50 Engineering jobs in Oxford
Engineering Manager
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Engineering Manager - Full-Time, Permanent
Location: Slough
Salary: 60,000 - 65,000 per annum
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent - 45 hours per week
Shift Pattern: Week 1: Monday to Friday | Week 2: Tuesday to Saturday (07:00 - 16:30)
The Opportunity
Are you a skilled Engineering Manager with a strong background in food manufacturing or fast-paced production environments? We're looking for a confident and driven individual to lead the engineering function at a busy bakery production facility in Slough.
This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring maximum equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality standards. You will lead a team of engineers, oversee planned and reactive maintenance, and drive continuous improvement across the site.
What You'll Be Doing
* Overseeing all engineering and maintenance activity across the facility
* Managing the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) system to reduce downtime
* Leading and developing a high-performing, safety-conscious engineering team
* Coordinating 24-hour engineering coverage and shift engineering activities
* Conducting root cause analysis and implementing permanent corrective actions
* Managing plant spares, stock levels, and sourcing of critical components
* Liaising with senior management and advising on equipment performance issues
* Driving best practices around GMP, HACCP, BRC, and food safety standards
* Overseeing factory infrastructure and utilities maintenance
* Supporting new product introductions from an engineering perspective
What We're Looking For
* Proven experience in an Engineering Manager or Senior Engineering position
* Strong knowledge of food production or FMCG environments
* Background in mechanical and electrical engineering with relevant qualifications
* Strong leadership, coaching, and communication skills
* Experience with PPM systems, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement
* Confident managing contractors and ensuring compliance with safety procedures
* Practical understanding of UK regulations, health & safety, and audit standards
What's in It for You
* Competitive salary package
* Opportunity to lead a high-impact department in a well-established company
* Supportive environment with room for professional development
* Hands-on role with real scope to influence and improve operations
Apply today to lead the engineering function at a dynamic food manufacturing facility where your expertise will make a tangible difference.
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Engineering Geologist
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Engineering Geologist
High Wycombe
Permanent
30,000 to 40,000 per annum
Are you looking to work for a well-established geotechnical and geoenvironmental consultancy that offers first-class training and development?
My client is a medium-sized leading geotechnical and geoenvironmental companies, based in High Wycombe, and are looking for an Engineering Geologist to join their diverse and experienced projects team.
The successful Engineering Geologist candidate will have the chance to work on a variety of commercial and residential projects nationwide, gaining valuable experience alongside experienced consultants. The successful Engineering Geologist would be responsible for ground investigation project delivery, site characterisation, report writing and client liaison.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow into a senior position at the company, as my client pride themselves on promoting from within.
Candidate Requirements:
- Geology degree, another relevant degree
- Commutable distance from their High Wycombe site
- Ground investigation and report writing experience
- Full UK Driving Licence
Company Benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- Enhanced Pension Scheme
- Additional Annual Leave opportunities
- Hybrid Working
- Flexible Working
- Vehicle Access
Interested in this or other roles in Geotechnical or Geo-Environmental, please do not hesitate to contact William Lisle at (url removed) or call (phone number removed). We have many more vacancies available on our website.
This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.
Engineering Geologist
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Geo-Environmental Consultant | High Wycombe | 30,000
An exciting new opportunity has opened for a Geo-Environmental Consultant in High Wycombe.
Would you like a role that offers a great progression path?
Company benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Great pension scheme
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working available
- Flexible working
You will have the chance to work on a range of different projects, varying from large commercial to infrastructure and residential.
If you would be interested in working for an established ground investigation consultancy with multiple offices over the UK, we want to hear from you! We are looking for a driven Geo Environmental Consultant to join the team and help with some exciting new projects that are coming up.
You will have the chance to work on a variety of responsibilities from office to site. Your focus will be preparing phase 1 and 2 reports, preparing risk assessments, supervising on site, taking soil samples and helping train the junior consultants.
If you meet the following requirements, please send your CV to us.
Essential
- Hold a Geology or Earth Science degree
- Must hold a full UK driving license
- Must live within a commutable distance from the High Wycombe office
- Report writing experience is desirable
If you are interested in applying for the role of the Geo-Environmental Consultant, please send your CV to (url removed) or reach out to (phone number removed).
Engineering Manager
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A leading high-tech manufacturer is looking to recruit an Engineering Manager to lead a specialist engineering team whose remit is to design and deliver specialised customer projects and the ongoing development of their products. This interim Engineering Manager role is cover long term sickness, so the contract will be raised for 4 months, with a possible extension to 6 months.
I am looking for an Engineering Manager who has worked with high tech, low volume instrumentation. It is essential that you have overseen Design Engineer's and the NPD/NPI process into manufacturing. You will need a technical based degree, either Engineering or Science based. You will need expertise in People, Resource & Capacity Management, as well as Product Compliance.
If you’re an Engineering Manager with this experience and you’re looking for a role for the rest of 2025, then please send MARS Recruitment a copy of your CV.
MARS Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other protected status. Suitable candidates for the role will be contacted within 3 working days, unfortunately if you haven’t heard back in this time your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
MARS Recruitment is a specialist Engineering & IT recruiter working in partnership with companies across the UK and offers services of both an Employment Business (for Temporary/Contract roles) and an Employment Agency (for Permanent roles).
Engineering Technician
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Milton Keynes | 50,000-55,000 + Excellent Package (Pension, Holidays, Life Assurance)
Mon-Fri | Earlies & Lates | No Weekends or Nights
We're working with a progressive, well-invested food manufacturer in Milton Keynes that's growing fast and driving continuous improvement across its operation. They're now looking to bring in an electrically biased engineer to support site performance and reliability.
This is a Monday to Friday role with earlies and lates - no weekends or nights - offering a great balance of hands-on engineering and improvement-focused work.
What they're looking for:
Electrical bias with food/FMCG experience (NVQ Level 3)
Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills - up to date with current wiring regs.
Experience with RCA and continuous improvement is a big plus
Someone energetic and proactive
What's on offer:
Circa 50,000-55,000 salary
Attractive pension scheme
Excellent holiday entitlement
Life assurance and additional benefits
This is a great opportunity to join a modern, forward-looking site where your ideas and input will be valued. Get in touch to learn more.
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Engineering Lecturer
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The role is centred around teaching groups of engineering apprentices, normally with 12-14 in a class. Exact units within which a Lecturer is expected to deliver learning will be dictated by their prior knowledge and experience, however being a small team, you will be expected to deliver a range of engineering disciplines.
The ideal candidate would have industry experience prior to their teaching career and be able to bring that experience into their delivery in an engaging, creative and effective way.
Lecturers teach roughly 80% of their hours with 20% for planning, marking, student meetings etc.
Responsibilities
- Feed into the planning of curriculums for a range of cohorts related to the requirements of the apprenticeships delivered. li>Prepare all schemes of work, lesson plans and resource materials for the units you are teaching.
- Teach on a range of engineering knowledge units at L3 and L4 (4 only if qualified to HNC). Also, opportunity to teach L2 workshop skills if able and qualified to do so.
- Create and maintain resources needed to teach the course, ensuring they remain up-to-date and accessible to learners.
- Utilise IT and learning technology to deliver elements of the curriculum.
- Feed into the preparation of assessment plans and schedules and ensure learners are aware of expectations.
- Assess learner progress regularly, supporting them both academically and pastorally. Provide written and oral feedback throughout the course and carry out 1to1 progress reviews, including the completion of necessary documents.
- Differentiate delivery to allow access for all regardless of if the learner requires additional support requirements or need extending.
- Embed Maths, English and ICT within the curriculum and your delivery.
- Carry out learner inductions to the course.
- Manage the attendance and achievement of each learner, keeping records up-to-date, including the completion of registers, and other required documentation.
- Ensure a safe and secure learning environment and comply with all relevant Health and Safety regulations.
- Implement all Safeguarding, Prevent and other relevant policies.
- Involvement in the wider company, apprenticeship delivery or any other duties as may be reasonably required.
Person specification
- Experience teaching L3 & ideally L4 knowledge units in an FE environment. Also interested in candidates who have experience teaching L2 workshop skill units.
- Minimum of a Level 3 Engineering qualification ideally encompassing both Mechanical and Electrical/Electronic elements.
- A teaching qualification for the FE sector, e.g. DET, DTLLS, PGCE or equivalent.
- Up-to-date knowledge of the developments within the Engineering sector and in the practises of teaching and learning.
- Up-to-date knowledge of apprenticeships and how the qualifications fit into the wider programme.
- Able to deliver all aspects of the learning process including preparation, planning, delivery, assessment, and evaluation.
- Be committed to inclusive learning, ensuring use of the very best practice to meet individual learner needs including the promotion of equal opportunities and differentiated learning for those with SEND.
Benefits:
- 36 days holiday including Bank Holidays. (Part-time pro-rata of FT) li>Company laptop and mobile phone
- Access to training
- Company pension
- Death in Service Cover
- Access to Wecare wellbeing support
- Salary sacrifice private health care
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
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Engineering Lecturer
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Consilium Recruit are supporting a prestigious and rapidly growing training organisation with the recruitment of an Engineering Lecturer. You will teach and deliver content to engineering apprentices learning and studying on qualifications at Levels 3 & 4. This is a permanent role, working Monday to Friday, offering excellent progression and development.
Commutable from: Oxford, Banbury, Bicester, Thame, Milton Keynes
Salary: £ Negotiable + Excellent Annual Leave Entitlement + Employer Pension + Supported Training + Salary Sacrifice Private Medical Scheme.
The Role
The Engineering Lecturer will teach and deliver courses to Apprentices at Levels 3 & 4. You will feed into the planning of curriculums based on the apprenticeship requirements, prepare schemes of work, prepare lesson plans and the appropriate resource materials for the learners.
The Engineering Lecturer will teach on a range of engineering topics including mechanical, electrical and multiskilled content in addition to regularly assessing learner progress. You will provide both academic and pastoral support to learners, seeking to continually embed STEM content into your learning.
You will create and maintain a safe and secure learning environment, complying with the relevant Health and Safety requirements in addition to supporting inductions.
The Person
The successful candidate will ideally have experience teaching L3 & L4 Engineering courses to apprentices in a workshop environment or will possess a valid background in manufacturing / engineering and be seeking transfer your knowledge and expertise into a teaching format.
If you have previously taught, you will be conversant with modern learning and teaching methods and hold a teaching qualification for the further education sector such as DET, DTLLS, PGSE or equivalent.
The Engineering Lecturer will possess a minimum of Level 4 Engineering qualification with a focus on engineering in either a teaching or industrially focused work history.
For candidates considering a teaching career, moving from the engineering and manufacturing sectors, this business is incredibly happy to fund and support a teaching qualification as part of your initial training.
You will be required to work onsite in the Academy weekly with a blend between teaching and time for preparation and learner “1-2-1s”. The role is subject to satisfactory completion of background checks including DBS.
To apply, please contact James Colley with a current CV via email.
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Engineering Geologist
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Job Title: Engineering Geologist
Location: Banbury
Salary: 30-40,000 (depending on experience)
We are looking for an engineering geologist with experience to join a contaminated land specialist team within a multi-disciplinary company, with an excellent reputation in the geotechnical ground investigation industry. This engineering geologist position offers a pathway to progression and chartership, where you can work in excellent conditions within a friendly and knowledgeable team and take a step into project management.
The engineering geologist duties will include geotechnical and geo-environmental site visits, project management, junior mentoring, report writing and client facing. This will suit a geotechnical or geo-environmental engineer who is looking for the next career step forward, to develop your technical and engineering geologist project management skills.
Engineering Geologist package:
* Competitive salary 30-40,000
* Generous pension scheme
* Site bonuses
* Company Vehicle
* Fantastic working conditions
* Flexible benefits
* Full training
* Exciting projects
To be considered for this engineering geologist position, you need to have a background of geotechnical or/and geo-environmental engineering, environmental assessments and be based in or near Banbury
Interested in this or other geo roles? Please do not hesitate to contact Joel Bullen on (url removed) or call (phone number removed). We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role.
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Engineering Apprentice
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Standard (Mon-Fri)
**Environmental Conditions**
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc. allowed, Laboratory Setting, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)
**Job Description**
**Summary:**
In this role you will be participating a wide range of maintenance engineering activities throughout our production footprint. You will engage with colleagues at multiple levels and from several subject areas, to work together to ensure we deliver an exciting and robust production facility to our clients!
You will take part and take accountability for maintenance activities (planned and unplanned), utilising operational excellence and continuous improvement activities. With the aim of improving equipment reliability and ensuring minimal equipment downtime.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Learn and Assist - Work closely with experienced engineers and technicians to learn about control systems and instrumentation principles, equipment, maintenance principles, equipment, and procedures.
+ Calibration: Assist in the calibration of sensors, and instrumentation devices.
+ Problem solving: Identify and diagnose issues with control systems and instrumentation equipment and assist in resolving them effectively.
+ Equipment Maintenance: Assist in the maintenance, repair, and problem solving of machinery, equipment, and facilities to ensure optimal performance and minimize downtime.
+ Preventive Maintenance: Participate in scheduled preventive maintenance tasks to identify and address potential issues before they become critical.
+ Documentation: Maintain accurate records of work performed, including equipment specifications, maintenance logs, and calibration reports.
+ Continuous Learning: Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in control systems and instrumentation technology through training and self-study.
**Knowledge, skill and experience**
+ Entry requirements include a good level of Maths and English -you must have a GCSE grade 4/C or above in both subjects, or a Functional Skills Level 2 qualification.
+ Understand emergency procedures and follow safe systems of work.
+ Only complete tasks that you have the knowledge and competency to complete.
+ Ensure compliance with environment, health and safety rules, signage and instructions always.
+ Strong interest in control systems and instrumentation.
+ Basic knowledge of electrical and electronic principles is a plus.
+ Excellent problem-solving skills.
+ Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
+ Eagerness to learn and a strong work ethic.
+ Ability to work independently and follow instructions.
**About the apprenticeship**
This hands-on program combines academic study with real-world experience. In the first year, you'll attend Swindon college two days a week to build a strong technical foundation. In the second and third years, college attendance reduces to one day a week as you gain more on-the-job experience. Your final year is fully work-based, giving you the skills and confidence to thrive in the engineering industry and work towards your End Point Assessment (EPA).
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Engineering Manager
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People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
**About the Opportunity**
We are seeking a highly collaborative, skilled and experienced Engineering Manager to join our Non-Nuclear Engineering Partner.
Our Engineering Managers lead multi-discipline teams of design engineers and technicians, working across the full life cycle of project delivery from initial project definition and FED studies through to detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover to operations.
The successful candidate will be able to communicate at all levels, have a passion for quality and the drive to deliver in line with agreed cost and schedule targets. Reporting to our Head of Engineering, they will lead a multi-discipline team of engineering personnel and work in collaboration with our Project and Programme Managers, creating confidence in outcomes, engaging with stakeholders, and implementing appropriate technical decisions.
**Here's What You'll Need**
- A Degree qualified Engineering Manager or demonstrable equivalent underpinning knowledge and understanding and discipline relevant professional experience.
- Proven experience in working with multi-discipline engineering teams in multi-office locations.
- Good all-round technical design experience using British and international standards and Eurocodes.
- Detailed working knowledge of UKCA marking requirements.
- Ability to work autonomously and manage your team's time and workload to deliver against agreed milestones.
- Ability to work effectively as a team leader within a multidisciplinary team liaising directly with team members and the Client.
- Experience and familiarity with designing for delivery/implementation and associated project construction and execution.
- Candidates should be a UK National with security clearance and/ or the ability to obtain SC at the appropriate level.
Any offer of employment will be strictly subject to the relevant security requirements for the role being met. This means that you will need to have, or be able to obtain, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance and either Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. The security clearance process may require non-British nationals or dual nationals (i.e. those with British and another nationality) to be subject to additional evaluation, depending on nationalities held and the nature of the work to be carried out.
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