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Job Vacancies

Opportunities to serve the naval defence market and personally develop in your trade or profession

Career Opportunities

MacTaggart Scott is a privately owned Scottish engineering company established in 1898, and based near the beautiful City of Edinburgh.

With over 100 years in business and satisfied customers in 60 countries, the quality and reliability of our products make them preferred by many navies.

MacTaggart Scott supports the Naval Defence and Marine industries, providing complete solutions to customer needs from analysis of initial customer requirements, innovative design, in-house manufacture through to commissioning and through life support.

Our continued worldwide growth and strong order book is underpinned by the following core values:

Customers & Markets – forging long term, successful relationships with customers throughout the world.
Innovative Design – delivering competitive advantage through technical expertise and product innovation.
Managing Projects – through on time, on budget, low risk delivery of quality products and services. 
Quality Excellence – consistently delivering quality products and services in everything that we do. 
Culture & Skills – developing, challenging and rewarding the individuals and teams that are part of MacTaggart Scott.

 You may browse our Job Vacancies below or contact us by email on human.resources@mactag.com.

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Job Vacancies

  • Summer Placements

    Type:
    Fixed Term
    Location:
    UK

    Summer Placements are run each year offering enthusiastic students the opportunity to experience work and life at MacTaggart Scott. We offer a range of placements across most departments. Successful applicants can expect to gain a valuable insight into...

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  • Senior Contract and Commercial Officer

    Type:
    Permanent
    Location:
    UK

    Due to Company growth, MacTaggart Scott is looking to recruit a Senior Contract and Commercial Officer to work in our Commercial Department. Role: This role reports directly into the Contract and Commercial Manager. The purpose of the role is to provide...

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  • Subcontract Buyer

    Type:
    Permanent
    Location:
    UK

    This role reports directly into the Head of Project Management. The purpose of the role is to manage specific subcontract contracts through the life cycle of the company’s projects, from the bid and proposal stage through to the subcontractor delivery...

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  • ILS Engineer

    Type:
    Permanent
    Location:
    UK

    This role reports directly into the Principle Engineer (Systems). The purpose of the role is to provide Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) and Availability Reliability Maintainability (ARM) support to MacTaggart Scott Equipment. This role would suit an...

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  • Driver/Facilities Assistant

    Type:
    Permanent
    Location:
    UK

    This role reports directly into the Facilities Manager. The purpose of this role is mainly to assist with driving and day to day garage and facilities duties however the successful candidate will, at times, also assist with security and labouring duties.  Duties...

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  • Health and Safety Officer

    Type:
    Permanent
    Location:
    UK

    This role reports directly into the Health and Safety Manager. The successful candidate will provide hands on Health and Safety assistance to the Health and Safety Manager across all areas of the business. Duties will include: To monitor Health and Safety...

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  • Senior Bids and Estimating Engineer

    Type:
    Permanent
    Location:
    UK

    MacTaggart Scott are looking to recruit a Senior Bid and Estimating Engineer to work in our Commercial Department. Role: This role reports directly into the Head of Bids and Proposals. The purpose of the role is to be responsible for the co-ordination...

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  • Project Manager

    Type:
    Permanent
    Salary:
    Competitive
    Location:
    UK

    This role reports directly into the Head of Project Management. The purpose of the role is to provide Project Management for new and ongoing contracts within the Department. Duties will include: Ensuring that project(s) are progressing in accordance...

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  • CNC Machine Operator

    Type:
    Permanent
    Location:
    UK

    We currently have permanent opportunities for time served, experienced CNC machine operators and Horizontal Boring Mill operators to join our production team. We are looking for candidates who have experience of reading engineering/technical drawings...

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  • Electrical Service Technician

    Type:
    Permanent
    Location:
    UK

    The purpose of the role is to carry out a range of electrical and control tasks for all MacTaggart Scott equipment and occasionally on equipment manufactured by others. Tasks range from installation and commissioning to in-service support and fault finding....

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