Welcome to Gill Cooke Personnel

We have been committed to providing an outstanding recruitment service to Loughborough and surrounding areas for over 30 years.

If you are looking for work, want a new job, or are seeking a new member of staff, contact Gill Cooke Personnel.

We handle a wide range of both Temporary and Permanent Vacancies broadly categorised as Commercial, Technical, and Industrial. These vacancies may be short or long term, part time or full time.

Join us to start your job hunt today. You can also view our latest commercial, technical and industrial opportunities by clicking the “Jobs” link above – if something catches your eye, why not apply online?

Commercial

Secretary – Temporary

£10.50 per hour

Our local client is seeking an experienced Secretary for 5-10 hours per week to support them with all administrative tasks.

Candidates must have experience either in research, working for a university or the government in a similar support role.

The role will be home based, with travel to a local Loughborough village for meetings

This is an ongoing temporary role.

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Industrial

Toolmaker

Basic £25-28,000 per annum + generous shift allowance

One of our key Loughborough clients has a sister site in Clitheroe, Lancashire, and we are delighted to offer a number of exciting new opportunities for Toolmakers to be based in Clitheroe, for this global pharmaceutical company.

The tool maker role involves the manufacture and setting of press tooling, routine maintenance, job change overs, and trouble-shooting of daily production issues.

Rotating shift pattern 0600-1400/1400-2200, some weekend work will be required.

Main Responsibilities

Manufacture and setting of press tooling, tooling corrections and refurbishment
Daily checks to ensure quality standards are achieved. Problem solving of daily production issues
Manufacturing of jigs and fixtures to enhance the site manufacturing capability
Reading and interpreting technical drawings
Operation of a range of precision equipment including lathes, milling machines, surface and cylindrical grinders.

Maintaining a safe working environment
Producing clear, concise and legible documentation

The Candidate

Time served Toolmaker. City & Guilds in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, with good manual bench skills

Experience in deep draw transfer presses preferred but not essential
Excellent fault-finding skills

Strong mechanical background
Ability to develop and learn new tasks
GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths

Confident interpersonal and organisational skills
Computer literacy is desirable
A senior Tool Setter with experience covering most of this brief may be considered

Benefits

£25,000 – £28,000 depending on experience
25% Shift premium plus good benefits package
Excellent opportunities

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Technical

Laboratory Technician – Temporary

£9.60 per hour

We are very excited to announce that we are working with our expanding Client based in Loughborough who are looking for enthusiastic Laboratory Technicians to join their team.

This is a full time opportunity paying £9.60 per hour.

Applicants must have 1 years experience of working within the pharmaceutical Industry and have previously worked with GMP.

Knowledge of pharmaceutical testing requirements, testing equipment and current Analytical techniques is a must along with 2 A level in Science disciplines.

The successful Laboratory Technician’s main responsibility will be to test pharmaceutical raw materials including components, packaging and finished products for batch release, stability, development studies and customer complaints in line with the site procedures.

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