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City of Lincoln
City of Lincoln
A unique, heritage experience filled with historical arts and culture
The city is crowned by Lincoln Cathedral, one of Europe's finest examples of Gothic architecture, which sits across a picturesque cobbled square from Lincoln Castle, built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. The engineering city, famous for inventing the tank during World War 1, is still innovating and building. The engineering school at the University of Lincoln is the first in the UK for more than 20 years, built in partnership with world famous company Siemens, and the Science and Innovation Park is home to state of the art research and laboratory facilities, with technology, chemistry, pharmaceutical and medical science at its heart. Lincoln is proud to boast two Universities; Bishop Grossteste University, with a vast curriculum, are experts in education and have been training teachers since 1862! Did you know that Lincoln is the only place in the world where you can find original copies of both the 1215 Magna Carta and the 1217 Charter of the Forest? That makes it a hugely popular visitor destination, and the local hospitality and catering industry is booming.
Keep scrolling to read about some of the fantastic businesses that you could work in.
Countryside North
There are hundreds of different jobs you could do in Lincolnshire. Here are just a few …
Care escort
Community transport passenger assistants accompany elderly people or adults and children with disabilities, on local journeys.
Care escort
Role Description
You may work for a local education authority, social services, or a voluntary organisation. You'll accompany passengers on journeys, usually in a mini-bus.
- Your day-to-day tasks may include:
- checking timetables for pick-ups
- talking to carers and families
- helping people to and from the vehicle
- securing passengers, wheelchairs and baggage
- dealing with emergencies
- supervising passengers at all times
- keeping the mini-bus tidy
- filling in paperwork
- You'll need patience and an understanding of disability needs.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £11000
Maximum: £13000
Agricultural Engineer
Agricultural engineers make and maintain agricultural, horticultural and forestry machinery and equipment.
Agricultural Engineer
Role Description
Your day-to-day duties might include:
- assessing the environmental impact of agricultural production methods
- supervising construction projects, like land drainage, reclamation and irrigation
- solving engineering problems, like designing all-terrain vehicles to move over uneven ground in different weather conditions
- testing and installing new equipment, like harvesters, crop sprayers and logging machinery
- using GPS, weather data and computer modelling to advise farmers and businesses on land use
- planning service and repair programmes for machinery
- You may also manage and coordinate sales, marketing and technical support.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £25000
Maximum: £40000
Sheet metal worker
Sheet metal workers cut and join metal to make products and components for the engineering, construction and manufacturing industries.
Sheet metal worker
Role Description
You'll make metal products from flat sheets like ducting, pipes, panels and storage tanks. You could be working with anything from aluminium sheets for street signs to steel panels for car bodies.
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
- marking out sections following engineering drawings and instructions
- shaping and cutting out sections using hand tools and Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines, like laser cutters, presses and rollers
- finishing items with grinders and polishers
- assembling sections using riveting, welding and bolting methods
In heavy industry, where you might be known as a plater, you could build structures like ship hulls or drilling platforms using thicker metal plate.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £18000
Maximum: £25000
Delivery van driver
Delivery van drivers collect a wide range of items and deliver them to customers.
Delivery van driver
Role Description
Entry requirements
There are no set qualifications but you'll usually need:
basic English and maths skills
good eyesight and colour-normal vision
a good driving record and the correct licence
You may need to be over 21 and have held a full driving licence for at least 12 months.
Many vans are less than 3,500kg. If you drive vehicles between 3,500kg and 7,000kg, you may need further training depending on when you passed your driving test.
You could get into this job through an apprenticeship.
Skills required
You'll need:
excellent practical driving skills
the ability to work quickly and to tight deadlines
lifting and carrying skills
the ability to complete record sheets and paperwork
What you'll do
You may deliver parcels, letters and documents, groceries, furniture or equipment. This could be for postal or courier services, supermarkets or retailers. Your vehicle could vary in size, depending on the load and your licence.
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
collecting goods from a depot, warehouse or pick-up point
loading the vehicle in an order that matches the deliveries you'll make
planning the route
greeting customers, getting signatures and giving invoices when you deliver
recording mileage and fuel you buy
updating delivery records
returning undelivered items
Salary
Starter: £14,000
Experienced: £20,000
Highly Experienced: up to £27,000
Some employers offer bonuses for attendance and for reaching work targets.
These figures are a guide.
Working hours, patterns and environment
You'll usually work between 36 and 48 hours a week, including evenings and weekends. Some courier companies may expect you to drive through the night.
For safety reasons there are legal limits on drivers' hours, depending on the type of vehicle.
For some jobs, you'll be given a uniform and specialist clothing.
The job is physically demanding.
Career path and progression
With experience, you could complete training for a large goods vehicle (LGV) licence for opportunities in freight transport and tanker driving.
If you take specialist training, like defensive driving and personal security, you could drive vehicles containing cash and valuable items. You'd also usually need a Security Industry Association (SIA) licence for this.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £14000
Maximum: £27000
Market Research Executive
Market research executives help clients find out people’s views about consumer products or political and social issues.
Market Research Executive
Role Description
1. Entry requirements
There are no set requirements but competition is strong so you’ll usually need a foundation degree or a degree.
If you want to go into quantitative work (analysis based on numbers), these degrees may be useful:
- maths
- statistics
- business/management
- economics
- For qualitative work (analysis based on language), useful degrees include:
- psychology
- sociology
- geography
- social sciences
- anthropology
English or marketing degrees are also useful, as well as sciences or engineering for some specialist industrial jobs.
You’ll also find it useful to have previous experience in marketing, sales or advertising, or as a market research interviewer.
You could get a paid internship or join a graduate training scheme. You could also start as a research assistant in an agency and then take further qualifications.
The Market Research Society (MRS) has more information about careers in market research.
2. Skills required
You’ll need:
excellent number and IT skills
the ability to analyse and interpret statistics
written communication skills for report writing and designing questionnaires
creative problem-solving skills
accuracy and attention to detail
organisational and time-management skills
initiative and teamwork skills
3. What you'll do
As a market research executive, you’ll specialise in one type of research – consumer or industrial, social or political. You’ll carry out research using one of 2 main methods:
quantitative – analysis based on numbers, from surveys of large samples of people
qualitative – analysis based on language, from focus groups and in-depth questionnaires
Depending on the type of research, in your work you’ll usually:
meet clients to discuss research projects
come up with a plan or proposal and present it to the client
manage a budget
design questionnaires and organise surveys
brief interviewers and researchers
monitor progress of surveys
analyse data and present results to the client
advise the client how they can best use the research
Most jobs involve a lot of computer work, for background research and to analyse information and produce reports.
4. Salary
Starter: £20,000 to £25,000
Experienced: £25,000 to £35,000
Highly Experienced: £60,000 (senior market research executive)
These figures are a guide.
5. Working hours, patterns and environment
If you work as a quantitative researcher in-house for a company, you’ll usually work in an office with standard hours, Monday to Friday, with occasional overtime to meet project deadlines.
If you work as a qualitative researcher, you’ll often work evenings and weekends to travel to visit clients and focus groups. You may need a driving licence and a car.
6. Career path and progression
With experience, you could progress into management, or become a self-employed market research consultant.
You could also move into the promotional side of advertising or marketing.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £20000
Maximum: £60000
Human resources assistant
Human resources (HR) assistants provide admin support to the HR team within a company or organisation.
Human resources assistant
Role Description
1. Entry requirements
Employers will usually expect you to have:
- GCSEs in English and maths, or equivalent
- computer skills
- experience of office work
You may also find it useful to have qualifications in business administration. Some employers may expect you to have a qualification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The CIPD has more information about working in HR.
2. Skills required
You’ll need:
- the ability to pay close attention to detail
- good written and spoken communication skills
- IT skills
- a well organised approach to work
- teamworking skills
- the ability to work flexibly
- 3. What you'll do
- Your day-to-day tasks may include:
- answering enquiries
- maintaining staff details on computer systems
- writing documents like letters and reports
- updating employee holiday and sickness records
- recording discussions during disciplinary procedures
- producing staff handbooks and newsletters
- organising meetings and taking ‘minutes’
- setting up recruitment and training events
4. Salary
Starter: £15,000 to £18,000
Experienced: £19,000
Highly Experienced: £22,000
These figures are a guide.
5. Working hours, patterns and environment
You’ll work 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Flexible hours, part-time and temporary work are widely available.
You’ll spend most of your time working in an office using a computer.
6. Career path and progression
With experience, you could become an HR officer or team leader.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £15000
Maximum: £22000
Health and safety adviser
Health and safety advisers work to reduce accidents, injury and health problems in the workplace.
Health and safety adviser
Role Description
1. Entry requirements
You'll usually need a a degree, MSc or postgraduate diploma recognised by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
You can also take an approved degree-level qualification through:
- NEBOSH
- British Safety Council
- City& Guilds
- National Compliance and Risk Qualifications (NCRQ)
If you don't have a degree, you'll usually need some relevant work experience and a qualification in health and safety recognised by IOSH.
You could study for a health and safety qualification while you’re working. You could also take a course before looking for a trainee position.
IOSH has more information about courses and careers in health and safety.
The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register has a list of professional bodies and examining boards.
2. Skills required
You'll need:
- excellent communication and negotiation skills
- organisational skills
- problem solving ability
- excellent IT skills
3. What you'll do
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
- developing safety policies and procedures
- advising and training staff on health and safety practices
- making regular inspections
- doing risk assessments
- investigating and recording accidents in the workplace
- working with relevant inspectors and trade unions
- You could work in many different industries including:
- construction and engineering
- mining, quarrying, oil and gas exploration
- manufacturing and services
- chemical processing
- You could also work in public services like hospitals, education and local government.
4. Salary
Starter: £22,000 to £30,000
Experienced: £35,000 to £50,000 (manager)
Highly Experienced: £70,000 or more (senior manager)
Health and safety advisers work in all industries.
Careers in oil, gas, power, construction and IT will usually offer higher salaries.
These figures are a guide.
5. Working hours, patterns and environment
You'll usually work 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. In some industries, your hours may be irregular and you could work shifts or be expected to be on-call for emergencies.
6. Career path and progression
With experience, you could move into a management role.
You could also become a consultant and specialise in a particular area, like environmental safety. With further study you could move into research or lecturing.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £22000
Maximum: £70000
Pharmacist
Pharmacists provide expert advice on the use and supply of medicines and medical appliances.
Pharmacist
Role Description
You could work in different areas, including:
Community pharmacy
- dispensing medicines in a high street or supermarket pharmacy
- giving healthcare advice about prescription and over-the-counter medicines
- advising on drug dosages and risks
- running screening programmes for diabetes, cholesterol or blood pressure
- visiting care homes to advise on the use and storage of medications
- ordering and controlling stock
- running a business, including supervising and training staff
Hospital pharmacy:
- working with doctors and nurses and other healthcare staff
- producing medicines when ready-made ones aren’t available, for example, cancer treatments
- buying, quality testing and distributing medicines throughout the hospital
- visiting wards and patients to talk about medicines and dosages
- dispensing medicines for patients being discharged from hospital
- supervising trainees and junior pharmacists
Local NHS service:
- giving advice to GPs and nurses on how to choose and prescribe medicines
- running GP practice clinics
- Education or industry:
- doing research into new medicines
- running clinical trials
In all of the above roles, you'll observe high standards of security and confidentiality.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £26000
Maximum: £83000
Employers in City of Lincoln
Purple Robot
Purple Robot believes in looking after our own team, our clients and the world around us.
Purple Robot
We are a result-driven marketing and graphic design agency based in Lincoln. We specialise in marketing, strategy, graphic design and digital marketing that delivers to our clients.
Purple Robot was set up in 2013 by Damien Howard-Pask with the philosophy that marketing is more than just glossy flyers, slick websites and quirky tweets...it's about what a business wants to acheive and getting reuturn on investment. That continues to be our mantra today.
Now, having grown into a small team of dedicated marketing professionals, we offer a wide range of marketing and graphic design support for your business.
Our values are also an important and key part to the Purple Robot ethos and our identity as a business. Giving back to the local community, charity, and developing our own team is built into our DNA.
Purple Robot believes in looking after our own team, our clients and the world around us. We have made a commitment to invest in the development of all members of our team, play an active role in our local community, to do our part in raising money for good casuses, and ensure we take steps to reduce our impact on the environment.
Purple Robot also believes that Lincolnshire has a proud heritage, and we love to support and work with local businesses and organisations which celebrate the great traditions of our county.
Simons Group Ltd
Established in 1944, Simons has been offering property solutions tailored to specific needs for over 70 years.
Simons Group Ltd
Established in 1944, Simons has been offering property solutions tailored to specific needs for over 70 years. We're a long established, family owned business based in Lincoln; focusing on retail, distribution and health.
Building Greener is our way of making sure we consider the pillars of sustainability in everything we do.
We have annual reduction targets for energy, waste, water, carbon, biodiversity, procurement and we aim to send the absolute minimum of waste to landfill.
Lincolnshire Talent Academy
The Academy delivers proactive services to aid recruitment and skills development of our current and future workforce, whilst also ensuring the portability and integration of skills across the health and care system.
Lincolnshire Talent Academy
The Talent Academy concept was originally formed in June 2015 as an initiative by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust to support engagement of younger people into its workforce.
Due to its success, the Academy evolved in April 2016 incorporating its Lincolnshire stakeholders to strengthen and support local partnership and the benefits of collaboration.
Today, the Lincolnshire Talent Academy is an umbrella body made up of health and care organisations within the County. Led by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, the Academy represents a wide range of stakeholders from the health and care sector.
What do we do?
The Academy delivers proactive services to aid recruitment and skills development of our current and future workforce, whilst also ensuring the portability and integration of skills across the health and care system.
As employers, we work with students, schools, colleges and universities in addition to other agencies such as the DWP to provide services for individuals from the age of 14 and above, all of which are delivered in partnership though our stakeholders. Our remit includes careers inspiration activities incorporating the engagement of the education sector and delivery of careers guidance and work experience, through to the management of apprenticeship training and support for apprenticeship trailblazer standards development across our stakeholders.
With a common shared goal across all stakeholders – to adopt a “grow our own” culture within the county, the Lincolnshire Talent Academy provides the foundation for our collaborative approach to the engagement, recruitment and development of talent within the Health and Care community.
Washingborough Hall Hotel
It's an exciting industry as no two days are the same and most people like to be kept busy - which is normally the case here!
Washingborough Hall Hotel
An independent, family owned hotel on the outskirts of Lincoln. With 20 bedrooms and three function rooms the hotel specialises in hosting exclusive use weddings and numerous other events from corporate meetings to birthday parties to charity events to funeral wakes. The hotel was awarded Hotel of the Year 2018 in the Lincolnshire Tourism Awards and also Hotel of the Year 2018 in the Tastes of Excellence Awards. The restaurant within the hotel is awarded 2 AA Rosettes for its culinary excellence.
We employ a wide mixture of wonderful people aged between 13 and 78. Job roles include Chefs, Front of House Assistants, Housekeepers, Gardeners, Maintenance, Receptionists, Wedding Planners.We have a friendly workforce and tend to attract individuals who take great pride in their work and the building in which they work. We have a strong team environment.
It's an exciting industry as no two days are the same and most people like to be kept busy - which is normally the case here. Nobody likes a day to drag!
Cursor
Our versatile team is more creative than an IT department and more technical than a marketing agency. We take an active role at every stage of the creative process, ensuring that every aspect of our projects is given the care and attention it deserves.
Cursor
Cursor is a web technology business which builds innovative, people-focused websites, apps and software to help our customers work smarter online.
In every project we do, we always strive to be a partner rather than a supplier. We build long-term relationships with our customers based on mutual trust and openness, allowing our talented and creative team to deliver bespoke products of the highest quality.
We add value in everything we do, helping our customers to understand how web technology can change the way they work. We are a company built around people, not technology, so everything we make is created with the goal of enabling people and businesses to become more effective, productive and profitable.
Our versatile team is more creative than an IT department and more technical than a marketing agency. We take an active role at every stage of the creative process, ensuring that every aspect of our projects is given the care and attention it deserves.
Our developers build bespoke websites and apps to suit our customers’ needs, our designers create beautiful interfaces which are easy to use, and our content designer produces professional, engaging copy to send out the right message.
All our projects are overseen by our delivery manager, who works closely with the team to ensure that our products are delivered to the high standards we set for ourselves in everything we do.
Anyone joining Cursor will find a friendly team and an enthusiastic working environment in which every employee makes a key contribution to the projects we undertake.
We encourage creativity and innovation in all our employees, allowing them to express their talents as much as possible. We never mindlessly follow a specification, always empowering our team to think outside the box and devise inventive solutions.
The work we do makes a real-life difference, and we take on a huge diversity of projects, building technology for companies from many different industries. There’s never a dull moment working for Cursor.
Web technology is one of the fastest-moving industries around. It touches every aspect of our lives, whether it be home, work, or leisure.
We pride ourselves on building technology which makes a difference to people and businesses every day. Anyone can see what we do and use what we make. For us, there’s no better feeling than knowing our work is making a positive impact in the real world.
With technology evolving all the time, this is an industry in which you never stop learning. We will continue to innovate and adapt as the changes come thick and fast.
Lincoln Cathedral
The Cathedral employees approximately 100 people in a wide range of roles including customer service, administration, finance, retail, hospitality and marketing. The Cathedral also employs around 40 highly skilled craftspeople who maintain and conserve the building.
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral has been a place of worship for over 900 years. The Cathedral also welcomes thousands of visitors each year who come to learn about the rich history and heritage of the building as well as see the fantastic architecture. The Cathedral hosts a wider range of events throughout the year, from concerts to theatre productions.
The Cathedral employees approximately 100 people in a wide range of roles including customer service, administration, finance, retail, hospitality and marketing. The Cathedral also employs around 40 highly skilled craftspeople who maintain and conserve the building. The crafts include stonemasons who maintain the stonework and glaziers who preserve the Cathedral's many stained glass windows; some of which dates back to medieval times. The Cathedral is also very lucky to have around 700 volunteers to help too!
The Cathedral is a very special place to work. There is such history within the building and our staff sense that they are part of it's life as we work to ensure that our future generations will be able to enjoy it just as we do today. No day is ever the same and we come into contact with lots of different people. There is a great sense of pride and satisfaction from being a part of an organisation with such heritage.
The Cathedral has a daily pattern of worship and we see that generally congregation numbers are increasing. As a visitor attraction, we attracts lots of different people from all over the World. We continue to develop our programme of events and activities to encourage both local residents and visitors to interact with the Cathedral in a range of different ways.
Stokes Tea and Coffee
We currently employ around 80 members of staff including roasters, baristas, chefs, waiting staff, machine engineers. We like our staff to be friendly, professional and passionate about coffee.
Stokes Tea and Coffee
We roast coffee and blend tea in our roastery in uphill Lincoln. We also have a Barista Training Centre for coffee enthusiasts and budding baristas, as well as The Blue Room which hosts music events, plays and weddings. We sell our tea, coffee and machines whole sale and provide an engineer service for the maintenance of the machines. We have three Lincoln cafés - Collection, Lawn and High Bridge, which serve food and our signature teas and coffees. We have been running since 1902. We are based at The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln.
The most unusual job probably belongs to Mike, our head roaster.
We currently employ around 80 members of staff.
We also employ baristas, chefs, waiting staff, machine engineers. We like our staff to be friendly, professional and passionate about coffee.
"I enjoy working for Stokes because every day is different - from coffee packing to the Blue Room to the cafés, there is such a variety of things to do that you never get bored. "
KryptoKloud
KryptoKloud was established in 2016 with a vision of providing the best-in-class cyber security solutions and services to our customers. Situated in Lincoln, we provide a blend of cyber security services for our customers to achieve “cyber resilience”.
KryptoKloud
KryptoKloud was established in 2016 with a vision of providing the best-in-class cyber security solutions and services to our customers. Situated in Lincoln, we provide a blend of cyber security services for our customers to achieve “cyber resilience”.
The cyber security industry presents incredible opportunities across a hugely varied selection of job roles, such as:
- Cyber Analysts
- Data Analysts
- Compliance Analysts
- Software Developers
- Penetration Testers
- Digital Forensics
- Business Development
There are no two clients alike, and as such the job variation is huge. Whether data is your "thing" and you want to analyse our threat scans, or perhaps you want to develop a new software platform product that can benefit our clients. Maybe you want to be our in-house Sherlock Holmes and get involved in digital forensics to weed out malware or other vulnerabilities in a companies systems... Either way, we want to hear from you.
The cyber threat landscape is continually evolving, and therefore the industry needs to evolve and adapt with it. The world will never use less technology than you used yesterday and the opportunities created in an increasingly digital world are endless.
The Bronze Pig
We hand pick and train our staff to support us in ensuring clients are welcome in our unique restaurant. We all get involved in the cleaning and washing up... this is hard work, but very rewarding.
The Bronze Pig
Throughout time the boar has been a potent symbol of courage and prowess to many cultures around the world. So all in all, we thought it would fit nicely as the name for our restaurant.
We hand pick and train our staff to support us in ensuring that you are welcome in our unique restaurant, enjoy quality service and savour our dishes in a relaxed atmosphere.
Our meats and vegetables are sourced locally, our fish comes from renewable sources and from the British shores whenever feasible. Our choice of wines is based on the recommendation of a sommelier to offer choices from the old world and a couple from the new world that would enhance our dishes.
The name “The Bronze Pig” unites Pompeo’s Italian National origins, the celebration of a long standing and loyal friend with a profound love of pigs and boars and the fact the we are based in Lincoln.
Anglian Water
If you want to explore an exciting career with plenty of scope, you’ve come to the right place.
Anglian Water
Imagine making every drop of water count for over six million customers - from the Humber in the North to the Thames in the South; and from Daventry in the West to Lowestoft in the East. Imagine an incredibly complex and amazingly innovative company that’s shaping the future of a whole industry. That’s the reality of working with us here at Anglian Water.
We’re in the business of ‘loving every drop’. That means making sure that 1.1 billion litres of clean and safe drinking water is delivered to homes and businesses, everyday using enough pipeline to wrap around the world three times! And the story doesn’t stop there: our Water Recycling Service teams work hard to collect and treat used water from 2.44 million households. So we really are a company for all types of skills, built on people from many different backgrounds.
HIT Lincolnshire
HIT Training is the leading specialist training and apprenticeship provider for the UK’s hospitality and catering industry.
HIT Lincolnshire
At HIT Training we have a positive vision of what apprenticeships can do: improve individual's skills and therefore their life chances; make businesses more efficient; and boost the economy. People are at the centre of everything we do; that goes for our own staff as well as those we serve. We take pride in helping people become the best they can be.
With a strong local focus, HIT offers hotel and catering apprenticeships at all levels and in all sectors. Since 2006 we have supported 100,000 learners at over 22,000 employer sites across the country. We hold two Grade 2 ‘Good’ OFSTED inspections.
More than 70% of HIT apprentices complete their apprenticeships and obtain either a BTEC or City & Guilds diploma.
Did You Know?
Did you know?
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway has been running a steam railway since 1948?
Did You Know?
Did you know?
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway has been running a steam railway since 1948?
