Job vacancies 18 April 2025
Every week we compile a list of publically-advertised jobs available in East Lothian - to help jobseekers find local positions. We are not involved in the hiring process and are not responsible for the role or the recruiting company.
As the largest employer in the county, East Lothian Council has positions available at all levels and with part time, term time only and flexible roles find out more and browse jobs.
Manufacture Engineer Modern Apprentice, Musselburgh
- Company: Zot Engineering
- Hours: Full-time
- Salary: From £14,723 to £16,868 per year
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Manufacturing Engineer Apprentice to join one of the UK’s most successful Printed Circuit Board Manufacturers based in Musselburgh.
We supply high-end electronics to a wide range of markets, including Military, Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial, Computing, Engineering, Medical and Broadcasting Industries.
Gaining hands-on experience in our various PCB disciplines to acquire an in-depth knowledge and training from our Manufacturing, Process Engineers, and Lab Technicians, our apprenticeship programme will see you turn your interest in manufacturing engineering into valuable skills, experience and qualifications to give you everything you need to build a successful career. At the same time, whilst learning and contributing to our outstanding work supporting many of our highly important customers and crucial contracts, you will have the chance to earn our apprenticeship salary.
Business and Sales Admin Support Modern Apprentice, Musselburgh
- Company: Di Rollo Ice Cream (UK) Ltd
- Hours: Full-time
- Salary:£14,723 per year
Di Rollo Ice Cream is a manufacturer of ice cream. It operates a 3500 sqft factory unit, and sells its ice cream to restaurants and shops. We have a single site in Musselburgh. Products are currently only sold locally, but the intention is to sell across Scotland and eventually UK wide.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about business. Someone who also has an appetite to use their skills with social media platforms.
Responsibilities will include answering the phone and taking orders from customers. Listening to the Factory manager who updates you on what ingredients we are low on, and you then placing orders with our suppliers for those items. We also have HACCP and Salsa which relates to all our processes, including our track and traceability of the product leaving the premises. You will learn how to oversee these documents and make sure we are keeping these documents updated.
In addition, working with the bookkeeper using Xero accounting platform, you will help create orders for the billing side, so the delivery driver can take the correct paperwork to the customer.
Additionally, maintaining the website by adding success stories, and looking after the social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook. Posting videos of the factory staff on production days making the ice cream. Interviewing staff to post on social media etc.
Sheet Metal Modern Apprentice, Musselburgh
- Company: Zot Engineering
- Hours: Full-time
- Salary: From £14,723 to £16,868 per year
An exciting opportunity has emerged for a motivated apprentice to join our team as a Sheet Metal apprentice at one of the UK’s leading manufacturers in the sheet metal industry, located in Musselburgh. In this role, you will receive hands-on training and mentorship in state-of-the-art facilities, where you will learn essential skills in operating machinery, interpreting technical drawings, and working with various sheet metal materials.
Our apprenticeship programme will see you turn your interest in engineering into valuable skills, experience and qualifications and give you everything you need to build a successful career with us. This is your opportunity to earn while you learn and contribute to our outstanding work, supporting many of our highly important and crucial contracts and customers.
At Zot, we supply high-end electronics to a wide range of markets, including Military, Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial, Computing, Engineering, and Medical Industries.
Customer Team Leader, Dunbar
- Company: Co-op
- Hours: Part-time (24 hours per week)
- Salary: £13.65 per hour
As a Customer Team Leader, you’ll be part of a friendly team that’s dedicated to helping our customers. We’ll look to you to help lead the store team – coaching and supervising our Customer Team Members and deputising for the Store Manager, while also delivering great customer service and performing a wide range of other tasks around the store like re-stocking shelves and cleaning up spillages.
What you’ll do
- Friendly and thoughtful service – you’ll give friendly, welcoming, easy, helpful and thoughtful service every day, often taking ownership for managing the store and handling challenging situations
- Develop your team's capabilities through coaching and training, fostering an inclusive culture where everyone's voice is valued and respected
- Make sure that the store remains safe, legal, and fully operational
- Manage diligence checks and stock accuracy to make shopping a great experience for our customers
- Support your store manager by deputising when they’re not working and delivering a variety of HR processes
- Lead the way when introducing new products and services in your store – work closely with your team to implement change and encourage open and honest feedback
- Build relationships and get involved in your local community, supporting your Store Manager with the delivery of the local Co-op community plan
You must be aged 18 or over to be a customer team leader at Co-op, as you’ll need to authorise age-related sales.
Delivery Driver, East Linton
- Company: Brose Oats, East Linton
- Hours: Avergae 18 hours per week
- Salary: £12.21 per hour
- Closing Date: 5 May 2025
Brose is the only oat milk produced in Scotland with Scottish oats, suppling premium venues such as Edinburgh's The Balmoral Hotel as well as universities - the University of Edinburgh, QMU, Glasgow School of Art and others. Brose is celebrated as a 'Regional Food Hero' by the UK's largest contract catering company - Baxterstorey.
The candidate must be 25 years or older for vehicle insurance purposes. Documentation is also a key component to the job and the post-holder will be required to complete logs and reports as required. Accurate records of deliveries and customer authorisation will need to be submitted to management at the end of each delivery run. It will be expected that DOT regulations and safety standards are followed. The candidate must hold a valid UK driver’s license and be a confident driver (ideally) with a clean driving record with no traffic violations.
Service and Help Desk Administrator, Macmerry
- Company: Weber Packaging Solutions
- Hours: Full-time
- Salary: £25,000 - £28,500 per year
Weber Packaging Solutions is a multi-national manufacturer of labels and labelling systems, providing labelling and coding products, services and solutions to companies ranging from SMEs to the largest global enterprises. We are seeking an Assistant Service Desk Controller to assist the Service Desk Controller operate our busy customer-focused service and help desk.
Duties
- Providing a friendly and professional point of contact for customers
- Answering and managing incoming calls and emails
- Liaising with team members to ensure the best resolution
- Responding to queries, amending data, and re-issuing tasks
- Recording events and service failures
- Managing and prioritizing work requests
- Maintaining and updating helpdesk records and documentation
- Ordering and managing machine parts/consumables
- Maintaining clear and effective communication with customers, engineers, and other team members
- Gathering feedback to determine issues and patterns
- Assisting with general office administration tasks
- Supporting the Service Desk Controller
- Coordinating engineers' workload
- Maintaining and updating planned and preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules and procedures
Skills & Qualifications
- Familiarity with common software applications
- Experience with helpdesk ticketing systems
- Experience with Customer Management Systems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- Ability to manage conflicting demands and work under pressure
- A calm and professional demeanour when dealing with customers
- A Technical approach to problem-solving and communications
IT Modern Apprentice, Musselburgh
- Company: Queen Margaret University
- Hours: Full-time
- Salary: £23,414 per year
Located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, QMU aims to shape a better world through education, research, and innovation.
Outward looking, we have strong ethos of partnership and collaboration. At our modern campus, we benefit from easy access to the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland’s vibrant and historic capital city.
Through a period of apprenticeship and training, learn & develop the necessary skills, expertise and experience to provide assistance to staff and students requesting assistance through the university Helpdesk.
We are looking for a new and enthusiastic team member to provide a range of 1st and 2nd line support for our community of systems users on a 24-month fixed-term apprenticeship.
As a member of the IT team, you will be based both within the team area and the central Helpdesk providing face to face and remote support to the full range of the university’s Digital services users.
Working week - Monday to Thursday, 9am until 5pm, Friday 9am until 4.30 pm (based on campus).