21 jobs found in glascoed

Job title: Quality Engineer Location: Glascoed Salary: Up to £43,649 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Ensuring operational compliance to specifications and quality standards e.g. ISO 9001 Driving and supporting targeted Continuous Improvement activities Responsible for leading and managing the resolution of quality issues and supporting the internal audit process and external audits Reviewing shop floor records, technical specifications and drawings, inspection of products for approval and review and approval of Certificates of Conformity Monitoring, analysing and reporting of reject data and quality issues to both internal and external customers Working closely with export customers to understand their product and quality requirements Raising of concessions and associated paperwork to customer requirements to allow product deliveries Willing to travel...

Job Title: Laboratory and Testing Manager Location: Glascoed Salary: Circa £55’869 dependent on skills and experiences What you’ll be doing: Supporting the design, procurement, installation and commissioning of a laboratory and testing capability for explosive and inert materials Developing Standard Operating Procedures and training materials for laboratory operations Liaising with the site safety and process engineering teams to develop and maintain a Safe System of Work Recruiting, managing and mentoring of a team of Chemists and Lab Technicians, ensuring the appropriate level of competency is established to ensure testing processes are carried out in a safe manner Ensuring information is accurately recorded and managed securely in line with mandated procedures Oversee running and scheduling of laboratory to deliver accurate results, efficiently and in line with project demands Maintaining required quality standards and support quality audits...

Job Title: Project Security Support Officer Location: Glascoed Salary: Circa £43,649 dependent on skills and experiences What you’ll be doing: Assuring correct implementation of security tasks and coordinating security services based on relevant policies, standards, procedures and best practice Assessing the adequacy of the security measures within the project to ensuring that policies and procedures are up-to-date and take account of developments Provision of subject matter expertise on personnel, physical and/or information security processes and procedures Providing security advice and guidance to the project internal and external stakeholders and making recommendations to improve security solutions for the work stream Building effective relationships and coordination with key local functions and business representatives Deputising for the Project Security Lead as required Conducting musters of sensitive information/assets Occasional travel...

Description Job title:   Apprentice Quality Technician Location:   Glascoed Salary:   Starting from  £18,023  with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: As a Quality Technician Apprentice, you will be involved in working from customer and engineering drawings, data and documentation to carry out the inspection, testing, validation, trouble-shooting and fault diagnosis of issues experienced in manufacturing processes.  This can range from both existing legacy and new product introduction within a highly complex manufacturing site. Main responsibilities and duties could include but not be limited to: Inspection and validation of product and shop floor records. Monitor and analyse reject, rework and Right First Time (RFT) data. Drive and support targeted Continuous Improvement (C.I.) activities. Review of manufacturing production readiness. Work with...

Qualification requirements 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 9-4 / A*- C which must include Maths & English. Description Job title:   Apprentice Business Administrator   Location:   Glascoed Salary:   Starting from  £18,023  with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: As a Business Administrator (Commercial) Apprentice, you will be a member of Commercial and Estimating team delivering commercial administrative services to meet operational needs.  You will work within a clearly defined framework with a focus on gaining experience and understanding of the commercial role and providing administrative support to operations. Main responsibilities and duties could include but not be limited to: Administration of bids and contracts into the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). Supporting preparation of commercial elements (pricing and proposal information) for the...

Description Job title: Apprentice Electrical Maintenance Technician Location: Glascoed Salary: Starting from £18,023 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: ⦁    You will work from engineering drawings, using data and documentation to carry out the manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning, fault diagnosis and maintenance of process equipment, i.e. mechanical, electrical, electronic, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), hydraulic and pneumatic equipment. This can range between utility and service distribution and equipment to highly automated munition manufacturing equipment. ⦁    Fault finding on energised systems, i.e. electrical, robots, servo drives, hydraulics and pneumatics. ⦁    Planned maintenance on electrical and mechanical equipment. ⦁    Planned maintenance on ATEX equipment (ATEX means equipment certified safe to use in an explosive environment). ⦁    Fault finding and...

Description Job title: Apprentice Mechanical Maintenance Technician Location: Glascoed Salary: Starting from £18,023 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: ⦁    You’ll be involved in working from engineering drawings, using data and documentation to carry out the manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning, fault diagnosis and maintenance of process equipment, i.e. mechanical, electrical, electronic, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), hydraulic and pneumatic equipment. This can range between utility and service distribution and equipment to highly automated munition manufacturing equipment. ⦁    You will be involved in fault finding, planned maintenance and testing on the electrical and mechanical systems for site. ⦁    Fault finding on energised systems, i.e. electrical, robots, servo drives, hydraulics and pneumatics. ⦁    Planned maintenance on electrical and mechanical equipment. ⦁...

Description Job title: Apprentice Ordnance Munitions and Explosives Engineer Location: Glascoed (Monmouthshire) Salary: Starting from £25,688 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: ⦁    Safely participating in the research, design, development, testing and manufacture of our range of munitions products ⦁    Ensuring there is a detailed Safe System of Work in place for the work you develop ⦁    Planning and subsequent delivery of research, development and engineering trials ⦁    Design and development of new and existing munitions ⦁    Planning, carrying out and reporting results from Test and Evaluation trials ⦁    Compiling technical data to support design approval ⦁    Specifying and designing new manufacturing plant and equipment then ensuring it is correctly installed and validated ⦁    Supporting the Manufacturing Team in resolving any issues that may arise during production ⦁    Gaining...

Description Job title: Apprentice Design Engineer Location: Glascoed (Monmouthshire) Salary: Starting from £25,688 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: ⦁    Select and define suitable materials, tolerances, processes and protective finishes giving consideration to the manufacture and lifecycle items ⦁    Design of special purpose jigs, tools and gauges suitable for use with explosive items, including the design of pneumatic and hydraulic circuits, interlock systems and intrinsically safe circuits for process control ⦁    Design of munitions and munition subsystems across a range of natures and calibres ⦁    Generating design schemes, assemblies and detail drawings from either 3D solid CAD generated models, 2D CAD generated data or manual techniques ⦁    Selecting and defining suitable materials, processes and protective finishes required to manufacture and assemble components ⦁    Generating...

Description Job title: Engineering Technical Manufacturing Apprentice Location: Glascoed Salary: Starting from £18,023 with annual progression through the scheme duration What you’ll be doing: ⦁    Support all aspects of Manufacturing Engineering, ensuring processes are carried out within the product and process design parameters, supporting manufacturing schedule adherence, and ensuring interruptions in production are resolved safely and with minimal down time ⦁    Support Engineers to identify problems with product performance; recommend solutions and process improvements ⦁    Support Engineers to refine the manufacturing processes to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specification and business priorities ⦁    Plan and design methods to improve efficiency and product quality by utilising Continuous Improvement (CI) tools and working as a member of a cross functional team ⦁    Work to improve equipment availability...

Description Job title: Apprentice Control Systems Maintenance Technician Location: Glascoed Salary: Starting from £18,023 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: Controls Systems Technician Apprentices aid design, implementation and maintenance of processes to optimise productivity.  ⦁    Ensuring manufacturing plant and equipment is running smoothly and efficiently while meeting quality and safety standards. ⦁    Finding creative solutions to problem, assisting with preventive maintenance plans, analysing processes and help in making improvements in a highly complex and varied manufacturing site. ⦁    Designing and developing new controls systems. ⦁    Testing, maintaining and modifying existing systems. ⦁    Analysing data and presenting findings. ⦁    Fault diagnosis of PLC and SCADA systems. ⦁    Working with design engineers and operational functions. What qualification will...

Description Job title: Finance Apprentice Location: Based in Glascoed, approx. 1 hour from both Cardiff and Bristol by car. Please note: public transport options are limited to our Glascoed site, so access to a car is recommended as onsite attendance is expected for this role. Salary: Starting from £22,000 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: • Begin your career in accountancy with our Finance Apprenticeships. • Earn a competitive salary while studying for AAT Levels 2–4. • Develop key financial management skills and practical applications. • Gain experience in drafting financial statements, recommending accounting strategies, and creating management reports. • Learn about tax, auditing, credit control, and cash management. • A 3-year programme delivered by Cardiff and Vale College, combining on-campus learning and online study What Qualification Will You Get?...

Description Job title:  Project Management and Control Apprentice Location:  Glascoed Salary:  Starting from £21,625 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: You will be supporting the application of Project Management (PM) practices, working under supervision and reporting to a Project Professional. You will gain experience of working in a fast-moving project environment. You will help to deliver across a spectrum of competencies, including scheduling, resource demand, governance, earned value management and portfolio management through a central and integrated Project management information environment. •    Assist with regular project reporting of project progress including cost, time and quality. •    Assist with project scheduling and planning across the project lifecycle. •    Basic and routine problem solving. •    Risk Management. •    Administration and general office skills including...

Job Title: Product Development Engineer Location: Glascoed – Onsite only Salary: Up to £43,649 (dependent on skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: Supporting the product design and systems engineering activities for new and legacy products Conducting and managing product and process design, development, test, manufacture and evaluation activities. Ensuring that safety remains the highest priority in the working practices of yourself and the team Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner, from planning through to trials execution to reporting and presenting conclusions Application of effective Engineering Governance throughout the product development lifecycle supporting design reviews from concept to disposal Configuration and maintenance of Engineering Bills of Materials for products Product design and evaluation / down selection e.g. Pugh Matrices, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis...

Job Title: Senior Process Engineer Location: Glascoed Salary: Circa £55,869 depending upon skills & experience What you’ll be doing: Managing and mentoring of a Process Engineering team, ensuring the appropriate level of competency is established to ensure manufacturing processes are carried out in a safe manner and process risks are ALARP Refining the manufacturing processes to achieve process/manufacturing goals according to product specification and business priorities Planning and designing methods to improve efficiency and product quality by utilising Continuous Improvement tools and working as a member of a cross functional team Working to improve equipment availability and capability, and carry out process capability studies Managing and supporting capital acquisition, engineering proposals, and provide estimated costs to achieve operational improvements and financial benefits Liaising with Product/Process TA, have an input into PFMEA,...

Job Title: Senior Engineer, Process Assurance Location: Glascoed Salary: Circa £55,869 depending upon skills & experience What you’ll be doing: Implementing, promoting and assuring the integrity of manufacturing processes, Process Integrity covers process safety matters predominantly, but the role will grow to cover process environmental and security issues Ensuring that manufacturing processes, facilities and equipment for both legacy and future products comply with appropriate statutory, corporate and contractual safety requirements Acting as the functional safety Subject Matter Expert for Engineering and the approver of Technical Requirements Specifications for facilities and equipment during the Process Concept, Design, Commissioning and Handover phases, Process Routine Operation phase & Process De-Commissioning phases Reviewing and assuring Process Flow, PFMEA and Process Control Plan documentation Assuring appropriate planning for...

Job Title: Senior Product Development Engineer Location: Glascoed Salary: Circa £55,869 depending upon skills & experience What you’ll be doing: Responsible for the Engineering input into the development of new Munitions Products and the supervision of associated Engineering staff Supporting the design, development and qualification of new Munitions products, from concept generation through to full scale production, adopting design for manufacture and design to cost best practice principles Formulating appropriate test regimes, to provide the necessary evidence, to ensure defined requirements are achieved and that the product is ‘Safe and Suitable’ for Service Use Providing the necessary engineering input into the Life Cycle Management Process Building robust processes into the product design and development process and to provide process capability data in support of LCM reviews Initiate and analyse theoretical modelling date Interfacing...

Job Title: Senior Control Systems Engineer Location: Glascoed Salary: Circa £55,869 dependent on skills and experiences What you’ll be doing: Designing, programming, and commissioning industrial control systems including PLCs, SCADA, DCS, and HMIs, Ensuring compliance with industry standards, safety regulations, and company policies Developing and maintaining control logic , wiring diagrams, and documentation for automation projects Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving control system issues to minimize downtime, Performing system testing, validation, and calibration to meet operational and safety standards Supporting continuous improvement initiatives by analysing system data and recommending enhancements, Providing technical support and training to operations and maintenance personnel Managing vendor relationships and overseeing installation and integration of control hardware and software Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of...

Job title: Energetic Materials Scientist – Chemist Location: Glascoed (Monday to Thursday, 7.15am – 5pm) Salary: Up to £43,649 What you’ll be doing: Working with Senior Scientist and Team to develop the next generation of polymer bonded explosives (PBXs); leading and organising own project – undertaking research, developing formulations expertise and carrying out manufacturing and characterisation trials Supporting the Senior Scientist in maintaining and continuously improving a small-scale processing capability within the Energetics Team Interacting with products and processes throughout the factory to understand the challenges presented by energetic materials in process. Developing strategies to overcome these challenges and implementing them to benefit the business Supporting business winning and project planning activities by compiling technical input during the bid preparation phase Supporting the...

Job Title: Process Engineer Location: Glascoed Salary: Up to £43,649 depending on subject to skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Ensuring that manufacturing processes are carried out safely by identifying and understanding process risks and implementing the necessary controls to ensure process risks are As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) Refining the manufacturing processes to achieve process/manufacturing goals according to product specification and business priorities Planning and designing methods to improve efficiency and product quality by utilising Continuous Improvement tools and working as a member of a cross functional team Working to improve equipment availability and capability, and carry out process capability studies Managing and supporting capital acquisition, engineering proposals, and providing estimated costs to achieve operational improvements and financial benefits Liaising with Product/Process TA, have an input...