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Sales Executive

Position; Sales Executive
Location; Didcot, Oxfordshire
Salary; £25,000 – £29,000 per annum including commission

Planet Recruitment has registered brand new positions for our well-established and fast-growing client in the Milton Park (Didcot) area. Our client is looking for ambitious candidates who are looking to begin a career within the sales industry with the opportunity of fantastic earning potentials and benefits!

This position is a hybrid role, with working hours around 37.5 – 40 per week (Monday-Friday).

Main responsibilities;

New Business Development with a win and retain basis
Opportunity to cross/upsell to existing accounts
Prospect and qualify opportunities by phone
You will manage the full sales cycle from lead generation up to the close of business into existing and new accounts
Discuss, advise and provide quotations to your clients for project requirements
Maintain working relationships with suppliers, negotiating costs as required
Responsible for maintenance of margins to hit monthly and quarterly GP targets
Candidates will be expected to attend face to face client meetings when appropriate

Required;

No experience required but within an interest in sales
Selling in a business-to-business environment preferred but not essential
Target Driven, ambitious and hungry to earn a substantial salary
A positive, self-motivated and hunter mentality
Successful applicants should be within a commutable distance of Milton Park, Didcot
A customer or sales focused career background

Commutable locations;

Didcot, Abingdon, Wallingford, Oxford, Wantage, Harwell

Key words;

Sales, Entry Level, Business Development, Account Manager, Telesales, New Business

INDCOM

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

HGV Technician

April 12, 2024/in Engineering Didcot, Oxfordshire Permanent /by

Our client;

We are proud to be working alongside a well know organisation who due to expansion are looking to add a HGV Mechanic to their highly successful engineering team in Didcot.

The role;

The inspection, diagnosis, maintenance and repair of all company vehicles including vans and lorries
Work effectively unsupervised and often with only an outline brief, using specialist or practical skills to complete a timely solution
Receive, handle safely, store or deploy materials appropriate to the task being undertaken
Diagnose vehicle faults, using diagnostic equipment
Undertake mechanical, electrical and some minor body repair. 6. Road test Company vehicles (licence permitting)
Supply own hand tools and take responsibility for specialist tools, materials etc that are used and observe a duty of care for all other items within the department

Skills & experience required;

City and Guilds, Level 3 NVQ or equivalent
Knowledge and previous experience of vehicle bodywork repairs and maintenance procedures, ideally on HGV, PCV or Buses
Awareness and understanding of risk assessment, Health and Safety practices and Department of Transport standards
Knowledge of manual handling regulations
Computer literate with working knowledge of relevant packages
Analysing and fault finding
Bus body work
Basic vehicle electrics
Relevant knowledge of all types of vehicle operated by the Company

Hours;

Hours – Average 50 hours per week worked on a rota basis, which could include weekends and public holidays

Holiday – 20 days holiday + Bank holidays

Commutable locations;

Oxford, Didcot, Abingdon, Milton, Chalgrove, Thame, Aylesbury, Cowley, Cumnor, Eynsham, Kidlington, Botley, Harwell, Reading, Sutton Courtenay

INDENG

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Accounts Assistant

April 11, 2024/in Accounting & Finance Didcot, Oxfordshire Permanent /by Darren Fuller

Position; Accounts Assistant

Location; Didcot

Salary; £23,000 – £25,000 per annum

The role;

Our well-established client based in Didcot is currently seeking an Accounts Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will ideally have previous accounting experience, or it may suit an individual who has recently finished studying their AAT qualifications / finance college course.

Working hours are Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week.

Main responsibilities;

Assisting with accounts payable and receivable tasks
Perform data entry and maintain accurate financial records
Reconcile bank statements and resolve any discrepancies
Support the finance team with various administrative tasks

Required;

Proficiency in accounting software such as Sage, QuickBooks, or PeopleSoft
Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry
Knowledge of financial services and basic accounting principles
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Commutable locations;

Didcot, Abingdon, Harwell, Oxford, Wallingford, Wantage

INDCOM

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Warehouse Picker / Packer

April 1, 2024/in Industrial Didcot, Oxfordshire Temporary Warehouse, picking, packing, warehouse operative /by Darren Fuller

Position; Warehouse Picker / Packer
Location; Milton Park, Didcot / Abingdon
Salary; £11.44 – £12.00 per hour

The Company;

We are looking for Pickers / Packers to join our clients team based on Milton Park, Abingdon.

Working a day shift from 7am until 3pm, Monday to Friday, this is a temporary to permanent role.

The Role;

You will be required to pick orders in an accurate and time efficient manner.
Have a good attention to detail, ensuring items and work is completed with minimal errors.
Packing of picked items ready for despatch and ensuring labels are printed and addressed to the correct items.
You must adhere to all aspects of health and safety and company guidelines.

About You;

You will need to have a good understanding of written and spoken English and be able to work with computers.
No experience necessary as full training will be given
Successful applicants should be within a commutable distance of Milton Park, Abingdon.

Similar roles;

Warehouse Operative, Production Operative, General Assistant

Commutable locations;

Didcot, Abingdon, Wallingford, Oxford, Wantage, Grove, Witney, Bicester

If you think the Picker/Packer role is for you please contact Ollie Thomas at Planet Recruitment, or if you would like more information on the role please contact on 01235 608455

INDWARE

Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Groundworkers

March 27, 2024/in Construction Didcot, Oxfordshire Temporary /by Kris Blaszko

Our client is looking for a team three groundworkers for a large project based in Didcot.

CPCS or NPORS required.

Monday to Friday 07:30am – 16:00pm

The role :

A large area of footpaths to be laid in a well known area of Didcot, would suit a multiskilled candidate who has experience laying curbs and paths.

On going work available for the right candidates.

Apply online or call 01865 257455

INDCON

Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Sales Executive

March 14, 2024/in Commercial Didcot, Oxfordshire Permanent SALES, ACCOUNT MANAGER, ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT, IT SALES /by Darren Fuller

Position; Sales Executive
Location; Didcot, Oxfordshire
Salary; £25,000 – £29,000 per annum including commission

Planet Recruitment has registered brand new positions for our well-established and fast-growing client in the Milton Park (Didcot) area. Our client is looking for ambitious candidates who are looking to begin a career within the sales industry with the opportunity of fantastic earning potentials and benefits!

This position is a hybrid role, with working hours around 37.5 – 40 per week (Monday-Friday).

Main responsibilities;

New Business Development with a win and retain basis
Opportunity to cross/upsell to existing accounts
Prospect and qualify opportunities by phone
You will manage the full sales cycle from lead generation up to the close of business into existing and new accounts
Discuss, advise and provide quotations to your clients for project requirements
Maintain working relationships with suppliers, negotiating costs as required
Responsible for maintenance of margins to hit monthly and quarterly GP targets
Candidates will be expected to attend face to face client meetings when appropriate

Required;

No experience required but within an interest in sales
Selling in a business-to-business environment preferred but not essential
Target Driven, ambitious and hungry to earn a substantial salary
A positive, self-motivated and hunter mentality
Successful applicants should be within a commutable distance of Milton Park, Didcot
A customer or sales focused career background

Commutable locations;

Didcot, Abingdon, Wallingford, Oxford, Wantage, Harwell

Key words;

Sales, Entry Level, Business Development, Account Manager, Telesales, New Business

INDCOM

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Sales Executive

February 13, 2024/in Commercial Didcot, Oxfordshire Permanent SALES, ACCOUNT MANAGER, ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT, IT SALES /by Darren Fuller

Position; Sales Executive
Location; Didcot, Oxfordshire
Salary; £25,000 – £29,000 per annum including commission

Planet Recruitment has registered brand new positions for our well-established and fast-growing client in the Milton Park (Didcot) area. Our client is looking for ambitious candidates who are looking to begin a career within the sales industry with the opportunity of fantastic earning potentials and benefits!

This position is a hybrid role, with working hours around 37.5 – 40 per week (Monday-Friday).

Main responsibilities;

New Business Development with a win and retain basis
Opportunity to cross/upsell to existing accounts
Prospect and qualify opportunities by phone
You will manage the full sales cycle from lead generation up to the close of business into existing and new accounts
Discuss, advise and provide quotations to your clients for project requirements
Maintain working relationships with suppliers, negotiating costs as required
Responsible for maintenance of margins to hit monthly and quarterly GP targets
Candidates will be expected to attend face to face client meetings when appropriate

Required;

No experience required but within an interest in sales
Selling in a business-to-business environment preferred but not essential
Target Driven, ambitious and hungry to earn a substantial salary
A positive, self-motivated and hunter mentality
Successful applicants should be within a commutable distance of Milton Park, Didcot
A customer or sales focused career background

Commutable locations;

Didcot, Abingdon, Wallingford, Oxford, Wantage, Harwell

Key words;

Sales, Entry Level, Business Development, Account Manager, Telesales, New Business

INDCOM

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Senior Software engineer (Data Acquisition)

February 12, 2024/in IT Didcot, Oxfordshire Permanent /by

POST TITLE: Senior Software Engineer (Data Acquisition)

LOCATION: Didcot, South Oxfordshire

SALARY: Up To £59,000 Per Annum

COMPANY BENEFITS:

Flexible working
Excellent Pension scheme
Excellent holiday package
Family friendly policies
Health and wellbeing
Saving’s schemes
Learning & development

We now have an opportunity for a Senior Software engineer to lead a team supporting and developing data Acquisition (DAQ) software for Soft Condensed Matter (SCM) and Crystallography science groups.

This role involves technically guiding and leading the team developing DAQ solutions for these science groups as well as contributing to those solutions.

As a team leader in the DAQ Group you will work alongside other software engineers supporting a range of experimental techniques and developing DAQ capabilities in an open and collaborative environment. You will be required to interact with scientists and translate their specifications for scientific capabilities into software requirements, which will entail writing codes to communicate to the hardware.

You will liaise with controls, data analysis and information management engineers to put these requirements into action. You will collaborate with the scientists and science group leaders to prioritise the work of your team and you will support the DAQ Core Team in the modernisation of the Acquisition Platform. You will also potentially participate in international collaborations within this domain, sharing best practice and supporting other facilities within the collaboration.

EXPERIENCE

Java, Java RMI, Python desirable
Experience in the full Software Development Lifecycle, using a modern high-level language.
Understanding of good software design principles and design for usability.
Experience of developing software to control and monitor scientific or industrial equipment or IoT is preferable
Experience of working with large and complex code bases
Minimum degree qualification in a STEM subject

You should display good communication, interpersonal and analytical skills, with a personal interest or experience in science. You should additionally be able to demonstrate the following essential capabilities:

Strong leadership and organisation.
Proven experience in managing small teams of software engineers.
Proven experience in providing technical leadership.

INDIT

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Warehouse Operative (Polish Speaking)

January 30, 2024/in Industrial Didcot, Oxfordshire Permanent Warehouse, picking, packing, /by Darren Fuller

Position; Warehouse Operative (Polish Speaking)

Location; Didcot, Oxfordshire

Salary; £11 – £13 per hour

Our fast-growing client is a seeking a hardworking and committed individual to join the team as a Warehouse Operative.

The role;

The successful candidate will be responsible for handling all warehouse duties within the business and ensuring a smooth process to the day-to-day responsibilities.

Main responsibilities;

Picking and packing orders
Picking orders with warehouse and loading stock data onto the system
Managing incoming goods and out going goods
Stock taking, manaigng deliveries and orders coming through via company system
Responding to customers both face to face and on email/telephone
Happy to work more hours if required

About you;

You will be a hardworking individual ideally with previous warehouse experienced. The successful candidate will need strong organisation skills and strong work ethic.

Required;

Excellent communication skills
Previous warehouse experience
Hardworking individual
Team player
Polish native or fluent

Commutable locations;

Abingdon, Didcot, Wallingford, Cholsey, Milton, Oxford and Wantage

Key words;

Warehouse, Operative, Goods in & out, Picker & Packer, Production

INDWARE

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Devops Engineer

January 26, 2024/in IT Didcot, Oxfordshire Permanent /by

POST TITLE: Devops Engineer

LOCATION: Didcot, South Oxfordshire – 5 DAYS ON SITE

PERMANENT

SALARY: £40,000 – £60,000

We have an excellent opportunity to work for one of the most advanced scientific facilities in the world. Our client is recruiting for a Devops engineer based within their Harwell/Didcot site.

THE ROLE

This is a varied role where you will work with existing staff in order to implement appropriate devops tools and practices that best support software in use within the company.

Analyse cutting edge and industry standard devops tools and practices in terms of potential use within the company’s software development and deployment processes. Promote user cases and solutions both internally and externally through significant meetings or conferences.
Subject to the overall software architecture and strategy, implement and integrate devops tools and methodologies into software development and deployment processes.
Establish, maintain, and participate in international collaborations to contribute to the success of company.
Provide operational support for software components that underpin both on premises and public cloud hosted devops platforms.
Deliver high quality reporting and professional advice to software developers and systems administrators regarding devops best practice and tooling, and present findings to line managers and other team members.
Contribute to the future approach of scientific and technical software development, deployment, and operations to maximise productivity and data quality for the company users.
Develop and maintain relationships with comparable facilities operating similar scientific computing infrastructures.

EXPERIENCE

Experience working with production ready monitoring and logging systems, preferably in a Cloud native environment using tools such as Prometheus.
Proven experience of working with production systems such as Kubernetes that run containerised applications.
Exposure to ‘infrastructure as code’ tools such as Chef, Puppet or preferably Ansible.
Proven experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines for business critical applications.
Proven experience working with public Cloud APIs either directly or via orchestration tools such as Terraform.
Experience of modern programming languages such as Golang, Java, or Python.
Exposure to Web APIs and protocols such as such as OIDC, Javascript, and backend technologies.
Solid understanding of software design principles and patterns.
Experience or understanding of Synchrotron experimentation or science data interpretation.
Experience with customer/user facing issues.

SKILLS REQUIRED

Ability and initiative to get to the heart of the problem and take it effectively through to completion.
Good interpersonal, communication and presentational skills.
Enjoys team work.
Self motivated, interested in keeping pace with software testing best practises.
Ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels.

INDIT

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

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