Job vacancies 25 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.
Nursery Practitioner, Dunbar
- Company: Dunbar Private Nursery
- Hours: 26 - 40 hours per week
- Salary: £13.00 per hour
We are looking for a passionate, reflective Early Years Practitioner who shares our belief that the best learning happens when children feel safe, valued, and truly heard. You’ll be someone who sees the outdoors as a second classroom, and who delights in messy play, muddy puddles, and following children’s lead—whether that’s building dens, collecting treasures, or asking big questions about the world.
Key Responsibilities
Champion a child-led approach to learning, following each child’s interests, rhythms, and developmental stage.
- Support children to explore the world around them, particularly through daily outdoor learning experiences
- Foster warm, respectful, and responsive relationships with children and families
- Observe and document children’s learning and development, contributing to planning that is meaningful and reflective
- Work collaboratively with a small, close-knit team to create a setting where children feel confident, capable, and secure
- Maintain a safe, inclusive environment, with an understanding of risk-benefit thinking in outdoor play
We don’t rush children. We respect their pace, listen to their ideas, and trust in their abilities. We see our role not as instructors, but as guides—tuning in, extending learning naturally, and holding space for discovery.
Person Specification
- SVQ Level 3 in Social Services (Children and Young People) or equivalent
- A deep passion for child-led, play-based learning
- A genuine love for working outdoors in all weathers
- Empathy, patience, and strong communication skills
- A team player who values reflection and growth
- An understanding of child development and attachment-informed practice
Delivery Driver, East Linton
- Company: Brose Oats, East Linton
- Hours: Average 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.
Painting and Decorating Apprentice
- Company: George Nicholson
- Hours: Full-time
- Salary: £7.55 (age 16-20), £9.66 (age 21+) per hour
- Location: Salamander Street, Edinburgh (must reside within EH postcode)
Now in their 53rd year, George Nicolson is a second generation family business whose main markets within painting and decorating are retail, commercial, leisure and private housing. We have a management structure that is capable of organising and completing any type or size of decoration project. With a work force of 30 staff, we undertake contracts throughout Edinburgh, the Lothians and central belt of Scotland.
Work environment:
You’ll have a mix of college and an on-site working environment, as well as in-house training.
What might a day in this job look like?
Within your first year, you’ll learn the core skill set such as applying emulsion to areas with brush & roller, gain knowledge of preparation i.e. filling, sanding, stripping and the importance of leaving your work area tidy every time - great for clients and efficient for you.
What will I learn?
You’ll learn various aspects of Painting & Decorating. At the end of your 4 year apprenticeship you will be a time-served qualified painter and decorator, ready to enter the job market. Congratulations!
What qualifications /qualities are required?
You’ll have a positive, can-do attitude to tasks and colleagues alike. You’ll have excellent timekeeping and attendance records and a willingness to communicate and work hard. You’ll ask plenty of questions and impress your peers and managers through your interest and diligence.
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).