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Gemma Nixon

Senior Recruitment Partner at Astute People Ltd
4.76
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Jobs
Structural Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astuteโ€™s Nuclear team is partnering with one of the leading providers of multidiscipline services across key nuclear projects within the UK to recruit a Civil / Structural Engineer for one of their major projects in the Bristol area. The strategically important Civil/ Structural Engineer position comes with a competitive salary of up to ยฃ50,000, a hybrid working model and other benefits. If youโ€™re an experienced Civil/ Structural Engineer with design experience supporting within the UK nuclear sector, then upload your CV to apply today. ย  ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  Responsibilities and duties of the Structural Engineer role You will be involved in a wide range of activities undertaken by our site-based teams, which will include: ย 
  • Modifying reinforced concrete or steel structure designs compliant with the ETC-C or other relevant Eurocodes and project methodology.
  • Checking and coordinating the detailing activities with CAD designers or other engineers in preparation of 3D BIM rebar model and/or 2D drawings of reinforced concrete or steel structures.
  • Managing engineering changes in line with company/project procedures and QA process.
  • Assessing the response to field changes requests, field information requests or site non-conformance coming from the civil works contractors.
  • Liaising with other stakeholders of site engineering team or construction team for clarification on the site request
  • Technical review and acceptance of contractor deliverables.
  • Site walkdowns and inspection.
  • Other duties as required.
ย  ย  Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:
  • 3-5 years experience working in a design role across civils/ structural engineering projects, ideally within the UK nuclear sector or construction industries.
  • Civils, steels or concrete experience is essential.
  • Working knowledge of the detailed design phases and how this is transitioned to the
  • construction phase
  • Able to gain clearance for work on-site.
ย  Salary and benefits of the Civil/ Structural Engineer role
  • Basic Salary of up to ยฃ50,000 DOE
  • Hybrid working model
  • 26 Days holiday + BH
  • Comprehensive pension scheme โ€“ 8%

Service Engineer
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Service Engineerย  - Water Treatmentย ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 

London

Up to ยฃ38,000 per annum + package

Van + fuel card

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Introduction

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We are currently recruiting for Service Engineers to join the UK No.1 specialist of Water Treatment and Water Hygiene. Working as a Specialist Engineer, this will see you travelling across Londonย and the surrounding areas.

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Roles & Responsibilities

As the Service Engineer, you will be responsible for:

  • Providing routine maintenance service to clients across Londonย and the surrounding areas
  • Attending to breakdowns, conducting fault-finding and fault rectification
  • Installation and refurbishment work
  • To undertake goods inwards inspections for arrival of equipment on site
  • To establish, maintain and develop strong client relationships and assist with customer requirements.
  • To complete service functions on all types of water treatment plant serviced and maintained by the company.
  • Full job description available on request

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Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

  • Previous water treatment experience is essential
  • An excellent work ethic and desire to develop within an established business
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team flexibly
  • Full UK Drivers License

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Salary & Package

Whatโ€™s on offer for this exciting role:

  • Up to ยฃ38,000 per annum
  • Company van + fuel card
  • Company benefit package + pension scheme
  • Excellent progression opportunities within an established and growing business.

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How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and Cover Letter to [email protected] or ring 07441391332 and ask to speak to Megan who can tell you more.

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Transport Manager
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Transport Manager

Hazardous Waste

Paisleyย  ยฃ35,000

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Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Transport Manager to join one of the industry leaders in Hazardous Waste Management Services across the UK. Supporting them at their site in Paisley, you will be responsible for ensuring safe, efficient and compliance transport operations are running at all times out of the site.ย 

What you will be doing

As the Transport Manager, reporting directly to the Operations Manager, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Running the day to day transport activities across a fleet of vehicles
  • Contribute to the delivery of targets, cash flow and budgets
  • Manage the legal requirements and monitoring of tachographs and drivers
  • Report on results, production, and driver feedback
  • Ensure all transport activities always operate within company policy and legal requirements
  • Staff training and development
  • Regular monitoring and delivery of customer service targets
  • Ensure the depot operates within company assurance procedures
  • Undertake any reasonable task of duties required

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What you will need

  • Background within Waste Management/ Hazardous Waste Management
  • Appropriate Health and Safety Qualification โ€“ IOSH, COSHH
  • CPC Certificate
  • Proven experience within a Transport Supervisory role
  • ADR Awareness

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Whatโ€™s on Offer

  • Basic Salary around ยฃ35,000ย 
  • Full training and support
  • Progression within a leading hazardous waste business

How to Apply

For more information please contact Gemma Nixon on 02392ย 222 964 or email your CV to gnixon

@astutetechnical.co.ukย to apply

Service Technician
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Service Engineer Oxfordshire ยฃ33,000 + Company Van + Overtime ย  ย  About the role: Astuteโ€™s Nuclear team is partnering with a specialist in water tech and technology services. They are recruiting for a Service Technician who ideally has experience working within the Water industry or from a hands-on operations and maintenance role. The strategically important Service Engineer role comes with a salary of up to ยฃ33,000, company vehicle & fuel card, with overtime and commission available. If youโ€™re an experienced Service Engineer with previous working knowledge of the water industry and are looking to work for an organization that is a versatile player in the water industry, then upload your CV to apply today. ย  ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  Responsibilities and duties: Reporting to the Field Service Manager you will:
  • The maintenance, service and repair of various specialist water treatment equipment including standard base exchange, filtration, deionisation, reverse osmosis, and laboratory water treatment products.
  • Installation, removal, and commissioning of the equipment on-site.
  • Understand the water treatment process, product, and technical issues with an ability to fault find using first line investigation techniques.
  • Contribute to financial sales targets by recommending and quoting the necessary added value spares, refurbishments, and consumable items to maintain the customer's equipment in optimum operating condition.
  • Performing out of hours and breakdown cover when required.
  • Assisting clients with technical faults.
  • Completing risk assessments, activity reports and other documentation as required.
  • Offering after sales technical support.
ย  ย  Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Minimum Level 3ย Engineering qualification
  • Full UK Driving license
  • Industrial maintenance experience ideally within the water industry
ย  ย  Personal skills: The Senior Authorised Person role would suit someone who has:
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Willingness to learn
ย  ย  Salary and benefits of the role:
  • Up to ยฃ33,000
  • Company van & fuel card
  • Overtime
  • Laptop, mobile, PPE
  • 5% commission on all successful parts quotes
ย  ย  How to apply? To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to [email protected]ย or call 02392 288 217 to speak to Sam McSheaffrey who can tell you more. ย  INDNUC

Administrator
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Job Purpose

To ensure a good flow of office procedures and support the team leader by carrying out common office duties. Maintain a positive and friendly company image by acting as the first line of contact to customers, visitors and vendors in person, online, and via telephone.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Daily handling & management of a service mailbox

  • Quotation creation for:

  • Renewal of Service Agreements

  • Requests for site visits ย 

  • Spare Parts

  • Calibration requirements

  • Management of opportunities within CRM including following up opportunities with the client.

  • Order acceptance & handling within SAP โ€“ working withย  3rd party vendors

  • Resource planning of engineers for site visits and inhouse work โ€“ ensuring the resource planning tool is always up to date

  • Booking travel requirements for engineering team

  • Invoicing and managing customer billing plans within SAP and various customer portals

  • Completing margin analysis for life cycle agreements and site work this includes checking time booking within SAP to ensure hours are booked correctly as per the quotation or external work report

  • Producing monthly reports for order book management

  • Raising purchase requisitions for 3rd party parts and services from vendor quotations

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Required Qualifications, Skills and experience

  • Must have a minimum of three to five years experience working within a service department

  • Strong attention to detail

  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to multitask

  • Exceptional communication and customer service skills

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office

  • SAP knowledge (essential)

  • CRM experience (preferred)

  • Strong prioritisation and organisation skills with the ability to handle confidential information

  • High personal drive for continuous improvement

  • Potential and desire to progress and develop

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QHSE Supervisor
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent

Operations Manager
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Operations Manager - Bargeddie Requisition ID 50127 Posting Start Date 06-Jan-2023 Posting End Date 06-Feb-2023 JOB DETAIL

Our Vision is to be the UKโ€™s leading innovator of resource recovery and recycling, transforming waste for a climate-positive future.

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Are you someone who lives and breathes high performance, leads with ambition, and would like to be part of an organisation that looks after tomorrow?ย  Viridor has a redefined purpose, a bold new Vision, and an ambitious, market-leading strategy. We are investing in the future, and we need a talented team with exceptional people, who believe in each other, to help us achieve this.

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Join us, as we rise to the challenge andย build a world where nothing goes to waste

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Energy Recovery Facilities are vital in supporting the UKโ€™s ambition to reduce waste in an efficient and effective manner, helping to reduce the impact of waste on climate change. After reducing, reusing and recycling as much as possible, our Energy Recovery Facilities (ERFs) provide the infrastructure to efficiently recover energy from residual waste, meaning landfill becomes the last resort.ย 

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We have an opportunity in Bargeddie for an Operations Manager to join our team. working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

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The salary for this role will beย ยฃ60,850.00ย per year,ย plusย participation in a yearly bonus scheme, in addition to our great range of benefits.

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About the role

As our Operations Manager, you will provide leadership of the site to drive safety, compliance and a best in class performance. Leading by example, youโ€™ll promote a positive working environment for all employees.

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Utilising team resource, youโ€™ll plan and deliver both production requirements and maintenance strategy efficiently to deliver budget and targets and ensure that maximum plant availability and upkeep of site infrastructure is achieved.

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Reporting to the General Manager, youโ€™ll collaborate to drive the site forward and implement sustainable process and system improvements. Youโ€™ll have demonstrable experience of processing plant operation and line managing a team.

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What we are we looking for?

  • Working knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations
  • Knowledge of carrying out Risk Assessment and developing Safe Systems of Work
  • Clear and concise verbal and written communication
  • IT literate, experience of maintenance management systems
  • Experience of completing Performance Appraisal Reviews
  • IOSH / NEBOSH or other industry recognised Health and Safety qualification

HSE Lead
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astuteโ€™s Nuclear team is partnering with one of the international leaders supporting in the nuclear energy sector to recruit a Health Safety and Environmental Lead for its site operations on Hinkley Point C.ย  The rewarding Health, Safety and Environmental Lead role comes with a salary of up to ยฃ70,000 per annum, with the opportunity to join some of the leading work currently on-going at Hinkley Point C. ย  If youโ€™re a HSE Lead and are looking to work for an organisation that is known for its innovative solutions and high-value technologies, then submit your CV to apply today. ย  ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Head of QHSE you will: ย 
  • Lead and develop the HPC HSE team, ensuring adherence to health and safety standards and regulatory compliance.
  • Oversee the implementation of Quality, Health & Safety, Environment, and Radioprotection processes and systems.
  • Manage internal and supplier audits, certifications (ISO9001, ISO45001, ISO14001, ISO19443), and other assurance activities.
  • Support the executive team in meeting regulatory requirements, such as CDM.
  • Collaborate with project and construction teams to implement and monitor HSE programs and performance indicators.
  • Coordinate with site function leads for efficient resource use while maintaining functional independence.
  • Act as the primary contact for clients and authorities (e.g., HSE, ONR) regarding HSE events and performance.
  • Lead accident and incident analysis, implement action plans, and monitor progress.
  • Oversee subcontractor performance and the closing process of accidents and incidents.
ย  ย  Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following: ย 
  • Expertise in ISO standards (14001, 45001, 19443) and knowledge of Integrated Management Systems, ideally with an internal auditor certification for ISO14001 and ISO45001.
  • IOSH/NEBOSH safety certification.
  • Experience in accident/incident investigation and problem-solving.
  • Experience in highly regulated industries, with nuclear industry experience preferred.
  • Project delivery experience and work on construction sites or challenging environments.
  • Knowledge of CDM regulations and performance management techniques (FMEA, A-Z, 5 Whys LEAN, Six Sigma).
ย  ย  Personal skills The HSE Lead role would suit someone who has: ย 
  • Excellent team-working and communication skills.
  • Self-motivated with a proactive attitude.
  • Results-driven with a focus on meeting commitments and deadlines.
  • Resilient and adaptable with a positive outlook.
  • Discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality.
ย  ย  Salary and benefits of the HSE Lead role ย 
  • Basic Salary up to ยฃ70,000
  • 25 days annual leave per year raising to 30 (1 day for every 2 yearsโ€™ service) 8% Employer pension contribution and many more fantastic benefits.ย  ย 
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Senior Business Development Manager
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astuteโ€™s Team are partnered with Augean and Future Industrial Services, market leaders in industrial services and hazardous waste management across the UK, to recruit a Senior Business Development Manager to support their established Industrial Services team based in Hull. We are seeking a highly experienced, commercially astute Senior Business Development professional with a strong background in developing strategic customers and opening new markets. The role will focus on expanding the customer base within Utilities, Engineering, Demolition, Civils, and Regeneration sectors, promoting a comprehensive range of industrial services including tankers, Jet Vacs, Disabs, Hydro-Abrasive Cutting, and associated specialist solutions. The Senior Business Development Manager role offers a competitive salary of up to ยฃ72,000 + car allowance, bonus, and an attractive benefits package. If you are a senior Business Development Manager with a proven track record in industrial services, civils, or related sectors and are ready to take ownership of regional growth, then submit your CV to apply today. ย  Responsibilities and duties: Reporting to the Regional Commercial Manager / Head of Commercial, you will: Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead and drive strategic business development activity to deliver sustained growth across new and existing customers within Engineering, Demolition, Civils, Utilities and Regeneration markets.
  • Identify, target, and convert new market opportunities, positioning Augean and Future Industrial Services as a preferred industrial services partner.
  • Develop and maintain a robust, high-value pipeline of opportunities aligned with regional and group business plans.
  • Build long-term, senior-level customer relationships, ensuring high service standards, managing performance, and resolving non-conformances effectively.
  • Take ownership of margin management, pricing strategy, and commercial negotiations to maximise profitability and secure continuity of work.
  • Work collaboratively across the wider Augean Group to identify cross-divisional opportunities, particularly within waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services.
  • Provide commercial leadership by supporting Account Managers and operational teams to ensure seamless contract mobilisation and delivery.
  • Lead and oversee the tendering and bid process, including commercial review, financial modelling, risk assessment, and governance compliance.
  • Monitor and analyse market trends, competitor activity, and regulatory developments to shape sales strategy and future service offerings.
  • Act as a senior commercial interface between customers, operations, and internal stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered safely, compliantly, and profitably.
  • Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring adherence to health, safety, environmental, and quality standards across all activities.
  • Represent Augean and Future Industrial Services at industry events, client meetings, and stakeholder forums, acting as a brand ambassador for the business.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, including data protection, security, and equal opportunities.
This is a senior, influential role offering the opportunity to shape regional growth strategy and play a key role in the continued success of a leading industrial services business. ย  Professional qualifications: We are looking for someone with:
  • Extensive experience in industrial services, engineering, demolition, civils, utilities and regeneration or related sectors, operating at a senior business development or commercial level.
  • Proven success in developing new industries and strategic customer accounts, delivering profitable growth.
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience managing complex contracts, tenders, and frameworks.
  • Degree qualification or significant demonstrable experience in senior business development, sales, or commercial leadership.
  • Full UK driving licence.
Personal skills: The Senior Business Development Manager role would suit someone who has:
  • The flexibility to travel regionally and nationally, including overnight stays where required.
  • A strong track record of strategic selling, negotiation, and influencing decision-makers at senior levels.
  • Excellent understanding of industrial logistics, service delivery models, and contract requirements.
  • The ability to operate autonomously while also mentoring and supporting less senior commercial colleagues.
  • Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
ย  Salary and benefits of the Senior Business Development Manager role:
  • Salary up to ยฃ72,000 DOE
  • Car allowance
  • Bonus based on personal and company performance
  • Life assurance
  • Pension
  • Clear progression and development pathway within the Augean Group

Business Development Manager - Hazardous Waste
PERMANENT
  • TERMS: permanent
Astuteโ€™s Nuclear Team are exclusively partnered with an industry leader within the hazardous waste management sector to recruit a Business Development Manager for their Hazardous Waste Treatment division in the North West. The Business Development Manager role comes with a competitive salary of up to ยฃ50,000 plus a car allowance, bonus and many other benefits. As the Business Development Manager, you will supporting their hazardous waste treatment operations at their site in Kirby and other sites across the North West of the UK. If youโ€™re a Business Development Manager with experience within specialist or ย hazardous waste then submit your CV to apply today. ย  Responsibilities and duties of the Business Development Manager role Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will:
  • Carry out key business development activities to drive business growth within their hazardous waste treatment and transfer division, targeting both new and existing clients.
  • Maintain a strong pipeline of new business opportunities, keeping on top of market and competitor trends and relevant industry developments to contribute to the company business plan.
  • Foster strong customer relationships, clearly communicating technical details and service capabilities and always ensuring high service standards. Proactively addressing non-conformances and providing timely feedback as required.
  • Work closely across divisions to identify opportunities to cross-sell additional business services, especially across other sites within the business group.
  • Collaborate with account managers, administration staff and operations to ensure seamless service delivery and contract management.
  • Manage the tender process, including document reviews, tender writing, financial analysis, and ensuring compliance with Tender Governance procedures.
  • Prepare and present compelling commercial proposals, quotations, technical descriptions, and service specifications to customers.
  • Promote a safety-first culture and actively contribute to the companyโ€™s health, safety, and environmental initiatives.
  • Represent the business at stakeholder events and ensure compliance with company policies, including security, data protection, and equal opportunities.
  • Perform other duties as reasonably required to support business objectives.
ย  Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:
  • Technical expertise in hazardous/chemical waste with previous experience selling into the sector.
  • Proven ability to manage customer accounts with sales revenue exceeding ยฃ1 million per annum.
  • Flexibility to travel and carry out overnight stays where required.
  • Strong commercial acumen, a track record of profitable new business, and a commitment to high levels of customer service
  • ย Full UK driving licence.
  • Degree qualified or proven sector experience in business development and sales in hazardous wastes management.
ย  Salary and benefits of the Business Development Manager role ย 
  • Basic salary of up to ยฃ50,000 dependant on experience.
  • Car Allowance
  • Bonus scheme
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Competitive benefits package