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Featured Candidates in Swansea

Welder
#74263
£38K+
  • Time served welder with circa 6 years of experience working in heavy industry.  
  • Qualified up to NVQ level 3.  
  • Comfortable reading engineering drawings and working to tight tolerances.  
  • Has experience with MMA, MIG and MAG welding.  
  • Broad range of skills covering fabricating new components, site repair work and installations. 
  • Forklift trained and holds several additional qualifications like confined spaces, gas awareness and fire watch.  
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Mechanical Engineer
#71080
£55K+
  • A manufacturing professional with over 28 years of experience gained working in heavy industry.  
  • Starting with a mechanical apprenticeship they’ve gone on to achieve a bachelor’s degree. 
  • Strong background in hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance. 
  • 10 years of engineering supervisory experience, leading a multi-discipline team across a complex manufacturing site.  
  • IOSH trained and is responsible for ensuring the working environment is safe for the team.  
  • Proficient with SAP. 
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Electronic Engineer
#36268
£55K+
  • A 1st class honours electronic engineer with over 5 years of manufacturing experience.  
  • Adept at taking projects from concept through to handover, managing design phases, suppliers, budgets and timelines. 
  • Proficient programming with C and C++ language. 
  • Well-versed in IEC 60601, IEC 60335 and EN 55032 standards. 
  • Strong PCB design background and has used Altium throughout their career.  

 

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CNC Programmer
#72981
£30K+
  • Time-served machinist and programmer who’s qualified up to NVQ level 3 in mechanical manufacturing engineering.  
  • Has experience of working with a wide range of materials including stainless steel, aluminium, titanium and inconel. 
  • Strong background in CNC milling, able to program and operate 5-Axis Mazak mills.  
  • Holds good knowledge of AS 9100 and ISO 9001 standards. 
  • Adept at working to tight tolerances and has supplied components into sectors like aerospace and defence.  
  • Has utilised gauges and CMM machines to ensure products meet standards and specifications.  
  • Open to days regular or shift work and is available for an immediate start.  
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Health & Safety Advisor
#73311
£35K+
  • Health & Safety professional who’s gained experience in heavy industry.  
  • Holds a NEBOSH general and environmental certificate.  
  • Has experience of managing varying sizes of teams ranging from 20 up to a couple of hundred with projects.  
  • Responsible for taking control of permits, COSHH assessments, risk assessments, audits, chairing safety meetings and compliance documentation.  
  • Strong background in training and improving the culture towards safety within a hazardous environment.  
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Electrical Maintenance Technician
#71443
£42K+
  • Time served electrical maintenance technician with circa 6 years of industrial experience gained working in heavy industry. 
  • Qualified up to HNC level.  
  • Has covered a mix of breakdown and PPM work across a wide-ranging plant, working on equipment like sensors, AC and DC motors, drives, control systems and general facilities work.  
  • Able to fault find using ladder logic on Siemens S7 PLC system.  
  • Has a basic mechanical understanding from working alongside fitters but is keen to develop this area of their skill set.  
  • Currently working a continental shift pattern and is open to days or shifts going into a new role.  
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Electrical Maintenance Technician
#72165
£40K+
  • Completed a 4-year electrical apprenticeship, then went on to complete a bachelors in electrical engineering. 
  • Circa 7 years of supervisory experience, taking daily responsibility for a small team of around 4.  
  • Has maintained AC and DC motors, drives, sensors, detectors, control systems, switchgear and instrumentation like pressure, flow and gas analysers.  
  • Able to fault find on Allen Bradley and ABB PLC systems. 
  • Currently working a 4 on 4 off pattern and would like to go into a days regular role
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Engineering Manager
#25801
£54K+
  • A time-served engineering manager with over 20 years of manufacturing experience and circa 5 years at management level. 
  • Managed teams of 15-20 technicians and engineers on a daily basis, taking control of planning, work delegation, health & safety and performance management.  
  • Strong background in health & safety, well versed managing risk assessments, permits, SOPs and chairing meetings. IOSH trained.  
  • Comfortable managing engineering budgets of circa £2M.  
  • Has a track record for delivering CAPEX and OPEX projects on time to budget.  

 

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Plant Manager
#58723
£60K+
  • An experienced manufacturing professional that has engineering and operations experience across various sectors including automotive, steel and aerospace.  
  • Has held responsibility for circa 250 staff with 8 direct reports.   
  • Strong data background, has a proven track record for analysing trends and rolling out new initiatives to improve the business.  
  • Comfortable taking responsibility for the business P&L.  
  • Educated to a high level having completed a Bachelors and gone on to study an Engineering Doctorate.  
  • Has a keen interest in lean and continuous improvement, previously managed to reduce scrap by 50% through analysis of process achieving a saving of circa £190,000.  
  • Adept at taking control of projects, and implementing new technologies into a business with minimal disruption.  
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Production Planner
#71623
£30K+
  • Circa 15 years of experience in supply chain and planning-focused roles.  
  • Has planned mainly for cell-based manufacturing setups 
  • Planning experience with SAP and SAGE200 
  • Comfortable using all Microsoft Office tools 
  • Available for an immediate start due to a recent redundancy 
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Mechanical Design Engineer
#21269
£40K+
  • Masters and degree qualified with circa 10 years of industry experience 
  • Holds a BEng in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and a MSc in Lean and Agile Manufacturing Engineering 
  • Proficient in the use of Inventor for 3D and AutoCAD for 2D design purposes 
  • Experienced in the design of both products, assemblies, tooling, jigs and fixtures. 
  • Has worked mainly in metal-based manufacturing setups. 
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Materials Engineer
#72263
£38K
  • Degree-qualified materials engineer with circa 3 years of experience gained working in heavy industry.  
  • Holds a Six Sigma Green Belt and has a track record for optimising yield, reducing scrap and driving operational efficiency improvements.  
  • Strong background in troubleshooting, using techniques like A3, root cause analysis and 5 Whys.  
  • Comfortable collating and analysing data and has experience of Power BI. 
  • Has experience of working directly with customers, resolving any issues and building rapport.  
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Shift Manager
#22515
£38K+
  • 30+ years of supervisory and management experience in manufacturing. 
  • Experience in electronics, automotive, plastics, semiconductor and FMCG environments 
  • Has usually managed teams ranging in size from 20-40 in size, in a recent role was managing a team of 150 through 5 direct reports 
  • Used to using Lean and CI tools such as 8D, Kepner Tregoe, etc. Was responsible for introducing 5S to his department at Sony and it became the benchmark for the site. 
  • Used to carrying out tasks relating to Health & Safety such as audits, PPE checks, risk assessments and accident investigations 
  • Holds IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications. 
  • Also holds an Ilm Level 2 management and qualification. 
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Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician
#73743
£45K
  • Time served electrically biased maintenance technician. 
  • Currently, they rate their technical split as 60:40.  
  • Has maintained CNC machines like lathes and milling machines, packaging equipment, motors, drives, sensors, pumps, gearboxes, and control systems. 
  • Experience of working in a highly regulated environment. 
  • Adept at troubleshooting and calibrating gauges like pressure and conductivity  
  • Open to days or shifts.  
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Automation Engineer
#23558
£50K+
  • HND qualified engineer with over 10 years of industrial experience gained working in heavy industry and the water sector.  
  • Strong project background, comfortable taking control of budgets, timelines and staffing requirements.  
  • Proficient with both Allen Bradley and Siemens PLC systems, programming from scratch and completing advanced-level interrogation.  
  • Holds good knowledge of instrumentation like pressure, flow, level and temperature. 
  • Adept at supervising small teams, planning and delegating tasks and taking control of safety requirements.  
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Biomedical Engineering Graduate
#71765
£27K+
  • A recent biomedical engineering graduate who achieved a 2:1 in their studies.  
  • Has a keen interest in design and would like to work within a highly regulated environment like medical.  
  • Developed 3D design experience during university and is proficient with both SolidWorks and Fusion 360.  
  • Gained project experience both as an Indvidual and within a group, taking responsibility for quality and time management.  
  • Took projects from initial concept through different stages of design like cost estimation, prototyping and data analysis. Key university design projects included a stretcher and a wheelchair.  
  • Holds a full UK driving licence. 
  • Available for an immediate start.  
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Project Engineer
#71216
£45K+
  • Experienced and degree-qualified engineering professional who has 30+ years of industry experience 
  • Has worked primarily in the automotive sector and covered a broad range of roles including project, development and test functions 
  • Holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering 
  • Originally completed a time serviced mechanical apprenticeship 
  • Extensive NPI experience and used to having elements of customer contact as part of their role. 
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Mechanical Design Engineer
#22050
£45K+
  • Degree-qualified mechanical design and R&D professional with 10 years of industry experience 
  • Has worked across a range of industries from aerospace, FMCG, electro-mechanical products, renewables, capital equipment and automotive.  
  • Strong experience of working in R&D functions in smaller companies playing a key role in the progression of products into full scale development 
  • Holds a Beng in Mechanical Engineering and is currently completing an ILM Level 4 
  • CAD experience has been mainly with SolidWorks 
  • Experienced in DFMEA, FMEA and GD&T. 
  • Used to working with a variety of different industry led standards ensuring all mechanical design processes meet the required levels. 
  • Available for an immediate start due to a recent redundancy.  
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Electrical Maintenance Technician
#67100
£45K+
  • Time served electrical maintenance technician who’s qualified up to HNC level.  
  • Circa 10 years of experience gained working across heavy industry and electronics.  
  • Well versed maintaining control systems, sensors, AC/DC motors and various types of drives. 
  • Has experience of fault finding on Siemens S7, ABB and Omron PLC systems.  
  • Adept at analysing plant performance and implementing improvements on site.  
  • Open to working days or shifts  
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Quality Technician
#72313
£35K+
  • A manufacturing professional with circa 25 years of experience split across quality, production and warehouse functions in the FMCG sector.  
  • ISO 9001 lead auditor trained, confident in taking control of internal and external audits.  
  • Well-versed in managing non-conformances, investigations and making recommendations for corrective actions.  
  • Holds an ILM level 5 in leadership and management, and has held responsibility for teams ranging from 8-20.   
  • Has a keen interest in health & safety and has completed a NEBOSH general certificate.  

 

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Mechanical Maintenance Technician
#72792
£42K+
  • Time-served mechanical maintenance technician that’s qualified up to ONC level.  
  • Over 15 years of experience which has been gained working in heavy industry.  
  • Strong background in hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance, covering breakdown, overhaul, installation and PPM work.  
  • Has experience of maintaining a wide range of equipment including pumps, motors, gearboxes, pipework, cylinders and valves.  
  • Comfortable working days or shifts.  
  • Available at short notice due to redundancy.  
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Health & Safety Advisor
#74133
£45K+
  • A health and safety advisor who holds a NEBOSH general certificate and is part way through a diploma.  
  • Has gained a wealth of experience working in a high risk COMAH site.  
  • Comfortable managing smaller teams of 20 on projects and sharing responsibility with larger numbers of staff up to 600.  
  • Recently led a project to improve compliance reporting by implementing a new system and schedule. 
  • Has used techniques like root cause analysis and produced detailed reports in order to prevent recurrence of accidents.  
  • Steps up to a leadership role frequently so is keen to make the next step in their career.  
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Chemistry Graduate
#73283
£25K+
  • A recent 1st class chemistry graduate.  
  • Has gained hands-on laboratory experience with techniques like HPLC, MS, NMR and UV-Vis.  
  • Developed a keen interest in data analysis during their studies, reporting on large data sets through Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.  
  • Fluent in Welsh and English. 
  • Has customer experience gained from working in a cafe so is comfortable building relationships and resolving issues.  
  • Happy to relocate for the right role. 
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Automotive Engineering Graduate
#71541
£28K+
  • Recently graduated with a 2:1 in automotive engineering.  
  • Completed a range of modules including powertrain design, structural design, stress analysis, thermodynamics & combustion, electrical control systems, fluid analysis and materials and sustainability.  
  • Proficient in the use of SolidWorks and used it throughout their studies. Also used Ansys and MATLAB. 
  • Completed a final year project on a steer-by-wire system.  
  • Quite open to what they go into but particularly enjoyed the design side of their degree.  
  • Holds a full UK driving licence and is available to start immediately. 
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Quality Engineer
#60183
£35K+
  • A PhD-educated quality engineer with over a year of experience in manufacturing.  
  • Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 and 14001, comfortable taking control of internal and external audits. ISO 9001 internal auditor trained.  
  • Familiar with techniques like 5 Whys, 8D and Ishikawa. 
  • Strong analytical background, confident in analysing existing methods and driving quality improvements.  
  • Has an interest in continuous improvement and played a key role in driving working efficiencies which resulted in an increase in profit for the business.  
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Mechanical Design Engineer
#72240
£36K+
  • A degree-qualified mechanical design engineer with experience in the automotive sector. 
  • Circa 8 years of experience working with SolidWorks, and has also used AutoCAD.  
  • Adept at leading projects from concept to close, taking control of different design phases and managing a customer’s expectations throughout.  
  • Excellent knowledge of design work for machined metal components and has exposure to plastic injection moulding as well.  
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Shift Manager
#73338
£45K+
  • Professional manager with 25+ years of experience in heavy industrial settings.  
  • Experience of working both shifts and days-based positions and is open to either option 
  • Worked predominantly for 3rd party contractors on site coordinating work and ensuring that both customers and stakeholders remain satisfied 
  • Has experience in managing large teams of up to 110 staff (through 7 direct reports) and 45 staff directly.  
  • Used to Health & Safety playing a large part of his role inclusive of carrying out safety audits, reporting on near-miss incidents and carrying out investigations.  
  • Holds an IOSH Managing Safely and is working towards completion of NEBOSH currently 
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Toolmaker
#33496
£38K+
  • Time-served Toolmaker with circa 20 years of industry experience.
  • Has worked across heavy industrial and automotive manufacturing environments.
  • Familiar with both maintenance of existing tooling and producing new press tools from scratch where needed.
  • Proficient in using a wide variety of toolroom processes, including milling, turning and grinding.
  • Open to days or shift positions.
  • Available for an immediate start due to a recent redundancy.
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Mechanical Design Engineer
#29495
£45K+
  • Degree-qualified design professional with circa 12 years of industry experience 
  • Holds a BEng in Motorsport Engineering Design 
  • Experience of working within electro-mechanical capital equipment manufacturing, automotive and aerospace sectors 
  • CAD experience with Inventor, Solid Edge and Siemens NX for 3D design purposes 
  • Current role is NPD-focused conducting research and development work into bespoke customer requirements 
  • Previous experience of working in a quality-focused role giving a broad understanding of development and manufacturing processes 
  • Used to having customer contact as part of their roles. 
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Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician
#71116
£40K+
  • Time-served maintenance technician who’s qualified up to HNC level.  
  • Electrically biased but is competent at maintaining mechanical systems, currently rate their technical split as 70:30.  
  • Able to fault find and complete modifications on Siemens S7 and Allen Bradley Systems.  
  • Covers a mix of PPM and breakdown work on sensors, control systems, conveyors, motors, transformers, drives and pneumatics. 
  • IOSH trained.  
  • Currently working shifts, would like to move into a 2 shift or day role.  
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Mechanical Design Engineer
#29495
£45K+
  • Degree-qualified design professional with circa 12 years of experience.  
  • Has gained experience in capital equipment/industrial machinery design and has worked in a range of industries including automotive and aerospace 
  • Holds a BEng in Motorsport Engineering and Design 
  • Has gained varied CAD experience working with SolidWorks, SolidEDGE, Inventor and Siemens NX packages throughout employment and studies 
  • From a design perspective has worked mainly with sheet metal and metal machined components but has also had some exposure to plastic injection moulding.  
  • Good all round manufacturing knowledge having undertaken a quality-focused role during career.  
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Are you getting good service from recruitment agencies in Swansea?

There are many recruitment agencies in Swansea you could use to fill your vacancies. Though if you have found this page, I am guessing you have been underwhelmed with their slow service and lack of ability to find the quality candidates you need in the Swansea area?

Other recruitment agencies don’t seem to understand what is critical when it comes to recruiting the key people that make up your team.

Finding the right skills is one thing, and then there is the regular challenge of people with the right skills and a poor attitude, who many recruiters will send to you. You take a chance on interviewing them, and they don’t even turn up!

We understand your issues as recruiters with a 20-year history of delivering for our clients. The good news is we can resolve many of your recruitment challenges and find you the right candidates based in Swansea.

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Sigma Recruitment is a recruitment agency for Swansea that delivers

Swansea, Aerospace, manufacturing, and life sciences

Founded in 2005, the Sigma Recruitment agency quickly became one of the leading manufacturing, technical and engineering employment & recruitment agencies for Swansea

The city and county of Swansea is the regional centre for business and industry in South West Wales, including the towns of Neath, Llanelli, Port Talbot, and the Swansea Valley. Swansea has very much been considered an industrial centre in past centuries, including a huge metallurgical and tinplate industry predating World War II.

Today, many major manufacturing companies operate around Swansea: 3M UK, Alberto Culver, Morganite Electrical Carbon, and Pure Wafer start the list. In recent decades, there has been a movement around the outskirts of the city, including major distribution centres set up by Amazon.

The Technium concept of incubator space for high technology firms was launched at SA1 on the waterfront in Swansea, with further facilities on the Swansea University campus. The Welsh Assembly and the leading worldwide company IBM are also behind a new Institute of Life Sciences based at Swansea University.

Other manufacturing sectors in the area include medical device manufacturing, automotive manufacturing, aerospace manufacturing, FMCG manufacturing and electronics manufacturing.

Jobs in Swansea

As a leading recruitment agency in Swansea, Sigma Recruitment recommends a range of opportunities in manufacturing, life sciences, and more. We have provided recruitment services to a diverse range of manufacturing companies across Swansea and the surrounding areas.

Skills that Sigma can Recruit for in Swansea

Notable Swansea companies in manufacturing and engineering include*

3M

3M science-based technology company.

Amazon

Launched on the web in 1995, Amazon was initially an online bookstore.  The fulfilment centre is vast, the size of 11 football pitches over 74,000 square metres. Delivering hundreds of thousands of items each day and fulfilling orders from all over the world.

Timet

TIMET is the world’s largest supplier of high-quality titanium metal products.  With its unique combination of strength, lightweight, corrosion resistance and other metallurgical properties, titanium is used in hundreds of diverse aerospace, industrial and emerging applications where no other metal is as reliable or economical, especially on a lifecycle costing basis.

Cyden

Cyden design and manufacture IPL (intense pulsed light) laser hair removal products, the company was founded in 2002 and are based in Swansea.

Haydale

Haydale is a leader in the advanced materials field for next-generation disruptive technologies they facilitate the application of graphenes and other nanomaterials in sectors including inks, sensors, energy storage, photovoltaics, composites, paints and coatings.

* Sigma Recruitment Ltd is not claiming to represent, to be recruiting for or in any way connected with the above; companies are listed for information only.

Sectors that Sigma recruits for in Swansea

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About the Sigma Recruitment Agency Swansea

We’ are not just one of the hundreds of employment and recruitment agencies recruiting for Swansea; since the Sigma Recruitment Agency Swansea, opened for business back in 2005, we’ve developed an enviable reputation as one of the leading independent recruitment agencies for Swansea. We’ve recruited for a wide variety of companies, from Fortune 500 firms with sales in the hundreds of billions to niche high-tech start-ups and everything in between.

If you’re looking to recruit candidates with engineering, technical, supply chain, procurement, logistics, management, scientific or STEM graduate skills in sectors including automotive manufacturing, life science, aerospace manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, packaging, pharmaceutical, medical devices, steel, plastics or semiconductors, then please book a call with our founding director today! And find out why all recruitment agencies Swansea are not the same!

Note nothing on this website is meant to imply that Sigma Recruitment Ltd has a physical recruitment agency office in Swansea; we do have access to a wide range of engineering & manufacturing talent in Swansea and are comfortable working with Swansea manufacturing and engineering companies hiring for engineering jobs in Swansea. Where we refer to Sigma Recruitment Agency and Swansea or similar, we are confirming our capability to find engineering candidates in Swansea. Where we mention a company, it is for information purposes only and does not mean that we are working with, affiliated with or in any way connected to said company.

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Sigma recruits in the following towns around Swansea

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