BSE Cost Manager
ML69- BSE Cost Manager.
Salary: £43,000.
Location: Winchester.
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a BSE Cost Manager on behalf of one of our clients.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform quantity take-offs for lighting, containment, pipework, ductwork, etc., with minimal supervision.
- Review and cost variations, with guidance as needed.
- Source and obtain pricing for plant items, liaising with suppliers and ensuring timely follow-ups.
- Assist in reviewing valuation submissions from contractors, including conducting site visits.
- Maintain accurate cost logs, ensuring all relevant updates from emails and meetings are recorded promptly.
- Support cost reporting and financial analysis.
- Contribute to cost planning across all RIBA stages.
Skills and qualifications:
- BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
- MEP QS experience is required and must be clearly stated in your application and will be discussed/evidenced at interview
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage at all levels
- A proactive and collaborative work ethic, supporting teams across the business to meet deadlines
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook), Bluebeam, and CostX
Salary: £43,000.
Location: Winchester.
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Project Manager
ML71- Project Manager.
Salary: £35,000- £55,000.
Location: Bristol.
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Project Manager on behalf of one of our clients.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Autonomy for project delivery of all project stages, supported by a multi discipline business
- Manage both internal and external consultant teams, maintaining open communication and a collaborative approach to project delivery
- Lead on project reporting and administrative tasks with a high degree of autonomy
- Develop and implement project procurement strategies
- Contract administration (various forms of contract)
- Project programming (MS Project)
- Develop and maintain project risk registers
- Manage and track project finances
- Project change control
- Develop and implement quality management processes.
Skills and qualifications:
- An entrepreneurial spirit, combined with inquisitiveness, diligence and resilience
- Flexibility, reliability and a ‘can do’ attitude
- Be a team player
- Construction related degree (or equivalent professional qualifications)
- Ideally chartered, progressing to, or considering chartership within RICS, APM or CIOB
- Good understanding of project delivery processes from RIBA 0-6
- In-depth experience of working within professional services in the construction industry is essential and you will evidence examples of your projects at interview. Experience within project management specifically will be a strong advantage.
- The ability to lead projects and teams, and to develop long-lasting client relationships, with autonomy
- The ability to: set up and drive new projects from inception – including the early stages strategizing and team building, to on-site delivery, completion and handover
- Exceptional communication skills and reporting, incorporating the use of MS Office, MS Project and/or alternative scheduling software
Salary: £35,000- £55,000.
Location: Bristol.…
Quantity Surveyor, M&E
ML70- Quantity Surveyor, M&E.
Salary: £30,000- £40,000.
Location: Reading.
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Quantity Surveyor, M&E on behalf of one of our clients.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for assisting in the provision of a wide range of M&E quantity surveying services including:
- Advise on services costs involved in building projects
- Evaluation of costs and advise on alternative proposals
- Advice on contract arrangements and conditions
- Undertaking all elements of pre and post contract work
- Preparing measured term accounts for contractor based clients
Skills and qualifications:
- BSc in Quantity Surveying, similar level degree or vocational qualification (or equivalent)
- Clean UK driving licence
Salary: £30,000- £40,000.
Location: Reading.…
Operations Co-Ordinator
MS574 – Operations Co-Ordinator
Salary: £ Competitive
Location: Milton Park, Oxfordshire
Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking an Operations Coordinator on behalf of one of our clients.
The position involves assisting with providing soft services facilities and administrative support. The role holder should demonstrate excellent administration, communication, interpersonal and customer services skills with all levels of the operation and organisation and have good working knowledge of facilities, reception and associated duties.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
40 hours per week with a 1-hour unpaid lunch break (0800 – 1700).
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Meeting room set up, including room changes during the day. Liaising with Facilities/Office Management Team including security for any overnight set-ups.
- Checking meeting rooms to ensure tables and chairs arrangements as well as flipcharts and whiteboard accessories are replenished as required.
- Overviewing the lunchroom and breakout areas, ensuring consumables, fruit displays, crockery/cutlery arrangements and coffee machines are replenished as required.
- Collect social hour delivery and assist with setup as required.
- Placing orders for lunches, receiving food deliveries, displaying the lunch as well as clearing meeting rooms after the lunches/meetings are finished.
- Assist departments with site events (working longer hours or where work demands allow, starting later in the morning and staying longer in the evening).
- Assist with catering and stationery stock replenishment, including raising purchase requisitions and placing orders.
- Provide general pro-active support to the office and additional cover for the soft services Operations Coordinator during meetings, holidays and periods of absence.
- Provide reception cover as required.
- Provide administrative support to the Facilities Operations Team with general duties and ad-hoc tasks as required.
- Assist team with raising purchase requisitions, invoice verification, filing, scanning and archiving of records. Respond to queries related to the purchase orders and invoices.
- Assist with other general duties including postal services/supplies and ad-hoc tasks as required by operations management team.
- Responding to staff requests and queries.
- Using in-house systems.
- Participate as part of the team with weekly fire alarm testing and associated safety checks.
- H&S compliance for areas of responsibility ensuring all documentation electronically and/or written is up to date and correctly filed.
- Contributes to the environmental management program.
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively with visitors, contractors, staff and vendors.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Experience of administration duties.
- Excellent customer services skills to offer help and support at all levels.
- Display good organisation and multi-tasking skills.
- Exercise independent judgment, responding to changing business requirements.
- Possess excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft office.
- Displays working knowledge of general business processes.
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday + public holidays.
- Monthly employee recognition scheme.
- Employee referral scheme.
- Discount card scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme (must meet eligibility criteria).
- Training and development opportunities.
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Funeral Arranger
LB372 – Funeral Arranger
Location: Croydon
Salary: £27,000
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Funeral Arranger on behalf of one of our clients.
To meet with all clients, either in person or over the phone, to arrange funerals; with an understanding, caring and sympathetic frame of mind. To handle their affairs from start to finish of the procedure and to clearly explain and communicate as and when the client needs it.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be considered.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Meet with clients to arrange funerals, including explaining the procedure, giving advice and offering a sympathetic ear.
- Ability to deal with bereaved families appropriately.
- Fill in all necessary paperwork accurately, either in paper form or electronically.
- Book cemetery, crematorium, church, minister, grave digger etc. as necessary.
- Arrange for removal of deceased from wherever they are laying and advise on dressing.
- Put notices in newspapers, order flowers, set out services for service sheets.
- Ensure the smooth handling of affairs from start to finish.
- Build a relationship within the community of the location of the office, e.g. fund raising for the local church, setting up communication groups.
- Promote and sell Golden Leaves plans.
- Sell the headstone / memorial to the family after the funeral.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Caring and sympathetic attitude.
- Excellent communicator.
- Computer literate and accurate paperwork completion.
- Excellent timekeeping.
- Excellent listening skills.
- Full UK Driving licence
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HGV Mechanic
AR725 – HGV Mechanic
Location: Stockport
Salary: £19.22 Per Hour + Overtime
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently searching for a HGV Mechanic to join one of our clients who are based in Stockport.
The core purpose of this job function is to be responsible for the assembly process of a Mechanised Infantry Vehicle, working in line with the company’s procedures and to specific Health and Safety guidelines. While this role primarily involves day shift work, flexibility is required for alternative projects and shift patterns based on business needs. Additionally, all candidates must complete training at a facility in Germany, which may last up to six months.
Our client strongly encourages applications from ex-military personnel but all candidates will be considered.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure their personal safety and the safety of other employees is not compromised by their actions and to apply applicable safety requirements to comply with the regulatory agencies.
- Final assembly of armoured wheeled vehicles and sub-assemblies.
- Problem-solving, fault-finding and rectification work where required.
- Interpreting drawings and standard operating instructions.
- Diagnosing mechanical issues, including hydraulic and pneumatic systems, proposing a course of action, and rectifying where relevant.
- The use of diagnostic software systems to complete the initial installation of software and diagnose/repair any issues.
- Order parts and equipment as necessary to fulfil job requirements.
- Work collaboratively with line manager and across other departments, assisting with their work-load when necessary.
- Complete all documentation and attesting for work within the MRP system (SAP).
- Undertake training to enhance competence when required, this may involve occasional off-site travel to Germany.
- Actively transfer knowledge and provide on the job training when required.
- Ability to complete allocated tasks to deadlines as prescribed by the business.
- Willing to engage with the company’s 5’s and housekeeping policies.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a HGV/LGV mechanic, holding a HGV Mechanic Certification (City & Guilds or NVQ) or equivalent. Holding a Level 3 Diploma in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance is advantageous.
- Strong knowledge of HGV mechanics, electrical systems, and diagnostics.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
- Strong commitment to safety and quality.
Benefits:
- Attractive pension (4% employee contribution, 7% employer contribution)
- Flexible working
- Half day Friday
- Life assurance scheme
- Company sick pay scheme which increases with service
- Free unreserved car parking
Location: Stockport
Salary: £19.22 Per Hour + Overtime…
Maintenance Engineer
MS565 – Maintenance Engineer
Salary: £35,000 – £40,0000
Location: Coventry
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.
You will have the experience and ability to maintain buildings, plants and equipment located within the Coventry facilities.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
The role requires working three different shifts (Monday to Friday) that will rotate every week to cover the three timeframes below:
Mornings: 0600-1400 and unpaid break 0930-1000.
Afternoons: 1400-2200 and unpaid break 1730-1800.
Nights: 2200-0600 and unpaid break 0130-0200.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complete site TPM programme.
- Attend and complete breakdowns on plant and equipment.
- Oversee outside contractors on site.
- Maintain building services in line with legislation and site expectations.
- Maintain EHS equipment and systems.
- Maintain maintenance service records.
- The above is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Time served multi skilled maintenance engineer (electrically bias).
- Relevant experience.
- Electrical background (BS 7671).
- Knowledge of waterjet cutting systems (advantage).
- Understanding of hydraulic systems and compression moulding presses.
- Knowledge of steam generation (advantage).
- Ability to fault find on electrical and mechanical systems.
- City & guilds / HNC / ONC (advantage).
- Forklift truck licence (advantage).
- Good IT experience with Microsoft Packages such as Word and Excel.
- MEWP licence (advantage).
Benefits:
- Discretionary half year bonuses.
- 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + holiday purchase scheme.
- Two weeks paid leave for Reservists and Cadets to attend yearly training/camp.
- Paid leave for employees who are Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs).
- Company pension.
- Life cover 3 x base salary.
- Healthcare plan.
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Electrical Systems Technician (6 months FTC)
MS567 – Electrical Systems Technician (6 months FTC)
Salary: £24 per hour DOE
Location: Rustington
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking an Electrical Systems Technician on behalf of one of our clients.
This challenging position involves the installation of bespoke MOTS/COTS electrical systems in support of both vehicle and survivability systems. Some bench manufacture of individual looms and bench modification of electro-mechanical sub-systems may also be required to support certain bespoke projects.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support to the company’s production activities at sites.
- Hands on assembly of electrical looms including:
- Reading schematic drawings.
- Managing BoMs.
- Controlling stocks of electrical consumables.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to include lean manufacturing principles.
- Assist the Team leader on meeting performance-based outputs (KPI’s).
- Assist, where required, the Electrical Design team on proto-type development of electrical and electro-mechanical sub-systems being embodied into our products.
- The above statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required.
Skills and Qualifications:
- HNC/BTEC Diploma or equivalent in Automotive Systems installation and repair.
- Experience of low production manufacturing techniques and processes.
- An understanding of military specification radios and electrical sub-systems or similar.
- An understanding of OEM automotive vehicle systems.
- An understanding of the impact of electromagnetic influence on electrical sub-systems and networks.
- Be able to apply system design electrical theory and electronic principles to sub-system faults.
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Food and Beverage Manager
JR274: Food and Beverage Manager
Location: Hale, Cumbria
Salary: Circa £26k/£27k Per Annum
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Food and Beverage Manager on behalf of one of our clients.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel; however, all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensuring all areas meet the high expectations of our customers.
- Ensuring safety of customers and staff.
- Enforcing relevant legislation (health and safety, hygiene, fire, and licensing).
- Ensuring bars, cellar, kitchen, stock rooms, and customer areas are maintained effectively.
- Ensuring best practices are adhered to with regards to cash handling and stock control.
- Compiling, delivering, and exceeding budgeted income figures whilst maintaining margin.
- Recording all stock wastage in line with company procedures.
- Delivering accurate stock results.
- Liaising with stock takers and suppliers to improve results.
- Proactively managing change and continuous improvement in all areas.
- Establishing and communicating achievement goals to staff members.
- Managing, motivating, coaching, developing, supporting, and monitoring staff members to encourage promotion.
- Undergoing specific training as indicated by the Manager as and when required.
- Taking all reasonable steps to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all employees, patrons, and visitors by promoting safe working practices.
- Complying with company policies, rules, and procedures at all times.
- Assisting in the running of the shop as required and ensuring stock is ordered and managed.
- Providing product and company information to customers at a high standard of competence.
- Carrying out out-of-hours reception duties, including answering telephone calls and dealing with queries from the general public, holidaymakers, and owners.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Experience managing food and beverage in high-volume venues.
- A can-do, will-do person who completes tasks.
- Assertive, diplomatic, and “hands-on.”
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- A great motivator with a very positive attitude.
- Commercial awareness and business acumen.
- Strong organisational skills with a keen eye for detail.
- Customer service experience.
- Proven ability to lead, manage, and develop a team.
- Positive, enthusiastic, and flexible approach to work
Location: Hale, Cumbria
Salary: Circa £26k/£27k Per Annum…
Receptionist
JR275: Receptionist
Location: Kenmore, Perthshire
Salary: £27,000 Per Annum
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Receptionist on behalf of one of our clients.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel; however, all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Front-of-house duties, including checking in/out guests and creating great holiday memories for families.
- Liaising with park teams to provide the best holiday experience for guests.
- Handling enquiries from internal and external customers.
- Performing reception duties, resolving guest queries, and answering telephone and online enquiries.
- Ensuring all paperwork is managed and organised efficiently.
- Actively promoting future stays for current holidaymakers and staying informed of available offers.
- Cash handling and processing payments.
- Undergoing specific training as indicated by the Manager as and when required.
- Taking all reasonable steps to protect the health, safety, and welfare of employees, patrons, and visitors by promoting safe working practices.
- Complying with company policies, rules, and procedures at all times.
- Performing any other duties as required by your line manager, commensurate with your role.
Skills and Qualifications:
- An excellent telephone manner.
- Good time management and multitasking skills.
- Strong customer service and organisational skills.
- Computer literacy.
- A friendly and approachable personality.
Location: Kenmore, Perthshire
Salary: £27,000 Per Annum…
