342 jobs found in Appleton Thorn

Role Executive Assistant / PA Our client is seeking a dynamic and highly organized Executive Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative support to their executive team, with additional responsibilities as the Company Secretary Assistance. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities, tasks and interactions Manage executive calendars, including scheduling, organizing & preparing for meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements.  Attend assigned meetings as note taker and follow up agreed actions as appropriate. Prepare and organize documents, presentations, and reports for executive meetings.  Act as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including screening calls and emails. Coordinate and prioritize incoming requests and ensure timely responses. Assist with project coordination and follow-up...

MIG/MAG Welder Vacancy Our client are a well respected engineering firm with a good name in their industry. They are currently looking to recruit a MIG/MAG welder to join the team on a temp basis. MIG/MAG Welder Job Requirements * MIG Welding on thin gauge stainless * MAG welding on mild and stainless * Able to read engineering * Apprentice trained MIG or MAG Welders MIG Welder Hours and Pay Details * The role is available on days, pay is £25 CIS/UMBRELLA or £19 paye Contract on offer * The role is temp on going Ways to apply If you wish to apply for this vacancy of MIG/MAG Welder please send your cv in word format Further Info Ambitek recruiters regularly for various roles including CNC miller, CNC Turners, Welders, Fabricators, FLT Driver, Maintenance engineers if you feel this role doesn’t match but are looking for a new role get in touch

Senior Mechanical Designer Location: Warrington (initially 5 days/week in office; occasional site visits or travel to other offices) £35-41/hour Inside IR35 About the Project Join the Asset Care Project Delivery team, supporting the Mechanical asset care portfolio, with an initial focus on the WVP Compressor Project. This is a key role delivering high-quality mechanical design solutions that ensure operational safety, compliance, and reliability across a range of critical projects. Role Overview As a Senior Mechanical Designer, you will: Produce engineering design work packages including specifications, drawings, analyses, verification, and assessments that meet legal, functional, and performance requirements. Ensure designs are delivered on time, within cost, and to the agreed quality standards. Work closely within a multi-disciplinary design team, collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Contribute to mechanical design of piping systems, machinery, and...

Principal CE&I Protection Engineer - Hybrid (Sellafield Project) Location: Warrington - 1 day per week on-site, 4 days WFH (with occasional site visits) £56-61/hour Inside IR35 Project: Sellafield Electrical Distribution Network Upgrade - Infrastructure Strategic Alliance The Opportunity: Join the CE&I design team delivering power systems and protection engineering for a high-profile Sellafield project. You'll play a key role in shaping the Electrical Distribution Network Upgrade through cutting-edge modelling, fault analysis, and protection system design. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain the project's working ETAP model Produce and review fault calculations Support protection and control system design for 11kV & 400V networks Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality designs Essential Experience: Strong knowledge of BS EN 60909 Fault Calculations Skilled in power distribution modelling software Hands-on experience with...

Project Quality Control Engineer Location: North West UK (Site / Hybrid) Sector: Nuclear / Highly Regulated Industries Overview An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Quality Control Engineer to support the delivery of complex engineering projects within a highly regulated environment. The role focuses on providing independent quality input across project lifecycles, ensuring compliance with customer specifications, regulatory requirements, and internal quality standards. Key Responsibilities Review enquiry, tender, and contract documentation in line with customer quality requirements Liaise with internal stakeholders and clients to define inspection and quality expectations Support engineering teams to ensure design deliverables incorporate quality control requirements Review and approve supplier quality documentation (e.g. QCPs, WPS, NDT procedures) Attend supplier kick-off meetings to communicate project quality expectations Develop and assign inspection scopes...

Are you an experienced piping designer looking to take on complex, high-value project work? Do you enjoy working with E3D/PDMS to deliver precise, efficient piping layouts? Are you ready to support major projects within one of the UK’s most highly regulated sectors? The Opportunity A leading engineering consultancy is expanding its design team and is seeking an experienced PDMS/E3D Piping Designer to support major long-term projects. You’ll play a key role in developing process piping packages for large-scale, safety-critical facilities, working closely with engineers and designers across multiple disciplines. We would also welcome applications from these industries Nuclear, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, energy, and petrochemicals. This role would suit candidates working in these roles Piping Designer, PDMS Designer, E3D Designer, Plant Layout Designer, Mechanical Designer, CAD Designer, Piping Draughtsperson, Piping Layout Engineer, Piping CAD Technician, or Process Plant...

Our client, a leader in the nuclear sector, is seeking a Hardware Designer to support the delivery of complex control and automation systems. This is a contract position that offers the opportunity to work on high-integrity, safety-critical projects within a highly regulated engineering environment. Key Responsibilities: Design and develop electrical enclosures, control panels, and interface systems Produce detailed AutoCAD drawings and design packages Develop and manage general assemblies, I/O schedules, cable calculations and routing, and power load and heat calculations Support design reviews, site visits, and engineering assessments Work closely with manufacturing teams to ensure high-quality design delivery Produce supporting documentation such as test specifications, installation method statements, inspection reports, and quality records Job Requirements: Strong experience using AutoCAD for electrical design Experience delivering EC&I hardware design within...

Are you a Control Systems Engineer with solid PLC experience looking to step beyond routine tasks and take real ownership of engineering challenges? You'll be involved across the full project lifecycle, working on complex, safety‑critical systems from design through to testing and commissioning. Why Apply? Work on complex, safety-critical projects - not repetitive maintenance work Gain hands-on experience across multiple PLC platforms (not confined to a single vendor) Be involved end-to-end, from initial design to live commissioning What You'll Be Doing Designing and developing PLC software using platforms such as: Rockwell (Studio 5000) Siemens (TIA Portal) Schneider (EcoStruxure) Developing and configuring HMI / SCADA systems, including: Rockwell FactoryTalk View (ME/SE) Schneider AVEVA, Citect, Vijeo Designer Siemens WinCC / WinCC Flexible Wonderware InTouch or similar platforms Supporting full project delivery, including: Conceptual and detailed design System build,...

Lead EC&I Engineer (Design) – Contract (Inside IR35) Location: Warrington (Hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days remote) Rate: £55.00 – £60.00 per hour (Umbrella) Hours: 40 hours per week Duration: 12 months + Overview We are seeking an experienced Lead EC&I Engineer to support the delivery of complex design work across major nuclear projects. This is a key leadership role, responsible for overseeing EC&I design activities, ensuring technical quality, and guiding a multidisciplinary team within a highly regulated environment. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage EC&I design activities across nuclear projects from concept through to detailed design Provide technical authority and guidance to engineering teams Review and approve design documentation, including calculations, specifications, and drawings Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards, safety regulations, and client requirements Interface with clients, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams to...

Describe a complex EC&I design challenge you have led from concept through to detailed design. What made it complex, and how did you resolve it? When reviewing the work of senior designers, what specific technical or compliance issues do you scrutinise most closely, and why? Tell us about a time you had to influence multiple disciplines to align on a design solution. How did you secure agreement and maintain progress? The Opportunity This role requires a highly experienced Principal Electrical, Control & Instrumentation Engineer to lead EC&I design activities across a portfolio of engineering projects. The position involves producing, reviewing and assuring engineering deliverables across concept, preliminary and detailed design phases, as well as supporting installation and commissioning queries. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, guide integrated design teams, and ensure that all EC&I engineering outputs meet required standards,...

Senior and Principal Process Engineer roles Warrington Based £63.00 - £87 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35 12 Month Contracts The Senior Engineer manages the delivery of engineering and technical activities, through the application of process, domain knowledge and experience. At this level; an experienced engineer, high level of developed knowledge in a specialist subject area, resolves specific technical issues and problems, compiles technical reports and accompanying presentations, provides, reviews and adheres to specifications in accordance with stakeholder requirements. Coaches, mentors and assists others on matters pertaining to their own discipline, developing business awareness, builds strong working relationships with stakeholders, works independently with limited technical direction or as part of a small team Essential: Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience Chartered Engineer status...

OLG Recruitment are currently looking for two CE&I Safety Systems Design Engineers for our client located in Warrington. You will be required to support a project within the silos CE&I Design Team, delivering and supporting and checking Safety System design packages to meet safety, functional and business needs. This is a contract position for a minimum of 18 months, this requirement has been assessed as inside IR35. Essential: Academic Qualification: Minimum - HNC Professional Qualification: Minimum - Incorporated Engineer Experience: Minimum 3 years successfully delivering as a CE&I Safety System Design Engineer on external multidiscipline projects, from concept design through to handover, with a working knowledge of the appropriate Engineering Standards Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey information to other team members/disciplines Providing support to the Commissioning Team Willingness to support early career...

We are currently seeking a TRAM Electrical Engineer to support a major nuclear engineering programme based in Warrington. This role offers a hybrid working arrangement with three days per week in the office and the remainder working remotely. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to complex nuclear engineering projects where reliability, maintainability and availability are critical to safe and compliant operations. Key Responsibilities: * Deliver and support Testability, Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (TRAM) engineering activities across project lifecycles within a nuclear environment * Conduct and review Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) * Perform Reliability and Availability calculations to support system performance requirements * Carry out MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) and MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) analysis * Support the development and updating of TRAM strategies in line with nuclear project...

EC&I Engineers (6-12 months)-  Warrington   Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our established Engineering client for a number of EC&I Engineers on a contract basis to support important Nuclear projects in the UK.   Responsibilities: Identify the feasibility of the approach Develop an outline requirement specification Identify the TRL levels and associated development plans to deliver a viable solution Prepare a plan for the delivery of the appraise and select phase of the project. Deliver to the agreed time, cost and quality Lead the multidiscipline teams, responsible for estimating, scheduling, forecasting and the production of the agreed design deliverables Manage the DSA teams in production of deliverables Develop the safety case(s), including attendance at HAZOPs, support to safety assessment, review of ES, and production of substantiation documentation Identify additional resource demand where required to ensure all deliverables can be originated and...

We are currently seeking experienced Pipefitters to support the redevelopment of a disused Biomass Plant in Northwich, Cheshire. This is an excellent opportunity to secure long-term work on a major industrial redevelopment project, with immediate starts available. Location: Northwich, Cheshire Start Date: Immediate Duration: Potential for 3–6 months ongoing work Working Hours: Monday to Thursday: 07:30 – 16:00 Friday: 07:30 – 15:00 Some Saturday overtime available Pay Rates (LTD / CIS / Umbrella): Basic: £24.05 per hour OT1: £28.70 per hour OT2: £33.35 per hour Requirements: * Valid SCATTS, CSCS, CCNSG or EMSS card (essential) * Previous industrial pipefitting experience * Ability to work safely and effectively on site * Reliable with a strong work ethic If you are available for an immediate start and interested in this opportunity, apply now with your CV or contact us today for more information

Ambitek are currently recruiting for a General Operative / All-Rounder for ongoing site work in Northwich. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with previous site experience who are looking for steady, long-term work on a busy and active site. Pay Rates (LTD / CIS / Umbrella) * Basic: £20.64 per hour * Overtime 1: £23.54 per hour * Overtime 2: £27.70 per hour Hours Mon - Thur 07:30 - 16:00 Fri 07:30 - 15:00 Key Requirements * Valid CSCS Card * Confined Spaces Certification (essential) * Previous site work experience * Reliable and able to work effectively as part of a team Desirable * FLT Licence * MEWP Licence * Telehandler Licence Role Overview You will be supporting day-to-day site operations, carrying out general duties, assisting trades where required, and helping maintain high standards of site safety, cleanliness, and organisation. What’s on Offer * Ongoing work * Immediate start available * Opportunity to join a...

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY, CLIENT NOT SUPPLYING DIGS*** Ambitek are currently recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced HDPE Pipefitter / Fusion Welder to join an ongoing project in Northwich, supporting the redevelopment of a disused Biomass Plant. Location: Northwich, Cheshire Start Date: Immediate Duration: 3-week trial (with potential for 3–6 months ongoing work) Role Overview This position will focus on the installation and on-site fusion welding of HDPE pipework, working on straight runs installed mainly on pipe bridges. Day-to-Day Duties * Installation of HDPE pipework on site * Fusion welding HDPE lines ranging from 1” up to 10” * Working safely and efficiently to site requirements * Use of HDPE fusion welding machines and associated equipment Requirements * Proven experience in HDPE fusion welding (essential) * Confident using HDPE fusion welding machines * Valid SCATTS or CSCS or CCNSG or EMSS...

We’re seeking an experienced Control Systems Engineer to join our team on an initial 12‑month contract in Warrington. This role is ideal for engineers with strong PLC programming experience who want to work on challenging, safety-critical projects in a regulated environment. You’ll develop your technical skills across multiple PLC platforms and work on full lifecycle projects from design to commissioning. Salary Inside IR35 (Contract – initial 12 months) Location and Working Pattern Hybrid working based in Warrington, typically requiring 2–3 days per week in the office. UK travel may be needed at key project stages such as site installation and commissioning. Client Overview Our client is a leading engineering organisation specialising in the delivery of complex, safety-critical control and automation systems for the nuclear sector. They pride themselves on technical excellence, robust delivery, and fostering collaborative engineering teams. Responsibilities Design and...

We’re seeking an experienced EC&I Hardware Designer for an initial 12-month contract, based in Warrington (inside IR35). This role is ideal for an engineer with strong electrical design skills and experience in regulated industries, particularly nuclear. Join a technically driven team and contribute to complex, safety-critical projects with hybrid working flexibility. Salary Contract – Inside IR35 (rate discussed on application) Location and Working Pattern Warrington – Hybrid working (2–3 days office-based per week with flexibility) Client Overview Our client is a highly respected engineering organisation delivering complex and safety-critical control and automation systems within the nuclear sector. Their commitment to quality and technical excellence supports some of the most challenging and regulated projects in the UK. Responsibilities Design and develop electrical enclosures, control panels, and interface systems. Produce detailed AutoCAD drawings and...

Title:                   Welder Location:            Manor Park, Runcorn (WA7 1TR) Salary:                £36,000- £38,000 (DOE) Shifts:                 Monday- Thursday 08:00- 16:45, Fridays 08:00- 15:30 Contract Type:  Temp- perm We are currently recruiting for a Welder to join a well-established company, who have over 30 years of experience within the manufacturing industry. Reporting to the Production Supervisor, you will be required to carry out all general workshop tasks with a priority to the barrel assemblies and associated computerised machinery. You will undertake the whole barrel assembly procedure from picking the correct stock to cutting, drilling, and welding to customer specifications and general arrangement (GA) drawings. In addition, there will also be use of computer programmed machines. As a Welder your duties will be: -   Carry out all aspects of the assembly, cutting, drilling, and welding. Operation of computer programmed machinery. Picking stock and...