The role of an Insitu Project Engineer at Reekie Machining is both exciting and challenging, with responsibility for overseeing insitu projects from start to finish. Success in this role hinges on delivering high-quality results while maintaining strong customer relationships and managing the reactive nature of the service.

Key Responsibilities:

 – Machining Solutions:

* Generate customized machining solutions for non-standard projects.

* Create detailed designs, including drawings, and work orders for manufacturing jigs, fixtures, and bespoke tooling.

 – Project Estimation & Planning:

* Estimate project timelines, prepare proposals, and ensure adherence to the company’s pricing structure.

* Plan projects efficiently, considering risk, cost, and strict time constraints.

 – Customer & Team Communication:

* Manage relationships with customer accounts to enhance project success and conversion rates.

* Communicate job details clearly to the technical team using pre-job briefs.

 – Project Monitoring & Correction:

* Monitor ongoing projects, take corrective actions if necessary, and be available for calls or site visits beyond regular hours.

 – Customer Satisfaction:

* Maximize customer satisfaction through regular communication, and identify opportunities for future business.

* Conduct site visits for quoting new projects or supporting ongoing ones, requiring occasional travel and overnight stays.

 – Continuous Improvement:

* Identify opportunities to improve company processes and contribute to strategic goals.

Requirements

Essential:

 – Education: A degree in Mechanical Engineering or higher.

 – Mechanical Engineering Knowledge: Strong understanding of mechanical systems and principles.

 – Attention to Detail: A methodical, accurate, and organized approach to work.

 – Technical Skills:

* Proficient in reading and interpreting complex engineering drawings.

* Comfortable using CAD software such as AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, or SolidWorks.

 – Problem-Solving & Adaptability: Capable of making quick decisions and handling multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-changing environment.

 – Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written skills to build rapport with clients and coordinate with the internal team.

 – Driving License: Required for site visits.

 – Teamwork: Works well in a team while also managing independent projects.

 – Comfort with Uncertainty: Able to handle the unpredictability of insitu machining work.

Desirable:

 – Machining Knowledge: Broad understanding of different machining techniques, with insitu machining experience preferred.

 – Sales Experience: Experience in sales or working with clients on technical projects.

 – Faro Tracker Experience: Familiarity with Faro Tracker for precision measurement.

 – Safety Certification: Possession of a CCNSG Safety Passport.

This role is ideal for a candidate who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys hands-on engineering work, and is passionate about problem-solving and customer satisfaction.

Working hours: Normal working week is 38hrs Monday-Friday, although there will be additional hours required as dictated by workload and projects.

Benefits:

– Ongoing Learning & Development -including support for IMECHE

– Enhanced rates, if supporting machining job on site.

– Holiday entitlement, 25 days annual holidays and 8 days public holiday each holiday year.

– One additional day annual holiday for every 10 years’ service completed.

– Sick pay – up to 12 weeks full pay.

– Enter the company pension scheme immediately.

– Company pension scheme, offering 4.2% company contribution

– Staff uniform

How to apply?

Please use the link below to apply through the etalent website.

https://acpaisley.etalent.net/inpe1024-insitu-project-engineer

If you would like any further information regarding the job or would like to talk to someone about it,  please email jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk and we will get back in touch.

Join a pioneering engineering firm that leads the market in innovation, creativity and service excellence. Our commitment to integrity in everything we do and delivering “right first time” high-quality solutions set us apart in the industry. We are now seeking a proactive and skilled Machining Supervisor to lead our machine shop team and uphold our high standards.

As the Machine Shop Supervisor, you will oversee daily operations and manage the Machine Shop team. Your leadership will ensure that our work scopes are delivered to the highest specifications, achieving commercial success and customer satisfaction. You will drive the team towards surpassing our Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD) targets through class-leading processes and tools.

Responsibilities:

– Manage daily activities of the Machine Shop, Calibration and Maintenance teams, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.

– Organise and support training and development initiatives to enhance team capabilities.

– Provide technical support and oversee the maintenance programme and tooling management.

– Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and manage documentation related to equipment certifications.

– Actively participate in production meetings, preparing and aligning resources for upcoming projects.

– Lead continuous improvement efforts and support the design teams in achieving project targets.

– Manage company assets, including tooling, machines and building maintenance.

Key Requirements:

– Time-served apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

– Demonstrated problem-solving prowess and a strong track record in a leadership role.

– Excellent organisational and communication skills.

– Wide knowledge and experience of machining in both CNC and conventional.

– Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

– Proficient with MS Office and MRP systems, and working knowledge of offline programming

– Adherence to lean manufacturing principles.

– Flexible, dependable, and committed to continuous improvement and excellence.

What We Offer:

– A salary in the range £43,000 – £48,000 depending on experience.

– A chance to lead and grow a world-class service team in a supportive and challenging environment.

– 25 days annual holidays and 8 days public holiday each holiday year, with one additional day annual holiday for every 10 years’ service completed.

– Immediate inclusion into the company pension scheme, with a 4.2% company contribution.

– Ongoing Learning & Development opportunities to gain further qualifications that will lead to progression within the role.

– A role where your contributions are visible and highly impactful to our business and customer relations.

– Staff uniform

Are you ready to drive innovation and development with in  a fast pace environment? Please APPLY NOW through our dedicated online application process where you can also attach your CV.

https://acpaisley.etalent.net/mss0924-machine-shop-supervisor 

Be a part of our success story and help us push the boundaries of engineering excellence!

The Role

We are looking for CNC Machinists – Turners and Millers with experience in programming machines or who are willing and keen to learn and develop their skills to become a great machinist.  Training and support will be given to enhance employees’ skills set.

Skill Set

– Ideally you will have experience of Fanuc control system, to program, set and operate. We would also consider candidates with experience of any of the following Fanuc/Heidenhain/Fagor control systems.

– Be able to programme the machine from a drawing then machine the part with minimum supervision.

– Carry out offline programming at the work centre, training can be given to support this.

– Ability to be flexible in a dynamic working environment.

– Work on own initiative, proactive problem solvers.

– Keen to learn and develop new skills.

– Willing to work overtime at short notice.

– Physically fit.

– Good standard of English, written, spoken, and reading.

Location

The role is based at our machine shop in Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, beside Glasgow Airport.

Work Pattern

Normal working hours are as follows:

Mon–Thurs     0745hrs to 1610hrs – 10min paid tea break, 25 min unpaid lunch break

Fri                        0745hrs to 1245hrs – 10 min paid tea break

To suit short term business requirements, you may be required to work, day shift, night shift or back shift , this is a condition of the employment.

Benefits

– 37 hours per week, basic rate is £18.66/hr.

– The potential of around 300 hours overtime per year, paid at time and a half outside normal hours and double time Saturday after 12noon and all-day Sunday.

– Ongoing Learning & Development to gain further qualifications that will lead to progression within the role.  Including nationally recognised qualifications.

– Holiday entitlement, 25 days annual holidays and 8 days public holiday each holiday year.

– One additional day annual holiday for every 10 years’ service completed.

– Company pension scheme, offering 4.2% company contribution.

– Company discretionary sick pay, after first year.

– Enter the company pension scheme immediately.

– Staff uniform

– Tea and Coffee

In-situ Reserve

There is also the potential for the candidate to support our in-situ machining squad during busy periods, offering a higher rate and more hours, working at various sites throughout the UK and occasionally abroad. The rate is generally 1.5 times the machine shop rates and consist of 10-12 hour working days.

Interested in the Role?

For further information or any question, please call 0141 812 0411 or email peterslater@reekiemachining.co.uk

To apply for the post, please email a CV to jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk or send to HR Department, Reekie Machining, South Street, Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, PA4 9RL

Please include the job reference (REF: MSCNC0924) on all correspondence.

The position of Operations Manager is a senior role within the company that reports directly to the Managing Director. The Operations Manager is responsible for ensuring that operations are safe, efficient, and effective.  The role covers the management of the operations’ supervisors and all machinists. The key success criteria is to ensure that all employees have the required skill sets and are high performing.  Although much of the time will be focused on driving long term improvements, you will also be involved day to day operations and activities, primarily supporting the supervisors and allocating resources.

Activities

– Provide positive leadership and management to operations to promote a highly engaged and productive operations. Drive growth of operations team including coaching, training and recruitment.

– Responsible for all matters related to Quality, Health and Safety and Environment, and continual improvement in this area.  Support QHSE eternal consultant with audits and re-certification

– Plan insitu resources and maintain an up-to-date plan, including holiday and accrued leave approvals, supporting supervisors to ensure best use of resources, and onboarding and management of insitu contractors.

– Support insitu Project Engineers to ensure insitu projects are delivered successfully and productively.

– Responsible for actioning NCR process to ensure lessons are learned and to promote continual improvement.

– Available to take calls and make arrangements out with business hours, including weekends when supervisors are unavailable or for more serious issues.

– Responsible for ensuring maintenance of facility, machines, and equipment.

– Deliver regular toolbox talks, primarily to promote safety and to motivate and engage staff.

– Ensure all operations staff have regular reviews, and carry out disciplinaries when required with support from HR Manager

Characteristics and Behaviours

– Highly organised, disciplined, and assertive

– Excellent communicator that is influential and persuasive

– Maintains a positive attitude in challenging circumstances

– Can make decisions quickly and juggle multiple demands

Skills and Experience

– Engineering degree or time served engineer.

– Several years management experience in a manufacturing or engineering service organisation, ideally including machining

Key Performance Indicators

– Improvement in Gross Profit Percentage

– Improvement in Machinist utilisation

– Improvement to employee engagement score

Remuneration

£55-70k depending on experience and qualifications

Interested in the Role?

For further information or any question, please call 0141 812 0411 or email jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk

To apply for the post, please email a CV to jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk or send to HR Department, Reekie Machining, South Street, Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, PA4 9RL

Please include the job reference (REF: OPMA0924) on all correspondence.

Salary:   £18.66 per hour 

We are looking for Mechanical Fitters to grow the fitting department, which has a growing demand on its resource with new machines, including portable CNC, being designed and developed in the company.

Location: The role is based at our machine shop in Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, beside Glasgow Airport.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

– Be experience in putting together machine parts, installing, maintaining and repairing plants and equipment.

– Be able to assemble parts made from metals or other materials to create production equipment and machinery.

– Pay close attention to detail.

– Be able read and follow technical drawing to build machine parts with minimum supervision.

– Ability to be flexible in a dynamic working environment.

– Work on own initiative, proactive problem solvers.

– Keen to learn and develop new skills.

– Willing to work overtime at short notice.

– Physically fit.

What do I need to do the role?

The ideal candidate will have the following:

Skills and Experience – Essential:

– Time served Apprenticeship in Mechanical Fitting or similar

– Problem-solving skills.

– Highly organised, with a good attention to detail and strong sense of accountability and adaptability.

– Maintains a positive attitude in challenging circumstances.

– Ability to work on their own and as part of a team

– Be a self-starter and maximise personal effectiveness by way of continuous improvement.

– Work with a zero-defect mentality.

Work Pattern:

Normal working hours are as follows:

Mon–Thurs     0745hrs to 1610hrs – 10min paid tea break, 25 min unpaid lunch break

Fri                        0745hrs to 1245hrs – 10 min paid tea break

To suit short term business requirements, you may be required to work, day shift, night shift or back shift , this is a condition of the employment.

Benefits:

– 37 hours per week, basic rate is £18.66/hr.

– The potential of around 300 hours overtime per year, paid at time and a half outside normal hours and double time Saturday after 12noon and all-day Sunday.

– Ongoing Learning & Development to gain further qualifications that will lead to progression within the role.

– Holiday entitlement, 25 days annual holidays and 8 days public holiday each holiday year.

– One additional day annual holiday for every 10 years’ service completed.

– Enter the company pension scheme immediately.

– Company pension scheme, offering 4.2% company contribution.

– Company discretionary sick pay, after first year.

– Staff uniform

– Tea and coffee provided

In-situ Reserve

There is also the potential for the candidate to support our in-situ machining squad during busy periods, offering a higher rate and more hours, working at various sites throughout the UK and occasionally abroad. The rate is generally 1.5 times the machine shop rates and consist of 10-12 hour working days.

Interested in the Role?

For further information or any question, please call 0141 812 0411 or email peterslater@reekiemachining.co.uk

To apply for the post, please email a CV to jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk or send to HR Department, Reekie Machining, South Street, Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, PA4 9RL

Please include the job reference (REF: MECFIT0824) on all correspondence.

The Role

We are looking for dynamic machinists, who are looking to broaden their skill out on sites.  Do you enjoy a challenge and solving problems?  Do you fancy working in a wide variety of settings from nuclear power industry, oil and gas, renewables as well as aerospace, heavy industry and naval construction and refits and many more.  The work is primarily based on sites across the UK, with increasing work in Europe and Worldwide.

Then a full-time position with in Reekie Machining, Insitu Team is for you.

Skill Set

The successful candidate:

– Must be a time-served skilled machinist.  No previous experience of insitu machining is required as support to develop your skills in the insitu environment will be provided.

– Have a ‘can do’ attitude.

– Be keen to learn, adaptable and thriving on a challenge to find a solution.

– Enjoy problem solving and continually developing your skills and knowledge.

– Can work on own initiative and is a proactive problem solver.

– Work well with others and on their own.

– Build good working relationships with customers.

– Will have a rewarding job that will be part of supporting and ensuring the successes of globally significant projects.

– Will be prepared to stay away from home, jobs do vary in length.

– Have a good standard of English, written, spoken, and reading.

– Be physically fit as it can be a demanding job.

Location

Based at our machine shop in Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, beside Glasgow Airport.  The insitu role will take you across the country, Europe and Worldwide.

Salary and Benefits

– Ability to earn up to £70,000 per year.

– Accrued Leave, accumulated at 0.1hrs per hour worked on site, paid at basic shop rate.

– The basic shop rate is £18.66/hr, enhanced rates for work on site, including dayshift, nightshift, offshore and more.

– Overtime is paid at time and a half outside normal hours and double time Saturday after 12noon and all-day Sunday.

– Holiday entitlement, 25 days annual holidays and 8 days of public holidays each holiday year, all paid at holiday rate. (Based on the last 52 worked weeks)

– One additional day annual holiday for every 10 years’ service completed.

– Company discretionary sick pay, after first year.

– Company pension scheme, offering 4.2% company contribution.

– Enter the company pension scheme immediately.

– Staff uniform

– Tea and coffee

Not Local, No problem

We invite applications from across the country, terms and conditions are in place to offer the opportunity to work for Reekie Machining, with out staying local to the base in Renfrewshire.  Further details please get in touch, details below.

Interested in the Role?

For further information or any question, please call 0141 812 0411

To apply for the post, please email a CV to jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk or send to HR Department, Reekie Machining, South Street, Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, PA4 9RL.

Please include the job reference (REF: INMA0723) on all correspondence.