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Technical Director
British Steel —Scunthorpe
- Up to £100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Process Engineer
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- Engineering
- Data analysis skills
- Project management
- Annual leave
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Software Engineer
ZOO Digital Group plc. —Sheffield
- £42,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Agile
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Technical Solutions Engineer
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- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- JavaScript
- Travel
Test Technician/ Test Specialist
Vita Data Sciences —Leeds
- Full-time
- Engineering
- English
- Master's degree
Mechanical Design Engineer
Eaton —Worksop
- CAD
- Engineering
- Project management
Development Engineer
ITM Power PLC —Sheffield
- Full-time
- CAD
- Engineering
- Mechanical knowledge
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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Product Quality & Conformity Engineer
ITM Power PLC —Sheffield
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
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- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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Applied AI Engineer – Prompting & Evaluation
KERRIDGE COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS CORP —Leeds
- Full-time
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- Master's degree
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1st-2nd Line IT Support Engineer
ITM Power PLC —Sheffield
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
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- Windows
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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Manufacturing Process Engineer (CCM)
ITM Power PLC —Sheffield
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Continuous improvement
- No degree
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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Manufacturing Process Engineer (Final Assembly)
ITM Power PLC —Sheffield
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Assembly
- Continuous improvement
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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7d
Technical Antenna Engineer
Schneider Electric —Leeds
- Full-time
- Engineering
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
2d
Senior Test Design Engineer
Adtran —York
- Full-time
- Engineering
- SQL
- Assembly
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Project Engineering Manager
Jotun Group —Flixborough
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Project management
- Communication skills
7d
Test and Verification Engineer
ITM Power PLC —Sheffield
- Full-time
- CAD
- Engineering
- Analysis skills
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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13d
Senior/ Principal Materials Test Engineer
Hottinger, Bruel & Kjaer —Rotherham
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Annual leave
- Sick pay
Business Development Manager - Specialty Adhesives
ITW Performance Polymers —York
- Full-time
- Sales
- Business development
- Travel
13d
Test Capability Engineer
ITM Power PLC —Sheffield
- Full-time
- CAD
- Engineering
- Assembly
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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13d
Manufacturing Vision Engineer
ITM Power PLC —Sheffield
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Programmable logic controllers
- No degree
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
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7d

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Technical Director

British Steel -
Scunthorpe

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Full-time
Up to £100,000 a year

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Employee assistance programme
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Mechanical Engineering
Quality management
ISO 9001
Leadership

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Job description

Salary - Up to £100,000.00 (plus car or car allowance)

Location - Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1XA

Pattern of Work – 36.5 hours, Monday - Friday

What you need to know about the role

Are you an experienced Technical Director looking for a role within an iconic British company. You can make a real impact and help shape the future.

Responsible for defining and delivering British Steel’s technical, metallurgical and innovation strategies. The role ensures British Steel delivers market-competitive steel products, drives continuous improvement across processes and technologies, and supports British Steel’s transformation toward a low‑carbon, high-performance future.

The Technical Director provides strategic oversight and technical governance for product testing & certification, quality management, product and process development and research and development across all sites.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and lead technical strategy to support business goals. Act as the senior authority on standards, process and product integrity. Innovation and continuous improvement.
Lead on the Quality Management System, ensuring compliance with ISO9001, certifications and customer specific standards.
Oversee all testing facilities ensuring capability, accuracy and alignment to business needs.
Strategic leader to R&D teams covering metallurgy, materials development and decarbonisation technologies. Drive development of new products, processes and technologies.
Provide governance to drive improve in safety, stability, sustainability, cost efficiency and product quality across ironmaking, steelmaking, rolling, and finishing operations.
Provide technical input to strategic reviews, investment cases and transition scenarios.
Act as a key technical lead to support decarbonisation, asset transition, and capability redevelopment initiatives.
Contribute to long-term workforce and capability planning.
Develop a highly capable technical organisation with a focus on skills development, succession planning and competency management.
Foster a culture focused on Zero Harm, quality, continuous improvement and technical excellence.
Ensure effective collaboration between Technical, Operations, Quality, R&D, Commercial and external partners including Academia.

What we need to know about you

Extensive technical leadership in steel manufacturing or heavy-process industries
Comprehensive knowledge of metallurgy, product-standards and process capability for steel production and mechanical property controls
Demonstrated leadership in R&D, quality management and technical governance.
Experience in long-term strategic planning and transformation programmes.
Strong external-stakeholder engagement skills (Suppliers / Customers / Academia / Industry Bodies / Standards Organisations).
Understanding of ISO 9001, UKAS, and major product certification frameworks.
Degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering or similar
Chartered Engineer (CEng) desirable
Evidence of continuous professional development in quality, R&D, strategy or operational excellence.

What we can offer you
We know our employees are our greatest asset and alongside the great benefits packages we offer, we continue to invest in their careers by providing a huge range of training and development opportunities.

Whatever your stage in life, you'll find a range of benefits to complement your work-life balance. The benefits you'll enjoy include:

Defined contribution company pension scheme
27 personal annual leave days + statutory bank holidays
Life Assurance
A comprehensive Company sick pay scheme
Health Cash Plan via our partnership with Simply health
Employee Assistance Programme
Standby and call-out payments
Family friendly benefits including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.

What you need to know about us
British Steel is a leading European steel manufacturer, supplying premium long products around the world.

We take great pride in our history and heritage. Not many companies can claim to have generations of families dedicating their working lives to one company, one industry. Steel gets into your blood, and this drives the passion of our people. And these 2 values deliver our third value of performance – making the products our customers want now and in the future.

British Steel has a bright future and we want you to be part of it.

British Steel is an armed forces friendly company, and we actively encourage applications from ex-Armed Forces Personnel, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans and military spouses/partners.

For more information about us and our journey please visit – www.britishsteel.co.uk.

How to apply
Internal candidates please apply for this role by logging in to your ESS account.

External candidates can apply by clicking on the ‘apply online’ button.

We may close this vacancy sooner than planned if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. To ensure your application is considered, we encourage you to submit it as soon as possible.

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