Role: Interim/Contract Engineering Manager
Salary: £Neg
Hours: Mon-Fri, core hours 08:30 – 17:00 (must be flexible depending on business needs)
Location: Marden, Kent
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
KHR is working with a growing and well-established engineering and manufacturing business, is currently recruiting for a short-term Interim/Contract Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering function.
Our client is looking for someone who can hit the ground running and is comfortable leading a multidisciplinary engineering function, covering mechanical, electronics, software and physics/systems. The candidate must have strong people management experience, alongside the ability to provide leadership and structure to the team, oversee current engineering priorities, and work closely with manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities
– Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across different areas of engineering.
– Manage recruitment, appraisals, performance, coaching and ongoing development of engineers.
– Manage multidisciplinary engineering projects, ensuring technical, quality, cost and delivery requirements are met.
– Provide hands-on technical leadership, problem-solving and engineering decision-making.
– Support engineering strategy, innovation, resource planning and continuous improvement.
- Oversee engineering resources and priorities, ensuring teams are effectively allocated across multiple projects and business requirements.
- Identify and manage technical risks, supporting design reviews, technical trade-offs and ensuring engineering solutions meet standards.
What We're Looking For
– Strong Engineering Management level experience.
– Proven leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams, across multiple areas of engineering/manufacturing
– Genuine people management experience, including recruitment, performance management and development.
– Experience working closely with manufacturing and production.
– Ideally from electronics, medical, defence, software, scientific or another complex engineering environment.
– A hands-on and technically engaged leadership style rather than purely strategic experience.
– Degree-qualified in Engineering, Physics or a related discipline.
At KHR, we take care to ensure that you are represented as well as possible, so it is worth checking your CV for layout, spelling and grammar as well as making sure it is up to date before you submit. If you feel you need to highlight particular qualifications, skills or relevant experience with regard to a specific role, then please add a cover letter or a preface page. This does not need to be formatted in the same manner. In addition, if your CV is heavy with graphics, etc, please could you also submit a "clean" copy in Word. Thank you.
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Role: Engineering Manager
Salary: £65,000 – £75,000 DOE + Bonus (potentially higher for the right candidate)
Hours: Mon-Fri, core hours 08:30 – 17:00 (must be flexible depending on business needs)
Location: Marden, Kent
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
KHR is working with a growing and well-established engineering and manufacturing business to recruit an experienced technical Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering function.
The role will focus on leading and developing the engineering team, overseeing NPI/NPD projects from concept through to design and manufacturing, while also improving engineering processes. The successful candidate will be hands-on, commercially minded and comfortable working across multiple areas of the business.
Key Responsibilities
– Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams across different areas of engineering.
– Manage recruitment, appraisals, performance, coaching and ongoing development of engineers.
– Oversee NPI/NPD from concept/design through to manufacturing.
– Manage multidisciplinary engineering projects, ensuring technical, quality, cost and delivery requirements are met.
– Improve engineering processes, governance, documentation and ways of working.
– Work closely with Manufacturing and Production to support successful product development and industrialisation.
– Provide hands-on technical leadership, problem-solving and engineering decision-making.
– Support engineering strategy, innovation, resource planning and continuous improvement.
- Oversee engineering resources and priorities, ensuring teams are effectively allocated across multiple projects and business requirements.
- Identify and manage technical risks, supporting design reviews, technical trade-offs and ensuring engineering solutions meet standards.
- Develop engineering capability and best practice, introducing structured design methodologies, configuration control and lessons learned to improve product quality and reliability.
What We're Looking For
– Strong Engineering Management level experience.
– Strong NPI/NPD and product life cycle experience.
– Proven leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams, across multiple areas of engineering/manufacturing
– Genuine people management experience, including recruitment, performance management and development.
– Experience working closely with manufacturing and production.
– Ideally from electronics, medical, defence, software, scientific or another complex engineering environment.
– A hands-on and technically engaged leadership style rather than purely strategic experience.
– Degree qualified in Engineering, Physics or a related discipline.
What's On Offer
– £65,000 – £75,000 salary, potentially higher DOE
– Bonus scheme
– Enhanced pension contributions
– Training and development
– Occasional international travel
- Other general benefits
At KHR, we take care to ensure that you are represented as well as possible, so it is worth checking your CV for layout, spelling and grammar as well as making sure it is up to date before you submit. If you feel you need to highlight particular qualifications, skills or relevant experience with regard to a specific role, then please add a cover letter or a preface page. This does not need to be formatted in the same manner. In addition, if your CV is heavy with graphics, etc, please could you also submit a "clean" copy in Word. Thank you.
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Freight Forwarding Customer Services Apprentice is to assist our customers' booking process and is intended to support and expand our growing business.
Learning to apply a range of skills in order to provide an excellent service to customers, including answering and responding to emails, data entry and assisting with general administrative duties:
This role is an ongoing learning role within a busy Freight Forwarding company, with opportunities to progress.
Assisting the general administration of the customer booking process
Data entry of work in NetFreight (Operational System)
Development of Knowledge of Air, Sea and Road Freight markets and procedures
Airline bookings, preparation of export documentation
Liaising with transport
Department to book collections, deliveries, airport transfers etc.
Support the business in maintaining a positive and enjoyable working experience, aligned with our culture and values
Working openly and collaboratively in a small operational team, good communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise and organise your workload are essential
A major aspect of the role will require communication with customers directly, so a positive attitude and friendly professional demeanour are also critical
Training:Level 3 International Freight Forwarding Specialist Apprenticeship Standard - Air Freight Pathway:
On-the-job training delivered by the employer
Apprentices without Level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment. For those with an education, health and care plan or a legacy statement, the apprenticeship English and mathematics minimum requirement is Entry Level 3
Allocation of an apprenticeship delivery coach who will carry out regular training
Assessment and support visits to ensure you acquire new learning, knowledge, skills and behaviours in order to progress and develop
Identify, track and support 6 hours of off-the-job training activities
Quarterly formal progress review meetings, identifying learning achievements and next steps
Training Outcome:Permanent position within Art and Cultural Services, full-time permanent position within the team.Employer Description:Meridian Freight Services is an International Freight Forwarding company, founded in 1982, providing transportation and consultancy services. Built on robust and sound business practises, the company has grown and evolved through several worldwide economic business cycles. Despite advances in paperless trading, our industry remains a people-orientated business. Our staff are highly valued resource, greatly appreciated by our clients. Every client knows that there is a dedicated professional looking after their interests.
Our areas of specialism include the high value artwork sector, movement of live animals, repatriation and on-airport supervision at Heathrow Airport with our BAA accredited ID Pass Scheme. Our core values of trust, loyalty and integrity centre around putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We therefore work in a highly collaborative way with the common focus of delivering operational excellence.Working Hours :Monday - Friday, between 9.00am - 5.30pm.Skills: Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Time keeping,Positive attitude,Eager to learn,Professional manner....Read more...
Interim Operations Manager
Location: Chatham
Rate: £31–£32 per hour
Contract: Interim, minimum 3 months, with potential for a permanent opportunity
Hours: Full-time, with flexibility to support a 24/7 operation
Are you an experienced Operations Manager with strong people leadership skills and a background in complex, shift-based or 24/7 environments?
We are seeking a hands-on, credible and confident Interim Operations Manager to lead and strengthen a busy 24/7 operation in Chatham. This is an initial three-month interim assignment, with the potential to transition into a permanent position for the right candidate.
You will play a key role in providing visible leadership, improving management consistency and strengthening operational performance across three essential service areas.
This is a people-focused operational leadership role. You do not need to be a technical expert in every service. Strong operational management, people leadership, and the ability to make a tangible difference quickly matter most.
The Role
Joining an established operation, you will work closely with the existing Shift Manager and wider team, drawing on their technical expertise while providing clear operational oversight, structure and accountability.
Your initial focus will be to understand the operation, identify key priorities and introduce practical improvements that strengthen performance, team engagement and service delivery.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Providing visible and confident leadership across operational teams and shifts.
- Strengthening people management, performance management and management consistency.
- Establishing clear expectations, accountability and effective management routines.
- Managing performance, conduct, attendance and capability issues in partnership with HR.
- Reviewing workforce deployment, shift arrangements and management cover.
- Improving communication and handovers across the 24/7 operation.
- Monitoring performance against KPIs, SLAs and service standards.
- Identifying and managing operational risks, incidents and service issues.
- Maintaining a strong focus on health and safety, safeguarding and service resilience.
- Working collaboratively with technical specialists and internal stakeholders.
- Identifying and embedding practical improvements to service quality, efficiency and customer outcomes.
- The objective is to leave behind stronger management practices, improved operational effectiveness and a clear plan for longer-term improvement.
About You
We are looking for an experienced operational people leader who can establish credibility quickly, take ownership and make a positive impact in an interim environment.
You will ideally have:
- Significant experience managing people within a busy operational service environment.
- Experience leading a 24/7, shift-based, time-critical or similarly complex operation.
- A strong track record of motivating, developing and managing teams.
- Experience coaching and supporting other managers.
- Confidence handling challenging performance and employee relations matters.
- Experience managing service delivery against KPIs, SLAs or defined standards.
- Strong operational judgement and decision-making skills.
- Experience in workforce planning, resource deployment and operational improvement.
- A practical understanding of health and safety, operational risk and safeguarding.
- The ability to work effectively with specialist colleagues without needing to be the technical expert.
- Experience within contact centres, control rooms, customer service, utilities, transport, logistics, security, emergency response, public services, health and care, or other complex operational environments would be relevant.
What We're Looking For
- You will be a visible, approachable and decisive leader who is comfortable getting into the details, tackling challenges and holding people accountable.
- You will be pragmatic, solutions-focused and confident joining an established operation where improvements need to be delivered quickly and sustainably.
This opportunity would suit an experienced interim manager or an operational leader looking to make a meaningful impact, with the potential to secure a permanent position following the initial assignment.
At KHR, we take care to ensure that you are represented as well as possible, so it is worth checking your CV for layout, spelling and grammar as well as making sure it is up to date before you submit. If you feel you need to highlight particular qualifications, skills or relevant experience with regard to a specific role, then please add a cover letter or a preface page. This does not need to be formatted in the same manner. In addition, if your CV is heavy with graphics, etc, please could you also submit a "clean" copy in Word. Thank you.
Knowledge House Resourcing Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. KHR - Recruitment Specialists is a trading name of Knowledge House Resourcing Ltd. Keep in touch with us online for job alerts, industry updates and market trends…
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