3264 jobs found in Penwortham

Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care It’s true what they say, the kitchen is the heart of the home. At Orchard Care Homes, our kitchens are no different. They are at the centre of all our homes and provide delicious, and nutritious home cooked meals for everyone. Kitchen Assistant - 29 hrs per week £12.21 per hour Location:   Penwortham Lodge -  Martin Field Road, Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 9HL   Why Orchard?  We don’t just want to be the provider of choice; we want to be the employer of choice. Here at Orchard Care Homes our foundations are built on 6 core values; Enjoy Life, Welcoming, Kind, Professional, Positive and Respectful.  Job Role : A quality kitchen experience has positive benefits on the physical and mental wellbeing of our residents and you will help deliver personalised menu plans that ensures everyone is treated with dignity and that individual's rights to privacy, independence and choice are met. At Orchard Care Homes we...

Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care Care Assistants Do you want to begin a fulfilling career in care, with excellent training and progression opportunities? At Orchard Care, we value our Care Assistants and invest in their career within our homes. £12.21 - £12.46 per hour Bank The role of a Care Assistant plays a vital role in supporting the people living within Orchard homes. We make sure everyone is cared for with dignity, respect and they are engaged in how they receive support from our staff. You will play a key role in ensuring they engage in meaningful activities and receive the best support in line with their individual needs. Main Duties To enable people to remain as independent as possible whilst providing support and assistance as per the individual’s needs.  This will include delivering personal care including washing, dressing, and oral care. Be understanding and patient towards everyone and their needs, encourage and support them to...

Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care Senior Care Assistant Are you a Senior Care Assistant looking to further develop your skills? Our Senior Care Assistants play a key role in ensuring each person living within our homes receive the care they need to live a fulfilling life. Rates of pay: NVQ level 2 in Health and Social care: £12.88 per hour  NVQ level 3 in Health and Social care: £14.29 per hour  Nights - Part time and Full Time Shifts available. 22hrs – 44hrs per week Introduction to the role Orchard Care Homes is at the forefront of delivering high quality individual care to meet the person’s needs. Our focus is on ensuring medication is appropriate and providing meaningful activities to everyone. As one of our Senior Care Assistants, you will be responsible for assessing the individuals needs and formulating person-centred care plans, ensuring that medical, physical, and emotional needs are met. Administering medication safely is paramount,...

What you’ll be doing As a qualified Contact Lens Optician, you will be providing a high level of customer care and expert advice to make a real difference to our customers and keep them coming back. You will work in store across our clinics and the wider store to support the day to day operations, reporting to the Store Manager/Hub Manager. Key responsibilities •    Using your passion for delivering patient care you'll work with colleagues to deliver a positive customer journey. •    Building longstanding relationships – not only with colleagues and customers but with healthcare professionals in the local community and explore the opportunities for delivering enhanced services  •    Using your up to date knowledge of Contact Lens technology and spectacle dispensing to train and develop the wider optical team.  •    Validating complex prescriptions and vulnerable groups and providing expert knowledge for patients with more specialist requirements.  •    Opportunity to...

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor / Construction Buyer Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary Circa £60,000 DOE What you’ll be doing: Preparing detailed cost estimates for construction projects, including materials, labour and overheads Drafting of NEC (New Engineering Contract)/JCT (Joint Contracts Tribunal) orders and supporting negotiation of contractual terms with supply chain Supporting both Pre and Post contract process and administration Dealing with multiple stakeholders at all levels within Client and Supply Chain organisations Producing and managing contractual timetables, ensuring prompt payment and protection for all parties in terms of cashflow Producing and maintaining accurate cost forecasts and support the maintenance of accurate Estimate at Completion (EAC) and Forecast Final Accounts (FFA) Your skills and...

Job Title: Platform Engineer Location: Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Circa £50k depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Maintain cluster-level services such as ingress, networking, storage integration Manage namespaces, RBAC, quotas and policy controls for multi-team use Support GPU worker node enablement and scheduling (NVIDIA Operator) Operate monitoring/logging platform services and reliability processes Define reusable deployment standards and runbooks for service transition Your skills and experiences: Essential: Experience of Kubernetes/OpenShift/AKS operations, Experience of platform governance and capacity planning Use of key tools such as OpenShift/Kubernetes, Helm, CRI-O, NVIDIA GPU Operator, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki, CSI Storage Benefits: As well as a competitive...

Job Title: AI Engineer Location: Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Circa £55k depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Build LLM capabilities services such as RAG Q&A, summarisation, document integration and tool integration Develop LLM-backed APIs (FastAPI) for LLM chatbot capabilities Implement retrieval worksflows (chunking, embeddings, grounded answering) Integrate with enterprise data sources, MinIO, Databricks, Postgres/PGVector, Azure AI Search etc . Improve response quality through evaluation and testing Deploy services in OpenShift and Azure via GitLab CI/CD Your skills and experiences Essential: Python backend engineering skill Experience of RAG implementation and LLM orchestration Knowledge of key tools such as FastAPI, Langchain/LangGraph, vLLM, AI Search, Hugging Face, Docling,...

Job Title: Lead MLOps Engineer Location: Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Circa £55k depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Operationalise model and LLM deployment with CI/CD, governance, monitoring and promotion controls Build CI/CD pipelines for ML and LLM services using Gitlab runners Manage model lifecycle: versioning, promotion and rollback across environments Operate MLflow tracking and model registry Deploy inference services into OpenShift with monitoring and alerting Integrate secrets and credentials securely via Vault Your skills and experiences: Essential: Knowledge of Kubernetes-based deployment ML lifecycle governance and observability Use of tools such as MLflow, GitLab CI/CD, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Vault, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki Benefits: As well as a...

Job Title: Enterprise Archive Support Specialist Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £50,000+ depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Managing internal and external suppliers to achieve agreed service levels and quality standards. Demonstrating advanced problem-solving capability, working with developers to perform problem management , incident management in relation to SOLIX Enterprise Archiving related issues Monitor and maintain SOLIX Enterprise Archiving service activities, including general administration, performing application maintenance and product faults Provides technical leadership and support, industry best practice and deliver value on the SOLIX Enterprise Archiving products. There is also some focus on developing and promoting new, key functionality in the product for expanded use across...

Role Overview: Join Our Team at Busy Bees – Leading Nursery Group in the UK As an Early Years Assistant at Busy Bees, you’ll play a vital role in creating a positive and engaging environment for children. This is an exciting opportunity to begin your journey in the early years sector, where you will receive on-the-job training and support from experienced team members, helping you to grow and develop your skills in a nurturing and dynamic environment. About Us Busy Bees is the UK's leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and more overseas. We are dedicated to giving every child the best start in life and are proud to have won awards for our workplace culture. At Busy Bees, we ensure that every member of our team feels heard, valued, and nurtured. Why Work at Busy Bees? We offer a supportive environment that empowers you to create engaging, educational spaces where children can thrive. As part of our team, you’ll be introduced to our unique Bee...

Role Overview: Join Our Team at Busy Bees – Leading Nursery Group in the UK Are you passionate about cooking and providing nutritious meals for young children? As a Chef at Busy Bees, you’ll be a key part of our kitchen team, preparing healthy meals that support children's growth and development. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a nurturing environment where you will contribute to the wellbeing of children while gaining valuable experience in catering within the early years sector. About Us Busy Bees is the UK's leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and more overseas. We are dedicated to giving every child the best start in life and are proud to have won awards for our workplace culture. At Busy Bees, we ensure that every member of our team feels heard, valued, and nurtured. Why Work at Busy Bees? We offer a supportive environment that empowers you to create engaging, educational spaces where children can thrive. As part of our...

Role Overview: Join Our Team at Busy Bees – Leading Nursery Group in the UK As an Early Years Educator, you will play a leading role in fostering the intellectual, social, and emotional development of children at Busy Bees. Join a company that values high-quality education and provides ample growth opportunities. About Us Busy Bees is the UK's leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and more overseas. We are dedicated to giving every child the best start in life and are proud to have won awards for our workplace culture. At Busy Bees, we ensure that every member of our team feels heard, valued, and nurtured. Why Work at Busy Bees? We offer a supportive environment that empowers you to create engaging, educational spaces where children can thrive. As part of our team, you’ll be introduced to our unique Bee Curious curriculum, designed to foster curiosity and confidence in young learners. Our Charitable Commitment Through our partnership...

*Why work for us?* With a first class reputation within the industry for Private Family legal work, you will join a team of hardworking and highly experienced legal experts who are dedicated to providing a high quality and understanding service to clients. *Job Summary* We have an excellent opportunity for a 2-5 year Qualified Solicitor to join our team in the Preston area. You will be responsible for running your own caseload of Private Family matters which will include all aspects of Family Law, including but not limited to divorce, pre and post nuptial agreements and co-habitation contracts, financial arrangements and TLATA work. There will also be some private children issues and non-molestation/occupation orders. We are seeking applications from candidates who have a strong background in Private Family legal work and are able to run their own caseload of files from inception to conclusion. *Responsibilities and Duties* * Proactively managing own caseload of Private Family...

Job Title: Apprenticeship Data & Compliance Officer Location: Preston; Lancashire. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Circa £33,000 depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Maintain and validate learner records in the management information system, ensuring accurate and timely submissions of learner data and audit-ready reporting Monitor apprenticeship funding and compliance, identifying and resolving data or funding risks through self-assessment and monitoring reports Oversee subcontractor learner records and funding submissions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and reconciliation with organisational standards Manage apprentice enrolment and learning support claims, maintaining compliance with Department for Education funding rules and audit requirements Keep up-to-date with changes to apprenticeship standards, funding rates,...

Job Title: Senior Cyber Security Assurance Specialist Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Up to £62,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Cyber Security risk assessment of systems and services Support the definition and design of secure solutions that meet business needs Assess Architectural designs and identify proportionate Cyber Security controls aligned with business objectives Assessment of systems, services and Cyber Security controls , to provide an independent analysis of compliance with BAE Systems Security Policy, standards and external regulatory requirements. Lead Assessment of Cyber Security controls to ascertain effectiveness in reducing risk, including any vulnerability components Analysis , creation and compilation of relevant documentation determining the compliance...

Job Title: DevOps Engineer Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £55,000 + depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Designing and implementing GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines for deploying containerised services to AKS Building and maintaining Dockerfiles and container image workflows, pushing to internal container registries Defining and managing AKS cluster configurations, ensuring secure and scalable workloads Writing and maintaining Terraform modules for provisioning cloud infrastructure in line with Azure Landing Zone standards Managing secrets, configuration, and access using Azure Key Vault and Azure AD Ensuring connectivity between on-prem services and Azure cloud infrastructure using GreenLink and hybrid networking Collaborating with MLOps and Data Engineers to ensure reproducible, reliable, and...

Job Title: Lead Data Engineer (Cloud) Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £55,000 depending on skills and experience What you’ll be doing: Building and operating ingestion pipelines into the lakehouse Developing Spark transformation jobs and reusable pipeline patterns Orchestrating workflows in Airflow (raw > bronze > silver > gold) Implementing manifest-driven transformation using JSON configuration stored in MongoDB or CosmosDB Maintaining Delta Lake tables and trouble shoot pipeline reliability/performance Your skills and experiences: Deep understanding of modern data engineering principles , data lifecycle, and enterprise-scale architecture. Strong knowledge of data governance, metadata management , and quality frameworks, with ability to enforce standards. Extensive experience...

Job Title: Information Security Practitioner Location: Preston, Frimley, Portsmouth, Glascoed, Barrow or Glasgow. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum depending on experience What you’ll be doing: Respond to and coordinate internal audits or security assessments related to Data and Analytics (D&A) systems and assets Attend and schedule meetings with business partners ranging from the wider team within D&A, to enterprise architects and cyber security Actively provide informed advice and recommendations supported by existing organisational polices, standards, procedures and guidance Produce and maintain documentation related to information security within D&A Respond to information security related queries, providing knowledgeable insights or taking the action to investigate the correct course of action...

Job Title: Tax Manager Location: Preston; Lancashire or Frimley; Surrey. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role Salary: £80,000 plus executive benefits What you’ll be doing: Deliver best-in-class tax business partnering by developing a deep understanding of the business and its activities Provide governance-led, commercially focused tax advice, communicating clearly and effectively with stakeholders Build and maintain solid relationships with senior stakeholders across the business and, where required, with external parties Proactively monitor developments in the external legislative and regulatory environment, assessing the impact on BAE Systems Clearly articulate the effective tax rate and tax accounting implications of tax advice provided Review, project manage and deliver key aspects of UK and international tax compliance filings and...