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Gemma Harfield

Senior Recruitment Partner at Astute People Ltd
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Electrical Field Service Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute are partnered with a long established, reputable company for service, maintenance and repair for waste handling and recycling equipment. Our client is looking for an Electrically bias Engineer to join their team to cover their customers within a 100 mile radius of Rugby.  The Service Engineer role comes with a salary of around £40,000 per annum plus company van, overtime opportunities and performance bonuses. If you’re a Service Engineer with electrical experience, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties: As the Field Service Engineer, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:  
  • Driving around 100 miles per day.
  • Servicing compactors and balers, quotation work and attending breakdowns.
  • Delivering a first-time fix when attending breakdowns.
  • Occasional requirements to work away and out of hours.
  • Strong teamwork skills on site/ remotely via phone calls or video calls.
  • Working with scissor lifts, dock levellers and other waste handling equipment.
  • Working with 3-phase electrics and display excellent safety understanding.
    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:
  • 3-phase electrics experience.
  • Background in maintenance.
  • Road experience required.
  • Open to a variety of skill sets – multi-skilled, competent engineers preferred.
  • Ability to follow electrical drawings and provide phone support to other engineers.
    Personal skills The Service Engineer role would suit someone who has:
  • Flexibility to accommodate overnight stays, early starts, and late finishes to meet client and business needs.
  • A UK driving licence
  • Good customer service skills
    Salary and benefits of the Electrical Field Service Engineer role
  • Salary of around £40,000 + overtime, performance bonus and zero sickness bonus.
  • Performance based pay structure – chance to grow and learn
  • Mobile and van supplied.
  • 20 days annual leave and Bank Holiday (Increases after 5 years’ service).
  • Cash incentives for performance/ attendance and stand-by.
  • Full training provided.
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Technical Sales Manager - Marine & Offshore
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute’s Nuclear team is collaborating with the leading provider of sealing solutions for cable and pipe transits to recruit a Technical Sales Manager in the central belt of Scotland. The Technical Sales Manager role will involve working with OEM and O&G customers in the Marine and Offshore industry to further develop the company’s brand and generate new business. This role is hybrid working and comes with a company car and a generous bonus structure. If you’re an experienced Technical Sales Manager and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.     Responsibilities and duties    Reporting to the Divisional Manager you will:   
  • Identify and target marine & offshore projects within offshore oil & gas and maritime sectors, focusing on key decision makers such as owners, operators, engineers, and contractors.
  • Develop new business and grow brand presence through specifications and client-approved lists, targeting O&G and OEM customers.
  • Maintain and expand client base by identifying new clients and offering tailored solutions to maximize market potential.
  • Drive sales growth by presenting solutions to engineers, offering technical support, and promoting products via site visits and industry events.
  • Manage sales objectives, customer contacts, and provide accurate market information, ensuring effective forecasting and pre-sales technical guidance.
    Professional qualifications     We are looking for someone with the following:   
  • University degree or equivalent, with industry-specific experience considered.
  • Proven sales experience presenting complex technical solutions to decision makers and specifying engineers.
  • Established relationships with owner/operators, engineering, contracting, and design firms in the oil and gas OEM sector.
  • Strong knowledge of civil construction, electrical, controls, automation, and mechanical systems in the target sector.
  • Experience in business development, creating structured plans, and managing long-term, complex sales projects.
    Personal skills     The Technical Sales Manager role would suit someone who is:   
  • Effective networking skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written and oral).
  • Proven ability and confidence to prepare and present solutions and strategies to groups of co-workers, clients, or prospects.
  • Willingness to work away from home for periods during the working week to serve the UK market.
  • Ability to travel internationally on occasion. 
    Salary and benefits of the Technical Sales Manager role    
  • Salary ranges from £40,000 - £55,000 DOE
  • Company car
  • Up to 40% bonus structure
  • Pension contribution, healthcare package and anniversary bonus
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Project Manager - E-2025-01
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute are partnered with Capula, part of the EDF Group, a long-established and highly reputable system integration specialist operating across energy, water, renewables and manufacturing sectors. Due to continued growth, Capula are looking for a Project Manager to join their Energy team, based in Stone with flexible working available. This is a delivery-focused role managing upgrade and modification projects for Transmission substation protection and control systems, primarily for National Grid and other Power Transmission clients. As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for delivering complex engineering projects safely, on time, within budget, and to customer expectations.   Responsibilities and duties of the Project Manager role As the Project Manager, you will be:  
  • Managing multiple projects ranging from £50K to £2M from start to finish
  • Delivering projects to scope, budget, quality, and programme targets
  • Owning full financial responsibility for assigned projects
  • Managing subcontractors and external suppliers
  • Leading multi-disciplinary teams (hardware, software, installation engineers)
  • Running client progress and review meetings
  • Ensuring full compliance with QEHS requirements across all projects
  • Identifying and managing commercial and technical risks early
  • Supporting project delivery using planning and scheduling tools
  • Helping secure future work through strong client relationships and delivery performance
  Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  
  • Project management experience in an engineering environment
  • Ideally experience in Power Transmission / regulated industries
  • Strong experience using Microsoft Project for planning and scheduling
  • Ability to manage subcontractors and complex project delivery
  • Strong commercial awareness and risk management skills
  • Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel / stay away when required
  • Strong track record of delivering projects to time, cost, and quality
  • Experience working with NEC3 / NEC4 contracts
Desirable:
  • APM qualification (or working towards it)
  • Experience in bid work / project proposals
Personal Skills The Project Manager role would suit someone who is:  
  • Strong communicator with internal and external stakeholders
  • Commercially aware and detail focused
  • A confident leader with team management experience
  • Organised and able to manage multiple projects
  • Proactive in identifying and resolving issues
  • Calm under pressure and delivery focused
Salary and benefits of the Project Manager role
  • Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
  • 28 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Private healthcare
  • Lifestyle screening
  • Salary sacrifice schemes
  • Mental health assistance programme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Green car scheme
  • Support toward professional registration (IEng / CEng) and paid membership fees
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Site Technician - E-2025-05
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute are partnered with Capula, part of the EDF Group, a long-established and highly reputable system integration specialist operating across energy, water, renewables and manufacturing sectors. Due to continued growth, Capula are looking for a Site Technician to join their Energy team, based from Stone with regular UK site travel. This is a hands-on site role focused on installation, wiring, and testing of protection and control systems across transmission, distribution, and power generation projects. As a Site Technician, you will ensure systems are installed, tested, and ready for commissioning to a high standard, working closely with site and engineering teams.   Responsibilities and duties of the Site Technician role As the Site Technician, you will be:  
  • Wiring and assembling protection and control systems on site
  • Installing and terminating cables (multicore, paired, copper, fibre)
  • Building cubicles, frameworks, and cable management systems
  • Supporting build and test of hardware rigs
  • Working with Site Managers to prepare materials and deliverables
  • Completing electrical testing including:
    • Insulation resistance
    • Earth bond continuity
    • Point-to-point wiring checks
    • HV withstand and safety checks
  • Carrying out quality checks and updating ITP documentation
  • Logging and resolving site issues with engineering teams
  • Supporting commissioning readiness and handover
  • Working safely on test rigs and completing isolations
  • Travelling and staying away at UK customer sites when required
Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:  
  • 1+ year site wiring or installation experience
  • EC&I / electrical installation experience (substations or protection systems preferred)
  • Ability to read electrical drawings and wiring schedules
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Willingness to travel and stay away
Desirable:
  • Apprenticeship trained
  • Mechanical assembly experience
  • National Grid site experience
  • SSSTS, 18th Edition, PASMA or similar tickets
  • LOTO / Arc Flash / Confined Space awareness
Personal Skills The Site Technician role would suit someone who is:  
  • Hands-on and detail focused
  • Safety conscious and reliable
  • Able to work independently and in a team
  • Good communicator on site
  • Organised and methodical
  • Flexible with travel and working away
  Salary and benefits of the Site Technician role
  • Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
  • 28 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Private healthcare
  • Lifestyle screening
  • Salary sacrifice schemes
  • Mental health assistance programme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Green car scheme
  • Support toward professional registration (IEng / CEng) and paid membership fees
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Customer Service Advisor
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute’s Nuclear team is collaborating with the leading provider of sealing solutions for cable and pipe transits to recruit a Customer Service Advisor to support with their daily operations. The Customer Service Advisor role will combine customer service duties, order processing, aftersales and logistic support as well as invoicing and credit control processes. The position offers a generous bonus scheme and a chance for growth. If you’re an experienced Customer Service Advisor and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.                      Responsibilities and duties: As the Customer Service Advisor, you will be:
  • Handle incoming enquiries via calls and emails, providing quotations, technical documentation, and general customer support.
  • Manage order processing through the ERP system, oversee logistics, and ensure timely delivery of goods.
  • Coordinate invoicing, credit control, and aftersales communication to ensure smooth payment and customer satisfaction.
  • Support internal and external sales teams and perform general office administration to maintain an excellent customer experience.
    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Experience using an ERP system (IFS preferred)  
  • Ability and confidence to prepare and present solutions and strategies to groups of co-workers, clients or prospects.
    Personal skills The Customer Service Advisor role would suit someone who has:
  • Excellent communication and time management skills
  • Desire to grow within a company
  • Ability to use Microsoft programs
    Salary and benefits of the Customer Service role
  • A salary of up to £30,000
  • 20-40% bonus paid quarterly
  • Pension contribution, healthcare package and anniversary bonus 
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Technical Sales Manager - Power and Process
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute’s Nuclear team is working with a global leader in modular-based sealing solutions for cables and pipes, renowned for innovation, customer focus, and sustainable growth. We’re recruiting for a Technical Sales Manager – Power & Process Industry, to cover the UK market. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, with the opportunity to drive business development, influence specifications with leading engineering firms, and build strong relationships across the process industry, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. If you’re a technically minded sales professional with proven experience presenting complex solutions and building long-term client partnerships, this is your chance to shape growth in a key sector for a world-class engineering business.                     Responsibilities and duties: As the Technical Sales Manager, you will:
  • Identify and target UK Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and process industry clients to expand market presence
  • Develop business opportunities with owners, operators, engineering consultancies, contractors, and resellers
  • Secure engineering specifications and approved supplier status with key organisations
  • Proactively seek new clients through structured business development and networking at industry events
  • Maintain and strengthen relationships with existing customers, ensuring excellent technical and commercial support
  • Present technical solutions to design engineers (electrical, mechanical, control, instrumentation, structural) via meetings, site visits, training, and presentations
  • Deliver targeted sales growth by executing a structured sales plan aligned with business objectives
  • Provide pre-sales technical advice and input on bespoke product solutions where required
  • Manage sales pipeline, forecasting, and reporting using CRM tools
  • Contribute market intelligence to support product planning and strategic growth initiatives
  • Represent the company and its values at industry forums and events
    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:
  • A relevant degree (Engineering, Technical, or Business) — or equivalent experience in technical sales
  • Proven sales experience, ideally selling complex technical or engineered solutions
  • Existing relationships with UK owner/operators, contractors, and design firms desirable
  • Knowledge of civil construction, electrical, mechanical, controls, or automation systems within the process or power sectors
  • Strong business development skills with a consultancy-style approach
  • Excellent networking and interpersonal skills, with confidence presenting to technical decision-makers
  • Ability to manage long-term, complex sales cycles through to successful completion
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to develop and deliver a sales/business plan
    Personal skills The Technical Sales Manager role would suit someone who is:
  • Self-motivated, ambitious, and results-driven
  • Technically credible with a commercial mindset
  • Confident and proactive in networking and building client relationships
  • Skilled at simplifying complex technical solutions for non-technical audiences
  • Comfortable working independently while contributing to team success
  • Flexible and willing to travel within the UK (with occasional international trips)
    Salary and benefits of the Technical Sales Manager role  
  • £45,000 – £55,000 depending on experience
  • Performance-related bonus
  • Company car / car allowance
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Pension contribution scheme
  • Private healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • Career development and international opportunities
  • Supportive, innovative, and customer-focused team culture
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Multi-Skilled Service Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astute are partnered with a long established, reputable company for service, maintenance and repair for waste handling and recycling equipment. Our client is looking for a Multi-Skilled Engineer to join their team to cover servicing their customers within the North of England and Scotland.  The Service Engineer role comes with a salary of up to £40,000 per annum plus company van, overtime opportunities and performance bonuses. If you’re a Service Engineer with mechanical and fabrication experience, then submit your CV to apply today.                   Responsibilities and duties: As the Multi-Skilled Field Service Engineer, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:  
  • Driving around 100 miles per day.
  • Servicing waste handling equipment, quotation work and attending breakdowns.
  • Delivering a first-time fix when attending breakdowns.
  • Occasional requirements to work away and out of hours.
  • Strong teamwork skills on site/ remotely via phone calls or video calls.
  • Working with compactors, balers, and other waste handling equipment.
  • Once trained, working with 3-phase electrics and display excellent safety understanding.
    Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Mechanically strong.
  • 3-phase electrics experience (used to working on equipment).
  • Background in maintenance.
  • Road experience required.
  • Open to a variety of skill sets – multi-skilled, competent engineers preferred.
  • Ability to follow electrical drawings and provide phone support to other engineers.
  • Knowledge of compactors and balers ideal but not essential.
  • Ability to do basic stick welding would beneficial.
    Personal skills The Service Engineer role would suit someone who has:
  • Flexibility to accommodate overnight stays, early starts, and late finishes to meet client and business needs.
  • A UK driving licence
  • Good customer service skills
    Salary and benefits of the Multi-Skilled Service Engineer role
  • Salary of up to £40,000 + overtime, performance bonus and zero sickness bonus.
  • Performance based pay structure – chance to grow and learn
  • Mobile and van supplied.
  • 20 days annual leave and Bank Holiday (Increases after 5 years’ service).
  • Cash incentives for performance/ attendance and stand-by.
  • Full training provided.
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Electrical Controls Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Black Hat Supervisor
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Astute’s Nuclear team is exclusively partnered with a speciality lifting and handling equipment business, acting as the lifting principal contractor on Hinkley Point C to recruit a Black Hat Supervisor/Mechanical Superindendent for its Hinkley Point C project.

 

The Mechanical Superindendent will play a critical role in holding responsibility for the assembly, installation, commissioning and maintenance direction and comes with a base salary upto £75,000 depending on experience and a wealth of opportunity to work on prestigious nuclear projects in the UK.

 

If you’re a Mechanical Supervisor with gantry or crane experience, and are looking for work then submit your CV to apply today.

 

               

Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to the Construction Manager you will:
  • Supervising lifting execution of site / compound activities on and off HPC site.
  • Responsible for control and day to day management of the labour and plant resources to achieve targets
  • Interface with management, and other 3rd party black hats in interfacing works areas on site matters
  • Day to day management of site labour resources and delivering pre work briefings for safety. Setting labour to work on time, controlling breaktimes and return to the workface and working up to the stipulated end of shift). Maintaining records of labour performance and punctuality and reporting to manager.
  • Consistent review of all work locations to identify and control any potential departure from approved drawings and procedures.

 

Professional qualifications

 

We are looking for someone with the following:

  • A Mechanical Engineering background, holding a qualification to a minimum of HNC/NVQ Level 3, etc.
  • CCNSG Safety Passport.
  • SSSTS/IOSH Managing Safely  

 

Personal skills

 

The Black Hat Supervisor role would suit someone who is:

  • Worked in a heavy industrial setting (Power generation, aerospace, rail, nuclear, steel forging, manufacturing, heavy lifting) on cranes.
  • Worked in a maintenance, installation, assembly, servicing setting.

 

 

Salary and benefits of the Black Hat Supervisor role

 

  • A salary upto £75,000 depending on experience
  • Overtime where desired
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.

 

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Mechanical Contract Manager
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent