Location: Swinton, Manchester (on‑site)
Department: Information Technology
Reports to: Service Delivery Specialist
Hours: 37 hours per week (10am–6pm onsite,)
Salary Range : £30,000- £35,000 per annum 

The opportunity 

Luxfer MEL Technologies is looking for a motivated IT Engineer to join our IT team in Manchester. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a global manufacturing business, gaining exposure to Microsoft 365, cyber security, networking, endpoint management, infrastructure, and enterprise systems.
Working alongside experienced IT professionals, you’ll support colleagues across both our UK and US operations while contributing to projects that improve technology, services, and user experience.

You’ll provide first and second line support across both office and manufacturing environments, helping ensure our IT services are reliable, secure, and compliant. Alongside day‑to‑day support, you’ll contribute to continuous improvement of our IT services, processes, and user experience.

What you’ll be doing 

•  Providing on-site and remote IT support to users across the business.
• Troubleshooting hardware, software, networking, and device issues.
• Supporting Microsoft 365, Windows, mobile, and endpoint technologies.
• Managing user accounts, permissions, and access controls.
• Installing, configuring, and deploying IT equipment.
• Supporting endpoint management and cyber security platforms.
• Maintaining technical documentation and asset records.
• Contributing to IT service improvements and technology projects.

What we’re looking for 

We’re looking for someone with the right mindset as well as technical capability. You don’t need to tick every box on day one — we value curiosity, integrity, and a willingness to learn.

Essential Requirements
Essential requirements include:

• NVQ Level 3 or higher qualification in an IT-related discipline (or equivalent qualification).
• GCSE English and Mathematics (Grade 4/C or above, or equivalent).
• Experience supporting Windows and Microsoft 365 environments.
• Experience providing customer-focused IT support.
• Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• A professional and security-conscious approach when handling sensitive information.
• Ability to obtain any visas, security clearances, or travel documentation required for occasional business travel to the United States.

Technical Knowledge
Experience or knowledge of the following is required:

• Microsoft Active Directory / Entra ID.
• Microsoft Intune.
• Microsoft Teams Administration.
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP).
• Endpoint security and cyber security principles.
• IT service management practices and frameworks.

Desirable Experience
The following would be advantageous but are not essential:

• Degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco, ITIL, Cyber Security, Cloud, or Networking certifications.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, chemical, engineering, or other regulated environments.
• ERP user administration.
• Microsoft Exchange administration.
• SharePoint administration.
• Windows Server administration.
• Windows Autopilot.
• PowerShell or other scripting experience.
• CCTV, access control, or physical security systems knowledge.

Working pattern and flexibility

• 37 hours per week
• On‑site working required (10am–6pm)
• Flexibility to support incidents or maintenance outside standard hours when needed
• Occasional travel to the United States may be required; the role supports confidential and security‑sensitive work

Our values 

This role requires a strong commitment to Luxfer’s core values: Customer First, Integrity, Accountability, Innovation, Teamwork, and Personal Development.

We’re looking for someone who will live these values day‑to‑day — supporting colleagues, taking ownership, and continuously improving how we work.

Why Join Luxfer?

• Develop your career within a global organisation.
• Gain exposure to modern Microsoft and cyber security technologies.
• Work with colleagues across the UK and United States.
• Learn from experienced IT professionals.
• Contribute to meaningful business improvement projects.
• Be part of a company that values Customer First, Integrity, Accountability, Innovation, Teamwork, and Personal Development.

Equal Opportunities
Luxfer MEL Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people regardless of background, identity, disability, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment.
If you’re excited by this opportunity but don’t meet every desirable requirement, we would still encourage you to apply. We recognise that skills and experience can be gained in different ways, and we value potential, enthusiasm, and a willingness to learn alongside technical capability.
Take the next step in your IT career with Luxfer MEL Technologies.

If you’re proactive, reliable, and ready to take the next step in your IT career, we’d love to hear from you.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. If you wish to request that your application be considered under the terms of our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please explicitly state so in your CV and / or accompanying cover letter.

Next Technology is looking for DevOps Engineers with CI/CD Pipeline experience to be aligned to great teams of developers in our tech domains.

We require an individual who has exposure to Cloud, Ideally Microsoft Azure, and containerisation technologies (Using Docker and Kubernetes) to drive innovation and adoption of new cloud services.

We work closely with our Development Domains and Business users to ensure they have the right tools to get our Products to the market as quickly and efficiently as possible, allowing the business growth NEXT has seen over the last few years.

We never standstill, we are constantly looking to evolve our technology, our applications and the services we offer our stakeholders. We really are a group of people who love technology, pushing boundaries and answering the what-ifs!

Working with us would mean exposure to new technologies and ways of working, getting involved in forcing through change and ultimately providing our customers with a better service. Like all departments, we also have challenges with some legacy applications and ‘older’ code languages but who doesn’t love a good challenge?

We can promise an environment that is never dull with the freedom and support to express yourself to come up with new initiatives. If you want to suggest a new way of working, an improvement to an application or try a new technology…go for it!

We run a lean operation in a quick paced environment, so we need our people to be able to work efficiently, accurately and well under pressure. We expect the right individual to have excellent communication skills, being able to work in a team, be involved in open discussion, communicate ideas, inclusion and diversity. Having strong analytical and problem-solving skills will be advantageous especially as the person in this role will be driving forward the new technologies and approach in Next Technology.

What You’ll Take On:

• Create and modify infrastructure code to provision and configure cloud resources in line with IaaS, SaaS and PaaS solutions
• Automate the creation & deployment of Development, Test, PreProduction and Production environments via Infrastructure-as-Code
• Manage CI/CD pipelines (YAML) – configure automated infrastructure and software build/deployment/release processes, using Git for version control and code management
• Maintain and govern all environments to ensure consistency of software
• Management of application Source Code, including ensuring that branching strategies are followed
• Use monitoring tools for Applications, Servers & Services diagnostics
• Assist Development teams with performance and volume testing, and troubleshooting build and deployment issues
• Identify departmental processes that where possible can be streamlined or automated
• Create and maintain technical documentation detailing High Level and Low Level Cloud solutions
• Provide Cloud expertise to guide the Project teams to develop in the most efficient manner and in line with best practices
• Ensure use of DevSecOps principles and work alongside both internal and external Auditing and Security teams in order to maintain security of all environments and data
• Work in tandem with agile principles, participating in sprint ceremonies and effectively managing own workload
• Coordinate and liaise with development project teams (Developers, QA Analyst, Project Managers) on requirements, planning and status updates

What You’ll Bring:

Technical requirements

• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• Azure DevOps, Artifacts, Boards, CI/CD pipelines (YAML), Repositories
• Knowledge in DevOps concepts, best practices and Agile principles
• Experience of working with the 3 main Cloud Providers – Azure being preferred
• Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, C#
• PowerShell, Bash scripting
• SQL Server / NoSQL databases / CosmosDB
• Windows & Linux servers
• Source Control Management (Git)

Desirable

• Microservices
• DevSecOps Tooling (i.e. SonarCloud, Veracode, CrowdStrike)
• Docker containers
• Kubernetes
• Helm charts

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Benefits