Service Advisor
JB474: Service Advisor
Location: Heathrow
Salary: £36,000 per annum
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently supporting one of our established and expanding businesses in the search for a Chassis Convertor.
Our client encourage applications from ex-Military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities for the Service Advisor:
- Dealing with customers and ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Utilise workshop loading and ensure it is up to date.
- Regularly and proactively keep customers up to date with progress on their vehicle
- Booking in vehicles. Ensuring appointments are convenient for the customer and department, in line with the workshop capacity.
- Identify the customer requirements and where possible, supply an accurate fully inclusive costing.
- Produce accurate job cards, invoices, estimates and related information.
- Provide customers with full explanations of work carried out, making the most of any additional selling opportunities.
- Produce warranty job cards in line with the manufacturers policy and procedures.
- Accurately record all work requirements and identify retail, warranty, internal and non-chargeable repairs.
- Liaise with the Parts Department to ensure availability of parts
Skills and Qualifications for the Service Advisor:
- Communication – This role is pivotal in ensuring that all stakeholders are accurately informed. This may include providing customers with updates on their vehicles or notifying the workshop team with updates.
Benefits for the Service Advisor:
- An extra day off for your Birthday
- 23 days of annual leave per year PLUS Bank Holidays
- Four times death in service benefit.
- Working for Motor Trader’s ‘Employer of the Year’.
- Working for an official Great Place to Work™️ and UK Best Workplace.
- Working for a Best UK Workplace for Wellbeing and Development.
- Awarded Armed Forces Covenant Silver Award (RLS)
- Working with our award-winning team – we are Motor Trader’s CV Employer of the Year and won silver at the internal communication and engagement awards for our new starter onboarding process.
- Auto-enrolment pension.
- Self-development journal
- Ranked 101 in SW Business Insider’s Top 500 Companies
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay policies.
- Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP and 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion).
- Mental Health First Aiders.
- Reward and recognition programmes, including our annual Group Awards and opportunities to attend the Wembley box as a celebration of your hard work and dedication.
- Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities.
- Manufacturer training and access to our in-house training.
- Long service recognition and annual leave increase after 5 years’ service.
- Branded uniform
- Charities of the Year programme, Army Sport sponsors and community engagement initiatives
Location: Heathrow
Salary: £36,000 per annum…
Chassis Convertor
JB473: Chassis Convertor
Location: Westbury
Salary: £31,000 to £33,400 per annum
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently supporting one of our established and expanding businesses in the search for a Chassis Convertor.
Our client encourage applications from ex-Military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities for the Chassis Convertor:
- Modify and convert vehicle chassis to meet specific customer or manufacturer requirements
- Carry out chassis extensions, shortening, reinforcements, and structural alterations
- Fit subframes, crossmembers, mounting brackets, and body supports
- Read and interpret engineering drawings, build sheets, and technical specifications
- Perform cutting, welding, drilling, and fabrication work to a high standard
- Install mechanical and electrical components required for chassis conversions
Skills and Qualifications for the Chassis Convertor:
- You will need to have previous experience as a Chassis Converter
- A resilient person is someone who has strong coping skills and can draw on these when life presents challenges.
- To ensure personal and team success, being motivated is essential and is a key part of your role and it is part of being a brilliant team player.
- Precision in carrying our installations to ensure safety and performance standards.
- Ability to prioritize and complete tasks within timeframes to meet customer demands and maintain efficiency.
Benefits for the Chassis Convertor:
- Overtime opportunities paid at 1.5 basic hourly rate.
- Saturdays paid at overtime
- A day off for your Birthday
- 20 days of annual leave per year plus Bank Holidays
- Four times death in service benefit
- Branded uniform and boot allowance.
- Working for an official Great Place to Work™️ and UK Best Workplace for three years running!
- Working for a Best UK Workplace for Wellbeing
- Working for a UK Best Workplace for Development.
- Recipients of the Bronze Award under the Armed Forces Covenant.
- Auto-enrolment pension
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay policies
- Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP and 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion)
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Toolbox insurance
- Reward and recognition programmes, including our annual Group Awards
- Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities
- Manufacturer training and access to our in-house training and development opportunities
- Long service recognition and increased annual leave after 5 completed years or service.
Location: Westbury
Salary: £31,000 to £33,400 per annum…
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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Field Based Commercial Boiler Engineer
MS626 – Field Based Commercial Boiler Engineer
Location: Manchester / Covering Yorkshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire
Salary: £45,000 per annum + overtime + on call allowance
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.
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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Warehouse Shift Manager
JB472: Warehouse Shift Manager
Location: Nottingham
Salary: £35,000 – £37,500 per annum
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently supporting one of our established and expanding businesses in the search for a Warehouse Shift Manager
Our client encourage applications from ex-Military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities for the Warehouse Shift Manager:
- Lead daily pre-shift briefings, communicating priorities, performance updates and safety reminders.
- Support a positive, collaborative working environment through clear expectations and respectful communication.
- Motivate operatives, offering coaching, encouragement and guidance.
- Provide feedback to team members and support multi-skilling and on-the-job training.
- Promote colleague wellbeing, responding fairly and promptly to concerns.
- Enforce Health & Safety working practices and initiative, and ensure the shift operates in a safe, tidy and compliant environment.
- Manage the workflow across picking, packing, goods-in, put-away and dispatch activities.
- Allocate labour effectively to meet operational targets and respond to volume fluctuations.
- Monitor shift KPIs (order accuracy, productivity, timeliness) and adjust workflow in real time.
- Uphold 5S standards, ensuring workspaces remain safe, organised and efficient.
- Conduct spot checks, audits and quality controls to maintain accuracy, compliance and a safe working environment.
- Troubleshoot delays, shortages, mis-picks or equipment issues promptly.
- Prepare accurate shift reports and handovers to the next shift.
- Support continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies and suggesting solutions.
Skills and Qualifications for the Warehouse Shift Manager:
Essential:
- Proven experience in warehouse supervisor, leader or logistics management (supervisory level or above).
- Background in 3PL/warehouse management
- Strong leadership, communication, and people management skills.
- Good understanding of warehouse processes, stock control, and systems.
- Excellent time management, organisation and prioritisation skills.
- Knowledge of health & safety standards and manual handling regulations.
- Ability to analyze performance data and implement improvements.
- Flexible, problem-solving mindset with ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to optimise workflow and resource allocation.
- A keen eye for detail and the ability to understand, follow, and champion company procedures.
Preferred:
- Ability to train and develop staff while maintaining high engagement levels.
- Experience in labour management and task planning for a team.
- Understanding of relevant warehouse technologies.
- Certification in Health & Safety or Warehouse Management.
Location: Nottingham
Salary: £35,000 – £37,500 per annum…
Production Operator
MS651 – Production Operator
Location: Eye, Suffolk
Salary: £31,000 – £40,000 DOE + Benefits
Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Production Operator on behalf of one of our clients.
Assisting the Production Team Leader in the safe and efficient running of the plant, you will undertake technical and operational duties, which include plant monitoring and maintenance to ensure maximum plant availability and performance. The successful candidate will be joining the operations team, which works a shift system covering 24 hours operation, 7 days a week. You will work an average of 38 hours a week.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To execute operational and ‘frontline’ maintenance activities in accordance with the approved processes and procedures.
- To investigate plant problems and identify solutions.
- To prepare technical reports and maintain appropriate records within recognised systems.
- To complete accurate and concise shift handovers.
- To work as an integral part of the shift team ensuring the safe and effective operations of the plant.
- To carry out operational routines and inspections.
- To ensure safe working practices and procedures are adhered to.
- To support the Production Team Leader in preparation of safety documents.
- To assist and cover duties within the fuel and ash production teams.
Skills and Qualifications:
- You will ideally have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in the power utility sector.
- Mechanical or electrical skills, including fault finding techniques.
- This position requires a high degree of flexibility, self-motivation & the ability to work well as part of a team.
Benefits:
- Shift pattern averaging 38 hours a week.
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays – increasing with service.
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme – 5% matched contributions, increasing with service.
- Long service award after 10 years plus.
- Life cover, four times basic salary.
- Following successful completion of probation period – Private Healthcare cover, Cycle to work and EV salary sacrifice scheme.
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HGV Class 2 Driver
JB471: HGV Class 2 Driver
Location: Truro
Class 2 driver – £31,000 – £32,000
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently supporting one of our established and expanding businesses in the search for a class 2 Removal Driver / Porter.
The removal driver / porter is to carry out removal and storage work using company vehicles and equipment and to represent the company in the best light to customers.
Duties and Responsibilities for the HGV Class 2 Driver:
- To carry out UK direct road removals as part of a removal team.
- To assist as part of a packing or unpacking team on deep-sea exports or imports of household goods
- To carry out UK commercial and office road removals and storage
- To act as Job Foreman on the above activities when required
- To load and unload storage containers from company vehicles when required using forklift truck (subject to authorisation and certification)
- To ensure that all schedules agreed with customers are maintained, or where this is not possible to ensure that branch management and customer are kept aware of any required change to schedule.
- To assist as part of a packing or unpacking team on deep-sea exports or imports of household goods
- To ensure that all paperwork related to daily activities is completed in an accurate and timely manner and returned to the office in a timely manner
- To ensure that company vehicles and equipment are kept in a tidy, serviceable and roadworthy state
- To act as the first point of contact for the customer when acting as Job Foreman
Skills and Qualifications for the HGV Class 2 Driver:
- Class 2 (Cat C) Driving licence (Clean)
- CPC and digi tacho
- Physically fit and able
- Strong communication skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Willing to nights away
Location: Truro
Class 2 driver – £31,000 – £32,000…
HGV Class 1 Driver
JB470: HGV Class 1 Driver
Location: Truro
Salary: £36,000 – £38,000 per annum
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently supporting one of our established and expanding businesses in the search for a class 1 Removal Driver / Porter.
The removal driver / porter is to carry out removal and storage work using company vehicles and equipment and to represent the company in the best light to customers.
Duties and Responsibilities for the HGV Class 1 Driver:
- To carry out UK and European direct road removals as part of a removal team.
- To assist as part of a packing or unpacking team on deep-sea exports or imports of household goods
- To carry out UK commercial and office road removals and storage
- To act as Job Foreman on the above activities when required
- To load and unload storage containers from company vehicles when required using forklift truck (subject to authorisation and certification)
- To ensure that all schedules agreed with customers are maintained, or where this is not possible to ensure that branch management and customer are kept aware of any required change to schedule.
- To assist as part of a packing or unpacking team on deep-sea exports or imports of household goods
- To ensure that all paperwork related to daily activities is completed in an accurate and timely manner and returned to the office in a timely manner
- To ensure that company vehicles and equipment are kept in a tidy, serviceable and roadworthy state
- To act as the first point of contact for the customer when acting as Job Foreman
Skills and Qualifications for the HGV Class 1 Driver:
- Class 1 (Cat C+E) Driving licence (Clean)
- CPC and digi tacho
- Physically fit and able
- Strong communication skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Willing to nights away
Location: Truro
Salary: £36,000 – £38,000 per annum…
Forklift Workshop Engineer
JG260 – Workshop Forklift Engineer
Location: East Kilbride
Salary: £30,000 – £37,500 + Overtime + Benefits
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Forklift Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.
The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out routine maintenance and repairs to long/short term machines and customers owned equipment. Ensuring best practice with quality and professionalism are met at all times and to maintain customer satisfaction.
Our client strongly encourages applications from ex-military personnel however, all candidates will be considered.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Servicing and repair of forklift trucks and other lifting equipment.
- Carrying out routine maintenance.
- Checking oil and fuel levels.
- Checking all related hoses and connections.
- Steering and brake checks.
- Basic electrical checks – brake lights etc.
- Liaising with customers regarding their individual requirements.
- Submit accurate parts requisition information to Head Office.
- Acting as the face of the company and therefore acting as a brand ambassador.
Skills and Qualifications:
- A good mechanical engineering background is essential.
- Customer focused.
- Ability to work as part of a team or on an individual basis where required.
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written.
- Experience with forklift trucks, military, agricultural or plant equipment is highly desirable.
- Full UK driving licence.
Location: East Kilbride
Salary: £30,000 – £37,500 + Overtime + Benefits…
HGV Technician
JB469: HGV Technician
Location: Grantham
Salary: £19.50 per hour
Hours: 40 hours per week including 30 mins paid break. Mon-Fri 6am-2pm/Mon – Fri 2pm-10pm alternate weeks.
Overview
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a HGV Technician 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 for the HGV Technician:
- Performing major and minor repairs to heavy goods vehicles, trailers and other vehicles.
- Performing regular inspection and general preventive maintenance services such as tyre rotation and oil changes.
- Maintaining inventory in the workshop and cleanliness from oil spills and dust
- Working with repair teams to help diagnose and plan repairs for the vehicles.
- Maintaining records of vehicles that have been repaired or handled.
- Providing repair services to clients on the road in case of emergencies.
- Completing relevant documentation and paperwork as required and providing warranty claims or escalating them to higher management.
Skills and Qualifications for the HGV Technician:
- You will need to be level 3 (NVQ or City and Guilds or IMI Qualification) in HGV Vehicle Repair and maintenance.
- You will need the ability to identify worn and faulty components in accordance with the DVSA Standards
- UK driving license for the relevant vehicle classes
Benefits for the HGV Technician:
- Overtime opportunities paid at X 1.5 basic hourly rate
- Saturdays paid at overtime.
- An extra day off for your Birthday
- 20 days of annual leave per year PLUS Bank Holidays
- Four times death in service benefit
- Branded uniform and boot allowance
- Working for Motor Trader’s ‘Employer of the Year’.
- Working for an official Great Place to Work™️ and UK Best Workplace.
- Working for a Best UK Workplace for Wellbeing and Development.
- Awarded Armed Forces Covenant Silver Award (RLS)
- Working with our award-winning team – we are Motor Trader’s CV Employer of the Year and won silver at the internal communication and engagement awards for our new starter onboarding process.
- Recipients of the Silver Award under the Armed Forces Covenant
- Awarded Armed Forces Covenant Silver Award (RLS)
- Working with our award-winning team – we are Motor Trader’s CV Employer of the Year and won silver at the internal communication and engagement awards for our new starter onboarding process.
- Auto-enrolment pension.
- Self-development journal
- Ranked 101 in SW Business Insider’s Top 500 Companies
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay policies.
- Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP and 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion).
- Mental Health First Aiders.
- Reward and recognition programmes, including our annual awards and opportunities to attend the Wembley box as a celebration of your hard work and dedication.
- Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities.
- Manufacturer training and access to our in-house training.
- Long service recognition and annual leave increase after 5 years’ service.
- Branded uniform
- Charities of the Year programme, Army Sport sponsors and community engagement initiatives
Location: Grantham
Salary: £19.50 per hour…
