419 engineering jobs found in Reading

Mechanical Engineering Lead Location: Reading, UK Salary Range: £103,300 - £139,900 About the Role We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Lead to join the Project Management Team supporting a major pre-FEED contractor office in Reading, UK. This role is responsible for providing technical leadership and engineering expertise on behalf of the JV, ensuring safe, operable, cost-effective, and technically robust mechanical engineering solutions across the project lifecycle. The successful candidate will work closely with project management, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams to optimise scope, manage technical risk, and support efficient project execution. Key Responsibilities Provide mechanical engineering leadership aligned with project objectives and delivery strategies Support the development of safe, reliable, and cost-effective engineering solutions during pre-FEED and FEED phases Drive value improvement and capital efficiency initiatives within the...

POSITION OVERVIEW Randstad is recruiting a Land Surveyor for a major section of HS2 in Aylesbury. This significant package of works consists of precast elements and insitu reinforced concrete, groundworks and drainage. The project involves complex sequencing, strict tolerances, and high requirements for accuracy, quality, and coordination across multiple work fronts. We require a Land Surveyor to manage survey control, setting out, and dimensional accuracy across the site. Previous HS2 experience highly desirable. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Survey Control: Establish, maintain, and verify primary and secondary survey control networks across multiple active work fronts. Setting Out: Deliver precise setting out for heavy precast elements, modular components, and insitu reinforced concrete works. Tolerance Management: Monitor and enforce strict engineering tolerances to ensure exact alignment of structural elements. As-Built Surveys: Conduct regular as-built surveys and data...

Role: Future Engineering Operations Manager Location: Marylebone Station, London - with travel to depots as required Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum Role Purpose Chiltern Railways is preparing for a new era of fleet capability, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth. We are seeking a Future Engineering Operations Manager to lead the strategic planning and development of our engineering operations, ensuring our workforce, depots, stabling facilities, and rolling stock strategies are ready to meet the demands of the future railway. This role is not about day-to-day engineering management. Instead, it focuses on long term planning, capability development, and shaping the systems, people, and infrastructure that will support Chiltern’s future fleet and operational requirements. You will play a key role in preparing the organisation for new technologies, new rolling stock, and evolving customer and operational expectations. Key...

BMS Commissioning Engineer, Tridium, Trend or Siemens Immediate start 4 - 6 month contract £300 - £360 per day Our client requires an accomplished BMS Commissioning Engineer with Tridium, Trend or Siemens Building Management Controls experience to join their team on either a project in London or a site in Hertforshire . There are several roles and projects currently available in: the City, East London and also in Hertfordshire, the best site would depend on your location and experience for each project. This is on a contract basis and will initially run for 4 to 6  months. To start immediately and is likely to be extended on a rolling basis.  This position could also be as the Lead Commissioning Engineer if you have the right experience and the rate would then reflect this. Key skills required:- Experienced in the Commissioning of Building Management Systems ( BMS ) Qualified and experienced with Tridium ,Trend or Siemens Control systems. CSCS Skill Card or equivalent is...

Working Environment The organisation is building momentum in AI but remains relatively early in its maturity. This creates both ambiguity and opportunity. You will work closely with engineers, technical leaders, product and delivery colleagues, supporting teams as they learn, adapt and scale AI-enabled engineering practices. Success depends on judgement, empathy and clear communication as much as technical understanding. What You'll Be Doing - Provide leadership and support to engineering teams delivering AI-enabled products and platforms - Act as a visible engineering leader, shaping culture, collaboration and professional standards - Support the adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve delivery and quality - Work with senior engineers and technical leads to influence technical decisions and delivery approaches - Help teams navigate change, ambiguity and evolving priorities - Translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders where needed - Build...

CONTRACT ENGINEERING BUYER  6-12 months rolling, Immediate start available  Innovative manufacturer is looking for a contract Production Buyer to support some of their key projects. As contract Buyer, it will be a varied Purchasing role with responsibility for direct purchasing within manufacture supporting the Purchasing Manager to procure day-to-day items across a mechanical / electro-mechanical commodity range for production, from mechanical components/assemblies including metalwork to cables, electronics, and consumables. Key accountabilities for contract Buyer will include:  Supporting the  purchasing of shop floor items Price negotiation  / ensuring the lowest overall cost of acquisition. Placing purchase orders for a defined range of suppliers, using the SAP / MRP / ERP system Ensure suppliers deliver product to agreed delivery dates.  Cost reductions Monitor supplier performance To succeed in this interesting Buyer's role, you will need: Previous purchasing /...

Freelance Contract Manager / Contract Administrator Location: Old Oak Common Station, London Rate: £550-£600 per day (Ltd Company) Duration: Long-term Contract Freelance Contract Manager / Contract Administrator - Major HS2 Infrastructure Project We are recruiting for an experienced Contract Manager / Contract Administrator to join a leading specialist contractor delivering the £350 million cladding and structural steel package on the landmark HS2 Old Oak Common Station project. This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the UK's largest infrastructure schemes, working on a high-profile package within a collaborative project team. The role offers a long-term contract for an experienced professional with strong NEC contract expertise. This position would also suit an experienced Commercial Manager with a strong background in NEC contracts who is looking to focus on contract management and administration on a major project. The Role Working closely with the commercial and...

Decommissioning Engineer  Location: Reading, UK (Onsite, 5 days per week) Duration: 12 Month   Rate - £60 Per hour Outside IR35 Are you an experienced Decommissioning Engineer looking to join a high-hazard facility programme in the UK. This is a hands-on, boots-on-ground role supporting the mechanical decommissioning of a highly regulated plant. The work involves handling decommissioned equipment in air-fed suits within controlled environments, ensuring strict adherence to health, safety, and regulatory protocols. This is an opportunity to apply your mechanical decommissioning expertise in a critical, high-stakes environment within the nuclear sector. Key Responsibilities ·Conduct mechanical decommissioning activities safely and efficiently ·Work on-site in high-hazard areas requiring air-fed suits ·Handle, dismantle, and prepare plant equipment for decommissioning and disposal ·Ensure compliance with all site safety, quality, and regulatory standards ·Collaborate with...

A leading electrical and instrumentation engineering contractor is seeking an experienced Electrical Tester to join its team on a mission-critical project in Slough. With a strong pipeline of ongoing work and a secure order book, this is an excellent opportunity to become part of a growing business delivering high-quality engineering solutions across large-scale industrial projects. Key Responsibilities * Carry out electrical testing and inspection on industrial installations. * Complete testing documentation accurately and to a high standard. * Ensure all work complies with current industry regulations and project specifications. * Work independently while maintaining high standards of quality and safety. Essential Requirements * Proven experience in electrical testing, ideally within pharmaceutical, data centre, or other highly regulated industrial environments. * Strong understanding of electrical testing procedures and certification. * Excellent...

Job Title: - Contract Administrator Base Location: Reading Job type: - 4-month (temp to perm for right candidate) Salary: PAYE - £12.71 /hour Roles & Responsibilities Schedule planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive, and quoted works, ensuring contractual KPIs and service level agreements are consistently achieved. Manage and update work orders on CAFM systems such as Planon, SAP, and customer-specific platforms, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records. Coordinate with engineers, subcontractors, contract managers, and clients to arrange appointments, provide updates, and resolve scheduling queries. Monitor and analyse PPM schedules to identify trends, optimise resource allocation, and improve operational efficiency. Raise purchase orders and support supplier management to ensure timely delivery of services and materials. Act as the primary point of contact for scheduling enquiries, providing prompt and effective support to internal and external stakeholders....

Senior Systems Engineer - MBSE Specialist | Complex Engineering Programme We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer (MBSE Specialist) to join a highly technical engineering programme supporting the development of complex systems within a secure and highly regulated environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong systems engineering professional with extensive Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience to play a key role supporting the development, optimisation, and integration of advanced engineering models that underpin critical programme delivery and engineering decision making. Working as part of a multidisciplinary engineering environment, you will be responsible for maintaining complex engineering models, supporting systems integration, improving reporting and data visualisation capability, and ensuring engineering systems remain accurate, traceable, and aligned with wider programme objectives. This role offers the...

The postholder will work as part of a small team responsible for the day-to-day running of the ICQC, R greenhouse facility located at Hall Farm, Arborfield. Main duties and responsibilities: * General maintenance of plants and greenhouse facilities * Inspecting plants for pests and diseases; pest control through application of biological control * Monitoring, maintaining and calibrating of automatic irrigation system; making up nutrient stocks solutions. * Inspecting plants under quarantine for viral and other disease symptoms * Plant propagation * Co-organising exports of plant material * Attendance of a Quarantine Advisory Committee twice per year * Weekend duty (one weekend in four; typically, 2 hours per day) If you are interested in this role and have the skills and experience required Apply Now! We will process your CV and personal information to assess your suitability for the role. If we wish to consider you further, we will register your personal...

Earn £750–£1,000+ per week OTE | Company Van & Fuel Card | Refresher Training Available We're looking for experienced Fibre, FTTP and Telecoms Engineers to join our growing team on long-term projects across multiple UK locations. If you've previously worked on fibre networks and your accreditations have lapsed, don't worry – we can help get you re-accredited and back earning quickly. What's in it for you? * £750–£1,000+ per week OTE * Self-employed (CIS) opportunities * Consistent, ongoing workload * Company van and fuel card provided * Paid refresher training and accreditation support * Tools, PPE, uniform and smartphone supplied * £100 referral bonus (terms apply) * Immediate starts available The Role As part of our field engineering team, you'll carry out a variety of fibre network activities, including: * FTTP installations * Fault finding and repairs * Fibre splicing and testing * Overhead work on poles * Underground work in...

Change Manager Reading 6-Month Contract Paying up to £88p/h (Inside IR35) About the Role:The IT Change Manager is responsible for ensuring that all changes to the IT environment are managed in a controlled and coordinated manner, minimising risks to service availability and quality. This includes planning, assessing, authorising, scheduling, and reviewing changes while collaborating with relevant stakeholders to maintain service stability and ensure compliance with organisational policies. Please note that due to the nature of the role you?ll need to hold or be eligible to obtain a high level of UK security clearance Key Responsibilities Manage the end-to-end IT change management process, ensuring that changes are properly logged, assessed, authorised, implemented, and reviewed in accordance with established governance. Evaluate the potential impact and risk of proposed changes to services, infrastructure, and business operations. Organise and lead CAB meetings to review,...

Position: IMS Core Engineer Location: Reading and customer offices as required Salary: On Application Duration: Ongoing Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5:30pm Overview of an IMS Core Engineer As an IMS Core Engineer, you’ll be part of a specialist technical team responsible for testing, validating, and supporting mission critical communication solutions. This role is key to ensuring the performance, availability, and reliability of IMS Core services across Core, RAN, and Application layers. You’ll work closely with test, support, and delivery teams to ensure systems meet customer expectations, contractual milestones, and service level agreements. Responsibilities of an IMS Core Engineer • Provide technical expertise in IMS Core and MCX, supporting the definition and execution of test strategies for all network elements and software releases. • Define and execute Functional, Performance, Accessibility, and Compatibility testing to agreed project timelines. • Perform end-to-end testing,...

Join our Mission to Improve the Future of Sustainable Snacking. The R&D team is seeking an experienced and passionate agronomist to help drive the sustainability of the raw ingredients (wheat flour) used in the manufacture of our products. The role will be liaising with external partners to help evaluate and deploy technologies and practices with our supply-chain partners that achieve our 2050 aim of achieving net-zero regenerative farming. Our strategy leverages plant breeding, agronomy and farming technology. How you will contribute: You will: * Proactively manage and develop existing multi-partner collaborative projects aimed as improving the sustainability of our wheat flour supply. * Review research proposals and technologies of external organizations to determine whether their suitability to meeting. * Liaise will internal stakeholders in our biscuit category to ensure our R&D programme within the MEU aligns with their commercial sourcing requirements,...

About this position: We are looking for a Hands-On Commissioning Engineer to support commissioning activities at AWE Burghfield. This site-based contract requires experience with low voltage electrical systems and instrumentation. DV clearance is preferred, but SC-cleared candidates will also be considered. Job Responsibilities: * Commission and test LV electrical systems and field instrumentation. * Carry out loop checks, I/O checks, functional testing, and fault finding. * Test and commission control valves, actuated valves, pressure transmitters, pressure switches, temperature sensors, flow meters, and level instruments. * Verify calibration and operation of instrumentation. * Complete commissioning documentation and support system handovers. * Ensure all work is carried out safely and in line with site procedures. Experience Required: * Proven commissioning experience within nuclear, defence, process, or industrial environments. * Strong hands-on...

Works Coordinator - Footfall Installation & Support (199jc) – Twyford and Remote - £28k Pro Rata | 6-Month Fixed Term Contract Are you an organised military veteran who thrives on planning, coordination and keeping operations running smoothly? DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EX MILITARY. Ex-Mil Recruitment is working with an established technology business looking to recruit a Works Coordinator to support the planning and delivery of installation and maintenance projects across the UK. This role would suit former Armed Forces personnel who have experience coordinating people, equipment, engineering activities or logistics. Whether your background is in the Royal Engineers, REME, Royal Signals, RAF, Royal Navy, RLC or another operational environment, your ability to organise complex tasks, communicate effectively and keep operations on track will be highly valued. The Role Working alongside engineers,...

TitleEC&I Technician Locatio Aldermaston, Berkshire Rate £38.00 CIS + Overtime (Average 40-60hr week) Company Nuclear engineering, waste management and decommissioning specialist. This is the AWE Aldermaston Berkshire site, which has many works on-going for commercial, data centres and nuclear. This position requires EC&I Technicians OR BMS Electrician. Project length 12+ months - On-Going Role EC&I Technicians 40 - 60hr expected working week • Instrumentation calibration pressure, temperature, level and flow transmitters • Loop checking and loop testing • Installation, glanding and termination of field instruments and cabling • Interpreting loop diagrams, P&IDs and electrical schematics • Fault finding and diagnostics, including VSDs/inverters • Testing and commissioning experience Must Have • Experience in PLCs, SCADA, Motors, BMS, Panel Wiring etc. • 18th Edition • (Apply online only) Test & Inspect (Preferred) •...

Role: Installation Electrician Position: Installation Electrician Rate: £21.28 (PAYE) & £1.71 Second Tier Payment and £0.75 Retention payment on all hours worked. Lodge payment available and 10% of base rate payable if in Lodgings. Location: AWE Aldermaston Contract Type: 1 year contract Working 11 day Fortnight. About the Role We are seeking a skilled and motivated Installation Electrician to join our team. You will play a key role in Installing maintaining, repairing, and improving electrical systems across our project division to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. Key Responsibilities * Install electrical systems and components in industrial settings (e.g., factories, warehouses, processing plants). * Diagnose and repair electrical faults across, control panels, and site infrastructure. * Install, upgrade, and commission electrical systems, including motors, sensors, and PLC‑controlled equipment. * Ensure all work is completed safely and in...