Calling all Candidates!

Bluestones Staffing is working with a leading Manufacturing client in Swinton / Manchester.

We are recruiting for Metallurgist / Process Engineer if you are looking for a new and exciting role with a company that is growing and has great advancement opportunities then this could be the role for you.

Summary:

You will work primarily within a small specialised team that manufacture, design and develop new, award winning, magnesium alloys used for bioresorbable implants (SynerMag). The market is growing rapidly for this novel technology and new processes are required to ensure volume, cost and quality requirements are met for customer programmes. Your role will be to support the Sector Manager to develop and implement new processes for the SynerMag manufacturing facility. This role requires a strong metallurgical background, understanding how the manufacturing process can influence product performance. Quality and cost are a key requirement. As the SynerMag Process engineer, you will be the Sector Managers’s eyes and ears to the manufacturing processes. You will be tasked to discover and define areas with potential improvement and have the freedom to recommend, design and create new processes to ensure the operational objectives are met.

The SynerMag team is a small multi-functional team; therefore you will be working closing with all its members ranging from commercial, manufacturing, quality and alloy development. You will also be required to carry out process improvement programmes in the larger business programmes which include Formula 1, aerospace and oil & gas.

Main responsibilities:

•  You will be the Manufacturing team’s technical advisory for any issues and problems.
• Fully responsible for understanding how the manufacturing process affects product performance and quality. Ensuring all process changes continue to meet quality objectives.
• Fully responsible for recommending new process designs and modifications to improve product quality and manufacturing costs.
• Work with Engineering team to design and specify new capital equipment for these new processes
• Work with Engineering team to install new Capital equipment
• Work with Alloy development metallurgist to industrialise new alloys, bringing them from lab to commercial scale.
• Work with operations team to improve product and process in any of the company’s other product range as required.

Qualifications:

• Degree level qualification in Materials or metallurgy.

or

• Degree level qualification in science discipline with MSc/Phd in a metals/materials related area.

Experience

• Writing up and reporting technical documents
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy in written communications

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent scientific method
• Ability to plan experiments and form rational technical arguments
• Be able to independently gather/research new knowledge to solve problems

Personal Attributes

•   Self-motivated with ability to use own initiative, prioritise tasks and work well under pressure.
•  Must be able to work well with a wide range of people.
• Creative mind – good problem solving
• Adaptability, understanding sources of different information from a range of  engineering/science areas
• High level of attention to detail.
• Professional approach to work and when dealing with internal and external customers.
• Team player who demonstrates a high level of commitment, adopts a flexible and positive approach.
• The role holder must have the ability to work unsupervised with good time management skills in order to meet tight deadlines.
• Is committed to Customer Focus, Personal Growth, Excellence, Accountability and Innovation; the Company’s core values

Hours of work:

• 37 hours per week

For further information please contact Debbie  or Kieran on 02895219313 or email cv.

Bluestones staffing is acting as a Recruitment Business

Are you a qualified chartered accountant seeking an exciting role with a newly formed global company from two existing successful businesses?  If you come from a large audit firm background, ideally with experience of auditing and accounting within an international business then this could be the role for you!

Responsible to the Group Financial Controller, you will work as part of the Group Finance team within our clients Corporate entity. The main purpose of the role is to prepare all external reporting documents for the holding company including quarterly and annual reporting to the New York Stock Exchange and UK annual accounts to Companies House.

Main responsibilities:

 Preparation of financial statements for each quarter

 Manage quarter end preparation file (signed off for SOX)

 Prepare / document consolidation journals for each quarter end.

 Preparation of UK subsidiary accounts

 Monthly preparation of the holding company accounts

 Support Financial Reporting Manager in covenant compliance monitoring and reporting

 Ad-hoc project accounting, for instance involvement in acquisitions/refinancing

 Working in a corporate team as part of the Group finance function, including regular interaction with other stakeholders

 Problem solving and troubleshooting on a wide range of Group and business unit finance issues

 Analysing and understanding the business and sharing information and insights

Qualifications/ Education
 Qualified UK Chartered Accountant (or international equivalent)

Essential Experience

 Large audit firm background

 Excellent IFRS technical financial accounting knowledge

 MS Excel competence

Desirable:

 Experience of auditing large international business

 Experience of working in the accounting function of a large international business.

 Advanced MS Excel

 Experience of using modern consolidation systems e.g. HFM

 US GAAP experience

Personal Attributes:

 Self-motivated with ability to use initiative, take ownership, prioritise tasks and work well under pressure.

 High level of attention to detail.

 Professional approach to work and when dealing with internal and external customers.

 Team player who demonstrates a high level of commitment, adopts a flexible and positive approach.

 The role holder must have the ability to work unsupervised with good time management skills to meet tight deadlines in a fast paced, pressurized and challenging environment

 Is committed to Customer First, Integrity, Accountability, Innovation, Personal Development, Team work; the Company’s core values

Working Pattern:

 37 hours per week.
Due to the seniority of this role some travel may be required therefore applicant should hold a full driving license.

For further information please contact Debbie/Kieran on 02895 219 313 or forward your CV via the link below.

Bluestones Staffing are acting as a recruitment business