259 jobs found in Barrow-in-Furness

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...

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...

EC&I Engineer - Sellafield Projects £46-51 per hour (Inside IR35) On-site - Sellafield Sector: Nuclear Are you an EC&I Engineer looking for a hands-on, site-based role on one of the UK's most complex and nationally significant nuclear sites? This is a strong opportunity to join a multidisciplinary engineering team delivering critical EC&I design and engineering solutions across Sellafield projects. This role is fully site-based, ideal for engineers who enjoy being close to construction, commissioning, and real-time engineering challenges in a highly regulated environment. Key Responsibilities Deliver and support EC&I engineering activities across nuclear infrastructure projects Produce and review design documentation, drawings, and calculations Ensure EC&I designs comply with Sellafield standards, safety case requirements, and site licence conditions Interface closely with construction, commissioning, safety, and project teams to support effective delivery...

Job Title: Materials Logistics Coordinator Location: Cumbria Contract Type: Contract (12 months +) Rate: Up to £36.00 per hour (Umbrella, Inside IR35) Role Overview We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Materials Logistics Coordinator to support stock control and the efficient distribution of materials across the Sellafield site. This role is critical in ensuring that materials are accurately tracked, stored, and delivered to meet operational demands in a safe and compliant manner. Key Responsibilities ▪️ Manage and maintain accurate stock levels across site locations ▪️ Oversee goods receipt, storage, and distribution of materials ▪️ Coordinate the timely delivery of materials to various departments and work areas ▪️ Monitor inventory movements and update systems to ensure real-time accuracy ▪️ Conduct regular stock checks, audits, and reconciliation activities ▪️ Investigate and resolve discrepancies in stock levels ▪️ Liaise with procurement, warehouse teams,...

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...

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...

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...

Job title: Project Planner Job Type: Contract IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Start date: ASAP Duration: 12 Months - potential to extend Pay rate: £50-60 per hour depending on experience Location: Whitehaven Hybrid/Remote Working: Hybrid working - 2 days in the office Hours of work: 40 hours per week Role information: This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an established team working on a long-term framework at Sellafield. This role offers the chance to work in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment to deliver projects of national importance. The successful candidate will work closely with Project Managers, multi-disciplinary project teams, and the Client on a diverse portfolio of challenging projects. Key Responsibilities Develop, update and maintain full lifecycle project schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring accuracy and alignment with project objectives and delivery targets. Update and maintain Programme-level tactical/delivery plans. Work closely...

Role Title: Wintel Engineer Duration: contract to run until 02/10/2026 Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Fully onsite 5 days per week Rate: up to £496.80 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Clearance required: Active SC Clearance and you must be a Sole UK National Role purpose / summary The Wintel Engineer will be responsible for managing and supporting enterprise Windows and VMware environments, ensuring high availability, resilience, and performance. This role involves advanced virtualization, storage replication, and network integration. Key Responsibilities Administer and maintain VMware ESXi hosts, clusters, and virtual machines. Configure and manage vCenter and vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS). Implement and support SRDF Metro for storage replication and disaster recovery. Integrate VMware environments with Cisco ACI for network automation and security. Perform system upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning. Troubleshoot complex Wintel and virtualization issues. Ensure compliance...

Role Title: Java Developer Duration: 12 month contract Location: Remote Rate: £414 p/d via umbrella inside IR35 Clearance required: Active SC Clearance ideally held within the public sector Role purpose / summary Core Skills: Backend: Java, Spring Boot, SQL / Report Writing Cloud: AWS, EBSA Additional Skills: Frontend: React, Next.js (non-essential) API development, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Greenfield development experience All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply

Role Title: Wintel Engineer Duration: contract to run until 02/10/2026 Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Fully onsite 5 days per week Rate: up to £496.80 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Clearance required: Active SC Clearance and you must be a Sole UK National Role purpose / summary The Wintel Engineer will be responsible for managing and supporting enterprise Windows and VMware environments, ensuring high availability, resilience, and performance. This role involves advanced virtualization, storage replication, and network integration. Key Responsibilities Administer and maintain VMware ESXi hosts, clusters, and virtual machines. Configure and manage vCenter and vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS). Implement and support SRDF Metro for storage replication and disaster recovery. Integrate VMware environments with Cisco ACI for network automation and security. Perform system upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning. Troubleshoot complex Wintel and virtualization issues. Ensure compliance...

Role- Lead Architect Rate- £70.00 p/h (Inside IR35 Umbrella) Location- Cumbria Job Type- 12 month contract We are seeking an experienced Lead Architect to join our team, reporting directly to the CS&A Discipline Lead Engineer and the Site Engineering Manager. This role offers a dynamic opportunity to contribute to complex projects, ensuring high standards of architectural design, compliance, and delivery. Key Responsibilities Preparation and completion of Building Regulations Reportsand Operations & Maintenance (O&M) documentation Management and response to all architectural Technical Queries, Product Permits, and Concessions (site and vendor) Attendance at weekly client meetingsand participation in design reviews Oversight and coordination of fire-related design issues and associated documentation Management of room completions and handover to commissioning teams Review, checking, and approval of architectural drawings and specifications Ensuring...

Senior CE&I Design Engineer Rate- £53-£65.00 per hour Inside IR35 Location, Cumbria Role Overview The Senior Control, Electrical & Instrumentation (CE&I) Design Engineer is responsible for the delivery and technical leadership of high-quality design solutions within a multi-disciplinary engineering environment. The role involves leading design activities, ensuring compliance with applicable standards, and supporting projects from concept through to detailed design and implementation. Key Responsibilities Lead and deliver CE&I design activities within a detailed design environment across the full project lifecycle. Provide technical leadership and guidance to a multi-disciplinary design team. Produce and review engineering design documentation, including drawings, specifications, and calculations. Ensure all designs comply with relevant industry standards, regulations, and best practices. Apply strong knowledge of engineering drawing practices to produce...