47 Manufacturing jobs in Oxfordshire

A bit about the role

Our Manufacturing Administrator is a key part of the team, responsible for the operation of our business.

Reporting to the Production Manager, you’ll be responsible for assisting the Logistics and Materials Manager in implementing processes that support successful delivery of orders, order processing, collation and provision or reports to support streamlined operations, loading CDT files on our automated manufacturing lines.

You’ll also manage information sharing, team holiday and absence data and drawings related to manufacture while ensuring objectives are met to meet business needs.

Your skills

We’ll train you with your own growth plan so you’re ready for the next steps in your career.

If you have a passion for getting things right, are happy to work on your own and as part of a team, you get on well with other people and have a proactive approach to improving systems and processes, this could be the role for you.

You’ll also have excellent skills using systems and software to improve manual tasks. You can plan your working week, manage time, information, and report in a succinct manner.

You’ll undertake your role in an organised and agile way to support business goals. You’ll handle confidential business data in a professional manner.

You’ll be proficient in standard Microsoft packages along with other softwares to manage tasks and information such as Scribe and SharePoint.

Our culture is friendly, open, and welcoming, so if that working environment sounds good, please get in touch. If this sounds like the right step for your career, please click here to apply and find out more.

A bit about us

Our ambition is to reduce waste and reduce carbon, creating positive futures for generations to come. Our automated facility in Witney, Oxfordshire is known for its state of the art robotics, technology driving quality and innovation, building over 10,000 timber frame homes a year, to the highest standards. Our products are award winning, accredited, and sustainable.

We’re part of the Donaldson Group, a legacy of over 160 years with over 1,500 employees across the UK. 14 businesses, from timber importing, timber merchants, retail, timber engineering and offsite, we’re a business with long standing customers, even longer standing employees.

Together we have a great company culture that looks to the future, a culture built around our people, our customers and their visions that ensures we are focused on doing the right thing for our customers, our employees, and the planet.

Join us on our ambitious journey.

The offsite manufacturing industry in the UK is robust and growing. Over the last 50 years, we’ve built over 150,000 homes, 300 hotels and many schools and medical facilities. We’re growing and we need Design Technicians across the UK, to help us to grow further.

We value our people, so you can expect a company that is supportive and encouraging, we make you feel welcome, looked after, secure.

We invest in our people so you can benefit from training and support as you learn and develop your skills. You’ll have your own learning path, a way to learn new skills, grow and flourish on an ongoing basis. This also ensures you’re ready for the next step when it comes along.

We reward our people, and you’ll have good benefits, a competitive salary, bonus scheme, ongoing development, and an opportunity to develop your career with the UK’s leading timber frame manufacturer. This full-time role is 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, based at our offices in Witney Oxfordshire.

You’ll have 32 days holiday per year, pension, sick pay, life assurance and inclusion in our Flexible Benefits programme that includes cycle to work scheme, gym membership, dental insurance and dine out discounts as well as access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

Gi Group are currently recruiting for our client based in Milton Keynes.
We are looking for warehouse operatives for a globally known aluminium packaging company.

Based in Northfield - Milton Keynes
15 per hour
12 Hour Shifts
Split shift - 2 weeks on days, 2 weeks on nights
Work 5 days one week and 2 days the next week.

There are different roles available:
* Sorting
* Palletising
* Bailing

Skills and competencies:
* Good awareness
* Good communication skill
* Attention to detail.
* Common sense
* Understanding of health and safety

Personal attributes:
* Hard working
* Dedicated
* Enthusiastic
* Awareness of Health & Safety

We are looking for someone who is reliable and willing to go above and beyond to succeed at the role. All shifts can be provided when you start so you will know your shifts for the rest of the year in advance.
If you are interested, please give us a call on (phone number removed) or email

Should you require any support or assistance, please contact your local Gi Group office.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited are proud founding members of Menopause in business, pledge members for Neurodiversity in business, Disability committed members, Silver status pledge members for the Armed Forces Covenant, and Bronze trail blazers for Racial Equality matters.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited, Grafton Professional Staffing Limited, Encore Personnel Services, Gi Group Ireland Limited and Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. Gi Group Ireland Limited are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this role.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Gi Group Privacy Statement. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data please visit the Privacy page on our Gi Group website.

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary
li>Company performance bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive health cash plan
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay) and Paternity/Non-Pregnant Parent/ Co-adopter leave 4 weeks full pay)
• Structured training & opportunities to progress

What does the role look like?

In this exciting role, as a Manufacturing Engineer you will be fundamental to the development of new composite products and processes in a highly challenging and fast-paced environment. You will bring new products to our customers helping to move the world forward. The role is critical to delivering new products with manufacturing readiness to support business strategic growth timing. You will be offered the opportunity to learn and develop cutting edge composite manufacturing techniques and impact design solutions that will be deployed on existing and future aircraft platforms.

 

What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?

*Significantly contribute to the product maturity development of composite components
*Drive New Product Introduction (NPI) activities
*Deliver Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) progression for key composite technology projects
*Drive process innovation and improvement
*Design and develop tooling, Jigs & Fixturing of varying complexity to facilitate the development of new parts and manufacturing methods
*Create detailed CAD models and drawings for parts and tooling, following change management best practice.
*Specify, source, install and commission CAPEX equipment, working with internal and external suppliers.
*Lead PFMEA activities
*Author new and revised standard operating process documentation in line with company process
*Author manufacturing tools and lessons learned based on development project findings
*Provide reports and documentation necessary to show manufacturing efforts
*Clearly communicate actions and progress of technical tasks in hand
*Utilise best practice and industry recognised techniques to conduct effective root cause analysis

Essential skills:

*Experience in developing manufacturing processes & handing over to production
*Experience in the specification and commissioning of manufacturing equipment
*Able to take a hands-on approach to developing components, manufacturing processes, and testing methods.

Desirable skills:

*Significant experience in Manufacturing Engineering or similar, with a strong manufacturing bias in industries such as Automotive or Aerospace (bachelor's degree preferable)
*High level of self-motivation, drive and focus on results with a concern for accuracy: you will be resilient and able to act in a tenacious way when required
*Proficiency in creating jigs and fixtures of varying complexity.
*Effective communication skills, suitable for communicating at multiple levels of the organisation.
*Proven track record of effective project delivery
*Capability of conducting effective root cause analysis.
*Comfortable working in a fast-paced R&D environment and be able to react to change quickly and effectively
*Experience of product industrialisation
*Experience in composite material manufacturing
*Knowledge of NX/Solid works CAD packages
*Experience and proficiency using CADfil Filament Winding Software
*Professional Engineering accreditation
*Previous product costing experience

About us:

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

Gi Group are currently recruiting for our client based in Milton Keynes.
We are looking for warehouse operatives for a globally known aluminium packaging company.

Based in Northfield - Milton Keynes
15 per hour
12 Hour Shifts
Split shift - 2 weeks on days, 2 weeks on nights
Work 5 days one week and 2 days the next week.

There are different roles available:
* Sorting
* Palletising
* Bailing

Skills and competencies:
* Good awareness
* Good communication skill
* Attention to detail.
* Common sense
* Understanding of health and safety

Personal attributes:
* Hard working
* Dedicated
* Enthusiastic
* Awareness of Health & Safety

We are looking for someone who is reliable and willing to go above and beyond to succeed at the role. All shifts can be provided when you start so you will know your shifts for the rest of the year in advance.
If you are interested, please give us a call on (phone number removed) or email

Should you require any support or assistance, please contact your local Gi Group office.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited are proud founding members of Menopause in business, pledge members for Neurodiversity in business, Disability committed members, Silver status pledge members for the Armed Forces Covenant, and Bronze trail blazers for Racial Equality matters.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited, Grafton Professional Staffing Limited, Encore Personnel Services, Gi Group Ireland Limited and Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. Gi Group Ireland Limited are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this role.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Gi Group Privacy Statement. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data please visit the Privacy page on our Gi Group website.

• A competitive salary , plus 1.5x pay for all hours over 40
• A 40–46 hour week , with every Friday finishing at 12 noon
• 32 days holiday , plus pension, sick pay, and life assurance
• Access to a flexible benefits programme – including cycle-to-work, dental cover, and lifestyle discounts
• Ongoing training and development , with a clear pathway to progress

• Learning how to manufacture timber frame panels using specialist tools and high-tech equipment
• Working as part of a friendly, supportive production team
• Following technical drawings and maintaining quality, safety, and output standards
• Gaining hands-on experience and new skills every day

• Enjoy using tools and making things
• Are a team player who takes pride in their work
• Can learn quickly and follow instructions
• Have some experience with joinery, timber, or manufacturing (a bonus but not essential)
• Can understand basic measurements and drawings