96 jobs found in Hitchin

Project Management Consultant Luton 6-Month Contract Paying up to £110p/h (Outside IR35) Key Responsibilities Provide advice on the acceleration of procurement and operational readiness of critical capabilities that cannot wait for standard planning or acquisition cycles. Identifying where existing processes can be tailored or streamlined, compressing standard acquisition cycles, and the management of high-risk operational rollouts while balancing aggressive timelines, budgets, and necessary compliance. Proactively identify roadblocks, execute rapid risk assessments, and implement mitigations to prevent project failure. Act as the primary liaison between IPT leader, Sponsors, end-users, third-party vendors, and internal teams to provide high-frequency progress reports and negotiate priorities. Allocate resources efficiently and navigate dynamic cost structures where time and performance outweigh strict, traditional budgetary constraints. Ensure that despite expedited...

Project Management Consultant Defence / MOD experience is a must 6 month contract Outside IR35 Our client, a renowned entity in the Defence & Security sector, is seeking a Project Management Consultant on a contract basis. This role involves advising on processes for effectively responding to Urgent Capability Requirements (UCR) and supporting the rapid procurement, development, and deployment of mission-critical assets or solutions. Key Responsibilities: Rapid Acquisition & Delivery: Provide advice on the acceleration of procurement and operational readiness of critical capabilities that cannot wait for standard planning or acquisition cycles. Risk & Crisis Management: Proactively identify roadblocks, execute rapid risk assessments, and implement mitigations to prevent project failure. Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary liaison between the Integrated Programme Team (IPT) leader, sponsors, end-users, third-party vendors, and internal teams to provide...

Project Controls Lead - Level 7 Location: Luton initially, transitioning to Reading from September 2026 Working Pattern: 3-4 Days On Site Contract: 12 Months Rate: £62 - £65 per hour (Outside IR35) Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required Nationality Requirement: Sole British Nationals Only THE ROLE We are recruiting on behalf of a leading defence and aerospace organisation seeking an experienced GCAP Project Controls Lead to support a major international defence programme. This role will support the FCA GCAP Programme Controls Manager in shaping and delivering a best-practice Project Controls framework within a tri-national consortium involving UK, Italian and Japanese partners. The successful candidate will play a key role in schedule management, programme planning, performance analysis and stakeholder coordination across a highly complex, multi-national engineering programme environment. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Support the development and delivery of a...

Job Title: Legionella Risk Assessor Location: London, Oxford, Luton, and Cambridge (Regional / Local allocation) Rate: Open to discussion / Market Competitive (Dependent on experience) IR35 Determination: Outside IR35 Contract Length: Ongoing contract The Role: Are you a qualified Legionella Risk Assessor looking for a new opportunity? We are seeking a dedicated professional to join us for an ongoing contract supporting an extensive portfolio across London, Oxford, Luton, and Cambridge. This role offers excellent stability by focusing strictly on high-volume, local work within your designated region. This completely eliminates the need for long-distance national travel, ensuring your daily workload keeps you close to home. Your daily responsibilities will primarily involve conducting comprehensive water hygiene and compliance risk assessments, accurately documenting findings, and producing high-quality compliance reports to meet project milestones. About You: To be...

Our client, a leader in the technology sector, is currently seeking a Procurement Manager for a contract position. This role focuses on procurement operations within the engineering and maintenance categories, playing a vital part in managing and optimising the supply chain of a dynamic and fast-paced business. This is an outside IR35 contract Key Responsibilities: Developing and delivering a Procurement Category Plan in collaboration with the Lead Procurement Manager Conducting market analysis, spend assessments, and stakeholder engagement plans Managing end-to-end tender processes, driving commercial value Identifying opportunities for cost savings and value optimisation Ensuring contractual coverage and well-planned sourcing activities Maintaining accurate and comprehensive contract and supplier records Managing supplier relationships to secure best value contracts Promoting effective Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Continuously learning about industry developments to...

Job Title: Legionella Risk Assessor Location: London, Oxford, Luton, Bedford and Cambridge (Regional / Local allocation) Rate: Open to discussion / Market Competitive (Dependent on experience) IR35 Determination: Outside IR35 Contract Length: Ongoing contract The Role: Are you a qualified Legionella Risk Assessor looking for a new opportunity? We are seeking a dedicated professional to join us for an ongoing contract supporting an extensive portfolio across London, Oxford, Luton, and Cambridge. This role offers excellent stability by focusing strictly on high-volume, local work within your designated region. This completely eliminates the need for long-distance national travel, ensuring your daily workload keeps you close to home. Your daily responsibilities will primarily involve conducting comprehensive water hygiene and compliance risk assessments, accurately documenting findings, and producing high-quality compliance reports to meet project milestones. About You: To be...

HGV Technician / HGV Engineer / HGV Fitter / HGV Mechanic / HGV Contractor Location: Hertfordshire Rate: £32.00 per hour Shift: Monday - Friday / Nights Shifts (6pm - 6am) Immediate Start Available - On-Going Work Our client is a specialist, reliable and reputable Commercial Vehicle Company based around the Hertfordshire area. They are seeking a passionate and dedicated HGV Technician to complete an ongoing contract / LTD position. This is open to Limited Company Contractors and is working Outside IR35. As a HGV Technician / HGV Mechanic / HGV Fitter you must hold the following: * NVQ / City and Guilds – Level 3 * Minimum of 5 years working on commercial vehicles * Experience working in a fast-paced and demanding customer environment * The ability to organise work on own initiative and work under pressure * Class 1 licence – Preferable not essential Benefits & Package * Great Hourly Rates * Weekly Pay - Every Friday * Limited Companies Welcome...

Job Title: Project Manager - NEX (Temp) Location: Major UK Airport (South East) Rate: £575/day - Umbrella rate Duration: 1 year Site: Minimum 3 days per week on site Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead delivery of a major North Extension (NEX) within a live airport transformation programme. The role will take the project through RIBA Stage 4 into construction, ensuring safe, efficient delivery within a fully operational environment. Key Requirements Proven delivery of major infrastructure projects in live operational environments Strong NEC contract and commercial management experience Excellent stakeholder and interface management skills Experience in aviation, rail, water, nuclear, or similar regulated sectors Strong on-site delivery background essential Key Responsibilities Lead delivery through design completion and construction phase Manage programme, cost, risk, and change control Coordinate multiple contractors and design teams...

PROGRAMME MANAGER (SKYLINKS & BAGGAGE) Location: Stansted Airport Hours: 40 per week Duration: 1 year Rate: Negotiable ROLE OVERVIEW We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead a multi-project aviation programme at Stansted Airport covering SkyLinks, APV, and Baggage systems. You will manage multiple Project Managers, ensuring coordinated delivery from final design through construction and installation, while maintaining programme control, governance, and stakeholder alignment in a live airport environment. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Lead delivery across SkyLinks, APV, and Baggage projects Manage and support Project Managers across all workstreams Maintain integrated programme schedule and manage risk Monitor progress, escalate issues, and drive resolution Deliver monthly performance reporting to senior stakeholders Support procurement and installation readiness activities Manage stakeholder engagement across airport operations and contractors Ensure...

Job Title: Mechanical Fitter (GIS Experience Required) Location: Elstree, WD25 8DT Start Date: ASAP Duration: Approx. 15-16 Weeks (780 Total Hours) Hours: 50 Hours Per Week (10 Hours Per Day) Contract Type: Contract IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Positions Available: 1 Rates: LTD / Umbrella (Outside IR35): £29.12/hour - First 37 Hours £30.87/hour - After 37 Hours / First 4 Hours Saturday £33.65/hour - After 4 Hours Saturday / Sunday / Bank Holidays PAYE: £21.54/hour - First 37 Hours £22.84/hour - After 37 Hours / First 4 Hours Saturday £24.90/hour - After 4 Hours Saturday / Sunday / Bank Holidays We are currently seeking an experienced Mechanical Fitter for a long-term contract opportunity with al leading Tier 1 on a major energy infrastructure project based in Elstree. This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically qualified fitter with GIS experience and a background in HV substations, power generation, oil & gas, or heavy industrial environments to join a high-profile...

Job Title: Legionella Risk Assessor Location: London, Oxford, Luton, and Cambridge (Regional / Local allocation) Rate: Open to discussion / Market Competitive (Dependent on experience) IR35 Determination: Outside IR35 Contract Length: Ongoing contract The Role: Are you a qualified Legionella Risk Assessor looking for a new opportunity? We are seeking a dedicated professional to join us for an ongoing contract supporting an extensive portfolio across London, Oxford, Luton, and Cambridge. This role offers excellent stability by focusing strictly on high-volume, local work within your designated region. This completely eliminates the need for long-distance national travel, ensuring your daily workload keeps you close to home. Your daily responsibilities will primarily involve conducting comprehensive water hygiene and compliance risk assessments, accurately documenting findings, and producing high-quality compliance reports to meet project milestones. About You: To be...

Contract RF Engineer | Outside IR35 Cambridge | 4 days on-site Our client is looking for a Contract RF Engineer to join their team to support the development and validation of next-generation wireless communication systems. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on discrete RF design across both transmit and receive paths, with a particular emphasis on frequency generation and VCO design. You’ll be working as part of a multidisciplinary product development team, contributing across the full lifecycle from circuit design and validation through to integration and debug within a complete end product environment. KEY TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE * Recent experience in discrete RF circuit design and validation * Strong knowledge of frequency generation and VCO design * Experience designing TX and RX circuits within the 400MHz – 900MHz range * Understanding of RF component selection, market availability, and obsolescence management * Experience working on integrated end products...

Contract Electronics Engineer - Outside IR35 £35 - 50/hour South Cambridge | Hybrid - 2 days on site Our client is looking for an Electronics Engineer to join their team on an initial contract to support the latest iteration of a medical device platform. This role centres on supporting the second round of DFM changes ahead of manufacturer handover, covering around 15 PCBs all managed in Altium. The work itself isn’t especially complex, but there’s a fair amount of it - small, detail-heavy updates across layout, schematics, footprints, and libraries, alongside some hands-on debug and EMC-driven design tweaks. You’ll be working closely with mechanical and software engineers inside the instrument, contributing to DFM/DFT improvements and documentation updates to get the next hardware version out the door. Strong Altium experience is important given the volume of changes, and there’s a clear preference for someone on site to make collaboration and problem-solving quicker and more...

We are looking for a Site Engineer to join a great team working on drainage works in Aylesbury as part of hs2. Daily duties will involve setting out and some QA along with assisting with overseeing labour and contractors on site and health & safety. To be considered you will have a minimum of an HNC in Civil Engineering and hold CSCS certification with SMSTS ideal also. Drainage experience is a MUST gained on civil engineering works. Top day rate on offer which is Outside IR35 and comes with a long term contract and immediate start. If you're looking for work, get in touch

RF Design Contractor | 6 Months | 4 days onsite | Outside IR35 | Cambridge I’m currently supporting an engineering company looking for a senior RF contractor to join them onsite for an initial 6 month engagement, helping solve a range of RF design, validation and obsolescence challenges across an existing product range. This is a hands-on role for somebody who can hit the ground running, integrate into the team quickly and add value across both development and manufacturing engineering activities. Key experience required: * Recent experience in discrete RF design and validation * Strong background with FGen/VCO along with TX/RX circuit design * Experience across 400MHz–900MHz frequencies (PMR type environments highly relevant) * Good understanding of RF component selection, market availability and obsolescence resolution * Experience working on integrated products rather than isolated RF modules/gain blocks * Strong communication skills and ability to work...

Band 7 Occupational Therapist - Community Rehab £45.00 per hour | Brent Overview I am currently recruiting for an Occupational Therapist to work with my client in Brent. The successful candidate will support delivery of Community Short Term Rehabilitation services across the Brent area, managing a community caseload and completing home visits within the local patch. Requirements Strong NHS Community OT experience essential Ability to manage approximately 55 active patients Full UK driving licence required HCPC registered Bachelor's degree or higher in Occupational Therapy recognised by relevant professional bodies. Clear DBS (we can put this in process for you)What's on offer £45.00 per hour Full-timeInterested? If you'd like to find out more, feel free to message me to arrange a quick call - happy to talk through the role in more detail. Chris - (phone number removed)

Grid Integration and System Studies Engineer – 1 year contract Our client, a leading developer within the global offshore wind sector, is looking to hire a Grid Integration and System Studies Engineer for an initial 1 year contract. This role can be based at one of 3 locations – London, Coventry or Swindon. The role will be offered on Outside IR35, Limited Co, contract for initial duration of 1 year. Duties / Responsibilities: The Engineer will sit in Client Renewables Electrical System & Project Engineering team, supporting the Project’s Engineering and Package Managers with responsibilities including: • Working in construction or development phases of our offshore wind farm projects, the Engineer will be responsible for ensuring a robust and optimised through life design of the project’s electrical system supporting on all aspects of the generation and transmission system up to the grid interface point. • Advise projects on specific questions regarding...

Your new company A leading Regulatory Affairs consultancy looking for an experienced regulatory professional to support one of the Regulatory Strategy Leads across EU and US development activities. The role requires a hands-on individual with a strong clinical regulatory background, operational submission experience, and working knowledge of both EMA centralised procedures and FDA regulatory requirements. This is a remote, outside IR35 contract job in Regulatory Affairs. Your new role Regulatory Operational Support Provide operational regulatory support to the assigned Regulatory Strategy Lead. Support EU and US development regulatory activities across ongoing programmes. Coordinate regulatory timelines, deliverables, and submission readiness activities. Track and manage regulatory actions, commitments, and submission milestones. Support internal governance and cross-functional coordination activities. Clinical Regulatory Documentation Perform hands-on preparation, review,...

ER Case Lead London 3-month Contract - Hybrid £500 per day Umbrella ARM are delighted to be working with our client to help them recruit a HR Caseworker on a 3 month contract. The Role: Lead and manage a portfolio of ER cases including disciplinary, grievance, performance, long-term sickness, and conduct matters. Ensure all casework is accurately documented, legally compliant, and resolved in a timely and fair manner. Manage flexible working requests, changes to terms and conditions, and exit processes. Support the delivery of formal processes including redundancy consultations and TUPE transfers. Provide expert guidance to line managers and HR Business Partners on employment law and ER best practices. Coach stakeholders on conflict resolution, policy interpretation, and procedural fairness. Escalate cases appropriately while maintaining ownership of resolution pathways. Requirements: Proven experience in managing complex ER cases in a fast-paced, matrixed organisation....

Mechanical Site Manager - Central London £325-£375 per day (Outside IR35) | Long-Term Contract We are currently seeking an experienced Mechanical Site Manager to join a growing team delivering high-quality commercial fit-out projects across Central London. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven professional looking for long-term contract work across a diverse portfolio of commercial projects ranging from £500k to £4million in mechanical value. Key Responsibilities Manage and oversee all mechanical works on site from installation through to commissioning and handover Coordinate subcontractors and site teams to ensure works are delivered safely, on programme, and to specification Ensure full compliance with health & safety procedures and site standards Monitor project progress, identify risks, and provide updates to Project and Contracts Managers Conduct site inspections, manage QA processes, and oversee snagging and close-out activities Attend and lead site meetings...