FINISHING TEAM LEADER

Position; FINISHING TEAM LEADER

Location; OXFORD AREA

Salary; £40,000 PER ANNUM

About the role;

Planet Recruitment are proud to be working with a fast-growing organisation based in the Oxford area who are looking for a Finishing Team Leader on a permanent basis.

Lead and motivate a 10-person team in delivering exceptional finishing work on high-end boats, ensuring every detail exceeds client expectations. Oversee all aspects of the finishing process, manage team performance and offline metrics, and collaborate with stakeholders to optimise workflow and efficiency.

Responsibilities;

  • Manage and motivate a 10-person team of boat finishing specialists, ensuring efficient workflow and high-quality output.
  • Delegate tasks effectively, monitor performance, and provide constructive feedback to drive continuous improvement.
  • Foster a collaborative and positive team environment, promoting open communication and problem-solving.
  • Oversee all stages of the finishing process, from material procurement to final inspection, ensuring adherence to quality standards and deadlines.
  • Manage inventory levels and prioritise tasks to meet production deadlines.
  • Participate in project planning meetings, providing insights and recommendations from the finishing team perspective.
  • Ensure strict adherence to quality control standards and identify potential issues proactively.
  • Proactively address any concerns or issues raised by stakeholders, finding solutions that benefit all parties involved.
  • Generate and present reports to management, highlighting areas for improvement and demonstrating team progress.
  • Track and analyse offline production data, identifying areas for improvement and cost optimisation.
  • Implement data-driven initiatives to enhance team efficiency and project profitability.
  • Reports to Composite Manager but will partner closely with Logistics and other stakeholder managers to ensure smooth material flow and project alignment.
  • Proactively address interdepartmental concerns and negotiate solutions collaboratively.
  • Maintain clear and consistent communication with all stakeholders, both internal and external.
  • Track and analyse key performance indicators (KPIs) related to productivity, quality, and cost.

Essential experience;

  • Minimum 5+ years of experience in boat finishing preferably with leadership responsibilities. proven experience leading and motivating production teams in a marine or similar environment.
  • Strong understanding of boat construction and finishing processes would be of advantage, however automotive background or similar roles would be considered.
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills, with a focus on meeting deadlines.
  • Proficiency in data analysis and reporting, with effective communication skills.
  • A collaborative and solution-oriented approach to problem-solving.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Commutable locations;

Wallingford, Reading, Didcot, Abingdon, Harwell, Oxford, Chalgrove, Watlington, Thame

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.

COMPOSITES TECHNICIAN

Position; Composites Technician / Finisher

Location; Oxford area

Salary; £28,000 – £30,000 per annum

About the role;

Planet Recruitment are proud to be working with a fast-growing organisation based in the Oxford area who are looking for a Composites Technician / Finisher. The successful candidate will be responsible for finishing of GRP mouldings for use in boat construction. Trimming, preparation, polishing, gel coat repairs and assembly of moulded components.

Responsibilities;

  • Checking and identifying defects requiring rework
  • Repair to gel coat surfaces to remove imperfections/ joint lines from split mould tools.
  • Fairing of surfaces
  • Polishing of gel coat surfaces to achieve high level of surface finish.
  • Trimming of GRP components using air saws, routers and diamond cutting discs, if required
  • Sanding and finishing of cut edges using abrasives papers.
  • Maintain and promote high standards of workmanship.
  • Assist in other areas of the manufacturing process as directed by the Team Leader for this section.
  • Assist in the training of personnel including new production operatives as and when required.
  • Basic Housekeeping duties, including maintaining a tidy workstation and working area.
  • Be accountable for your own work.
  • Correct use of PPE.
  • Uphold company HSE standards and report any shortfalls.

Essential experience;

  • Previous experience of finishing GRP or paint finishes/ detailing.
  • Attention to detail and a methodical approach.
  • Good team player being able to work independently or as part of a team when necessary.
  • Able to work to deadlines in a timely manner.
  • Previous experience of working within the Marine industry or similar high quality driven industry advantageous but not essential.

Commutable locations;

Wallingford, Reading, Didcot, Abingdon, Harwell, Oxford, Chalgrove, Watlington, Thame

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.

Carpenter

Planet Recruitment are recruiting Carpenters to work with our client, a local company based in Cowley.

The role involves general carpentry, first fix and second fix, on a small site in Cowley with free parking available.

Hours

07:30am – 16:00pm

Monday to Friday

Own tools and PPE required.

CSCS is not required.

Previous Carpentry experience required.

This role has an immediate start available.

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.

QA Tester – Contractor – Remote

Role: QA Test Engineer

Location: Remote

Contract Length: 1 year

Pay rate: £350-£450 Outside IR35

Job Description:

Our client has always applied the best of technology to improve people’s lives. Now our SaaS technology is fuelling a new era in the healthcare industry, with dynamic systems that change the way people receive care in settings outside of the hospital-and tools that work every day to help people stay well, longer. We have one of the largest actionable datasets in the industry, creating a complete view of people as they move between care settings. This is how we empower providers-with vital insight to deliver the care people need, right when they need it.

We’re also ensuring that our health solutions connect to other companies’ networks because when objectives align, everyone wins. As we work today to drive better care and lower costs, we’re developing more personalized solutions for tomorrow, utilizing machine learning, intelligent care paths, and predictive protocols. If you are an innovator who wants to make an impact we want to talk to you!

We are looking for a Contract Engineer, Software Test Engineering to join our clients team. This position reports to the Manager of Software Engineering and will provide direction and expertise in different testing modalities in an agile development environment. This is a term position that terminates in January 2025.

As a Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and curating manual and automated test suites, collaborating with other engineers to ensure comprehensive test coverage, and taking a data-driven approach to maintaining the relevance of these suites.

You will participate in all testing activities to drive quality and build quality and security in our system.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with Product Managers and Software Engineers to define and understand the desired outcome. Participate in the discovery process with an eye for risk mitigation and quality.

Develop and maintain testing artifacts and documentation.

Identify and apply the right testing approach with test suites that provide accurate and quick feedback to the development process.

Contribute to continuously improving the quality practices, tooling, and processes that support the team mission.

Contribute to the growth and career development of more junior team members.

Support the development process from ideation to code deployments and feature releases.

Qualifications and experience:

You are a detail-oriented team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills who seek continuous learning and improvement.

You are a technologist with 2+ years of experience in software testing and test automation.

You have some experience in C# or Java-based automated test development

You have experience in writing basic SQL queries for test verification

You have experience working with ALM tools (Azure DevOps, Github, Jira) and Git.

You have experience in end-to-end test frameworks, such as Selenium, including using behavior-driven development (BDD) with frameworks like Cucumber.

You have experience in API testing using tools like Postman and Newman.

You are familiar with the most common security vulnerabilities in web applications (e.g., OWASP Top Ten) and can design tests to catch them early.

You understand ice cream cones are bad – tell us why in the interview.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

You have experience with non-functional testing, using load test tools like k6 or JMeter.

Planet Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Quality Inspector

Position; QUALITY INSPECTOR
Location; Hayes
Salary; £11.00 – £12.50 per hour

We require a driven, conscientious and articulate individual to join our client’s team in Hayes, inspecting their products ensuring all quality procedures are meticulously performed to ensure all despatched goods are of the highest standard.

Main responsibilities;

  • Working closely with the Production team to ensure deadlines and targets are met for client orders
  • Attention to detail is paramount ensuring all quality practices and paperwork and completed
  • Checking products for their quality according to customer guidelines
  • Other Various warehouse responsibilities

The shifts will be Monday to Friday, 7am to 3:30pm

About you;

Knowledge of Quality department procedures would be advantageous but not essential as full training will be given.

Own transport would be an advantage but not essential.

Must be physically fit as this role has a lot of manual handling

Required;

  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Quality knowledge
  • Willingness to learn and progress

If interested please call us on 01865 257455

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.

Quality Inspector

Position; QUALITY INSPECTOR
Location; Kidlington
Salary; £13.00 – £14.50 per hour

We require a driven, conscientious and articulate individual to join our client’s team in Kidlington, inspecting their products ensuring all quality procedures are meticulously performed to ensure all despatched goods are of the highest standard.

Main responsibilities;

  • Working with the Quality engineer you will ensure all products are of the highest quality and ready for despatch
  • Working closely with the Production team to ensure deadlines and targets are met for client orders
  • Attention to detail is paramount ensuring all quality practices and paperwork and completed
  • Checking products for their quality according to customer guidelines

shifts are 8am – 4:30pm monday to friday, this is a temporary to permanent position with an excellent chance of progression and training offered.

About you;

Knowledge of Quality department procedures would be advantageous but not essential as full training will be given.

Own transport would be an advantage but not essential.

A flexibility to working hours

Required;

  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Quality knowledge
  • Willingness to learn and progress
  • Flexibility to working hours

Key words;

Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehouse, Production, Quality Inspection

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.

Office Administrator

Position; Office Administrator

Location; Thame

Salary; £24,000 per annum

Our client is a packaging and storage business looking to expand their current team due to a period of continued growth with further expansion plans within the business. This is a temporary 2 permanent position.

The role;

You will be required to work within the Warehouse Administration team to assist the Operations manager with all administrative duties including client orders and courier companies.

Hours of work are from 9am until 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Main responsibilities;

  • Process client orders and requests – a mixture of PC and paper based system
  • Answer phones and emails ensuring a professional approach is given to every customer
  • Liaise with suppliers
  • Book transport with chosen courier and transport companies
  • Communicate daily with the Operations Manager and offer ideas and advice for continual improvements.

About you;

Applicants should have excellent customer service and administration skills, as well as being able to manage and organise a busy day.

Knowledge of MS Office packages with excellent written and spoken English required. Excellent organisational skills with a good polite telephone manner.

Required;

  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Positive and self motivated with a ‘can-do’ attitude
  • IT skills, Outlook + MS Office
  • Logistics and Warehouse knowledge would be an advantage.
  • Team Player
  • Immediately available or on short notice

Commutable locations;

Abingdon, Didcot, Wallingford, Oxford, Bicester, Wantage, Oxford, Aylesbury, Thame

Key words;

Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehousing, Transport, Administration

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.

Plumber/Pipe Fitter

We are currently looking for a Plumber to start ASAP on a site in Woodstock near Oxford The work is varied and for the right candidate and will be on going for two to three months.

There is 1st & 2nd fix work to complete on bathrooms, including Mapress fittings.

This position will start on a self employed basis and work will be Monday – Friday, 07:30am-16:30pm.

9 hours paid at £25 per hour.

Permanent work is available.

Our client are Oxfordshire based and their work is either high end residential or on commercial buildings.

The successful candidate will ideally have a minimum of 5 years experience and be suitably qualified to carry out work to a high standard.

Apply online or call 01865 866392

Immediate start available.

INDCON

Planet Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

IT Manager – Schools – MSP

Role: IT Manager

Location: Sevenoaks

Salary: £32,000 – £40,000

Benefits: include salary sacrifice pension scheme, benefits & wellbeing Hub including electric/hybrid car leasing scheme, cycle & ebike scheme, eye care voucher scheme, employee assistance programme, employee recognition platform and online retail discounts scheme.

Our client is current seeking an IT Manager who is motivated and enthusiastic about technology i. The ideal candidate should have a natural flair for technology, a strong willingness to learn and a passion for providing exceptional service to our customers.

As the IT Manager, you will be accountable for overseeing the management, installation, maintenance, availability and security of the curriculum and administrative ICT network, including the hardware and software infrastructure of the school’s ICT network. You will also collaborate with the Senior Management team to aid in the development of the school’s IT infrastructure and put in plans for projects. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring the schools ICT network is optimised for effective teaching and learning while ensuring its security and stability.

Your commitment to delivering support service in a manner that reflects our company values is crucial. As part of your role, you will be responsible for fostering effective communication between your school and this will involve staying informed about the services and solutions turn IT on can offer, as well as managing customer accounts.

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Managing the school’s network infrastructure and ICT based applications
  • Monitoring and maintenance of all key systems including switches, virtual & physical server environments, Microsoft 365 and backups.
  • Providing technical advice, training and support to staff to enable them to make effective use of systems.
  • Day to day management of all IT operations ensuring all requests are dealt with in an efficient manner
  • Monitoring and maintaining of all key systems including switches, virtual & physical server environments and backups.
  • Line manage and take responsibility for the work of the ICT support staff.
  • 2nd/3rd line support.
  • Enforcing and monitoring in line with school policies.
  • Training of internal staff.

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • A strong passion for IT, with at least of 2-3 years of experience working as an IT Manager/Network Manager/Senior ICT Consultant within a school setting.
  • An exceptional understanding of the requirements and responsibilities of working within the school environment.
  • Experience in upgrading a school IT Network system.
  • Self-motivation, with excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills, as well as exceptional customer service skills.
  • The ability to work both on your own and as part of a team, with a talent for problem-solving and a pro-active approach to identifying opportunities to enhance the services provided by the team.

The role is offered on a full year, full-time basis and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check

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.

Groundworkers

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.

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