38 education jobs found in Thrapston

Quality Engineer Luton 6-month contract Paying up to £41p/h (inside IR35) What You'll Do Support the Principal Quality Engineer and Quality Manager in achieving quality objectives Act as the Quality focal point for in-service and returns material activities Lead and support investigations into non-conformances, including root cause analysis and corrective actions Review and approve quality documentation relating to returns, concessions, and repair activities Ensure effective traceability and configuration control of returned and unserviceable items Interface with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to resolve quality issues Ensure compliance with AS9100 and customer contractual requirements Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across in-service quality processes Deliver compliant products on time, meeting cost and safety targets Provide reports and supporting data to Programme, Project, and functional teams What You'll Bring Further education and/or...

Location: Luton (fully onsite) Duration: 6 month contract Rate: up to £41.20ph UMB (Inside IR35) Role details: Our client, a prominent entity in the Defence & Security sector, is actively seeking a Quality Engineer to join their operations on a contract basis. This role is situated within the Customer Support & Service Solutions (CS3) Division, encompassing fast jet and various other in-service platforms. This opportunity is fully onsite in Luton and is ideal for individuals adept at providing Quality Assurance and collaborating with Integrated Project Teams. Key Responsibilities: Support the Principal Quality Engineer and Quality Manager in achieving objectives that align with or exceed established targets Serve as the Quality focal point for in-service and returns material activities Investigate and resolve non-conformances, including conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions Review and approve quality documentation pertaining to returns,...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Purchasing / Procurement Officer.   The role does require a Procurement background and understanding of SAP.    Rate: £27.00 per hour Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: The role will be 1 or 2 days a week in the office and the rest remote Duration: 6 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.  IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: One stage video interview   Purchasing / Procurement Officer Job Description:   Focal point for working with the CSS Spares and Repairs Team in the organisation and the management of customer repairs and spares procurement based upon the requests made by internal project teams. Supplier assessment, adherence to open order books, supplier communications to ensure on time deliveries,...

Job Title: Test Planner Location: Whitley Coventry Rate: £27.21ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £20.35ph on a PAYE basis Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until March 2027) Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week Reference: J(phone number removed) As a Test Planner, you will manage test submissions from a diverse set of customer teams, with the opportunity of supporting a range of test facilities. In doing so, you will be incorporating the validation of Powertrain systems, from base calibration through to certification and legislative compliance. The main activity for the role is support the Lead Test Planner and to coordinate the preparation and management of the fixed facilities. The systems under test are to enable customer test activity across a number of internal and external facilities. This will include ownership of project kick off, development of robust plans, co-ordination with our rig design team, reporting, governance and control of work and team...

Our OEM Client based in Whitley, Coventry, is searching for a Test Planner to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position with a proposed end date of 31st March 2027. Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour Duties: As a Test Planner, you will manage test submissions from a diverse set of customer teams, with the opportunity of supporting a range of test facilities. In doing so, you will be incorporating the validation of Powertrain systems, from base calibration through to certification and legislative compliance. The main activity for the role is supporting the Lead Test Planner and to coordinate the preparation and management of the fixed facilities. The systems under test are to enable customer test activity across a number of internal and external facilities.  This will include ownership of project kick off, development of robust plans, co-ordination with our rig design team, reporting, governance and control of work and team activity. Our mission is to deliver...

Order Ref: (phone number removed) Position Title: Facilities Engineer Duration: Contract Location: Whitley £29.72 per hour INSIDE of IR35 (Umbrella) Applicants MUST HAVE proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility, to work full time and travel within the UK About the company I am currently recruiting on behalf of an automotive OEM, based in West Midlands, who are looking for a Facilities Engineer to join their team. Duties: This role sits within the Cross Functional Test Facilities Team, which is part of Engineering Operations (E O). The team delivers facilities support to the Test Operations team which is part of E O and has as its objective achieving 'timely, quality' product releases through supporting the overall Product 'cycle plan'. In this role you will work within the Cross Functional Test Facilities based in Whitley with potential support for other sites (Gaydon, Ansty Park and Lyons Park). Supporting E O activities under the control of EO-10026 for...

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Senior Vehicle Integration Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position with a proposed end date of 31st March 2027. Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour. Department: The Vehicle Package Engineering area is part of the Advanced Engineering department and is responsible for the Vehicle Package from concept to end of life, across all Land Rover and Jaguar products. Vehicle Package Engineering’s main responsibilities fall into 3 areas: Definition and delivery of the overall Vehicle Layout. Assisting Component / System owners develop their components so that they fit into the Vehicle Layout. Protecting space in the Vehicle for the Customer and the articles they want to take with them. The area wishes to recruit talented and enthusiastic engineers to ensure that our challenging targets are met on a range of vehicle projects. Duties: Creation of vehicle concept proposals in the form of vehicle architecture...

Vehicle Package Engineer Department: Advanced Engineering Contract Type: Contract 12 months Location: Gaydon, Warickshire Rate: £33.88 per hour (inside IR35) Role Overview Vehicle Package Engineering sits within the Advanced Engineering department and is responsible for the vehicle package from concept through to end of life, across the client's full product portfolio. The team plays a critical role in balancing engineering requirements with customer needs, ensuring that all vehicle systems integrate effectively within the defined vehicle layout while protecting occupant and customer-use space. Due to continued project demand, the department is seeking talented and motivated Vehicle Package Engineers to support the delivery of challenging targets across a range of vehicle programmes. Key Responsibilities Creation of vehicle concept proposals through vehicle architecture and package layouts Development of outline component and system proposals to support package evolution...

Brakes Refinement Engineer Department: Chassis / Brakes Engineering Contract Type: Contract 12 months Location: Gaydon/ Warwickshire Rate £27.21 per hour inside IR35 The Opportunity The Brakes Refinement team is responsible for the engineering and delivery of a refined braking system, from pedal input through to the foundation brake, across all vehicle lines. The team ensures braking systems meet customer expectations for performance, comfort, and sound quality. Key refinement attributes include squeal, judder, creep groan, wheel honk, brake actuation NVH, and EPB sound quality. There is a strong focus on customer satisfaction, supported by the development of efficient programme delivery methods, including the use of virtual tools and the translation of customer requirements into objective, measurable targets. This role plays a critical part in enhancing the customer experience through the design, development, testing, measurement, and balancing of brake refinement...

Order Ref: (phone number removed) Position Title: Battery Test/Delivery Engineer Duration: Contract Location: Gaydon £27.21 per hour (Inside IR35) *Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility, to work full time, and travel within, the UK* The Opportunity: Using state-of-the-art facilities, you'll provide the power behind our vehicles working in our Engineering Operations Powertrain team. The Client has made a major investment in new testing capability to ensure future Powertrain development can take place and meet the business requirement to develop new and exciting products. The Battery Test Operations Team is part of Powertrain Test Operations within Product Engineering Operations. The team maintains productive test workflow for HV Battery development at our internal test labs at ABE Lyons Park (Coventry) and BatLab (Gaydon), delivering high quality electrical characterisation and performance data at cell, module and pack level. The team...

Manufacturing Engineer / NPI Process Engineer Manufacturing Engineer required for a long term contract Peterborough (Min 12 Months, likely to become ongoing though). £39.00 FCSA Umbrella (Role is deemed inside IR35) £28.00 paye Office Based 5 days PW in Peterborough The Manufacturing Engineer is expected to function as a specialist with respect to a specific technical phase of an increase in production significantly over the next 12-18 mths the process improvement function and which generally falls within the area of Assembly of Machinery Work assignments may be specialised in nature but may also be broad based with coordination between other staff personnel to complete a larger project. Evaluate projects to define desired results and determine logical approaches. Evaluates such NPI factors as cost, assembly, equipment, space, etc. as well as other information needed to determine requirements. Prepares feasibility studies for appropriateness and cost effectiveness and...

Date Created 15/04/2026 AWC Staff Services are looking for a Capital SHE Manager to work for our client across their water and wastewater capital project, in Birstall. Pay is inside IR35. Hybrid but primarily site and office based. Responsibilities: * Highly developed SHE management skills regarding stakeholder engagement * Demonstrable experience of recognised best practice, risk management techniques and management principles. * Ability to demonstrate flexibility/versatility combined with initiative, drive and tenacity to deliver objectives. Requirements: * NEBOSH Diploma or NVQ Level 6 in Occupational Health & Safety * Holds or working towards CMIOSH. * Proven experience in SHE management within large-scale infrastructure. * Full clean Driving Licence and willingness to travel extensively across the zone Start: 27th April 2026 Duration: 6 months Rate: £350 - £450 per day (inside IR35)

Role: Electronics Test Engineer Location: Haverhill, Cambridge. CB4 0AB Duration: 3 months with possible extension IR35 Determination: Inside Rate: Negotiable on experience (umbrella) High Level Summary: This is an exciting role with our client based in the Cambridge UK office. You will be part of a key Boards engineering team developing hardware for Network cards, which are used for cloud and hyperscale data centre operators and for AMD's AI systems We are looking to hire a Test Engineer/Technician who can: Assist on assembling, testing and commissioning Production Test Fixtures to test PCIe Network cards. This may require limited soldering required for assembling cable harnesses used in the fixtures. Support release of production firmware to the manufacturing site by running candidate release on the Test fixtures as per an agreed test plan. Support Design Validation, debug of Network cards under supervision of other team members. XJTAG is used for low level production...

I am recruiting for a Unix Administrator to work 2-3 days in Dunstable, remaining time remote. This role falls inside IR35 so you will need to work through an umbrella company for the duration of the contract. You must have strong experience of deployment, configuration, and maintenance of Unix/Linux systems (RedHat, OL, Solaris). You will be skilled in administration of Virtualisation platforms including VMware and Oracle VM (OLVM). You will also have experience of managing Physical Servers - DELL / Oracle. You will be responsible for monitoring system performance and availability, escalating issues as needed, participating in patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management tasks and document system configurations, procedures, and changes. You will be involved with automation efforts using scripting and tools like Ansible. Please apply ASAP to find out more

Are you a Design Manager with experience working on civils and Temporary works packages?   Have you previously worked on large scale rail infrastructure projects at construction stage?   Role: Design Manager Rate: £470 - £520 Inside ir35 Location: Buckingham Duration: 12 months   My client is looking for a Design Manager and Deputy Design Manager from a civils background to work on the largest rail-based infrastructure project in the UK. As Design Manager you will be responsible Reviewing the Temporary Works designs for integration with the permanent works design, alongside producing as-built records and details.   As Design Manager you will have a team of around 7 Engineers and Assistant Engineers report to you, as well as the Deputy Design Manager. Preious rail experience is essential, and candidates must have done design management during construction stage   This role is deemed inside ir35 and is a hybrid role with 2 days wfh.   Requirements: ·Experience working...

MERITUS are recruiting for a Operations Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Defence and Space client at their Stevenage site. OPERATIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - £32 PER HOUR - 6 MONTHS - LIKELY EXTENDED - 1 STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS An opportunity has arisen for an Operational Quality Assurance Engineer to join a highly specialised defence and space manufacturing environment in the UK. The Quality function plays a critical role in ensuring that customer and regulatory requirements are met across the full spacecraft production lifecycle, including manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test. This position sits directly within the production environment and is responsible for driving quality standards, preventing defects, and ensuring compliance in complex, high-value hardware programmes. Key Responsibilities Take full ownership of quality assurance activities within a designated production area Conduct critical inspections and witness key manufacturing...

Role Title: Production Technician Duration: 6 months contract with potential for Perm Location: Stevenage Rate: £16.00 for 12 weeks then raising to £16.41 PAYE inside IR35 Role purpose / summary The working days and hours are from Monday to Friday and 7.30/8.00 to 4.30/5.00 depending on the needs of the business. Overtime is paid. Your Responsibilities: Undertake the routine manufacturing activities to produce membrane products. Perform daily lab activities including calibrations and checks using appropriate records and logs. Provide support for NPI introduction including method transfer and validation activities. Assist in compliance inspections and EHS program implementation to maintain high level of EHS compliance. Aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position. Undertake training in all Q/C processes required for all membrane...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination ( Systems Engineer Manager ) subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.    This position would suit a candite from the Defence / Aerospace industries and from a Systems Engineering Management background.   Rate: £80.00 per hour Location: Bristol, Stevenage or Bolton, depending on your preference.  Hybrid / Remote working: Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite (the department can offer a compressed 4 day week of Monday to Thursday) 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) Interview process: 1 stage video interview Head of FCAS Systems Design Co-Ordination Job Description:   FCAS is one of the largest, most exciting and challenging programmes within Defence – to design and deliver a Future...

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit a Business Analyst subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.  The role will be a hybrid position of 1-2 days in office, rest of the week remote.   Rate: £34.87 per hour Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’ Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: Hybrid, 1-2 days per week onsite and the rest remote from home. The department can offer a compressed 4 day week of Monday to Thursday) Duration: 6 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.  IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)   Job Description:   The CAFM Business Analyst is responsible for establishing structured project delivery, documentation standards, and operational processes for the CAFM function. The role will define requirements, process maps, governance frameworks, and change management structures to support...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Test Development Engineer on an initial 6 month contract.  The role will be a hybrid position of 50 / 50 time spent onsite.   Rate: £50.00 per hour Location: Stevenage Hybrid / Remote working: The role will be a hybrid position of 50 / 50 time spent onsite 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)   Test Development Engineer Job Description: The Test Equipment Hardware Design Capability group is a function home to the engineers working as part of the Test Equipment Centre of Excellence (TE CofEx), within Electronic Engineering (EE) Directorate. The EE Directorate is part of the wider Operations Directorate and forms part of Greater Engineering (Engineering, Operations and Programmes Directorate). Prepare specifications & develop...