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Vacancies

Technical Manager – SFR405

Mar 4, 2024 , , by sfrrecruitment

With rigid core Company Values and a strong Group Vision, we are the UK’s foremost bespoke steel door manufacturer.

We offer a friendly, fun working environment whilst aiming to be more corporate and professional.

We believe in the value of our people; be they colleagues of long standing or new recruits. Everyone has the opportunity to make a valid contribution to our success.

Office based – Newcastle-under-Lyme

Benefits:

  • Supportive culture
  • Excellent management team
  • Growth opportunities
  • Extremely competitive remuneration
  • Discretionary bonus

Key Requirements for Role:

• 3 years’ experience in a similar, fast-paced role, managing a Team, ideally within manufacturing.

• 1 years’ experience within Sales and Customer Service.

• Good working knowledge of Office 365 and competent/experienced on excel.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Good time-management, planning and organisational skills, with the ability to remain Focused.

• Good data collection, analysis and numerical skills to produce and interpret Management Reports.

• Able to read building and construction plans with an eye for detail.

• Basic CAD understanding and ability to read/modify technical drawings.

• Experience managing larger customers and attendance of virtual or face to face meetings

Person Specification:

• A passion for Sales and Customer Service.

• Target-driven.

• A team-player.

• Willing to take on ownership of tasks to their completion.

• Flexible approach.

• Energetic, active and resilient.

• An aptitude for Office Systems.

• Self-driven with an ability to motivate others.

• Tendency to thrive in a technical environment.

• Ability to project-manage a wide range of small or large projects.

• Detail orientated.

• Desire to develop a growing business and develop customer relationships.

Architectural Ironmongery | Internal & External Doors | Access Control | Window & Door Hardware

Vacancies

Regional Sales Manager – SFR403/4

Mar 4, 2024 , , by sfrrecruitment

Regional Sales Representative

With rigid core Company Values and a strong Group Vision, we are the UK’s foremost bespoke steel door manufacturer.

We offer a friendly, fun working environment whilst aiming to be more corporate and professional.

We believe in the value of our people; be they colleagues of long standing or new recruits. Everyone has the opportunity to make a valid contribution to our success.

Benefits:

  • Supportive culture
  • Excellent management team
  • Growth opportunities
  • Extremely competitive remuneration
  • Discretionary bonus

Key Tasks:

• Communicate with existing customers to ensure opportunities to quote and secure

contracts.

• Use Sales Database to track and contact existing and potential customers. Use other

resources i.e. internet, trade journals etc with a view to potential future business.

• Locate and target new markets for our products.

• Plan and prioritise activities and customer / prospect contact towards achieving agreed

business aims, including costs and sales.

• Plan and manage agreed territory according to an agreed market development strategy.

• Manage product pricing and margins according to agreed aims.

• Use customer and prospect contact activities tools and systems, and update relevant

information held in these systems.

• Respond to and follow up Sales enquiries using appropriate methods.

• Monitor and report on market and competitor activities and provide relevant reports and

information.

• Communicate, liaise, and negotiate internally and externally using appropriate methods to

facilitate the development of profitable business and sustainable relationships.

• Attend and present at external customer meetings and internal meetings with other

company functions necessary to perform duties and aid business development.

• Attend training and to develop relevant knowledge, techniques and skills.

• Adhere to health and safety policy, and other requirements relating to care of equipment.

Key Requirements for Role:

• Full, clean driving license.

• A good standard of Maths and English.

• Good time management and organisational skills.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.

• Ability to take ownership of tasks through to completion.

Person Specification:

• Ideally 3 years of experience in a similar role.

• Ideally familiarity with door manufacturing and hardware.

• Familiarity with modern manufacturing techniques.

• Professional demeanour.

• Self-motivated.

• A resilient nature.

• Target-driven

Architectural Ironmongery | Internal & External Doors | Access Control | Window & Door Hardware

Vacancies

Technical & Compliance Manager – SFR375

Oct 19, 2023 , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a leading manufacturer and supplier Steel Security Doors.

Job Purpose:

To provide technical support and documentation to internal staff and external customers. To ensure product documentation and communications of technical specifications, literature and performance claims are justified and supported by performance evidence. To liaise between R & D and act as a verification and communication route for existing and new products as they are introduced. To assist the company and the R & D team to ensure the company and its products to remain legally compliant and that the company has the correct products in the future to fulfil the company’s sales product “Gap Analysis”.

To act as an internal auditor of the company’s communications and manufacturing processes to ensure compliance with tested product designs and performance.

Working from home for 2 to 3 days per week.

Some working from Site and remotely from Test Centres.

Main Responsibilities:

•             Produce and maintain technical documentation files for operations, sales and customers and legal authorities.

•             Produce technical communications on product performance claims.

•             Carry out directly or support training of sales, administration and product staff to ensure knowledge and delivery of compliance.

•             Maintain Product Certification and Manage Certification Calendar for audits, documentation and ongoing compliance.

Essential Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

•             Knowledge of software packages excel, word etc

•             Experience of physical security testing

•             Experience of fire testing for building elements

•             Experience in Compliance management within doors or door hardware in the UK               construction market

•             Experience in creation of and delivery of technical documentation within the door or door hardware industry in the UK

•             Self-motivated

•             Good communication skills

•             Full clean UK driver’s license

Desirable Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

•             AutoCAD 2D drawing

If you are interested in this position, please contact SFR Recruitment Solutions.

Architectural Ironmongery l Door Sets l Locks & Security

        Access Control l Washroom l Automation

Vacancies

R&D Design Engineer – SFR348

May 11, 2023 , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a leading manufacturer of custom-made steel door and fire door solutions.

Decades of manufacturing experience, designing and making quality products whilst offering first class customer service.

Brief Description of Job Purpose:

Researching, creating and developing products relating to the steel door industry. You will be heavily involved in expanding our body of Test Evidence and Certification for steel doors. This may include designing and arranging for test doors etc. to be made and linking in with other departments like Sales and Production to ensure projects are completed on time. You will be overseeing wider elements of R&D like ensuring our library of test data is kept up to date and filed correctly.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

The role of Research and Development Engineer will achieve results in the following key areas, in conjunction with the Sales and Production departments, to fulfil the overall job purpose. This is not an exhaustive list:

  • New and existing product development. For example, you may be asked how we could improve the performance of a Fire Door and asked to implement these changes. We are constantly seeking improvement across our entire product range of new and existing products.
  • Accurately create 3D models and draw designs using Solidworks. Solidworks based qualification Eg. CSWP certificate ideal. Previous experience with Solidworks Sheet Metal advantageous.
  • Perform and oversee fire, security & performance testing on products ensuring they meet relevant standards for the industry. You may be required to travel within the UK and abroad to oversee testing programmes.
  • Monitor and oversee building sample doors for testing.
  • Engage with other areas of the business (Sales, Production) to ensure key targets are met.
  • Production engineering to improve factory efficiencies.
  • Support business with technical queries – Sales, customers, production, drawing office.

Knowledge, Experience and Personal Attributes:

•             Minimum 3 years work experience in a Research & Development or Testing role within a      manufacturing environment.

•             Degree Level or equivalent in an Engineering or Design based subject.

•             GCSE Grades A-C in Mathematics, Physics, IT and English.

•             Full understanding of Solidworks. CSWP certificate ideal.

•             Experience of Product Design using sheet metal or other CNC production methods.

•             Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel where required.

•             Understanding of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).

If you are interested in this position, please contact SFR Recruitment Solutions.

Vacancies

R&D Manager – SFR343

Apr 4, 2023 , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a leading manufacturer of custom-made steel door and fire door solutions.

Decades of manufacturing experience, designing and making quality products whilst offering first class customer service.

Brief Description of Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to lead and own the safe and efficient operation of the Research and Development team, its development and design and certification of product current and future products to meet the customers’ needs by the most cost-effective method of manufacture through existing or by proposing new technology, that support the development of new business that grow profitability.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Ensure a safe working environment for all employees and continually improve the environment and procedures, reacting to suggestions and proactively searching for issues.
  • Ensure quality is improved by ease of design and proactively seeking methods to improve performance.
  • To ensure that production costs are kept to a minimum and calculated at design, checked at design release, constantly looking for ways to improve profitability.
  • To look forward and strategically suggesting new technology and alternative processes/methods of manufacture that will benefit the business.
  • Develop the members of the team to upskill/cross train and engaged.
  • Ensure all certification is up to date and testing that enables to sell product into specified markets.
  • The development and introduction of new products to market with the appropriate certification and test results.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring safe practices are adhered to on site and off site.
  • Identify and help rectify any unsafe practices and assist with leading indicator safety reviews.
  • Drive a culture of support and development and zero waste through SQDCP process, improving performance to maximise KPI’s using lean tool and techniques.
  • Ensuring OTIF for not only the R&D department, but for the company are met.
  • For undertaking audits of the management system.
  • Assist in technical assistance for customers.
  • Manage employee performance regarding following company policies such as safety practices, absenteeism, and disciplinary procedures.
  • Manage the team’s development plans and cross training, ensuring timing plans exist and are communicated to the teams on said developments.
  • Effectively communicate to the team the section company performance and direction.
  • Lead new product development, proactively suggesting improvement to products to remove cost and improve efficiency.
  • Set the standard and implement lean principles in sections such as 5S, Standard Operations, Visual Management, and value stream analysis.
  • Lead audits in the section on time and to a high quality, identifying improvements and dates to complete actions.
  • Lead and own the generation of product development plans and ensure they are achieved.
  • Report daily, weekly, and monthly on section performance in line with the KPI’s in the quality manual and at the various review meetings.
  • Ensure any spend in the section is within budget.
  • Identify new equipment and processes that can help to improve gross margin within the section.
  • Manage all certification ensuring budget costs are provided annually to accounts and managed throughout the year, including testing and paperwork.
  • Assist is special projects as and when required which may be in other departments.

If you’re interested in in this position, please contact SFR Recruitment Solutions.

Vacancies

R&D Manager – SFR343

Jan 30, 2023 , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a leading manufacturer of custom-made steel door and fire door solutions.

Decades of manufacturing experience, designing and making quality products whilst offering first class customer service.

Brief Description of Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to lead and own the safe and efficient operation of the Research and Development team, its development and design and certification of product current and future products to meet the customers’ needs by the most cost-effective method of manufacture through existing or by proposing new technology, that support the development of new business that grow profitability.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Ensure a safe working environment for all employees and continually improve the environment and procedures, reacting to suggestions and proactively searching for issues.
  • Ensure quality is improved by ease of design and proactively seeking methods to improve performance.
  • To ensure that production costs are kept to a minimum and calculated at design, checked at design release, constantly looking for ways to improve profitability.
  • To look forward and strategically suggesting new technology and alternative processes/methods of manufacture that will benefit the business.
  • Develop the members of the team to upskill/cross train and engaged.
  • Ensure all certification is up to date and testing that enables to sell product into specified markets.
  • The development and introduction of new products to market with the appropriate certification and test results.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring safe practices are adhered to on site and off site.
  • Identify and help rectify any unsafe practices and assist with leading indicator safety reviews.
  • Drive a culture of support and development and zero waste through SQDCP process, improving performance to maximise KPI’s using lean tool and techniques.
  • Ensuring OTIF for not only the R&D department, but for the company are met.
  • For undertaking audits of the management system.
  • Assist in technical assistance for customers.
  • Manage employee performance regarding following company policies such as safety practices, absenteeism, and disciplinary procedures.
  • Manage the team’s development plans and cross training, ensuring timing plans exist and are communicated to the teams on said developments.
  • Effectively communicate to the team the section company performance and direction.
  • Lead new product development, proactively suggesting improvement to products to remove cost and improve efficiency.
  • Set the standard and implement lean principles in sections such as 5S, Standard Operations, Visual Management, and value stream analysis.
  • Lead audits in the section on time and to a high quality, identifying improvements and dates to complete actions.
  • Lead and own the generation of product development plans and ensure they are achieved.
  • Report daily, weekly, and monthly on section performance in line with the KPI’s in the quality manual and at the various review meetings.
  • Ensure any spend in the section is within budget.
  • Identify new equipment and processes that can help to improve gross margin within the section.
  • Manage all certification ensuring budget costs are provided annually to accounts and managed throughout the year, including testing and paperwork.
  • Assist is special projects as and when required which may be in other departments.

If you’re interested in in this position, please contact SFR Recruitment Solutions.

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