Astute's EPC Power team is partnering with a leading EPC Contractor within the UK Power Industry to recruit a HSE Advisor on a 4 month contract basis for its OCGT plant based in Stewartby, Bedfordshire The HSE Advisor position comes with a day rate of 350.00 to 400.00 per day. Key skills and responsibilities: The ability to establish a rapport with all levels of management and safety representatives if and when required. Able to carry out effective investigations, audits, inspections and compile reports and recommendations as appropriate. Working closely with the HSE Manager onsite to monitor any findings across the project Work through HSE documentation for Sub-contractors across the project. PC literate with a good level of spreadsheet knowledge. Strong ability to influence others. Ability to understand the key issues in complex situations. Ability to work to deadlines, prioritize workload and meet targets. NEBOSH Occupational Health and Safety Qualification...

Job title: Marketing Manager - Brand Location: Hybrid (Office in Bedford) Role type: This is a permanent position About us: At Hybrid Air Vehicles, we are driven by a single purpose: to Rethink the Skies. We connect the unconnected and offer sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the modern world. Joining our team means contributing to an innovative, values-driven organisation while learning, growing, and helping shape the future of aviation. The opportunity: The Marketing Manager Brand role is an opportunity to join a small, agile team and contribute to marketing Airlander a new type of aircraft that rethinks the skies. You will help shape and embed HAV s refreshed brand identity across the organisation and external channels. The role will support the delivery of a brand refresh, act as brand guardian, and lead multi-channel campaigns while contributing to other key projects such as a new website. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys...

Health and Safety Manager Bedford 50,000 Plus Benefits Are you passionate about driving health and safety standards within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment? Do you enjoy leading site teams, improving compliance and embedding a strong, practical safety culture? We're seeking a proactive and inspiring Health and Safety Manager to lead safety initiatives at a busy site producing fresh food products. This hands-on leadership role involves shaping safety culture, championing environmental sustainability, and ensuring compliance across all operations. Responsibilities of the Health and Safety Manager will include: Providing the subject-matter expertise, leadership and coaching to build safety & health capability across the site. Auditing health and safety performance, accurately reporting and investigating incidents and near misses. Engaging with key internal and external stakeholders including contractors, regulators, and enforcement agencies....

Regulatory Affairs Specialist Salary: £30,000 £35,000 DOE plus benefits Location: Bedford The Vacancy Swiss Precision Diagnostics (SPD) is a world leader in the research, design and supply of advanced consumer diagnostic products. SPD is a joint venture between Procter and Gamble (P&G) and Abbott , and our brand Clearblue , is recognised the world over as providing accurate home pregnancy and fertility monitoring tests. We are looking for a Regulatory Affairs Specialist to join our Regulatory Affairs team on a full-time,12-month maternity cover contract . The role will be based at our Innovation Centre in Bedford, UK with option for hybrid working . The Regulatory Affairs Specialist role provides technical support for the Regulatory Affairs Department, ensuring regulatory elements of international distribution of SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics GmbH (SPD) products, and implementation of changes to products in production are fulfilled. This role...

Senior Town Planner - Bedford Join a Leading Independent Planning Consultancy! Are you an ambitious and qualified Town Planner with at least 3 years of professional experience? Do you want to make a meaningful impact in the field of planning while working with a diverse range of clients? If so, we invite you to consider this exciting opportunity with one of the UK s leading, employee-owned planning consultancies. Position: Senior Town Planner Location: Bedford Salary: Dependent on experience Why Choose This Opportunity? This consultancy pride themselves on delivering tailored, multidisciplinary advice to help balance development needs with environmental sustainability. With offices across the UK, their team works on a variety of projects across both private and public sectors. With projects across Residential, Extra-Care, Commercial, Logistics, Sport & Leisure as well as Education , you will gain invaluable experience collaborating with skilled...

We're looking for a proactive New Business Executive to help generate and qualify new opportunities and book quality appointments for a busy sales team. You'll be responsible for researching prospects, making outbound calls and follow-up emails, and keeping the CRM up to date. You'll work closely with sales and marketing colleagues to achieve daily and weekly targets. This is a permanent, onsite role based near Bedford, with working hours of either 8:00am-5:00pm or 7:30am-4:30pm. Key responsibilities include: Making outbound calls and sending follow-up emails to warm and cold leads Researching and generating new business opportunities Booking appointments for the sales team Maintaining accurate CRM data and reports Supporting marketing activity and lead campaigns About you: A confident, articulate communicator with strong telephone skills Organised, goal-focused and able to manage your own workload Comfortable working to targets and KPIs Strong research and...

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent Project Manager - Signalling Rail to join our dynamic Eastern and Southern team at York. 37.5 hrs per week -Hybrid working. In this role, you will be responsible for the management and delivery of small to medium sized signalling projects, predominantly through the ERP framework, to contract specification and programme, while building and sustaining long term customer relationships. This role offers you the unique opportunity to work with one of NR main contractors on Signalling and OLE frameworks across the Eastern region . What You'll Do: Project mobilisation in line with core Business requirements including production of core project documentation. Ensure projects meet critical success factors, project acceptance criteria and customer quality expectations Defining products / specific deliverables to be delivered by the project Ensuring that the engagement of any third-party project resources is...

Position: Electro Mechanical Assembler Location: Kempston Proactive are currently working with a client who are a market leader in their field based in Kempston. The client are currently in need of a Electro Mechanical Assembler. The need is due to rapid company growth, the successful candidate will be joining a thriving business and be helping maintain the site's function through this exciting influx of work. Your daily duties will include: Read and interpret technical drawings, wiring schematics and follow PIO instructions to ensure correct assembly and wiring. Operate electrical test equipment to ensure systems function correctly and safely. Work with systems in hybrid and electric units, ensuring safe handling and integration. Ensure all work meets quality standards and is completed within production schedules. Report all issues and non-conformance to Team Leader / Supervisor. Operate overhead cranes and other lifting equipment as required. React to...

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join one of the country's leading Facilities Management companies working at a static site in Bedford. The ideal candidate will have a strong electrical background and hold electrical qualifications such as NVQ/SVQ Level 3 in electrical installations or maintenance, and 18th edition as a minimum. Knowledge of and experience with 3 phase electrics and its applications is essential. A driving license is also required for use of the pool van. The role will be working as part of a team working in a distribution centre to maintain and repair a range of electrical and mechanical plant and equipment. Duties: Support other technicians with any major or minor maintenance work. Complete all necessary PPM's and reactive maintenance schedules within agreed timescales and to ensure all necessary paperwork is completed accurately and as required. Prioritising and completing minor maintenance and repair...

SEMH Maths Teacher - Specialist Provision (Young Women) Location: Wilden, Bedfordshire Contract: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm Type: Temporary to Permanent Salary: Competitive, in line with MPS (dependent on experience) The Role We are working with a specialist SEMH provision in Bedfordshire that supports young women who are unable to access mainstream education. This is a rewarding opportunity for a Maths Teacher who is passionate about inclusive education and committed to making a genuine difference. You will be teaching small classes of up to 10 students, with a wide range of academic abilities and complex social, emotional and mental health needs. Many learners have experienced significant disruption to their education and require a consistent, trauma-informed approach. The successful candidate will be confident adapting Maths lessons to meet individual needs, while maintaining clear boundaries and a calm, structured learning environment. Key Responsibilities...

Creative Support are looking for warm, reliable and proactive Support Workers to join our newly developed team in Bedford to provide quality care and support to individuals with mental health needs. Your role will include: Developing warm and trusting relationships with service users, encouraging them to express their needs, views and concerns Working in partnership with service users through the recovery process, being flexible and responsive to the individual needs of the service users Helping service users to develop recovery focused support goals, promoting hope and aspiration Respecting the service users' right to privacy, ensuring that their dignity is maintained at all times Creative Support's Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework. Vacancy Reference...

Is motorsport, powersports and all things automotive your bag? Do you live and breathe it, from the latest developments in F1, performance road cars to snowmobiles used in holiday resorts. Are you somewhere between an Engineer (or technically minded / gifted) and a sales professional? We design hardware and software tools to enable end users to enhance their vehicles performance by recalibrating / tuning the ECU for performance and/or efficiency, and now seek a Technical Sales Engineer, to grow sales across the UK, Europe and beyond. BASIC SALARY: £35,000 - £40,000 BENEFITS: £10,000 OTE bonus potential (paid monthly) 22 days holiday + public holidays Healthcare Pension Life Insurance Min 1 x trip to the US headquarters per year LOCATION: Letchworth Garden City COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: A hybrid role mixed between Office (Letchworth), field-based and Home (one day). You could be based in Cambridge, Luton, Bedford, Northampton, Milton Keynes, St Albans, Bishop's Stortford, Hemel...

Entry-level Sales Executive This leading, innovative technology enterprise have an exciting job opportunity for enthusiastic and dynamic candidates! They're searching for ambitious entry-level Sales Executives to join their team! You need a degree, and to be motivated by money and engaging with people! Specialists in their field, our client pride themselves on providing the best possible experience for their customers, offering innovative, integration systems and solutions to business around the globe! If you're passionate about people, driven to achieve goals and would like to be part of an inclusive, empowered team, then this opportunity is for you! You'll get: A competitive basic salary of £30k Commission structure that takes your Y1 total to higher Excellent progression, learning and development potential Laptop and mobile Lucrative bonus and incentive schemes, including company holidays! Volunteering days! Fantastic training You will create your own pipeline of...

Teaching Assistant is required to start in an 'Outstanding' School based in Bedfordshire, Bedford Psychology Graduates, Graduates or experienced Teaching Assistants welcomed. I'm seeking a number of Teaching Assistants that are looking to make a difference in student's academic lives who can start in a thriving and supportive school based in Bedfordshire, Bedford This position is starting in April 2026 and is open to Psychology graduates, graduates and experience Teaching Assistants. The ideal Teaching Assistant will be committed, positive, reliable and have a real passion to contribute to students' academic lives to join their successful SEN department. You would be required to support vulnerable kids with a range of SEN needs such as Autism, ADHD, Behavioural and Dyslexia to name a few. This school prides themselves on creating a positive and respectful learning environment. It also offers extra free training in school, CPD training is also taking place where staff...

Role Overview: Join Busy Bees Bedford Elstow – Nursery Manager - Up to £44,000.00   Are you an inspiring early years leader ready to guide a passionate team and create exceptional learning experiences? Busy Bees Bedford Elstow is looking for a motivated Nursery Manager to join them in giving our children the best start in life.   Fantastic Busy Bees Benefits We offer a generous, industry-leading benefits package, including: Competitive salary  Up to 25% annual salary bonus Up to 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) Your birthday off – our treat! Significant childcare discount Continuous training and development to help you grow your career Access to the Hive Benefits & Wellbeing Hub with huge retail discounts Enhanced family leave and a return-to-work bonus Menopause support via Peppy Salary Finance for financial wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme with Mental Health First Aiders Cycle to Work scheme Workplace...

Role Overview: Join Our Team at Busy Bees – Leading Nursery Group in the UK About Us Busy Bees is the UK's leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and more overseas. We are dedicated to giving every child the best start in life and are proud to have won awards for our workplace culture. At Busy Bees, we ensure that every member of our team feels heard, valued, and nurtured. Why Work at Busy Bees? We offer a supportive environment that empowers you to create engaging, educational spaces where children can thrive. As part of our team, you’ll be introduced to our unique Bee Curious curriculum, designed to foster curiosity and confidence in young learners. Our Charitable Commitment Through our partnership with BBC Children in Need, we offer fantastic opportunities for community involvement and fundraising to support children's lives. About our Nursery  Join Busy Bees at our Bedford Elstow nursery, rated Good by Ofsted with a capacity for 112...

We are currently looking for Residential Support Workers to join our established team in Bedford, Bedfordshire located off of Goldington Road. Our residential support workers provide care and support for 5 individuals with learning and physical disabilities, and other needs to enjoy an excellent quality of life in this residential care home. If you would like the rewarding role of working with people who have learning disabilities to achieve their life goals and join the local community then we would love to hear from you. The service is located 10 minutes from Bedford town centre off of the Goldington Road and near to Goldington Green. There is free onsite and on-street parking for staff and good transport links via the Number 10 and 27 buses. The service is a large bungalow with an expansive garden which the individuals love to spend time in during the warmer weather. Individuals living at the service are sociable and active and enjoy lots of interaction with their staff....

Creative Support is a non-profit provider of personalised care and support services for a wide range of service users. We are currently recruiting for enthusiastic and motivated Waking Night Support Workers to join our services at 7 Dove Lane, Harrold, Bedford. If you would like a rewarding role that includes working with people who have learning and physical disabilities to achieve their life goals and join the local community then we would love to hear from you. Support Worker Duties: Providing respectful personal care, practical and emotional support, Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users, Collaborating with colleagues, families and involved professionals to ensure a coordinated and consistent service. Creative Support's Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national...

Electrical Design Engineer Bedford 40K- 52K per annum Overview An established engineering manufacturer is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to join its Engineering Department. Reporting to the Electrical Engineering & Automation Team Leader, you will be responsible for the design and development of electrical hardware and control systems for special-purpose industrial machinery . This role offers hands-on involvement across the full project lifecycle-from concept and detailed design through to manufacture, testing, and support. Key Responsibilities Conceptual and detailed electrical design of industrial machinery Design of control systems including variable speed drives, PLCs, and fieldbus systems Converting written specifications into full electrical designs, including schematic drawings and bills of materials Designing systems for manufacture and assembly Liaising with suppliers on bought-out components and working closely with internal...

Reach Truck Drivers/Warehouse Operatives Required Bedford(Early and Late Shifts Available 6.00am-2.00pm / 2.00pm-10.00pm) Our client is experiencing a significant growth period and are welcoming applications from candidates who are looking to join their team on a temp to perm basis. Candidates must have valid in-date Reach Truck Forklift or VNA licences and be flexible to work shifts based on 5 over 7 days including weekends. Great rates of pay and overtime available subject to availability. Job Responsibilities: Picking, packing and loading of goods, ready for dispatch Ensuring the smooth dispatch & accurate and timely loading of vehicles Report any issues Follow quality service standards & comply with company procedures & policies Work collaboratively with the warehouse team, following health and safety protocol at all times Job Requirements: Must have current, valid reach truck licence Proven working experience as a warehouse operative Proficiency in...