Managing Director (Engineering Manufacturing) Attractive Salary & Package (Discuss at Interview) Manchester Permanent We are thrilled to be working closely with our client, a globally renowned manufacturing business, recruiting for a new Managing Director as this incredible business heads towards an exciting period of growth and investment. Your New Role To support the business in Tactical implementation and Strategy formation in all operational activities across Manufacturing, Engineering, Finance and IT Drive continuous improvement throughout all operations which will underpin the company's future expectations. To identify, understand and proactively implement appropriate solutions for operational issues or concerns and communicate them to the appropriate level throughout the business To forward plan in anticipation of potential issues, whilst ensuring operational KPIs are achieved To drive the company's safety culture to achieve excellence in safety and environment...

Due to growth this successful service business in Stockport is looking for a Financial Controller to lead a small team of three. Reporting to the Finance Director you ll be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of the Company's financial reporting and control environment. This role will lead the day-to-day financial operations of the business, ensuring robust financial controls, efficient finance processes, and high-quality management information. The Financial Controller will support the continued growth of the business through strong governance, financial discipline, and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities: Financial Reporting Lead the monthly management accounts process and ensure timely completion. Produce accurate monthly financial results, board reporting packs and supporting analysis. Ensure reporting deadlines are consistently achieved. Deliver robust balance sheet reconciliations and review processes. Analyse monthly variances...

Operations & Executive Support Manager Part-Time Manchester City Centre Up to 45,000 pro rata Are you someone who naturally spots what could work better, takes ownership and turns ideas into practical improvements? We're recruiting for a growing executive search business looking for an experienced, commercially minded Operations & Executive Support Manager to work closely with its Founder. This is not a traditional PA role. The business needs someone who can take responsibility for how the company operates day to day, identify opportunities to improve efficiency, introduce better systems and processes, and help build the operational foundations for continued growth. You'll also provide direct executive support to the Founder, so this role would suit someone who combines strong organisational skills with a genuine business operations mindset. You might currently be an Operations Manager, Business Manager, Executive Assistant with substantial operational...

About this Role This Contracts Manager position offers an exceptional executive leadership opportunity to oversee multi-project civil engineering and water infrastructure portfolios across Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire. You will drive operational delivery, financial performance, safety leadership, and strategic client relationships across regional frameworks. Lead multidisciplinary project teams and senior operational staff, ensuring optimal resource allocation and workforce development. Manage project financial performance, reviewing Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs), risk registers, and commercial forecasts monthly. Drive health, safety, environmental, and quality compliance, conducting Senior Management Inspections (SMIs) across active sites. Chair key client progress meetings, manage third-party stakeholders, and oversee pre-commencement and tender handover processes. About You You are an accomplished Contracts Manager or Operations Leader with...

Job Description Turn complexity into clarity. At AJ Bell, we believe investing should feel good. Making that possible means continually understanding our customers, our business and the opportunities to improve how we work. As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll turn complex and often loosely defined business questions into clear, actionable insight. You'll use Python, SQL, statistical methods and appropriate machine-learning techniques to understand what's happening, why it's happening and what could happen next. You'll combine analytical rigour with commercial judgement and strong stakeholder engagement, making sure analysis doesn't stop at an interesting finding. Your work will help people make better decisions, understand opportunities and risks, and take practical action. This is a role for someone who enjoys creating clarity from ambiguity. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders to understand the question behind the question, explore the data, develop robust...

Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. We are seeking an experienced Test Design Engineer/Architect with a focus on Test Solutions to join our engineering function. In this role, you will define and deliver innovative, robust, and scalable test architectures to support the development, verification, and validation of complex aerospace and defence systems. As a key member of the engineering team, you will ensure that our test strategies align with customer requirements (including MOD standards), programme needs, and long-term product sustainment. You will shape the...

Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. 2027 Project Planning & Controls Apprentice – Level 4 Project Management Associate Apprenticeship   Start Date: Monday 6 September 2027 Salary: £24,000 per annum Employee Type: Permanent Location: Cheadle Working Schedule: 37 hours per week (8 hours Monday – Thursday, 5 hours on a Friday)   Transform your curiosity into a rewarding career. If you’re passionate about projects and eager to learn, this apprenticeship is perfect for you. Combining academic study with hands-on, practical experience, it...

About this Role This Bid Manager position offers an outstanding pre-construction leadership opportunity to join a major main contractor based in Manchester. Specialising in 2nd stage delivery and PCSA conversion, you will lead schemes from preferred bidder through to contract award across complex public sector frameworks. Lead the 2nd stage PCSA process, converting preferred bidder status into full contract award across major regional schemes. Develop conversion strategies aligned with client objectives, driving alignment between design, commercial, and delivery teams. Manage risk, value engineering, and design development throughout the pre-construction lifecycle. Maintain strong client relationships, manage governance approvals, and ensure a seamless handover to live operational teams. About You You are an accomplished Bid Manager with a proven track record delivering 2nd stage / PCSA conversions for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 main contractor. You possess strong...

Join MSV and help us ensure we can access our customers homes when essential work needs to be carried out. We re looking for a proactive and organised professional to provide case management, coordination and paralegal support across a range of access enforcement matters. Working closely with our Solicitor - Disrepair & Enforcement and operational teams, you ll manage cases from initial referral through to resolution, supporting pre-action activity, injunctions, warrants and court proceedings. Our Solicitor will provide you with direction and where appropriate, supervision. You ll help achieve voluntary access wherever possible, while ensuring cases are progressed efficiently in order that MSV meets its landlord, statutory and regulatory responsibilities across areas including compliance, health and safety, repairs and Awaab s Law. What will our Access Enforcement Paralegal do: Manage access enforcement cases from referral through to resolution,...

Assistant Business Manager, Charlotte Tilbury - Selfridges Trafford Full Time - Permanent About the Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Founded in 2013 by world-renowned makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury CBE, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has transformed the global beauty industry with one mission: to empower everyone, everywhere to look and feel like the most confident version of themselves. With our easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift icons, we’ve become one of the most talked-about beauty brands on the planet - and the magic is only growing. Today, we’re a global beauty phenomenon, scaling at record speed across 50+ markets with over 3,000 Dream Team members bringing the Tilbury magic to life every single day. Our retail teams are the heart of our brand - from the glamour of London to the style capitals of Europe, the energy of the Americas, the vibrant beauty hubs of the Middle East and the fast-growing innovation centres across APAC. Every region...

Who We Are: We’re on a mission to close the world’s tech skills gap.  We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster. Since 2014, we’ve worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability. As technology continues to evolve, we believe the most successful organisations will be those that combine the best of both: human ingenuity AND intelligent technology. That belief is embedded in everything we do. We call it the genius of the AND: deep expertise AND practical delivery, innovation AND responsibility, ambitious work AND sustainable careers. Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world. The Tech Principal will use their expert tech knowledge to influence the direction of...

Day Shift Train Cleaner Location: Manchester Piccadilly Station £13.45 per hour, with overtime available. Initial 6-month contract with the opportunity to gain long-term experience within the rail industry. Play a key role behind the scenes keeping trains clean, safe, and ready for service across the North! The Role and About You We are looking for reliable and motivated individuals to join our Day Shift Train Presentation team at Manchester Piccadilly Station. This is a great opportunity to work in one of the UK s busiest rail environments, ensuring trains are clean, safe, and ready for passengers throughout the day. Day shifts run from 08:00am to 18:00pm on a Sunday-to-Saturday rota, following a 4 days on, 4 days off pattern. The role involves quick turnaround cleaning within tight timeframes, including emptying bins, cleaning toilets, and removing debris from tables. Where trains are on stand for longer, you will carry out full interior cleaning using specialist...

Night Shift Train Cleaner Newton Heath Depot, Greater Manchester £14.46 per hour on an initial 6-month contract, with the opportunity to move into a permanent role with full company benefits. Play a key role behind the scenes keeping trains clean, safe, and ready for service across the North! The Role and About You This is a hands-on, physically active night shift role where you will be responsible for ensuring trains are cleaned to a high standard and ready for passengers the following day. Working at Newton Heath Depot, you will carry out deep and heavy cleaning of train interiors, including seating areas, floors, and toilets, using specialist cleaning equipment such as mops, vacuums, and cleaning solutions. The role requires attention to detail, consistency, and the ability to work efficiently as part of a team in a busy depot environment. You will be contributing directly to passenger experience by ensuring trains are presented in a clean, safe, and comfortable...

As a PA to the Director in Manchester, you will help the Secretarial & Business Support function run smoothly within the Not For Profit sector. You will provide day-to-day administrative and diary support that enables the Director to stay organised and focused on key priorities. Client Details The organisation operates in the Not For Profit sector in Manchester. Description Executive & Administrative Support Provide high-level administrative support to senior leaders, managing complex diaries, meetings, travel and events. Handle correspondence and enquiries professionally, maintaining confidentiality at all times. Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and act as a key point of contact. Prepare presentations, reports and other business documentation. Project, Event & Financial Administration Coordinate projects, events and visits, ensuring deadlines and objectives are met. Gather and analyse information, conduct research and...

Temporary Sales & Purchase Ledger Wythenshawe - (Onsite Parking) Office Based: Monday- Friday Fulltime: 8.30am/9am - 4.30pm/5pm 13.46 - 15.38 per hour (Depending on Experience) ASAP - Christmas 2026 (Possibility to be extended) Are you a detail-oriented finance professional looking for a new opportunity? Our client, a loyal organisation within the manufacturing consumer goods industry based in Wythenshawe, is seeking temporary sales and purchase ledger support to start as soon as possible! This is a fantastic chance to join a dynamic finance team and play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth running of sales and purchase ledger processes. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy contributing to a company's financial health, this position may be the perfect fit for you! Role Overview: As a Sales & Purchase Ledger, you will be responsible for various tasks that are vital to the organisation's financial operations. Your keen eye for detail...

Trainee Product Designer Are you looking to start a career in product design, CAD design or manufacturing engineering? Our client is looking for a motivated and organised Trainee Product Designer to support their manufacturing and production teams. This is an opportunity to develop your technical skills while learning how to produce manufacturing drawings, bills of materials and CNC programmes. Working closely with the Sheet Metal, Aluminium and Assembly Departments, you will help ensure that production documentation is accurate, materials are available and components are ready for manufacture. Greater Manchester £25,000-£30,000 depending on experience Permanent, Full-Time Key Responsibilities Product Design & Manufacturing Documentation Produce detailed production drawings and general arrangement (GA) drawings for shop-floor manufacturing and client approval. Use AHN Macro tools to create parts, cutting lists, manufacturing Bills of...

Sheet Metal Worker - Aerospace Location: Manchester (East) Job Type: Full-time, Permanent About the Role: We are recruiting experienced Sheet Metal Workers to join a well-established aerospace and defence manufacturer at their busy Manchester (East) facility. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a high-tech engineering environment, producing precision components for aerospace and defence clients. This role is specifically suited to candidates with an aerospace background, or those with strong experience working with thin gauge aluminium in a high-precision manufacturing environment. Key Responsibilities: Manufacture and assemble sheet metal components to tight aerospace tolerances Read and accurately interpret detailed engineering drawings and specifications Follow in-house routing cards, Standard Operating Procedures, and quality standards Use calibrated equipment correctly and in line with process requirements Carry out key sheet...

Job Description Behind every successful investment journey is technology that simply works. At AJ Bell, our "Feel Good Investing" philosophy is built on trust, innovation and exceptional service. We're looking for a proactive 2nd Line Support Engineer to help keep our business running smoothly, supporting colleagues across the organisation and playing a key role in delivering the reliable technology experiences our customers expect. Reporting to the 2nd Line Support Team Leader, you will handle escalations from the Service Desk and be responsible for the creation and standardisation of automated tasks as well as the formalisation of procedures for the Service Desk Team. What does the job involve? Responsible for 2nd line support, both in person and remotely via MS Teams, phone and remote access tools Identifying areas for improvement within Service Delivery Team via automation and standardisation Help to plan and execute project work within Technology Services...

As a Senior Workforce Planning Analyst, you’ll lead forecasting, capacity planning and workforce modelling across operational and strategic programmes. You’ll turn complex data into clear recommendations, helping the business understand future staffing needs, optimise resources and make informed decisions. Working with teams across Operations, Finance, Commercial, HR and Transformation, you’ll support operational performance, financial planning and growth initiatives. Job title: Senior Workforce Planning Analyst Job Description: This role is home-based but you will need to be able to travel to the Manchester office for meetings when arranged. What you’ll be doing Develop short, medium and long-term demand forecasts, using operational trends, customer behaviour, seasonality and transformation activity. Build workforce capacity plans that translate forecasted demand into staffing requirements, recruitment plans and resource profiles. Create scenario models...

Director of Building Surveying Manchester City Centre An outstanding opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Building Surveyor to join one of the UK's fastest growing property consultancies in the role of Director. This is an opportunity to help shape and grow a thriving Building Surveying team, influence the direction of a successful regional business, and play a key role in their continued expansion across the North West and beyond. The role would suit someone currently operating at Senior Associate, Associate Director, or Director level. The Opportunity Joining an established Manchester team of Building Surveyors, you'll sit within the leadership team and help to drive the next phase of growth. With a strong pipeline of work there's a genuine opportunity to make your mark whilst enjoying the backing of a highly respected consultancy. This role offers the perfect blend of leadership, client engagement, and project delivery. The Role You'll be responsible for:...