54 jobs found in Bailrigg

Astute's contract team is partnering with a leading Tier 1 contractor to recruit a Senior Project Manager on a 6 Month Contract for its Lancaster site. The Senior Project Manager role comes with a day rate of £500. Key skills required for the Senior Project Manager role Must have experience working for Tier 1 contractors in the Water sector. Ideally experience on AMP6, AMP7 or AMP8 projects. At least 5 years experience in project management or senior project management positions. Location, day rate and timeframe of the Senior Project Manager role Lancaster Inside IR35 6 Month rolling contract Monday - Friday On site position Start date: ASAPAstute People are acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their...

Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract) We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to support ongoing engineering projects onsite at a client manufacturing facility in the North West. This is a hands-on contract role requiring strong CREO expertise and prior experience within the automotive or commercial vehicle sector. The role is primarily onsite and offers flexibility to support different teams and projects across the engineering function as business needs evolve. Responsibilities Deliver mechanical design solutions using CREO (PTC Creo) Support the development of components and systems within automotive and commercial vehicle programmes Work across multiple engineering areas depending on project requirements Collaborate with cross-functional teams including manufacturing, validation, and quality Ensure designs meet industry standards, performance requirements, and manufacturability guidelines Participate in design reviews and continuous improvement activities...

Tool Designer – Detail Parts (BAE job ref V05894)  BAE Systems Warton 6 positions 12 months Full time onsite - 4 days onsite  BPSS to start with SC clearance obtained on the job. Inside IR35 - £47.12 per hour Umbrella  Role Description: Detail tool design from the development of the concept through to issue for detail products and assembly of airframe related parts. · Proven experience of detail tool design processes - preferably withing the air sector. · Proficient in the use of CATIA V5 · Thorough understanding of interpreting and applying Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing. · Knowledge and understanding of/ability to apply external and internal company standards that govern tooling activities · The ability to generate solutions for complex problems from concept through to actualisation · Ability to work with multiple teams across different engineering disciplines within the company (eg design, toolroom, other process development...

Join a world-renowned aerospace and defence organisation as an Tool Designer Detail Parts in Warton full time onsite Would you like to join a global aerospace and defence organisation? Do you want to work as part of an organisation protecting people and maintaining maximum national security? Due to a drive for greater success, this advanced manufacturing business is currently searching for a Tool Designer - Detail Parts to add to their talented, hardworking team in Warton on an initial 12 months contract. Striving for innovation and creativity you can ensure no two days will be the same. This role will be offering £35.00 PAYE inside IR35 £47.12 UMBRELLA inside IR35 This is a phenomenal opportunity to not only work for a prestigious, advanced organisation, but to gain skills and knowledge you won't find anywhere else. The Role * Conducting tool designs from concept design phase through to manufacture in support of manufacturing demonstration technology development programmes....

Tool Designer - BAE Systems Warton 6 positions 12 months Full time onsite - 4 days onsite - early finish Friday 1200 BPSS to start with SC clearance obtained on the job. Inside IR35 - £47.12 per hour Umbrella Role Description: Detail tool design from the development of the concept through to issue for detail products and assembly of airframe related parts. · Proven experience of detail tool design processes - preferably withing the air sector. · Proficient in the use of CATIA V5 · Thorough understanding of interpreting and applying Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing. · Knowledge and understanding of/ability to apply external and internal company standards that govern tooling activities · The ability to generate solutions for complex problems from concept through to actualisation · Ability to work with multiple teams across different engineering disciplines within the company (eg design, toolroom, other process development teams within FalconWorks) as well...

Job title: Health Physics Monitor Job Type: Contract IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Start date: Subject to clearance Duration: 12 months Pay rate: £35 per hour Umbrella Company Location: Preston Full time on site Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week 8am-4pm Monday to Friday Role information: We are recruiting experienced Health Physics Monitors to support radiological safety operations at a licensed nuclear site in Preston. This role involves delivering routine and non routine radiological monitoring in a highly regulated environment, ensuring activities are carried out safely, compliantly and in line with IRR17 and ALARP principles. Key Responsibilities - Carry out dose rate, contamination and airborne activity surveys - Perform routine and ad hoc radiological monitoring - Support contamination control, decontamination and waste clearance activities - Assist with control of Supervised and Controlled Areas - Conduct air sampling, smear sampling and bioassay collection - Carry out...

Job title: Environmental Lead Job Type: Contract IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Start date: Subject to clearance Duration: 12 months Pay rate: DOE Location: Preston Hybrid/Remote Working: Hybrid - 3 days onsite, 2 days remote Hours of work: 40 hours per week Role information: Join a leading nuclear sector environmental team and take ownership of environmental compliance, permitting, and safety case input across high profile projects. We're looking for an experienced Environmental Lead to act as a trusted advisor across environmental regulation, permitting, and hazard analysis on a major regulated site. Lead environmental permitting (RSR, Installation/PPC, GHG) and manage variations, renewals & compliance. Provide environmental input into the nuclear safety case and lead Environmental HAZANs. Support Environmental Impact Assessments and planning submissions. Deliver environmental expertise for COMAH assessments and emergency planning. Integrate ISO 14001 requirements across...

Job Title: Administration Support Job Type: Contract IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Start Date: Subject to clearance Duration: 12 Months Pay Rate: Up to £19.44 ph PAYE Location: Preston Hybrid/Remote Working: Fully on site Hours of work: MON-FRI, site based role 07.30-15.30. Working within the security vetting team. Description/Scope of work To provide administration support to the Personnel and Physical Security Department in terms of photocopying, scanning documents, booking meetings, booking visitors onto site, supporting the recruitment of employees, agency workers and contractors. There is an increase in workload in the department due to an increase in agency workers, contractors and employees. The Security Department not only look after SFL but all the satellite sites and support outages at customer sites. The Personnel Security Manager is currently providing support to the safeguards team. This support will continue due to a key member of the safeguards moving into a new...

Project Manager/Business Analyst Preston Based (Remote working with visits to site as and when required.) £71.45 per hour Umbrella Inside IR35 6 Month Contract initially. This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In Preston. Mainly remote working with visits to site as and when required. Some travel to Barrow involved too. Typical duties include (but are not limited to): Pulling together all aspects of service delivery to achieve targets and KPIs Ensuring that Service Levels are achieved and appropriate Driving ITIL good practice and owning the Service Operations policies & processes Continuous Service Improvement through Problem & CSI processes Quality of data through asset & configuration management Running of DSR, WSR, MSR & Operations Review Working with Performance Management to communicate Operations performance Assurance of delivery through tools including Audit, SIPs, Self Certification Create and...

Senior Software Developer (Contract) Location: Warton - Hybrid (3 days per week on site) Rate: £46.80 per hour (Umbrella) Contract Length: 12 months IR35: Inside IR35 Overview A leading UK defence company is seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to join a highly skilled engineering team working on mission‑critical, safety‑critical systems used by military personnel. This role involves developing and maintaining a suite of engineering support applications that enable frontline users to retrieve operational data, diagnose issues, and ensure continued system availability in demanding environments. The position offers hybrid working and the opportunity to contribute to long‑term, high‑integrity software programmes within the defence sector. The Role You will work on a mature .NET desktop application estate, contributing to both enhancement and ongoing support activities. The software environment blends established systems with opportunities for modernisation and...

Senior Software Developer (Contract) Location: Warton - Hybrid (1-2 days onsite) Rate: £46.80 per hour (Umbrella) Contract Length: 12 months IR35: Inside IR35 Overview A leading UK defence company is seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to join a highly skilled engineering team working on mission‑critical, safety‑critical systems used by military personnel. This role involves developing and maintaining a suite of engineering support applications that enable frontline users to retrieve operational data, diagnose issues, and ensure continued system availability in demanding environments. The position offers hybrid working and the opportunity to contribute to long‑term, high‑integrity software programmes within the defence sector. The Role You will work on a mature .NET desktop application estate, contributing to both enhancement and ongoing support activities. The software environment blends established systems with opportunities for modernisation and...

Senior Software Developer (Contract) Location: Warton - Hybrid (1-2 days onsite) Rate: £44.31 per hour (Umbrella) Contract Length: 12 months IR35: Inside IR35 Overview A leading UK defence company is seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to join a highly skilled engineering team working on mission‑critical, safety‑critical systems used by military personnel. This role involves developing and maintaining a suite of engineering support applications that enable frontline users to retrieve operational data, diagnose issues, and ensure continued system availability in demanding environments. The position offers hybrid working and the opportunity to contribute to long‑term, high‑integrity software programmes within the defence sector. The Role You will work on a mature .NET desktop application estate, contributing to both enhancement and ongoing support activities. The software environment blends established systems with opportunities for modernisation and...

Senior/ Lead Planning & Scheduling Practitioner Warton Based (Hybrid 2-3 days per week on site) £56.41/£61.57 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35 12 Month Contract initially. This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In Warton. We have a requirement for a Senior and Lead Scheduler/ Planner, based in Preston between Warton and Samlesbury sites. Some Primavera experience would be preferable, but not essential. There will be a requirement to mentor/ support a junior planner/ scheduler on technical aspects of scheduling, although allocation of daily tasks and Line Management duties will be covered by a BAE Scheduling Lead. Onsite presence within the designated project team will be required 2-3 days a week. Lead the creation and timely update of a Master Construction Schedule for the Building and Infrastructure investment portfolio, including the associated dependencies and enablers, in support of FCAS capability insertion within...

Procurement Group Leader Warton Based (Hybrid 3 days per week on site) £67.47 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35 12 Month Contract initially. This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In Warton. The Procurement Group Leader will play a critical role in leading strategic supplier management across the Capability Insertion Training & Manpower team and the Procurement Service Delivery Unit. This includes managing, amongst others, delivering complex development & support programmes, whilst supporting the development of the long term Training & Manpower strategy. You will be responsible for managing performance, driving value for money and aligning procurement strategy with wider business and customer requirements. The role involves regular stakeholder engagement and influencing at senior levels internally and externally. Knowledge: Essential: Demonstrated experience of supplier relationship and performance...

Payroll Team Manager Preston based £36.51 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35 12 Month Contract initially. This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In Preston. Hybrid working, 2-3 days per week on site. Core duties General Managing the team SLA's and KPI's to ensure that all Payrolls are delivered accurately and on time. Maintaining and monitoring daily/weekly quality statistics, thereafter providing recommendations. Lead on internal/external Payroll reviews/audits. Lead on the continuous improvement initiative within the team, implementing new ideas and better ways of working. Lead the team on the review and timely completion of all outstanding Finance Reconciliation items. Responsible for providing subject matter expertise to key projects including TUPE activities/acquisitions. Responsible for the ongoing review of existing processes and work instructions to ensure these remain up to date, relevant and fit for purpose. Assist...

Job Title: Senior Civil Engineer Day Rate: Up to £500 per day (outside IR35) Location: Manchester, with occasional site visits (expenses paid) Type: 12-month Contract | Full-time | Hybrid (1-2 days WFH possible for the right candidate) About the Role: You'll be involved in varied and high-impact projects across the regulated water industry, including: Sewage treatment works upgrades Clean water main replacements IED schemes at sewage treatment works CSO upgrades and storm storage solutionsThis is a chance to deliver technical excellence on essential UK infrastructure. About the Client: Our client is a respected engineering design consultancy working across the UK rail and utilities sectors. With a growing workload and strong reputation, they offer a supportive and collaborative team culture. Wellbeing is central to their values - they've created a safe, fair, and positive environment where people thrive. Key Responsibilities: Deliver high-quality civil engineering design...

Our client has an opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer to join their Calibration and Maintenance Team. You will be joining a dynamic and focussed team, responsible for the support of the manufacturing function across all stages of product assembly integration and test. The team are self-motivated and work directly with support functions and engineers across MBDA to resolve routine and non-routine tasks arising within the business. Role: Mechanical Engineer Location: Bolton, fully onsite Hours: 37 per week Hourly Rate: £32-£35 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35 Clearance: SC required before starting What you'll be doing: The main aspects of the role will be as technical support for the metrology department supporting COTS (commercial of the shelf) equipment and STTE (Special to type test equipment) calibration and maintenance. You will be required to assist production with technical queries on fixtures and tooling along with supporting CMM (Co-ordinate measuring machine)...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 2x Missile Test Architect subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract.    Rate: £60.00 per hour Location: Stevenage or Bolton (depending on your preference)   Hybrid / Remote working: This role is a hybrid role, 1-2 days a week possibly in lab up to 3 in first weeks Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Missile Test Architect Job Description: The department are looking for experienced test equipment engineers that want to use their knowledge in a system/sub system management role. The role includes determining the project test equipment needs, managing the requirements for test equipment and managing the development through delivery and into service. In this role, you will be responsible for the projects test equipment and...

MERITUS are recruiting for a Supply Chain Manager to join our Defence client on an initial 6 month contract within their equipment's team in Bolton. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER - INSIDE IR35 - £50 PER HOUR - BOLTON, GREATER MANCHESTER - 6 MONTHS - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS Overview of the Department An opportunity has arisen for a Supply Chain Manager to join an equipment-focused team. The successful candidate will use their experience and knowledge to support effective supplier performance, capability, and risk management. The team operates across multiple programmes within a dynamic environment, managing and implementing both established and emerging technologies. Responsibilities, Skills & Experience Required Strong internal and external assessment capabilities, including: Business maturity Planning and control Relationship management Manufacturing excellence Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and expand professional networks Desirable: SC21...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Bolton is currently looking to recruit 4x Manufacturing Engineers. Rate: £35.00 per hour Location: Bolton Contract: 37 Hours per week Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ‘time and a quarter’ Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)   Manufacturing Engineer Job Description: As a Manufacturing Engineer within the unit & missile assembly manufacturing facility your focus will be to ensure that our products are built efficiently and to budget. A key member of the Manufacturing Engineering team, you will carry out activities in support of multi-project manufacturing. Compilation and update of Manufacturing Instructions. Design, Commissioning and proving of associated tooling. Support the industrial validation process through the use of FMEA’s, FAI’s etc. Resolution of technical problems that may arise during the manufacturing process....