Recruitment Agency in
Ampthill
Ampthill Recruitment Agency
An Ampthill recruitment agency search usually leads people to generic Bedfordshire staffing firms, which is exactly the gap Mane Contract Services fills: dedicated recruitment for the specialist defence manufacturing site that dominates this market town's employment base.
Why Ampthill
Ampthill is home to Lockheed Martin UK's largest site in the country, a 64-acre facility employing several hundred people that traces its roots back to Hunting Engineering in the 1960s. The site's core business areas cover mission support, vehicle systems and special projects, and it's best known for designing and manufacturing the turrets fitted to the British Army's Warrior and Ajax armoured vehicles, alongside weapons integration and ground-based air defence work. It's a site most people driving past would never guess houses one of the UK's most important land defence manufacturing operations.
Roles we recruit for in Ampthill
- CNC machinists and manufacturing engineers, including CAM programming specialists
- Sheet metal workers and fabricators
- Electrical and cabling systems engineers
- Welders and platers for armoured vehicle structures
- Quality inspectors and test engineers
Why work with Mane in Ampthill
Defence vehicle manufacturing at this level asks for a specific mix of precision engineering skill and security clearance readiness that general Bedfordshire manufacturing roles don't. We know the site's hiring patterns, the typical clearance timelines for MoD-related work, and the difference between the skills needed for turret systems work versus general fabrication, which means candidates arrive prepared rather than finding out mid-process.
Frequently asked question
What security clearance is typically needed for roles at Ampthill?
Most roles require at least Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks given the site's Ministry of Defence contracts, with some roles requiring Security Check (SC) clearance depending on the level of access to specific programmes. We'll confirm the requirement for any given role before you apply.

