14 jobs found in Glascoed

Job Title: Chemical Design Engineer Location: Glascoed. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £ 43,649 What you’ll be doing: Design, development, test and evaluation activities of new and legacy propelling charges Conducting and managing trials in a safe and suitable manner, from the trials planning stage to completion of the trial and presentation of the data Development and use safe systems of working for Engineering tasks Interface with suppliers, both internal and external, to ensure that development activities are completed to time and schedule Development of quality systems Contribution to the Life Cycle Management Process where required Contribution to the Risk Management process Liaise with customers – both internal and external as demanded Your skills and experiences: Essential: Degree in Chemistry or Chemical...

Job Title: Portfolio Manager Location: Glascoed Salary: £55,869 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Accountable for delivery of complex projects included within their portfolio Monitoring and reporting project/programme performance for schedule, technical, financial and quality objectives Establishing and maintaining strong customer and supplier relationships, maintaining regular communications and managing expectations Providing professional Project Management across several projects Identifying and developing follow on business opportunities related to their portfolio of products Financially planning and achieving acceptable business financial objectives for orders, sales , gross margin and cash Responsibility for ensuring that accurate forward load data is derived for projects from the business toolsets Your skills and experiences: Degree-level qualification is desirable or comparable Project...

Job Title: Health and Safety Advisor (High Hazard and Explosive) Location: Glascoed. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £55 , 869 dependent on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Advising on Explosives safety on new and existing processes Supporting the delivery of new processes and facilities on site, Supporting the delivery of Explosive licences Communicating and hosting the competent authorities including the HSE and NRW Supporting the site deliver the safety report Managing a small team of process safety coordinators Your skills and experiences: Essential: Proven experience working within an explosive’s environment, with knowledge of safety, hazards, effects, and licensing Knowledge and/or experience working within the explosives industry or other High Hazard/Highly regulated industries including upper tier...

Job Title: Modelling and Simulation (Shock Physics) Location: Glascoed Salary: £38,604 What you’ll be doing: • Working with stakeholders to identify, test and introduce modelling software and toolsets to support modelling of novel and existing energetic materials • Working with stakeholders internal to the business to build models which support understanding and predicting energetic materials behaviours • Working alongside project engineers and stakeholders to support the execution of UKMOD projects in the field • Working with other areas of the wider business to support the developing and expansion of SMART Qualification • Supporting with ad-hoc requirements as needed Your skills and experiences: Essential: • Minimum degree level Chemistry or Physics • Knowledge of shock physics • Knowledge of modelling and simulation techniques • Good technical report writing • The ability to present effectively • Experience of trials and small scale lab...

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 Life Cycle Management and Request for Bid Approval process. Work with the Integrated Delivery Teams (IDTs), to support...

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: 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: 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:   Apprentice Quality Technician Location:   Glascoed Salary:   Starting from  £18,023  with annual progression through the scheme duration. What you’ll be doing: Would you like to understand our products and make sure that suppliers make items for us as good as they can be?  Would you like to understand more about our suppliers and help them improve?  Do you like solving problems and finding ways to make thing better? 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. You’ll be working with a great team of people to learn how to do all of the above and then,...

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...