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Role- Technical Manager, Refrigeration Consultancy

Hybrid role, WFH

Salary - up to £70k + Benefits

My client is a leading Refrigeration company Specialising in designing energy efficient refrigeration systems for the retail and distribution sectors.

Looking for an experienced professional to join the team.

You will be experienced in Refrigeration design, Dealing with suppliers and Contractors, handling the costing for projects.

This role will involve working closely with Project management team to ensure that projects are running to budget and time scales.

You will have awareness of CDM Regulations

Consulting with client and Design teams from inception to completion

Review and report on all practical options for cooling systems

Prepare performance based specification to enable tendering

Provide information to enable preparation of tender drawings

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established and reputable company offering further development within the industry, There is scope for Directorship for the right candidate.

BMS Technical Manager

Are you an experienced BMS Commissioning Engineer and looking to take a step forward into team management with account delivery?

Alecto Recruitment is working with a superb business within the BMS space who are a very established BMS Provider offering a great place to work and an emphasis on on-going training and development.

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated BMS Controls engineer ready to take the next step in their career by leading a team of engineers and overseeing the delivery of technical service.

Salary / Benefits:

• 55,000 - 60,000
• Car or 6825 Car Allowance
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays and Rising with service
• 5% pension scheme, rising to 8.75% after 5 years and 10% after 10
• Competitive sick pay
• Private Healthcare
• Other superb benefits

The Role:

• As a leader you will be responsible for managing daily operations, addressing breakdowns, overseeing the service and commissioning of BMS Control systems and fostering strong client relationships
• Managing and mentoring a team of engineers
• Ensure adherence to HSE Standards and ISO Procedures
• Build and develop strong relationships with clients

We are seeking an experienced and professional BMS Engineer / BMS Commissioning Engineer who would like to take a step forward into team management

This is a great opportunity to join an industry leading business who focuses on offering a great working environment along with on-going opportunities for development and training.

Please feel free to apply if this is of interest and alternatively if you are on linkedin and would like to connect, my details are: (url removed)>

INDBMS

Are you a Technical professional with strong experience in quality, compliance, and customer-facing roles?
We’re currently hiring a Junior Technical Manager (Customer & Supplier Liaison) to work closely with key retail customers and suppliers, ensuring the highest standards of product quality, legality, integrity, and safety across a wide product range.

Tell me more.
In this role, you’ll support and liaise directly with customers, suppliers, and internal teams, managing product quality performance, compliance with customer policies, and driving continuous improvement across the supply chain. You’ll be involved in auditing, KPI reporting, supplier development, product trials, and delivering innovation in packaging, varietals, and shelf life. This is a varied, hands-on role ideal for someone with proven technical expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Upto £40,000pa , plus benefits and development opportunities.

What do you need?

• Experience in technical, quality assurance, or compliance within produce, food manufacturing, or FMCG

• Proven customer-facing experience with major retailers (M&S experience desirable)

• Strong auditing skills (M&S standards, BRCGS, FSQI, Select Farm preferred)

• Knowledge of ERP systems (Prophet advantageous) and Microsoft Office

• Experience in supplier visits, product trials, and continuous improvement projects

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure

• Full right to work in the UK

What will you be doing?

• Supporting product safety, quality, legality, and integrity across the supply base

• Liaising with customers on KPIs, complaints, and performance reporting

• Organising and attending supplier/customer visits and audits

• Maintaining technical libraries and ensuring compliance platforms are up to date

• Leading and supporting innovation projects (packaging, varietals, shelf life)

• Collaborating with technical, commercial, packaging, and production teams

• Delivering masterclasses and upskilling sessions for internal and supplier teams

• Driving supplier development and resilience planning initiatives

• Managing and reporting on customer compliance requirements

The details:

• Full-time, permanent role

• Involves customer site visits and supplier travel as required

• Excellent opportunity to work with leading retailers and a wide product portfolio

• Benefits package includes holiday allowance, pension, and professional development

If you’re ready to take on a high-profile technical role with a focus on customer satisfaction and supplier excellence, click the APPLY button now for a quick CV review – or call Steph for more information.

Kingdom People is acting within the capacity of a Recruitment Agency for their client.

• 55,000-65,000
• Bi-annual bonus opportunity
• Pension Contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

• Take ownership of the Mechanical pre-construction process, from concept to pricing, design and tendering
• Review quotes, handle supplier enquiries in order to put together competitive bids aligning to project requirements
• Provide guidance and expertise on Mechanical technical solutions for wide-ranging projects
• Support in-house design and estimating teams
• Commutable to the office in Central London and occasional site visits

• Prior involvement in Mechanical estimating, tenders, design and contracting environment
• Familiarity with Mechanical fit-out projects within design & build environments
• Ideally possess Mechanical Engineering and/or design specific experience
• Able to interpret drawings, specs and scope documents
• Commutable to the office in Central London and occasional site visits

Audio Visual Technical Manager

Fantastic Opportunity for an experienced Technical Manager (55,000 - 60,000 + benefits) to be a key part of our Client's team, taking full responsibility for providing high-level technical estimating, pre-sales and project support to the Business Managers and Project Delivery Teams covering both domestic and international requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Request For Proposal Phase

• Read and understand new consultant/ contract RFP Documents.
• Support the team as required, for development of technical tender docs.
• Attendance at internal/external meetings and interviews if required.

Preconstruction & Construction Phase

• Attendance at all pre-construction workshops.
• Development and submission of technical submittals, managed through to conclusion.
• Manage any design queries from the design dept / coordinate external Q&A process, as required.
• Review all drawings upon completion, manage changes as/if required, and ensure full accuracy of drawing pack. prior to submitting externally.

Change Control

• Manage design changes throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Work closely with the Consultant on change requirements.
• Deliver these changes internally to Design Dept.
• Manage and check drawings updates, in line with these changes, prior to issue.
• Check the approved changes are delivered, known and understood across all departments & individuals
• Provide information regarding the changes to the Sales Commercial Manager, for development of VQ's.

Rack Build & Test Phase

• Work with Production to ensure the rack build and test process is completed in line with the project programme.
• Check the Programmer is developing the code in accordance with the latest design, and the project timeline.
• Oversee all pre-staging tests, to ensure the racks are complete and ready for consultant witness testing.

IT/UC

• Work with the appointed AV/UC engineer to progress all requirements.
• Track document production
• Oversee associated internal and client team activities, to help ensure timely completion of respective responsibilities.

Commissioning

• Attendance on site for testing, commissioning and handover.

O&M

• Working with Design department on the development of O&M documentation.

Desirable Skills

• Working knowledge of current AV systems, associated IT elements and their installation (including AMX, Crestron, Extron, audio DSP, Video conferencing, etc.
• Technical knowledge of AV equipment, design concepts and solutions including IT and networks.
• Understanding of client needs, room environments and use.

We are working with a provider of Social Housing, who are looking to recruit an Electrical Technical Manager on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the Electrical Operations Manager, this role will lead a team of electrical specialists to deliver a high quality, value for money, property safety and compliance services.

The Technical Manager will ensure that all works are undertaken in a competent and safe manner, meeting commitments, monitoring performance, and evidencing its delivery in relation to all its regulatory and legislative obligations

Duties will include:

• Delivering on operational elements of electrical property safety and compliance.
• Being Accountable for the delivery of property safety and compliance programmes and projects to agreed performance and financial standards and targets, ensuring customer satisfaction, cost effectiveness and value for money.
• Setting and maintaining high levels of safe working practices across all areas of property maintenance and improvement services in line with health and safety legislation
• Responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and performance within the electrical property safety and compliance delivery teams to ensure that property assets are maintained and improved.

We are looking for someone with:

• Managerial/Supervisory experience
• Technical knowledge of Electrical Safety, knowledge and understanding or current electrical regulations and related building regulations.
• A City and Guilds in Electrical Installation 2360 or, City and Guilds 2368 electrical installation level 3 or, NVQ electrical installation level 3. City and Guilds 2381 requirements for Electrical installations level 3 BS7671. City and Guilds 2391 Testing and previous experience in a supervisory role.
• The ability to analyse business information and formulate metrics that deliver permanent or consolidated progress.

To apply for this position, please submit your CV

We are working with a provider of Social Housing, who are looking to recruit an Electrical Technical Manager on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the Electrical Operations Manager, this role will lead a team of electrical specialists to deliver a high quality, value for money, property safety and compliance services.

The Technical Manager will ensure that all works are undertaken in a competent and safe manner, meeting commitments, monitoring performance, and evidencing its delivery in relation to all its regulatory and legislative obligations

Duties will include:

• Delivering on operational elements of electrical property safety and compliance.
• Being Accountable for the delivery of property safety and compliance programmes and projects to agreed performance and financial standards and targets, ensuring customer satisfaction, cost effectiveness and value for money.
• Setting and maintaining high levels of safe working practices across all areas of property maintenance and improvement services in line with health and safety legislation
• Responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and performance within the electrical property safety and compliance delivery teams to ensure that property assets are maintained and improved.

We are looking for someone with:

• Managerial/Supervisory experience
• Technical knowledge of Electrical Safety, knowledge and understanding or current electrical regulations and related building regulations.
• A City and Guilds in Electrical Installation 2360 or, City and Guilds 2368 electrical installation level 3 or, NVQ electrical installation level 3. City and Guilds 2381 requirements for Electrical installations level 3 BS7671. City and Guilds 2391 Testing and previous experience in a supervisory role.
• The ability to analyse business information and formulate metrics that deliver permanent or consolidated progress.

To apply for this position, please submit your CV

Job Title:     Assistant Technical Manager

Salary:       £30,000 - £32,000 per annum

Location:     Sittingbourne, ME10

Department:     Technical

Reports to:     Technical Manager

Job Summary

Responsible for all aspects of the company’s technical administration function to enable the site’s compliance to regulatory, food safety, and quality standards.

Communication

• Communicate with other relevant departments including the wider operations team.
• Keep the Technical Manager fully informed and up to date on any issues

Strategic

• Have a good understanding of HACCP, regulatory requirements, IFS / BRCGS / SEDEX
• Be up to date with all technical functions, QMS, internal & external audits, site non-conformances and specifications
• Lead on NPD/NPI and be up to date with all NPD functions – new product trials & launches, new packaging introduction

Responsibilities

1. Carry out internal audits, address non-conformances ensuring these are closed off in a timely manner
2. Ensure specifications exist for raw material and packaging utilised across the site
3. Maintain and update approved supplier lists
4. Lead on NPD/NPI, assist in the introduction of new regulatory, food safety, quality standards across the site
5. Logging & investigating customer complaints
6. Assist in third party audits, and customer visits where appropriate
7. Assist in traceability and product recall exercises
8. Participate in HACCP review meetings
9. Manage specifications for new product and updating existing ones when necessary.
10. Assist in dealing with internal and external (customer) queries.
11. Participate in annual technical and quality review meetings.
12. Assist in technical and operations projects, and any other task deemed the responsibility of the technical team

Compliance

• Maintain a full understanding of the legal requirements required within the departments and also within the business to be able to operate with full legal compliance
• Comply with all policies, procedures and risk assessments relevant to the position of Technical Assistant

Personal attributes required:

• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing
• Ability to lead by influencing
• Good interpersonal skills
• Computer literacy (Word, Excel etc) Experience with Orderwise would be an advantage
• Attention to detail
• Ability to assist in solving problems/offer solutions

Working hours:

• Monday – Friday 08:00 – 16:00

Occasional working outside standard working hours to meet business needs.  Notice would be given in such instances

Deputising/absence cover:

The responsibilities listed above shall be covered by the Quality Assurance Technician in the event of absence

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply ASAP.

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This position offers an excellent opportunity to lead and influence engineering processes at a senior level within a large West Yorkshire based textiles manufacturer.

Client Details

The organisation is a large West Yorkshire based textiles manufacturer with sites across the region and abroad. They have a strong focus on sustainability and developing product with a wide range of applications for global customers.

Description

As Group Technical Lead you will report into the CEO and be responsible for a team of technical managers, engineers and supervisors across multiple sites.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing strategic technical guidance and troubleshooting complex technical issues across multiple sites, with focus on weaving, finishing, and engineering functions
• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of technical managers, engineers, and supervisors
• Managing engineering projects including installation of new equipment and factory upgrades whilst maintaining current facilities across UK sites
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental (HSE) regulations and certifications
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives to optimize production output, quality, and cost-efficiency
• Cooperating across a variety of departments including production, quality assurance, research and development and supply chain to align technical initiatives with business goals

Profile

As Group Technical Lead, this candidate will be a confident leader with a depth of knowledge in both textiles and engineering within a manufacturing environment. They will be willing to travel around group manufacturing sites globally and demonstrate a range of the following:

• Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing, TPM, and Six Sigma principles
• Excellent project management and people management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability

Job Offer

A competitive salary alongside a comprehensive benefits package including:

Car allowance or company car

Life assurance & private health insurance

Bonus scheme with earning potential up to 15% of annual salary

23 days holiday + bank holidays