout the business with most staff having been with them for several years. In recent years the business has invested heavily in its future with the purchasing of some very expensive and high-tech machinery. There are further plans for expansion over the next 5 years. Continued profitable growth have led to this Machine Shop Supervisor vacancy and benefits include:

  • Day shifts (37.5 hours a week)
  • Permanent contract
  • 20 days holiday increasing by 1 day per year of service (capped at 25 days), plus the bank holidays
  • Group Life Assurance
  • Benefits package with Eden Red which includes retail, utilities and holiday discounts to name a few and employee assistance
  • Employer’s pension
  • Free parking
  • Supported and guided learning with opportunities for training and development

Responsibilities

As a Machine Shop Supervisor your responsibilities will include:

  • Working both on the shopfloor and in the office (50/50 split)
  • Producing work schedules and arranging the day to day running of the machine shop
  • Being the first point of contact for any issues within the machine shop
  • Coordinating with other departments to determine best possible methods, practices and processes
  • Producing tooling and fixtures as required
  • Programming, setting and operating CNC machines
  • Assist with prototyping and development
  • Maintenance of the machinery and managing services for machines and equipment

Background

As a Machine Shop Supervisor, you’ll have:

  • Previous experience working within a machine shop programming, setting and operating CNC machinery
  • Ideally have some prior supervisory experience either within an established role or perhaps covering for a leader when necessary
  • Good communication, planning and organisational skills to manage the day to day running of the machine shop and operators
  • A consistent employment history with references available
  • Residence within sensible distance to our customers site as relocations won’t be considered

Interested?

To show your interest in this Machine Shop Supervisor vacancy please apply to this advert with an up-to-date CV showing your relevant experience.

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Key words: machine, machinery, supervisor, team leader, engineering, engineer, production, manufacturing, CNC, milling, turning, fabrication

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Quality Inspector

Quality Inspector, Salisbury, £30’000

Purpose

As a Quality Inspector for this established engineering company, you will play a crucial part in ensuring that what is produced is in line with customers’ expectations and each day will vary dependant on the departments focus.

Employer / Benefits

Rubicon People Partnership’s client are a highly accomplished, successful engineering business who specialise in automotive restoration. There is a real family feel throughout the business with most staff having been with them for several years. In recent years the business has invested heavily in its future with the purchasing of some very expensive and high-tech machinery. There are further plans for expansion over the next 5 years. Continued profitable growth have led to this Quality Inspector vacancy and benefits include:

  • Day shifts (37.5 hours a week)
  • Permanent contract
  • 20 days holiday increasing by 1 day per year of service (capped at 25 days), plus the bank holidays
  • Group Life Assurance
  • Benefits package with Eden Red which includes retail, utilities and holiday discounts to name a few and employee assistance
  • Free parking
  • Supported and guided learning with opportunities for training and development

Responsibilities

As a Quality Inspector your responsibilities will include:

  • Visually inspect components and assemblies for obvious defects
  • Read technical drawings in both Metric and Imperial measurements
  • Use a variety of inspection tools including Verniers and Micrometres
  • Work with the production lines and assembly teams to rectify issues
  • Record and document findings for identification of reoccurring problems and trends
  • Carry out packaging and manufacturing inspections, sampling, and testing of incoming components and raw materials to ensure that company standards are met
  • Assist with drafting inspection procedures and validate or troubleshoot testing methods

As a Quality Inspector, you’ll have:

  • Either prior experience within quality inspection or a recent engineering qualification such as a BTEC or A-Level
  • A genuine passion about all things engineering
  • Ability to work in a very small team and a proactive attitude as this role involves working alone at times
  • Good communication skills to liaise with various departments within the business
  • Competency working with computers
  • A consistent employment history with references available
  • Residence within sensible distance to our customers’ site as relocations won’t be considered

Interested?

To show your interest in this Quality Inspector vacancy please apply to this advert with an up-to-date CV showing your relevant experience. 

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Key words: quality, inspection, inspector, tester, testing, engineering, manufacturing, production

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