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PSV Engineer

JB501: PSV Engineer

Salary: £41,600 – £57,200 per annum

Location: Gravesend, Kent

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a PSV Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.

Our client encourages ex-Military applications, however all applicants will be given due consideration.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities for the PSV Engineer:

Diagnose, repair, and maintain double-decker buses, coaches, and minibuses to the highest standards.
Perform routine servicing (oil changes, brake inspections, electrical checks) and complex repairs.
Work both independently and as part of a team, following instructions from the Workshop Director.

Skills and Qualifications for the PSV Engineer:

Proven experience as a PSV Mechanic/Engineer (minimum 4+ years).
Strong mechanical & diagnostic skills – ability to troubleshoot faults efficiently.
Proficiency with hand tools, power tools, and diagnostic equipment.
Physical fitness – able to lift heavy parts and work in a hands-on environment.
Full UK driving licence (required).
A \”can-do\” attitude – no coasters, time-wasters, or half-effort workers!

Benefits for the PSV Engineer:

Performance & yearly bonuses.
Stable, 52-week contract (permanent, full-time).
Company vehicle for business use.
Career growth opportunities – we’re expanding, soon to be moving into state of the art workshop and we want leaders of the future.
Top-tier benefits – company pension, sick pay, additional leave, free parking & more.

Salary: £41,600 – £57,200 per annum

Location: Gravesend, Kent…

Electrical Instructor

MB919: Electrical Instructor
Location: Lyneham
Salary: £44,546
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance, Employee share scheme , Employee shopping savings portal
Payment of Professional Fees, Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave , Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement, ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic International Defence business who are looking to recruit an Electrical Instructor on a permanent basis due to growth to be based at their Lyneham depot.

As an Electrical Instructor, you’ll deliver and develop high-quality electrical engineering training for military trainees, helping shape the future of defence capability. This is a rewarding opportunity to use your technical expertise to make a real difference, supporting national security, enhancing operational readiness, and growing your own career in a dynamic and purpose-driven environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering electrical training sessions using modern teaching methods and technologies.
Assessing trainee progress through written and practical evaluations.
Monitoring trainee development and providing feedback, support, and remedial instruction.
Ensuring safety, compliance, and equipment accountability within the training environment.
Maintaining and updating course materials to reflect current equipment and standards.

Skills and Qualifications:

Supervisory experience in a technical or engineering setting.
Proven experience in a relevant working environment.
Experience with electromechanical equipment.
Knowledge of power generation and distribution systems, including single-phase and three-phase systems.
Proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook.

Contracts Supervisor

MB902: Contracts Supervisor
Location: Wimbledon
Salary: £30,000 – £45,000 DOE
Working Hours: Monday to Friday
Benefits: Long-term career opportunities, Training, mentoring, and professional development, Flexible working, Pension contribution, 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, Regular team activities and quarterly events, Additional benefits including a wellbeing allowance, Retail Discount Packages and Cycle to Work Scheme

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Contracts Supervisor on behalf of one of our fantastic clients who require someone to be located near their Head Office in Wimbledon.

Our client are looking to appoint an experienced and ambitious Contracts Supervisor to join their established project management team. This is a key leadership role for someone who can confidently take the lead on flat roofing and cladding projects and play a central role in developing the department for long-term success.

Duties & Responsibilities:

To ensure that contract delivery is achieved to a high standard in accordance with the offers made by the business and the expectations of the clients customers. Endeavour to exceed the customer’s expectations.
Ensuring the duties and obligations imposed on the Company by all current and future health and safety legislation are met.
To comply and adhere to all of the companies’ policies and procedures.
To liaise with your Manager to ensure that you undertake a minimum of 20 hours of external training every year.
To maintain and improve the overall presentation and standards of operating performance of all staff and sub-contractors.
To ensure that all site visits are recorded and all necessary visits are documented.
Plan and carry out inductions with your site staff and sub-contractors at the start of every job or when they first attend site. Tool box talks should also be carried out when you identify a particular need associated with a project or task or when you identify a lack of knowledge or understanding and also as refreshers to remind staff and sub-contractors of their responsibilities.
Check and record all necessary sub-contractor health and safety information, including certification and training, on the internal CRM.
To ensure that sites you are responsible for are visited and inspected regularly in order to guarantee that the actual execution of the contract is in line with our offer/specification and also in line with our customer’s needs

Skills & Qualifications:

Must have sheeting and cladding experience as a Contracts Supervisor within the roofing refurbishment sector.
Strong verbal and written interpersonal and communication skills.
Strong health and safety experience.
Experience of managing sub-contractors and inductions.
Experience of site reporting, inspections and documentation.

Wireman

MS564 – Wireman

Location: Hawkhurst

Salary: £25,000 – £35,000 DOE

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Wireman on behalf of one of our clients. You will be contracted to working Monday – Friday, roughly 9am – 5pm.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working from electrical drawings and schematics, building control panels and wiring looms as well as checking electrical systems are all working effectively.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Working from a set of electrical drawings and schematics.
Building control panels from the ground up.
Wiring & soldiering.
Building wiring looms.
Checking the electrical systems before the machines are shipped.

Skills and Qualifications:

Used to working to IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards.
Good electrical knowledge.
Full UK driving licence.

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HGV Technician

MS665 – HGV Technician

Location: Thatcham

Salary: £42,500 – £46,000 per annum

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a HGV Technician on behalf of one of our clients.

As the successful candidate, you will provide efficient and effective day to day repair, maintenance, servicing and road worthiness of the companies’ HGV’s, light vans, plant and equipment based at the Thatcham depot.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Day to day repair and preventative maintenance of HGV’s and light vans, including MOT prep, PMI’s, servicing and defects.
Repairs and maintenance of specialist road marking machines & plant.
On call Breakdown cover (Van provided) with on-call rota 1 week in 4.
Attend satellite depots to carry out repairs and maintenance.
Proactively maintain a safe and healthy working environment for yourself and colleagues.

Skills and Qualifications:

Have a good working and mechanical knowledge of commercial vehicles.
Have at least 5 years relevant experience in commercial and plant fitting, or qualified to NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) or above.
Willing to undertake any additional training as deemed necessary as and when required.
Honesty and Integrity.
Good communication skills.
Team work.
Problem solving and be able to use good initiative.
Calm under pressure.

Benefits:

Full training is given with consistent support from management.
Company van.
Opportunities for internal promotion and progression.
Over time paid at x1.5 Mon-Sat, and x2.0 Sun.
On-call allowance.
Working in a newly refurbished Workshop and Depot.
All Bank Holidays off and 20 days annual leave.
Additional annual leave after 2 years’ service.
Workplace Pension Scheme.
Free Workwear is supplied.

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Business Management Lecturer

JB500: Business Management Lecturer

Salary: £1,500 per month

Location: Rainham, Essex

Hours: Part time – 20 hours per week (Hybrid)

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Business Management Lecturer on behalf of one of our clients.

We are looking for lecturers to deliver courses at undergraduate levels (HNC/HND). The successful candidate can either be from a business management teaching background with extensive experience in teaching HNC/HND and degree levels or from industry with a passion to transfer existing skills into teaching.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities for the Business Management Lecturer:

Deliver assessment and examination duties to a range of learners on full time and part-time programmes at vocational HNC/HND, undergraduate & postgraduate degree levels.
Provide tutorial for an individual or groups of students and to arrange and monitor key skills activities.
Liaise with Programme Leader and Internal Verifier, as appropriate.
Carry out assessment, evaluation and other administrative duties in line with the module requirements.
Supervise individual/group projects relating to your specialist subject matter.
Attend all required departmental weekly meetings and annual meetings with external examiners.
Have excellent ICT skills, including the ability to use Zoom/Teams.
Part-time: 20 hours per week [including breaks], 3 day per week, one day on site teaching and two days working from home which are flexible. Teaching days available: Friday and Saturday.

Skills and Qualifications for the Business Management Lecturer:

Successful applicants will have a strong background in industry and hold recognised bachelor & master’s degrees in business management.
Extensive experience in teaching HNC/HND and vocational courses is essential.
The college is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable young persons. Any appointment made to such roles will be made subject to strict vetting and screening checks, including the receipt of a satisfactory, enhanced DBS check.
Relevant teaching and professional qualification will also be required: Level 5: Certificate in Education/ Diploma in Education and Training.

Salary: £1,500 per month

Location: Rainham, Essex…

Site Services Engineer

MS647 – Site Services Engineer

Location: Anwick

Salary: £50,000 – £52,000 per annum

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Site Services Engineer on behalf of one of our clients. This includes the maintenance and operation of critical site infrastructure such as boilers, refrigeration, utility supplies, air compressors, air handling systems, pipework and effluent plant. The role also supports factory start-ups and ensures engineering standards are upheld.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Participate constructively as a member of the department keeping everyone informed and proactively share your knowledge and expertise within the time.
Apply lean thinking techniques to ensure the productive capability of the plant is optimised and improved thus demonstrating commitment towards achieving factory targets, including prompt start up times.
Work with site personnel and commissioning engineers to ensure required process skills training is performed for all new equipment.
Contribute to that department/ add value by developing requisite skills in this area in line with MP competency framework.
Operation and maintenance of steam boilers, refrigeration systems, fluid transfer systems, heating systems, hot and cold-water systems and effluent treatment systems.
Working with Mechanical Drive Systems, Hydraulics, Pneumatics and electrics.
Preventative Maintenance.
Pipefitting.
Portable appliance testing.
Emergency Light Testing.
To Maintain general good repair of site fabrication and general services.
To monitor and control any negative environmental impact arising from the processes within area of responsibility; ensuring that all direct reports and colleagues are briefed and clear in regard to their responsibilities as outlined in the Moy Park Group Risk Management System Manual.

Skills and Qualifications:

Attention to detail.
Apprentice trained to NVQ level 3 minimum.
The ability to plan and organise workload methodically to best effect.
Full Driving Licence.
Able to work on own initiative.
Confidence to recommend machine improvements.
Be achievement and career focussed.
Have the ability to work in a pressurised environment.
Strong communication, influencing, planning and organising skills

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HGV Class 2 Driver

MB960: HGV Class 2 Driver
Location: Bristol and surrounding areas
Salary: £38,000 + 15% bonus (paid quarterly – based on good attendance) + overtime
Working Hours: Monday to Friday between 6am and 6pm – 45 hours a week (some days finish earlier than others but still get paid for the whole day)

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a HGV Class 2 Driver on behalf of one of our fantastic clients who have a depot based in Bristol.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure all goods are loaded, secured and delivered safely and professionally.
Ensure all required paperwork is completed at point of delivery/collection.
Provide excellent customer service.
Operate in accordance with training and Policies & Procedures.
Comply with Health and Safety legislation, Company Health and Safety policies and procedures and current EU Road Transport Regulations at all times.
Ensure the delivery vehicle is roadworthy and daily vehicle walk rounds have been completed and recorded.

Skills and Qualifications:

A minimum Class 2 HGV driving licence (ideally clean) with Driver Qualification Card/Driver CPC.
ALME certificate desirable.
Zero endorsements preferred; any endorsements must be stated at application stage.
A minimum 12 months’ HGV driving experience ideally including 90 days tachograph recorded driving in the last 180 days, with current/working Digi/tacho card.
Have a positive approach to Health & Safety.
Good understanding of Driver Hours & WTD Regulations.
Excellent driving skills.
Experience of multidrop deliveries.
Ideally experienced and hold a current accredited certificate in the safe operation of Lorry Mounted Loaders (including remote).
Forklift Truck experience beneficial, although training will be provided for the right candidate.
Knowledge of local area and experience of working within a Builders Merchant would be beneficial.

PCV Mechanic

MS664 – PCV Mechanic

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £21.39 per hour

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking PCV Mechanic on behalf of one of clients. Applications from HGV Mechanics will also be given due consideration.

Hours of Work:
37 hours a week (with 30 minutes unpaid meal break). Sunday to Saturday, 5 from 7; varying hours on a rotating shift pattern (Earlies – 05:30 to 13:30, Lates (13:00 to 21:00).

Duties & Responsibilities:

To maintain, inspect, diagnose, repair and test mechanical and electrical systems and equipment.
To carry out any repairs as necessary to ensure safe and roadworthy vehicles to a high standard of reliability and quality.
Carry out any reasonable maintenance activities.
Adhere to health & safety standards.

Skills & Qualifications:

Have a strong work ethic and understand the need to be reliable and flexible.
Full UK driving licence.
PCV driving licence is desired however training may be considered for the right candidate.
Experience of Cummins & Scania drivetrain & electrical systems.
Experience of modern electrical systems & OEM diagnostic systems.
At least 3 years post qualifying experience ideally in a main dealer or PSV workshop.
Holder of a recognised apprenticeship qualification (City and Guilds or NVQ level 3).

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £21.39 per hour…

Consents Manager

MB959: Consents Manager
Location: Inverness
Salary: £70,000 – £75,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Consents Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Inverness depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Managing project consents and regulatory approval requirements
Coordinating permit and consent applications across the project
Liaising with statutory bodies, regulators and key stakeholders
Monitoring consent conditions and ensuring ongoing compliance
Supporting planning and environmental obligations across delivery teams
Managing consent related documentation and reporting
Providing advice and guidance to project teams on consent requirements
Supporting risk management and programme considerations linked to approvals and permits

Skills and Experience:

Consents, permitting or regulatory management experience within infrastructure, construction or civil engineering
Experience managing complex approvals and stakeholder engagement
Understanding of planning, environmental and regulatory compliance requirements
Experience liaising with statutory bodies and regulators
Strong communication, coordination and organisational skills
Ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholder interfaces
Experience within energy, utilities, civil engineering or major infrastructure projects would be advantageous