70 jobs found in Wigan

Description Job title: Degree Supply Chain Management (Manufacturing) Apprentice Location: Samlesbury and Warton Salary: Starting from £23,748 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing:  Within the Production Planning and Control (PP&C) function, you can expect to be involved in a wide range of activities supporting the manufacturing operations across several programmes. Working alongside PP&C Professionals, some examples of the work you will undertake are managing the production order books, launching orders, analysing process routings, optimising processing times and implementing strategic projects and continuous improvement activities using the latest technologies.  The four-year scheme offers eight different six-month placements across the Production Planning & Control function where you will apply your learning within a hands-on team environment. What qualification will you get?...

Description Job title:  Apprentice Manufacturing Support Technician Location: Radway Green 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 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 and...

Job Title: Principal Manufacturing Engineer – Infrastructure Location: Barrow-in-Furness (On-site) Salary: Competitive What you’ll be doing : Convert industrial capability concepts, infrastructure needs and technology plans into defined requirement strategies and business cases Manage delivery of allocated scope, including planning and scheduling work packages in line with annual and quarterly milestones for future facility development Define and develop facility and infrastructure requirements in collaboration with the Senior Requirements Manager, supporting implementation of a new Production Line Operating Model using RIBA LCM Contribute to the development of future manufacturing processes by creating process maps, analysing data, resolving technical queries and providing measurable improvements Support the evolution of submarine build methods while maintaining an understanding of existing production practices Build and maintain effective working...

Job Title: Manufacturing Shift Leader Location: Washington, Tyne & Wear Salary: £43,649 What you’ll be doing: Overall responsibility for people and process performance within the allocated manufacturing processes; that includes discipline, training & development, labour bookings, supervision, time management and attendance Responsibility for the safety of the employees working within Operations, including Duty Manager responsibilities Ensuring the adherence to management arrangements for the implementation of the SHE policy, legislation and safe systems of work Taking responsibility for the process quality across shift; managing adherence to quality standards and managing non-conforming products through the Q3 process Driving the site Key Business Measures – including MSA, Efficiency, Utilisation & Effectivity Supporting the development and establishment of efficient manufacturing processes and facilities to meet production...

Company description: Mller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Mller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Mller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Mller brand is ranked at No click apply for full job details

Role title: Manufacturing Engineer - Continuous Improvement (CI) - Assembly & Coulport Business Unit (ACBU) - Assembly Closing date: 28th January 2026 Location: RG7 4PR & RG30 3RR , located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking click apply for full job details

Description Job title: Intermediate Apprentice Lifting Technician Location: Glasgow Salary: Starting from £18,667 with annual progression through the scheme duration. Applicants will need to be aged 18 years+ by 24/08/2026 due to the requirements of LOLER Lifting Regulations 1998. What you’ll be doing: Operating Equipment: Receive comprehensive training on Overhead Cranes, Pendant Cranes, and Chainblocks. Load Management: Learn to safely sling, lift, and move loads, ensuring safety at all times. Complex Lifts: Master the setup of lifting equipment for complex operations, following detailed lift plans. Compliance Training: Get trained on TC MAXX systems to ensure all lifting equipment is current and compliant with regulations. Regulatory Adherence: Understand and follow LOLER Regulations, while also completing training in rigging operations. What Qualifications Will You Get?...

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer – CNC Programming Location: Rochester Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on skills and knowledge What you’ll be doing: Creating modifying, and optimizing CNC programs using Edgecam for milling and/or turning operations Interpreting engineering drawings, models, and specifications, applying GD&T principles correctly Developing efficient machining strategies to improve cycle times, tool life, and overall productivity Selecting appropriate tooling, fixtures, and machining parameters Supporting machine setup and first-off inspections, resolving programming or machining issues as needed Working closely with machinists, engineers, and quality personnel to ensure parts meet specification Maintaining accurate documentation for programs, tooling, and process improvements Assisting with continuous improvement initiatives within the machine shop Your skills and experiences: Essential: Proven experience as a...

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineering Manager Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak – Onsite only Salary: Up to £62,000 (dependent on skills and experience) What you’ll be doing: To lead a team of multidiscipline professional Manufacturing Engineers, planning and co-coordinating their activities to meet departmental and business requirements Manage the interfaces between Manufacturing Engineering, Design, Manufacturing Operations and other stakeholders Provide specialist advice, product or process knowledge and output requirements Manage scheduling, planning, budgets, performance, task management , delegation, activity delivery, configuration control stages and detailed gate reviews and governance of outputs prior to formal release Chair technical meetings and reviews as necessary, that support the Manufacturing Engineering end deliverable Audit compliance to mandated procedures etc . To provide supporting information to Senior Management to...

*PANEL BEATER* #IND1 *The Vella Group is a well-established accident repair specialist with over 30 years of experience, helping people get their vehicles back on the road after an accident. We* *pride ourselves on providing a quality service which has resulted in our success and growth.* *As a recognised industry leader, The Vella Group currently operate 18 sites with ambition to grow ever further in the future. Now is an exciting time to join as we embark on a journey of expansion and innovation within the industry!* *THE ROLE:* As a Panel Beater, you will accurately and skilfully undertake the panel repair/replacement of a customer’s vehicles to the highest standard. You will also detect and diagnose any additional faults for further repair. *CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:* · Carry out repair operation to prescribed manufacturer’s methods of repair and industry standards. · Adhere to company policies, guidelines and health and safety regulations (operate within...

Join us in the Amazon Reliability Maintenance Engineering team. We maintain and optimize technologies in the Global Amazon Warehouse & Delivery Network. PURPOSE OF THE JOB: We are looking for motivated, customer-focused people who want to join our team as a Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician. The focus of the Senior Reliability Maintenance Engineering Technician role is to ensure safety regulations and policies are adhered to, to ensure preventative maintenance is conducted on time to a high standard and to provide high levels of equipment availability through continuous improvement. Shift Pattern: This role includes working in non-traditional shift pattern, which may include nights and weekends. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Role model health & safety best practices and monitor those around them to ensure they follow the example they set. • Work in a hands-on manner and demonstrate SME (Subject Matter Expert) levels of knowledge on all MHE (Material Handling...

Job title: Maintenance Supervisor Location: Samlesbury – On site Salary: £49,400+ and overtime What you’ll be doing: The management of in-house and external multi-functional maintenance teams undertaking planned preventative and reactive maintenance tasks whilst maintaining health, safety and environment responsibilities as a priority Co-ordination and prioritisation of workload in line with agreed objectives , customer demands, and resource/skill set availability Leading and motivating the teams to create a high-performance culture Supporting your management team with regards to quality management , service delivery, budgetary adherence/forecasting, leadership , and coaching relation to your own department Responsibility for performance, discipline, and individual personal development within the team Liaison with suppliers and contractors to ensure delivery of services in line with BAE SYSTEMS requirements, including review of RA/MS and...

Job title: Operations Maintenance Manager Location: Samlesbury- onsite Salary: £63,310+ depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Lead by example in promoting a zero-harm culture, ensuring full compliance with health, safety and environmental policies and all relevant legislative requirements. Lead incident investigations and continuously strengthen safe systems of work Ensure continued operational readiness, maintaining robust processes that support product conformity, process capability and audit readiness. Operate in full compliance with all quality and legislative requirements Manage maintenance budgets effectively, optimising spares usage, reducing breakdown costs and actively supporting cost-reduction and efficiency improvement initiatives Provide strong , visible leadership to a multi-skilled maintenance workforce , developing capability, confidence and accountability across the team. Build an inclusive, high-performance...

Job title: Quality Controller Location: Samlesbury – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £49,400+ depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Liaising between internal & external stakeholders to resolve Quality issues and ensuring appropriate corrective actions are implemented Ensuring all required non-conformance management processes are followed. Reporting Quality performance to the management team Contributing to Management System development / deployment / maintenance, including Quality policy and processes as appropriate Ensuring the effectiveness of the Quality system through audit and process confirmation Identifying and implementing Quality improvement activities and promoting the Zero Defect philosophy Your skills and experiences: Essential: Quality or Engineering experience in a manufacturing setting Relevant...

Description Job title: Advanced Supply Chain Practitioner Apprentice Location: Samlesbury and Warton Salary: Starting from £15,819 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: You will gain real experience working in the Supply Chain supporting Manufacturing, Maintenance or Procurement. You will gain a broad knowledge of the supply chain and learn the skills to contribute to our continuous improvement culture. Through a combination of ‘off-the-job’ training, reviews and work placements, you will gain exposure to real scenarios that support our business. Your off the job training will include interactive classroom sessions, delivered by prominent industry professionals, studying topics such as: – Logistics – Procurement – New Products – Capacity Planning – Process Improvement – Planning Manufacture    What qualification will you get? The...

Job Title: Technician Location: Radway Green Salary: £39,301 plus 25% shift allowance What you’ll be doing: Ensuring processes are maintained and operated in a safe manner and escalate issues affecting safety within the given production area Provisioning of and adherence to dynamic risk assessments for non-standard operations and tasks Ensuring that work undertaken adheres to relevant quality standards and provides support in the implementation of quality improvement projects Operating of manufacturing processes and facilities to meet production programme requirements (i.e. MMS (Master Manufacturing Schedule), efficiency, utilisation, OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) Supporting implementation of continuous improvement activities Providing motivation and support to apprentices to ensure development of a sustainable capability Identifying, raising and implementing solutions to safety, quality and production problems Your skills and...

Description Job title: Apprentice Control Systems Maintenance Technician Location: Radway Green Salary:  Starting from £18,023 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: Aid design, implementation and maintenance of processes to optimise productivity  Ensuring manufacturing plant and equipment is running 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 Analysing systems and processes to implement improvements...

Description Job title: Apprentice Maintenance Technician Location: Radway Green Salary:  Starting from £18,023 with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: Fault finding and repair, planned maintenance and operating the mechanical equipment used to manufacture our products. Fault finding on energised systems – including extra low voltage electrical, hydraulics and pneumatics, and power presses. Programmable Logic Control (PLC) programming support to maintain production processes. Planned maintenance on mechanical and control production equipment such as extra low voltage electrical, hydraulics and pneumatics, and power presses. Knowing, understanding and carrying out the correct use of gauges measuring equipment and recording Statistical Process Control (SPC) data for quality purposes. Knowing, understanding and carrying out the basic operations of a machine to:...

Description Job Title: Advanced Apprentice Site & Facilities Technician Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria) Salary:  Starting from £14,527 – £23,493 per annum dependent on age, with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: You will rotate through several specialised teams, each focused on different aspects of plant maintenance. Maintaining and repairing fixed plant systems, working on the infrastructure of buildings and machinery positioning in them. You will get hands-on experience with a broad range of equipment, including variable speed drives, computer numerical control (CNC) machinery, automated welding, cranes, robotics, thermography and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Day-to-day tasks may include performing routine and preventative maintenance, as well as improving the functionality of existing equipment and systems. Specialised training provided for robotic...

Description Job title:  Intermediate Apprentice Painter Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria) Salary: Starting from £14,527 – £23,493 per annum dependent on age, with annual progression through the scheme duration What you’ll be doing: Working with tools and equipment that are used for the preparation of surfaces to enable specialised coatings to be applied. The role can involve abrasive blasting, spray paint application, using state-of-the-art equipment to conduct specialised activities or detailed work to support a final product inspection Undergo training in the application of state-of-the-art acoustic and anechoic tiling and specialist casting techniques Ensure safe working practices and quality standards are met, delivering a high standard across a range of decorative painting techniques. Benefits: As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an...