15 engineering jobs found in Colchester

Composite Laminator Location: Witham, Essex Pay Rate: Negotiable (Paid via PAYE Inside IR35) Monday to Friday, 08:00-4:30 (Plus 20% uplift on night shift) Contract: 6 - 12 months, potential for extension/permanent About Us We deliver all aspects of design, engineering, testing and manufacture from a single facility. This vertical integration represents considerable supply chain benefits to our customers and a broad working environment for our teams. We are partners on ultra-premium, low-volume programmes delivering vehicle programmes for the ultra-exclusive, ultra-high-value automotive sector for automotive brands. Role Summary: We have an exciting opportunity for Carbon Laminators to join our team delivering design, engineering, and manufacturing solutions for some of the world's most exclusive and ultra-premium car programmes. If you have a passion and desire for delivering high-end products and components - intricate machining, carbon fibre mould tooling, complex jigs, and...

Role: IQA Technician Location: Sudbury, Suffolk ASAP Start Duration: 6 months + Pay Rate: £20-£23 P/hr PAYE Inside IR35 Fully site based. Description The IQA Technician will be responsible for completing inspection, control, and disposition of all incoming materials across the Sudbury manufacturing sites, completing all relevant documentation and traceability processes to applicable quality standards. The IQA Inspector ensures that incoming materials to be used by production meet all quality requirements. Job Responsibilities: Carry out inspection of incoming goods across the Sudbury sites using measurement equipment, specifications, and quality control plans (QCP's). Ensuring all incoming materials fully conform to requirements prior to assembly, completing all associated documentation/records and following GDP (Good Documentation Practices). Provide input to the process for the control and disposition of any non-conforming materials, completing tasks, documentation, and...

Repair Technician Contract until 31/12/2026 – Likely to be extended, with permanent potential. Braintree £14.10/hr PAYE 41 hours per week Inside IR35 I am recruiting for a Repair Technician to join our client's aviation repair workshop in Braintree. Working alongside qualified technicians, you will support the repair, maintenance and testing of aircraft safety equipment, including buoyancy devices, life rafts, evacuation slides, oxygen equipment and associated sub-assemblies. This is a physical, hands-on workshop role. Many tasks are completed in pairs and involve positioning, folding and compressing fairly heavy materials correctly. Product-specific training and task instruction will be provided, with the opportunity to take on additional responsibility as competence is demonstrated. Role Responsibilities • Support qualified technicians with the repair, maintenance, calibration and testing of aviation safety equipment. • Follow repair orders, task...

Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) Location - Suffolk Rate - £340 per day (Inside IR35) Duration - Long Term Contract Key Responsibilities Manage and coordinate all temporary works activities in accordance with BS 5975:2019 and project procedures. Maintain and regularly review the Temporary Works Register. Coordinate with designers, site teams, and stakeholders to ensure safe and compliant temporary works solutions. Review and issue Temporary Works Design Briefs and ensure designs are adequately checked and approved. Manage the temporary works design process, including design changes and approvals. Carry out inspections and audits to ensure temporary works are installed in accordance with approved designs. Produce and manage ITPs, quality documentation, and inspection hold points. Ensure temporary works are maintained, monitored, and safely managed throughout their lifecycle. Support site teams with technical guidance, risk management, and construction...

Job title: Contract Manager Job Type: Contract IR35 Status: Inside Start date: Immediate Duration: Up to Dec 2026 (Extension possible beyond this) Pay rate: Up to £450 per day PAYE & Umbrella rates available Location: Leiston, Sizewell Hours of work: Monday - Friday Our client, a leader in Nuclear Generation requires a Contract Manager. In your role, you will work closely with the Contract Management Lead and Programme Management Office (PMO) Manager and be responsible for managing major contracts. You will be at the heart of the Contract Management team and will be expected to demonstrate commercial leadership, pace, rigour, and drive delivery in contract performance. Further, you will engage closely with Outage Management, Engineering, Procurement and Quality Assurance teams driving performance, developing relationships with suppliers, and identifying commercial opportunities and service improvements. There is a real opportunity to take ownership of these agreements...

Electronics Technician | Hertfordshire | Contract (Inside IR35) with possibility to go permanent We are looking to hire a skilled Electronics Technician with strong experience and enthusiasm for product development to join an expanding technical R & D team. The role offers the opportunity to collaborate with a group of experienced professionals on a wide variety of innovative and technically demanding projects. These include consumer-facing products and mission-critical devices. The position provides a chance to contribute to meaningful work with real-world impact. Key Skills and Experience: +A practical, hands-on technician with strong soldering ability, including experience working with very fine components and carrying out manual rework on printed circuit boards. +Experience operating within a development-focused environment rather than production, building prototype circuits, implementing design changes, and working from high-level or informal specifications. +Strong...

Quantity Surveyor x2 - Overhead Lines Projects Location: Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire (Hybrid - Minimum 3 Days on Site) Rate: Around £450 per day (Inside IR35 - Negotiable for the Right Candidate) Contract: Temporary Duration: 3rd August 2026 - 29th January 2027 Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 17:00 Search Recruitment's Transmission & Distribution team is currently recruiting for two experienced Quantity Surveyors to support a major Overhead Line (OHL) project with one of the UK's leading utility contractors. This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy commercial team delivering critical transmission infrastructure works, supporting the commercial management of a high-profile National Grid project. The Role: Working alongside Senior Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers and Project Managers, you'll play a key role in ensuring commercial performance across the project, managing costs, subcontractors and contractual processes throughout the project lifecycle. Key...

We are recruiting for a talented Hardware Design Engineer to join our client's Test Equipment Hardware Design Capability team on a 6-month contract. Part of the Test Equipment Centre of Excellence (TE CofEx), this team designs, integrates, and validates innovative test system hardware solutions that support products throughout their lifecycle. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge projects, ensure technical excellence, and help drive engineering success. Role: Test Development Engineer Pay: £50 per hour Via Umbrella Location: Stevenage Contract: Monday- Friday, 37 Hours per week, 6 Months Contract IR35 Status: Inside Security Clearance: SC Required however can start on BPSS Essential Responsibilities Prepare specifications & develop designs in line with all quality and technical standards. Develop proposals for investigations & solutions, following investigation and analysis of technical issues. Carry out design appraisals to ensure all...

Location: Stevenage (hybrid - 2-3 days per week onsite) Duration: 12 month initial contract Rate: £40ph UMB (Inside IR35) Role details: We are looking for an Offload Controller to support our defence client on a contract basis. The role s essential in supporting the Test Equipment Offload across multiple programmes in both Development and Production. This position ensures timely offload task placement and continuous monitoring throughout the process to meet programme requirements. Key Responsibilities: Release and manage all work within the SAP system, ensuring delivery forecasts are accurate and communicated to customers. Support schedule adherence, inventory, and delivery KPIs by executing the planning process efficiently. Maintain precise records within a Data Management System and process data to uphold accuracy. Ensure cross-functional alignment by acting as a bridge between various departments including Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, and external...

Interconnects Design Engineer Location: Stevenage (2-3 days per week onsite; could be higher initially) Duration: 6 months Rate: £50 p/h Umbrella IR35: Inside Clearance: SC (BPSS to start) Overview Fantastic opportunity for an Interconnects Design Engineer to work within a growing Interconnects team designing bespoke electrical interconnects/cables suitable for the transmission of power, signal and data within and between subsystems in complex products. You'll interpret sub-system requirements and generate electrical schematics and cable design definitions (Microsoft Visio & HarnWare work packages). The role also includes investigating cable issues, developing solutions, supporting manufacturing with build issues, and supporting functional and environmental product trials. Responsibilities: * Interpret sub-system requirements and generate electrical schematics and cable design definitions (Visio & HarnWare work packages) * Investigate a full range of cable...

Our client has an opportunity for a Senior Engineer- Hardware in the Loop to join them on a contract basis for 6 months with possible extension. Role: Senior Engineer- Hardware in the Loop Location: Stevenage, fully onsite Hourly Rate: £55 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35 Clearance: SC required before starting What you'll be doing: As a HWIL engineer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining new and existing RF equipment and working with multi-disciplinary teams to combine RF, electronics engineering and software development to produce new capabilities that enable HWIL to run new simulations - Produce new RF targets for missiles to track, simulated ECM. testing, root cause analysis, design, development, integration. You will be able to adapt to new engineering situations and be comfortable in abstracting detail in order to understand the simulation and missile's behaviour Requirements: Radio Frequency design or testing System performance analysis Interface...

BMC Helix Solution Architect 12 Months initial contract Paddington, London (Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite) £Negotiable (Inside IR35) The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced BMC Helix Solution Architect to join a large-scale enterprise transformation programme. You'll play a key role in modernising IT service management by designing and implementing scalable, automated service management solutions that support critical business operations. Working within a complex enterprise environment, you'll help deliver resilient, cloud-enabled service management capabilities, improve operational efficiency, and drive automation across infrastructure and business services. Key Responsibilities Design and architect BMC Helix solutions aligned to business and service management requirements. Lead the implementation and integration of BMC Helix ITSM, CMDB, Discovery, Digital Workplace and automation solutions. Work closely with infrastructure, cloud, application and business teams...

Network Automation Architect Daily Rate: Up to £740 (inside IR35 via umbrella) Contract Length: 8 months Hybrid working - London, Bristol or Birmingham Join Our Innovative Team! Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Our client is seeking a talented Network Automation Architect to drive the future of complex network and data centre solutions. If you're passionate about automation, network engineering, and creating impactful solutions, we want to hear from you! About the Role: As a pivotal member of our team, you will play a vital role in translating low-level designs into production-grade automation solutions. You'll work at the intersection of network engineering and automation, utilising your deep expertise in Cisco data centre networking while building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines. Your work will ensure stability, repeatability, and change assurance across customer environments. What You'll Be Doing: Build and maintain network automation...

Site Reliability Engineer (GCP & Kubernetes) London (Hybrid, 2 days onsite per week) 6-Month Contract | Inside IR35 | Competitive Day Rate We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join a high-performing technology team responsible for building, securing, and operating cloud-native platforms that support innovative AI-driven applications. This is a key role focused on cloud infrastructure development, platform reliability, security hardening, and operational excellence. You will work closely with software engineers, platform teams, and technical stakeholders to design, deploy, and maintain resilient production systems capable of supporting complex and scalable workloads. You will be responsible for the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of cloud-based applications and infrastructure, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and operate effectively in production environments. Key Responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain...

I'm hiring as a Systems Operations Lead, offering a great mix of hands-on technical work and leadership. The team is looking for someone who can lead engineers, manage operational delivery, and bring a strong infrastructure background across areas such as Windows, Linux, storage, and backup technologies. Hybrid working: 3 days a week in London Duration: Initial 6 months Day Rate: up to £800pd inside IR35 via umbrella Key Responsibilities Lead day-to-day infrastructure operations, ensuring incidents, service requests and operational activities are managed effectively. Oversee Windows, Linux, storage and backup environments, ensuring platform stability and resilience. Manage operational delivery while parallel transformation and modernisation initiatives are underway. Coordinate and support a team of technical SMEs, ensuring workloads are prioritised and delivered effectively. Act as an escalation point for operational and infrastructure-related issues. Drive service...