73 jobs found in Knutsford

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Cost Engineer to join a growing SME delivering work on a high-profile nuclear defence programme. This role will support project delivery through detailed cost analysis, forecasting and reporting, ensuring financial performance is accurately tracked and aligned with programme objectives within a highly regulated environment. This position would suit a Cost Engineer with experience in major infrastructure, nuclear or defence projects who is confident working with project data, cost controls and financial reporting. It will appeal to someone who is highly proficient in Excel, detail-oriented and comfortable working remotely while supporting a wider project and commercial team. Key Responsibilities * Develop and maintain project cost reports, forecasts and financial performance data * Analyse cost trends, variances and risks to support effective decision-making * Support cost control processes including budgeting, forecasting and...

Location: Warrington, Leicester or Bristol Hybrid working: 3 days/week in the office (some flexibility in this) Contract type: Permanent or Contract (inside IR35) Multiple positions available A leading engineering organisation is seeking experienced Senior Process Engineers to support the delivery of complex engineering and technical activities. This role is ideal for engineers with strong domain knowledge who can work independently, mentor others and contribute to high‑quality engineering outputs across a range of challenging projects. Role Overview: The Senior Process Engineer will manage and deliver engineering activities, applying specialist process knowledge to resolve technical issues, develop solutions and ensure compliance with relevant standards. You will work as part of a multi‑discipline team, supporting both project delivery and the development of less experienced engineers. Key Responsibilities Promote effective collaboration across engineering and wider functional...

Location: Warrington, Leicester or Bristol Hybrid working: 3 days/week in the office (some flexibility in this) Contract type: Permanent or Contract (inside IR35) Multiple positions available A leading engineering organisation is seeking experienced Principal Process Engineers to provide senior technical leadership across a range of complex engineering activities. This role is suited to engineers who can work independently, guide multidisciplinary teams and act as subject matter experts within their discipline. Role Overview: You will lead the delivery of engineering and technical outputs, applying broad process knowledge to shape solutions, resolve complex issues and ensure high‑quality standards. The role involves mentoring others, supporting capability development and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Lead and coordinate multi‑discipline engineering teams to deliver agreed scopes efficiently. Supervise, mentor and...

We have a fantastic opportunity for Cost Estimator to join a growing SME delivering work on a high-profile nuclear defence programme. This role will play a key part in supporting project delivery through detailed reporting, data analysis and coordination activities, contributing to the successful delivery of work within a highly regulated environment. This position would suit a detail-oriented professional with strong experience in reporting, data analysis and project support, ideally within nuclear, defence or other regulated sectors. It will appeal to someone who is highly proficient in Excel, enjoys working with data and producing clear, accurate reports, and is comfortable working remotely while supporting a wider project team. Key Responsibilities * Produce and maintain detailed project reports, dashboards and performance data * Analyse project data using Excel to support decision-making and programme tracking * Support project teams with documentation, reporting and...

Mechanical Engineer / Senior Mechanical Engineer - Contract (Inside IR35) Warrington (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite) £51-£56 per hour Long-Term Contract | Major Nuclear Programme - PFDO, Sellafield Are you a Mechanical Engineer ready to step into a high-impact role on one of the UK's most critical nuclear programmes? We're supporting a key delivery partner on the PFDO project at Sellafield, and we're looking for a Mechanical Engineer or Senior Mechanical Engineer to help drive engineering excellence across complex, safety-critical work. The Opportunity You'll play a vital role in delivering engineering and technical activities across the project lifecycle-bringing your expertise to solve complex challenges and ensure high-quality outputs in a regulated environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a flagship nuclear programme, collaborating with experienced teams while contributing to the safe and efficient delivery of major works. What You'll Be Doing Deliver...

Senior Revit Designer - Civil, Structural & Architectural (CS&A) Contract | £36-£41/hour (Inside IR35) Warrington | Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office Security: Sellafield experience and existing PP Pass is essential. We are seeking an experienced Autodesk Revit Designer to support engineering design delivery within a highly regulated environment. This role will focus on the development and modification of Civil, Structural & Architectural (CS&A) and mechanical piping elements within a Revit model, supporting asset care and infrastructure upgrades. Working within a multi-disciplinary engineering team, you will contribute to the production of design deliverables including drawings, layouts, and engineering documentation, ensuring solutions are safe, compliant, and delivered to agreed time, cost, and quality targets. The role is primarily office-based in Warrington (3 days per week) with occasional site visits and travel to other offices when required. Key...

Senior CE&I Engineer - Sellafield Projects Contract | £51-£56/hour (Inside IR35) Warrington | Hybrid - 3 days on site / 2 days remote Are you a Senior Control, Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer looking to apply your expertise within one of the UK's most complex nuclear environments? We are seeking a Senior CE&I Engineer to support a range of engineering and decommissioning projects across the Sellafield programme, delivering robust CE&I design and safety documentation within a highly regulated setting. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to nationally significant nuclear decommissioning work, supporting the delivery of safety-critical systems that underpin long-term hazard reduction at Sellafield. Key Responsibilities Deliver CE&I design work packages across a variety of nuclear engineering and decommissioning projects Produce and check design substantiation, safety documentation, and technical deliverables Provide expert CE&I input...

Senior EC&I Designer - Sellafield Ponds Programme Contract | £51-£56/hour (Inside IR35) Warrington | Hybrid - 3 days on site / 2 days remote Sector: Nuclear Decommissioning | Sellafield Ponds We are seeking an experienced Senior EC&I Designer to support major engineering works within the Sellafield Ponds Programme, one of the most complex and high-hazard decommissioning challenges in the UK nuclear sector. This role will see you taking a senior position within the EC&I design team, leading the development, review, and delivery of high-integrity design packages for safety-critical systems. You will play a key role in ensuring designs meet strict nuclear safety, regulatory, and engineering standards while supporting project delivery across multidisciplinary teams. Working within a collaborative engineering environment, you will provide technical guidance to designers and engineers, contribute to design reviews, and ensure the production of high-quality EC&I...

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...

CE&I Safety System Design Engineer Silos MSSS SEP 1 & 2 | Nuclear & High-Hazard Environment Warrington Hybrid - 3 days on site £51-£56/hour | Inside IR35 Are you a CE&I Safety System Design Engineer looking to make a real impact on nationally significant infrastructure? This is a high-profile opportunity to join the Silos MSSS SEP 1 & 2 programme, working at the heart of safety-critical design in a complex, regulated environment. You'll be part of a specialist CE&I design team, delivering and checking Safety System design packages that underpin safe operations - while also supporting commissioning activities and mentoring the next generation of engineers. The Role You'll play a key role in: Delivering and checking CE&I Safety System design packages to meet safety, functional and business requirements Supporting and reviewing designs produced by other engineers within the team Working across disciplines to ensure compliant, integrated solutions...

Senior EC&I Designer Location: Warrington (Hybrid Working) Rate: £53.00 – £65.00 per hour (Inside IR35) Hours: 40 hours per week Security Clearance: SC Clearance required Sector: Nuclear The Opportunity We are recruiting for a Senior EC&I Designer to support the delivery of complex nuclear engineering projects within a highly regulated environment. This is a key role where you will lead Electrical, Control & Instrumentation design activities, provide technical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team, and ensure high-quality, compliant design outputs across the full project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Lead EC&I design activities across nuclear projects from concept through to detailed and production design Allocate and review work, ensuring all deliverables meet nuclear industry standards and regulatory requirements Produce and check EC&I design outputs, including: Schematics Wiring diagrams Loop diagrams Cable schedules General arrangements...

Job Title: Principal Process Engineer Contract: 12-month contract (Inside IR35) Location: Warrington (site-based / hybrid subject to project needs) Security Clearance: UK Security Check (SC) - must be held or eligible Positions Available: 3 Role Overview We are seeking three highly experienced Principal Process Engineers to support a critical programme within the UK nuclear sector. These roles have been raised as a specific project requirement and will play a key part in the technical delivery, assurance, and development of process engineering solutions associated with RepU management and reuse. The programme relates to the UK's historic and potential future use of reprocessed uranium, including its storage, conversion, re-enrichment, and potential reuse in fresh fuel cycles. Key Responsibilities Provide principal-level process engineering leadership to the project Develop, review, and approve process flowsheets, mass and energy balances, and technical documentation...

Senior Process Engineer 3 positions available Locations: Warrington or Bristol Working Pattern: Hybrid - 3 days per week on site Contract Length: 12 months IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Security Clearance: UK Security Check (SC) - required Start: Subject to clearance & onboarding The Role We are seeking experienced Senior Process Engineers to support a strategically important programme within the UK nuclear sector. This role will be supporting the technical development, assessment and delivery of process solutions associated with the handling, conversion, and potential reuse of reprocessed uranium originating from historic reprocessing operations. You will play a key role in process definition, safety justification, and technical assurance across the fuel cycle, working within a highly regulated nuclear environment. Key Responsibilities Lead and deliver process engineering activities across RepU-related systems and facilities Develop and review process flows, mass...

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role: Software Development Test Engineer - Automotive - £58/hr (Inside IR35) - Manchester Centre (hybrid potential) - 12 Months (potential for yearly renewal) Duties: Developing software to test multiple types/categories of software including end-user applications and operating systems/utility software (which provides a platform for running end user applications for external customers). The work includes: - Developing and directing the preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, quality assurance plans, procedures, and schedules - Planning and conducting software testing (including using programming languages to write code for use in testing the application/software code), performing analysis of test results, and tracking/reporting risk levels during test execution - Performing regression and ad-hoc testing of software and components potentially affected by system changes - Diagnosing...

Contract | Inside IR35 | 6 months Location: Manchester preferred (hybrid, flexibility offered) Security clearance SC clearance is required Active SC is preferred, though candidates with lapsed but transferable SC may be consideredThe opportunity We're looking for a hands‑on Lead Technical Architect with a strong engineering background to help design, build and evolve cloud‑native platforms used by other developers. This is not a strategy‑only architecture role. You'll work closely with engineers, contribute to codebases, and lead architectural decisions by building and delivering real systems. If you're an engineer at heart who's progressed into architecture - or a technical architect who still codes - this role is likely to suit you well. What you'll be doing Designing and building scalable, secure, cloud‑native platforms on AWS Working directly alongside engineers, writing and reviewing production code Defining and implementing serverless architectures in large,...

Job Title: VMware Infrastructure Consultant Location: UK (Hybrid, once per week onsite - Manchester and/or Leeds) Contract: Initial 3 Month Contract Rate: £675 - £750 Per Day DOE (Inside IR35) I am working with one of our longstanding clients who have a fantastic reputation as a leading technology and services provider. Currently, they are looking for an experienced VMware Infrastructure Consultant to support a large-scale network and infrastructure migration programme for a leading UK financial services organisation. This role will focus on analysing network traffic, mapping application dependencies, and supporting migration readiness across an existing VMware estate, using tools such as VMware Aria Operations for Networks. Key Responsibilities Analyse network traffic and communication flows within a VMware environment Map application dependencies across servers, services, and network paths Identify risks, bottlenecks, and constraints ahead of migration Support the...

Senior Software Engineer in Test Contract | Inside IR35 | £400 per day Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week) Contract End Date: March 2027 I'm currently working with a large, well‑established enterprise client who are continuing to grow their digital engineering capability in Manchester. They are looking to engage an experienced Senior Software Engineer in Test on a long‑term contract to support the delivery of high‑quality, scalable, cloud‑based digital platforms. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior‑level test professional to join a collaborative, agile environment where quality, automation, and engineering best practice are taken seriously. The role offers strong delivery stability with a contract running until March 2027. The Role You'll join a multi‑disciplinary digital engineering team, working closely with developers, SREs, and other engineers to embed quality throughout the software delivery lifecycle. The focus is on automation‑led...

Job title: Senior Software Engineer in Test (D) Location: Manchester Duration: 11 Months (rolling) Hourly rate: £57.00ph INSIDE IR35 (Via Umbrella Solutions) POSITION DESCRIPTION: A Senior Software Engineer in Test with a passion for quality, and proven experience of automated software testing, is required for a variety of digital projects being delivered for Luxury Automotive client based in Manchester. We are looking for great engineers who have a passion for innovative problem solving, quality-first coding and practicing Continuous Integration. Would you thrive in an exciting, dynamic and creative start-up environment, but also enjoy the security, resources and influence of an established and successful organisation? Would you excel within a world-class and passionate team that loves what they do? Are you passionate about mentoring and sharing your skills with fellow engineers? You will form part of a collaborative, iterative and agile process in a multi-disciplined team helping...

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...