It's exciting news for local job seekers and businesses as Alsager Nub News has announced the launch of a brand-new  Alsager jobs page

Check out this week's best picks below:

The jobs come from our Alsager jobs page where companies can also advertise their vacancies for a small fee.

Recruitment Advisor

The Opportunity

As a Recruitment Advisor for Swansway you will play a significant role in contributing to the success of the HR function. Reporting to the Head of HR, the Recruitment Advisor will be responsible for securing top talent across all of our locations. You'll own the end to end recruitment journey for our candidates from their application to their first day, ensuring only the best candidate journey.

Day to day you will work with our HR Advisors and stakeholders across the group to meet the recruitment needs of the business, including writing job adverts, completing pre-screening calls and arranging interviews all through our applicant tracking system. You may also support with face to face interviews to support and upskill our Hiring Managers.

The HR team at Swansway is an inclusive team where we share best practice in an open way to ensure that we support the business in the best possible way.

More about the role

• Taking briefs from Hiring Managers for their current vacancies
• Writing creative job adverts
• Advising and guiding candidates through the recruitment process
• Pre-screening applicants and creating a shortlist for Hiring Managers
• Negotiating job offers for candidates
• Updating and full use of our applicant tracking system
• Deal with any front line recruitment queries
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Keeping applicants updated throughout the recruitment process
• Supporting Hiring Managers with interviews (coaching and attending interviews when required)
• Recruitment projects as directed by Head of HR
• Ad-hoc recruitment activities

More about you

• Previous recruitment experience gained either in house or via agency
• Experience of working at pace in a fast moving business
• Strong written copy (such as job adverts and candidate communications)
• Able to multi-task several tasks/workloads
• Keen eye for detail
• Strong customer focus
•  "Can do" attitude
• Travel required to our Dealerships from time to time (Carlisle to Birmingham)
• Full driving licence required

Benefits of working for Swansway Group:

• Holidays that increase with length of service
• Your Birthday off
• Company Pension Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit
• Long service recognition
• Annual flu jab
• Discounts on products and services that extend to your family and friends
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee recruitment referral payments
• Employee assistance programme and counselling service
• Occupational health services
• Flexible working patterns
• Car Benefit Scheme for employee or family 

When you join Swansway, you're joining a family; so, if you enjoy, and thrive in, an inclusive family atmosphere, apply to join us now!

Interested? Follow this link here

Optical Assistant

A National chain of Optical and Hearing care providers is looking for an optical assistant to work in the below branch.

The role is branch based so no home visits.

We would love to hear from you if you have previous experience of working within a high street optician. Optical assistants with 1-2 years of Optical dispensing would be ideal candidates for this position!

More information on the role is below :

Desired experience:

• Previous experience of working within a high street opticians
• Ideally you will be able to dispense at all levels (Optical dispensing)

Benefits:

• Career progression opportunities
• 4 weeks annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Company Pension
• Performance based bonus- paid quarterly

If this role is not suitable for you but you would be interested in other roles within Optometry and Hearing Care- please still do get in touch!

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Performance bonus

Experience:

• dispensing: 1 year (preferred)
• Optical: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Interested? Check out this link here

Receptionist

Swansway is recruiting a receptionist to join their head office. Reporting into the Customer Service Manager you will be working as part of a team responsible for the service and care of our customers and colleagues.

As Receptionist you'll be the first point of contact for customers, visitors and colleagues entering head office. You will also be answering the phone in a warm and welcoming way and directing calls to the correct departments.

Each day you will also be responisble for the post distribution of incoming and arranging outgoing post. There may also be times where you are required to support our Directors with administration tasks and preparing refreshments.

Interested? Follow this link here

Accounts Administrator

Location: Radway Green, Crewe

Duration: Temporary (9 months maternity cover)

There's a vacancy for an accounts administrator at Radway Green for nine months maternity cover. Hours are Monday-Friday, 8AM- 4PM Pay rate: £11-12PH

Key Duties

• Printing and matching supplier invoices
• Resolving any purchase invoice queries with Purchasing and Supplier
• Matching PODs with invoices to confirm supplier deliveries
• Timely input of supplier invoices
• Monthly reconciliation
• General administration duties

Interested? Follow this link here

Maintenance Engineer

Do you want to work Monday to Friday 6.00am-2.00pm, 2.00pm-10.00pm and 10.00pm- 6.00am for a base salary of £40,000? If so, then please read on.

Working in a first-class, modern, purpose-built manufacturing facility; we now require a Maintenance Engineer to join the team.

You will be working for a business that have production sites located across the UK and EU.

Key responsibilities of the Maintenance Engineer role:

• To maintain service and repair all automated plant machinery to minimise production down time.

• Provide technical support on all projects, installations and breakdowns

• PPM s

The ideal candidate / Maintenance Engineer may have some of the following, however, please note these are only desirable and not essential as all applications will be looked at individually:

- Time served apprentice trained or above

- Previous experience working in a maintenance focused role within a manufacturing/production environment or similar

- Electrically competent at isolating and locking off circuits, replacing like for like parts electrically and using a multi-meter

Interested? Follow this link here

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