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Parts Assistant

AR834 – Parts Assistant

Location: Cirencester

Salary: £25,000 – £27,222

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Parts Assistant and behalf of one our clients.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however, all candidates will be considered.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibility for picking and packing parts and ensuring their prompt dispatch to our customers.
Assisting with the unloading of deliveries ensuring all parts are booked in and stored correctly.
Dealing with customer parts enquiries in our retail area, both face to face and by telephone, supporting customers and workshop staff with parts identification.
Ensuring our Service Engineers have all the necessary parts to complete servicing and breakdowns in a timely manner.
Stock taking duties, using a computerised stock control system.
Other general duties to ensure smooth operation (housekeeping).

Skills and Qualifications:

Excellent PC/system skills
Parts Department experience/ knowledge
Excellent telephone manner
Strong administrative skills
Strong interpersonal/communication and organisational skills
Understanding of agricultural machinery would be beneficial.

Location: Cirencester

Salary: £25,000 – £27,222…

Senior Quantity Surveyor

MB915: Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Snowdonia
Salary: £60,000 – £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 Senior Quantity Surveyor on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Snowdonia depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To take supervised responsibility for the commercial function on a project or section of a project
To contribute to a result as agreed with local commercial management
To protect the company’s position throughout 360 degree relationships
To carry out commercial tasks and present results in an orderly and accurate format
Proactively contribute to the commercial success of the project and thus the business
Prepare applications and reports
Review incoming accounts and correspondence and react accordingly
Manage specified subcontract accounts and support senior commercial staff in negotiations
Agree a personal development plan and deliver the objectives
Contribute to the development of subordinates

Skills and Qualifications:

Have a sound general knowledge of health and safety issues.
Excellent communication skills.
IT Literate.
Good level of analytical skills.
Good attention to detail.
Ability to work on own initiative.
Ability to identify and resolve problems at an early stage.
A practical and logical mind and a methodical way of thinking.
Negotiation and team working skills and he ability to motivate and lead those on site.

Quantity Surveyor

MB914: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Snowdonia
Salary: £40,000 – £60,000 + £5,060 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 Quantity Surveyor on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Snowdonia depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To take supervised responsibility for the commercial function on a project or section of a project.
To contribute to a result as agreed with local commercial management.
To protect the company’s position throughout 360 degree relationships.
To carry out commercial tasks and present results in an orderly and accurate format.
Develop commercial skills to proactively contribute to the commercial success of the business.
Prepare stand alone sections of applications and reports.
Review incoming accounts and correspondence and react accordingly.
Manage specified subcontract accounts and support senior commercial staff in negotiations.
Agree a personal development plan and deliver the objectives.
Contribute to the development of subordinates.

Skills and Qualifications:

Have a sound general knowledge of health and safety issues.
Excellent communication skills.
IT Literate.
Good level of analytical skills.
Good attention to detail.
Ability to work on own initiative.
Ability to identify and resolve problems at an early stage.
A practical and logical mind and a methodical way of thinking.
Negotiation and team working skills and he ability to motivate and lead those on site.

High Voltage Systems Project Manager

MB913: High Voltage Systems Project Manager
Location: Snowdonia
Salary: £75,000 – £80,000 + £6,325 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 High Voltage Systems Project Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Snowdonia depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To lead and manage the High Voltage (HV) Cable and HV Plant subcontractors ( in delivering the works and ensuring compliance with all relevant requirements.
To manage the HV designer and sub-contractor design activities and deliverables to ensure they are completed in line with the agreed Programme and Project requirements.
To be the technical lead for the HV works on the project
Ensure both input and output deliverables for the design are tracked and reported to the Project Director and Engineering Manager as required.
To manage the MEP designer and sub-contractor design activities and deliverables to ensure they are completed in line with the agreed programme and Project requirements.
Manage and communicate all design queries, comments and information required from Design workshops and meetings and keep records.
Raise requests for further information internally and externally from the whole project team.
Support the Design manager to ensure all HV and MEP design deliverables are timeously provided as per the of design programmes.
Review Designers Monthly reports and submissions and produce monthly reports on design progress and any other design specific elements.
Manage and update the design deliverable schedule.
Review all design deliverables and ensure that they are completed to the expected standard. Challenge and resolve when not, including reviewing of all drawing in line with the Clients Scope/requirements.
Attend interface meeting with external parties and assign/follow up on actions related to the Design.
Arrange internal design interface meetings with construction department
Ensure compliance with design management processes required by the contract.
Collaborate with the engagement of external suppliers/subcontractors.
Manage provision of drawings to project team – document control.
Manage the BIM requirements for permanent and temporary works together with the BIM/CAD Technician.
Identify Temporary Works and assist lead TWC with preparing Design briefs for HV & MEP Designs from subcontractors.

Skills and Qualifications:

10 Year plus experience with on high voltage projects with a Contractor
Previous experience on National Grid (NG) Projects as an Contractor, preferably on 400kV, 275kV or 132 kV circuits
Advantage to have experience on Design & Build Project as an Contractor.
Previous experience and knowledge of National Grid Transmission Procedures and Technical Specification
Wide-ranging understanding and working knowledge of construction methods and outputs
Will have both substantial construction and design experience.
Understands the Principal Designer and Principal Contractor Duties
Exceptional know-how in implementing and promoting Digital Engineering practises in Design as well as construction.

Bid Manager

MB912: Bid Manager
Location: Swindon or London
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 + £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 Bid Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Swindon or London depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Drive and energise the bid team to achieve a successful outcome for each allocated tender. Following designated processes and best practice in place within organisation.
Ensure that a coherent bid strategy in developed, working in conjunction with the Business Development Manager and Sector Director.
Continually evaluate winning strategy and direct team and resources to focus on activities which will enhance chance of bid success.
Oversee and be involved with tender commercial strategy.
Arrange all necessary internal meetings – Kick off / Settlement and others identified in work winning process. (use MS Outlook)
Agree Bid Budget and monitor expenditure with Head of Management
Manage tender programme.
Ensure Company & Group governance and procedures are adhered to.
Ensures production of CRC documentation for issue to Head of Bid Management.
Produce actions and appoint individuals to complete relevant items arising from the meetings / minutes. Drive actions to completion.
Undertake corporate approval process in conjunction with Work Winning Director.
Communication link to Client / Employers Agent + when we speak and don’t speak with Third Parties.
Keep senior management informed of development on tender and gain acceptance of key decision points.
Issue Ops / Commercial / Temp Works / Specialist third party briefs Identify Estimator and Planner requirements where necessary.
Communication management and interface with joint venture partners and key supply chain.
Oversee designers Brief in conjunction with Technical Services.
Manage designers where necessary to achieve optimum solutions.
Involvement in appointment of specialist third parties.
Participate in review of suppliers to receive tender enquiries.
Manage Risk / Opportunity including commercial and ensure output to ARM risk software.
Work with commercial manager to understand route map to deliver margin set within business plan.
Ensure that the correct resources for the Quality Submission are in place and that timescales are met. (Deliverables tracker in place prior to kick off).
Manage / take part in the review of the Quality Submission.
Tender feedback and dissemination once the result is known.

Skills and Qualifications:

Sound knowledge of the UK construction market
Knowledge of relevant legislation
Knowledge of Civil Engineering
Commercial awareness of different forms of contract
Strong presentation and Client communication skills
Sound knowledge of the company governance and procedural requirements for work winning.

MB912: Bid Manager
Location: Swindon or London
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 + £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…

Shift Engineer

MS502 – Shift Engineer

Location: Crediton

Salary: £54,454.14 per annum

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently supporting our client in the search for a Shift Engineer.

The shifts for this role are from 6am – 6pm & vice versa.

Our client is keen to offer opportunities to Ex-Military personnel, but all applications will be considered.

Duties and Responsibilities of a Shift Engineer:

Delivery of prompt reactive engineering support to Operations and of robust PPM provision.
Working as part of the engineering team operating in line with SOPs, adherence to escalation procedure and in line with company principles.
Responsibility for carrying out required engineering checks on plant and equipment.
As part of engineering team, contributing to energy cost reduction initiatives and operation of site facilities to appropriate waste management/cost reduction and licence adherence standards.
Achievement of KPI targets with downtime minimised by prompt reactive engineering support and proactive preventative maintenance.
Engineering work carried out to expected time limits with appropriate use of escalation procedure to ensure achievement of KPIs and identification of potential process and engineering improvements.
Completion of all required checks with follow up on faults/problems identified.
Site targets for waste management and cost reduction met licence parameters complied with.
Attendance at meetings as may be appropriate for the role.
In common with all other members of staff, adherence to Company’s policies and procedures including food safety, Health and Safety, hygiene, and good housekeeping.
Additional duties as may be required as part of the role.

Skills and Qualifications:

Relevant engineering qualifications i.e., time-served electrician, 17th edition regulations.
A minimum of 4 years practical experience in electrical/mechanical/control engineering.
Experience in a frontline maintenance role in a 24/7 FMCG facility.
Experience of working in a high-speed production environment (liquid milk/dairy environment desirable).
PLC knowledge (beneficial).
Proven expertise in reliability engineering and maintenance techniques.
Experience of PPM systems.
Strong ICT skills to include Microsoft Office packages (essential).
Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
Ability to work within time constraints.
Ability to prioritise, manage own workload and ensure targets achieved in fast-moving environment subject to change.
Flexible approach to work.
Problem solving and analytical skills.
Ability to work in cross functional role.

Benefits:

Holiday entitlement of 22 days inclusive of bank holidays (equivalent to 33 days on 5 day week).
Holiday purchase scheme.
Pension 8% employer contribution.
Life assurance (x4 of salary if in the pension scheme).
Generous Discount scheme through Reward Gateway.
Free parking.
Uniform provided.
Hot eat canteen service – heavily subsidised.
Free milk giveaways throughout the year.
Christmas Hamper.
Discretionary Bonus scheme.
Opportunities for Training & Development.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Mental Health support through Mindful Employer.
3 x 30 min paid breaks on 12 hour shifts.
A referral scheme.
Free flu jabs.
Cycle to Work scheme.

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Quantity Surveyor

MB911: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Nottingham
Salary: £40,000 – £65,000 DOE
Working Hours: Monday to Friday
Benefits: Ongoing Training, learning, and development, enhanced pension scheme, Staff get togethers and family fun days, Personal help and assistance, Long Service Awards, Death in Service benefit

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic business who are looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Nottingham office.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Prepare activity schedules, bills of quantities in accordance with methods of measurement, presentation of tender and contract documentations, attending interviews, carrying out full tender analysis and comparisons through to preparing the recommendation report.
Perform risk, value management and cost control.
Prepare / agree monthly valuations with clients.
Monitor and prepare costings for delay / EOT.
Price / agree variations with internal team and client agreement.
Agreement of final account with client in prompt manner
Allocate work to subcontractors
Monthly sub-contractor payment certification, agreement of variations / final accounts.
Assessing contractor applications, along with any changes, making recommendations, raising payment certificates and preparing general correspondence to sub-contracts.
Provide advice on contractual claims.
Responsible for liaising with external and internal stakeholders to enable the projects to progress without delay, ensuring that all reasonable requests are met in a timely efficient manner
Manage current workload in order that all commissions receive the relevant allocation of own time to efficiently commercially manage them.
Monitoring and controlling Build Costs
Compliance with all relevant Company policies, procedures and guidance (including for example Health & Safety, Equality, Environmental & Quality, etc.)

Skills and Qualifications:

Have a sound general knowledge of health and safety issues
Excellent communication skills
IT Literate
Good level of analytical skills
Good attention to detail
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to identify and resolve problems at an early stage
A practical and logical mind and a methodical way of thinking.
Negotiation and team working skills and he ability to motivate and lead those on site.

Quantity Surveyor

MB910: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Manchester
Salary: £40,000 – £65,000 DOE
Working Hours: Monday to Friday
Benefits: Ongoing Training, learning, and development, enhanced pension scheme, Staff get togethers and family fun days, Personal help and assistance, Long Service Awards, Death in Service benefit

Overview:

Duties and Responsibilities:

Prepare activity schedules, bills of quantities in accordance with methods of measurement, presentation of tender and contract documentations, attending interviews, carrying out full tender analysis and comparisons through to preparing the recommendation report.
Perform risk, value management and cost control.
Prepare / agree monthly valuations with clients.
Monitor and prepare costings for delay / EOT.
Price / agree variations with internal team and client agreement.
Agreement of final account with client in prompt manner
Allocate work to subcontractors
Monthly sub-contractor payment certification, agreement of variations / final accounts.
Assessing contractor applications, along with any changes, making recommendations, raising payment certificates and preparing general correspondence to sub-contracts.
Provide advice on contractual claims.
Responsible for liaising with external and internal stakeholders to enable the projects to progress without delay, ensuring that all reasonable requests are met in a timely efficient manner
Manage current workload in order that all commissions receive the relevant allocation of own time to efficiently commercially manage them.
Monitoring and controlling Build Costs
Compliance with all relevant Company policies, procedures and guidance (including for example Health & Safety, Equality, Environmental & Quality, etc.)

Skills and Qualifications:

Have a sound general knowledge of health and safety issues
Excellent communication skills
IT Literate
Good level of analytical skills
Good attention to detail
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to identify and resolve problems at an early stage
A practical and logical mind and a methodical way of thinking.
Negotiation and team working skills and he ability to motivate and lead those on site.

Field Based Commercial Boiler Engineer

MS573- Field Based Commercial Boiler Engineer

Location: Hampshire / Covering the South Region

Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per annum DOE

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Field Based Commercial Boiler Engineer on behalf of one of our clients. The successful candidate will be responsible for building, repairing and maintenance of boilers, plate packs, and pumps ready for hire.

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

Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintain and service boilers and associated ancillaries.
Carry out routine service on equipment in accordance with planned maintenance timelines.
Diagnose faults and repair of boilers, and related equipment and ancillaries.
Ensure all servicing and inspections are completed in line with company software.
Obtain details and order parts for repair as required.
Ensuring equipment is clean and in good condition for hire.
Maintain the H&S register.
Carry out internal training when required on hire assets.

Skills and Qualifications:

Qualification in Installation & Servicing of commercial systems.
OFTEC.
3 years’ experience in similar employment.
Full UK Driving License.
Gas safe domestic / commercial.
Good time keeping / Work ethic.
Electrical Qualifications / experience (desirable).
Forklift License (desirable).
Previous experience of boiler hire industry (desirable).

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Contracts Supervisor

EY345 Contract Supervisor
Location: Kettering based, with UK wide travel
Salary: £35,000 + benefits package + company vehicle

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are seeking an experienced Contract Supervisor on behalf of one of our clients, to join a well-established industry services provider supporting water utilities and the petrochemical sector. The company specialises in media refurbishment and related field operations across the UK.

This role includes both site-based and office-based responsibilities, ensuring that contracts are delivered efficiently, safely, and to high-quality standards. The ideal candidate will be based near our clients Kettering Head Office and open to frequent travel across the UK, including overnight stays.

Candidates from an ex-military background are encouraged to apply, but all qualified candidates will be considered.

Key Responsibilities:

Supervise the execution of contracts on-site with a strong focus on health and safety compliance.
Manage site staff and subcontractors to ensure smooth and efficient daily operations.
Maintain communication with clients to ensure expectations are met and issues are resolved.
Coordinate with internal teams to ensure timely and seamless project delivery.
Track progress of ongoing works and report updates to senior management.
Ensure all project deliverables meet quality standards and deadlines.
Maintain thorough documentation and records for all site and contract activities.
Provide technical support and mentorship to site teams and contractors.

Qualifications:

Demonstrable experience supervising site-based contracts.
Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations and practices.
Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational abilities.
Capable of working independently and collaboratively.
Comfortable using digital tools for project tracking and reporting.
Full UK driving licence.

Desirable / Advantageous:

Telehandler qualification
Experience in the water industry
Recognised qualifications within the water sector or engineering
SSSTS and EUSR certifications

Benefits:

Comprehensive benefits package
Company vehicle
Clear path for professional growth and career development
Supportive and collaborative team environment
Opportunity to work on diverse and impactful projects across the UK

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