Current Vacancies

Location: Coventry
Hours of Work: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Are you an ambitious and results- driven leader ready to take your career to the next level?

This is a rare opportunity to join one of the UK’s most successful and award-winning engineering groups in a pivotal General Manager role.

Offering an attractive salary package this position is ideal for an experienced professional seeking to make a real impact within a fast-growing, dynamic organisation.

WEC Group has earned a reputation as one of the UK’s leading engineering firms. We are now looking for an experienced and motivated General Manager to lead operations at our HTA Division, based in Coventry.

This role offers the perfect platform for a high-performing, self-motivated leader to shape the future of a key division within a thriving business.

Responsibilities

As General Manager, you will take full responsibility for the day-to-day operations of HTA Group, reporting directly to the Managing Director. Your core duties will include:

• Providing strategic and operational leadership, fostering a high-performance culture focused on continuous improvement, accountability, and excellence in a fast-paced, competitive environment.
• Managing a workforce of over 100 employees, including oversight of recruitment, training and development, performance management, succession planning, and disciplinary procedures.
• Ensuring exceptional levels of customer satisfaction across all areas of the business through the delivery of high-quality service and operational excellence.
• Controlling operational budgets, monitoring financial performance, and ensuring all business and profitability targets are consistently achieved.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives by identifying and implementing process enhancements to drive operational efficiency, productivity, and product quality.
• Overseeing all departmental functions to ensure alignment with company objectives and that performance targets are met or exceeded across the board.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Extensive senior management experience within an engineering environment, ideally with a strong background in sheet metal, fabrication and laser cutting operations.
• A demonstrable track record of driving business growth and delivering sustained profitability, with a strong commitment to customer service excellence.
• In-depth understanding of management profit and loss accounts, with the ability to make data-driven decisions that enhance financial performance and operational efficiency.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, combined with a collaborative leadership style and the ability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing teams.
• Proven ability to influence and build strong relationships with both internal stakeholders and external customers, creating a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
• Energetic, confident, and hands-on leadership approach, with excellent communication skills and a natural ability to inspire those around you.

Why join us?

• Industry-leading salary & benefits
• Work with cutting-edge engineering projects
• Be part of a rapidly expanding company with a strong heritage
• Opportunities for career progression and personal development

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Strong experience in an engineering/fabrication environment
• Good understanding of Laser, fabrication and welding processes
• Knowledge of health & safety requirements
• Understanding of company quality procedures and specific customer requirements
• Ability to effectively communicate with customers on quality and service
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and lead and manage others to achieve desired results
• Management experience
• Team leadership and motivational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Results oriented change agent who is an effective business systems thinker
• Excellent Communicator

Working Location/Environment

Coventry. Travel to our other sites may be required to suit business needs.

Company Benefits

• Company car allowance
• Mobile
• Bonus scheme
• Free car parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Employee Benefit Loan scheme

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Location: Coventry
Hours of Work: 7.30am – 4pm (3pm Friday finish)

This is a fantastic opportunity offering an excellent salary package for a motivated and driven Production Welder based at HTA Group in Coventry, looking to progress within a dynamic and rapidly expanding engineering firm.

Privately owned for over 40 years, and now one of the UK’s leading & multi award winning Engineering companies, WEC is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Welder to join our busy and expanding team at HTA Group in Coventry, part of the WEC Group.

Responsibilities

• Ability to read, understand and interpret the engineering drawings
• Accurately record all job bookings
• Complete welding operations within allocated time
• Improve processes
• Visual inspection of components to ensure that it meet the requirements
• Undertake first off inspections where required
• Undertake welder coding test as and if required
• Ensure compliance to Health and safety standards as directed by the Company
• Any other duties that may fit into the remit of this role as and when required
• This is not an exhaustive list and may be reviewed at any time to reflect current or changing practices

Skills and Experience Required

• Self-motivated and focused
• Relevant NVQ or welding equivalent Qualifications
• Reliable and enthusiastic
• Able to work to deadlines efficiently and accurately
• Able to follow instructions carefully and precisely
• Ability to carry out basic Maths including additions, subtractions, multiplications and division
• Good understanding of English

Working Location/Environment

Coventry

Company Benefits

• 20 days holiday annual leave plus bank holidays
• Free car parking
• Company pension scheme
• Employee benefit loan scheme
• Company profit share
• Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing cashback scheme

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Location: Coventry
Hours of Work: Monday – Thurs 7:30am-4pm. Fri 7:30am-3pm.

This is a fantastic opportunity offering an excellent salary and benefits package for an experienced and driven Project Engineer, who wishes to progress within a dynamic and rapidly expanding engineering firm.

With a wide and varied customer base, and an ever expanding work load, HTA Group can offer the opportunity to work on some prestigious engineering projects for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

This is an interesting and varied role, which involves working on some excellent specialist engineering projects, bringing in fantastic career prospects for the successful candidate.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

• Proven engineering and fabrication knowledge/experience/background
• Ability to read and work from detailed engineering drawings
• Computer literate
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise closely with customers
• Ability to work under pressure, both on own initiative and as part of a busy team
• Ability to handle multiple varied projects from order through to completion Responsible, conscientious, punctual, highly organized, and self-motivated
• Excellent knowledge of all welding techniques
• CAD qualifications and experience are preferable but not essential for this role, training will be provided where necessary

Working Location/Environment

Coventry

Company Benefits

• 25 days holiday annual leave plus bank holidays
• Free car parking
• Company pension scheme
• Employee benefit loan scheme
• Company profit share
• Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health & wellbeing cashback scheme

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