Challenging jobs in Leeds

Browse 185 live challenging jobs in Leeds, with a typical salary around £50,000. New roles are added daily — click any listing to view the full details and apply directly on CV-Library.

Live challenging jobs
25
Salary range
£28,000 – £125,000
Typical salary
£50,000
Most common
Permanent

Finance Business Partner

📍 Leeds💰 £50000 - £60000/annum Bonus, Hybrid, Pension🏢 Axon Moore

Challenging assumptions and providing commercially focused financial insight to help improve business performance. Supporting the development and monitoring of KPIs and performance metrics across the…

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Quality Manager

📍 LS10, Leeds ICD, City and Borough of Leeds💰 £50000/annum🏢 Thrive Personnel

Confident challenging and resolving quality issues. Good understanding of relevant manufacturing standards and compliance requirements. What the Role Offers. Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum. Location:…

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HR Manager

📍 Bradford💰 £45000 - £47000/annum🏢 Unity personnel

Comfortable challenging when required. Hands on approach. Measures of Success. Improved consistency in the management of employee issues. Stronger probation and performance-management processes. Impro…

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Management Accountant

📍 Wakefield, West Yorkshire💰 £45000 - £52000/annum plus benefits🏢 Optimum Recruitment Group Limited

Confidence working with non-finance stakeholders and challenging assumptions. Good understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet and cash-flow relationships. Strong systems aptitude and an interest in improving…

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Quantity Surveyor

📍 Leeds💰 £50000 - £60000/annum🏢 NMS Recruit Ltd t/a Russell Taylor Group

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to take on a varied, challenging role in a dynamic industry. If you are looking for a rewarding position where you can take ownership of your…

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Lead Employee Relations Specilaist

📍 Bradford, West Yorkshire💰 £42000/annum🏢 Anchor

Reporting to a People Services Delivery Partner you will be a senior member of the People Services Delivery team, providing expert guidance on complex people matters, employment law and organisational…

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Field Service Engineer

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £48000 - £50500/annum Van, Pension, Holiday🏢 VA Recruitment

Varied and challenging role with autonomy and responsibility. Collaborative and supportive engineering team. Competitive salary and benefits package (dependent on experience. Earnings potential £60k+…

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Architect

📍 Leeds💰 £40000/annum🏢 Conrad Consulting Ltd

This programme is expected to provide a secure workload for the next two years, offering the opportunity to gain valuable experience on technically challenging projects with significant social impact.…

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Key Account Manager

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £28000/annum🏢 Huntress - Leeds

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to handle challenging conversations and turn difficult customer situations around. Strong organisational skills and exceptional atten…

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OHL Engineer

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £70000 - £90000/annum🏢 Advance TRS

You should be confident taking ownership of complex engineering packages, communicating with clients and stakeholders, reviewing technical work and providing practical solutions to challenging design…

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FP&A Manager

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £68000 - £75000/annum🏢 Hamilton Woods

This role is particularly suited to someone who enjoys looking ahead, challenging assumptions and helping shape business decisions, rather than focusing predominantly on historical management reportin…

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Senior Estimator

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £75000 - £87000/annum package🏢 Gold Group

Obtaining, reviewing and challenging supplier and subcontractor quotations. Identifying commercial risks, opportunities and potential value engineering solutions. Working collaboratively with bid, ope…

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Site Engineer

📍 Wakefield, West Yorkshire💰 £50000 - £55000/annum Car & Package 🏢 Setting Out Solutions Group Ltd

This is a site-based role suited to an Engineer with a strong Civil Engineering background who is comfortable working across technically challenging heavy civils projects. Your responsibilities will i…

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Business Development Manager

📍 HX1, Halifax, Calderdale💰 £30000 - £35000/annum🏢 Arc Recruitment

Resilient and comfortable working towards challenging targets. Able to work effectively under pressure. A strong communicator with excellent written and presentation skills. A genuine team player who…

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Key Account Relationship Manager

📍 Leeds💰 £30000 - £32000/annum🏢 First Response Group

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with confidence handling client enquiries, complaints, and challenging conversations professionally. Commercially minded with the ability to identify…

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Principal Mechanical Engineer

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £60000 - £75000/annum🏢 Aldwych Consulting

The role offers exposure to a broad range of technically challenging environments, including. Data centres and critical facilities. Live plant upgrades. Data halls and close-control environments. Fina…

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Performance and Assurance Lead

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £500 - £600/day Outside IR35🏢 Advance TRS

Be comfortable challenging existing processes and ways of working. Take a practical and proportionate approach to governance and assurance, avoiding unnecessary complexity. Demonstrate resilience when…

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Principal Design Engineer

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £68000 - £80000/annum🏢 Calibre Search

You'll work directly with construction and geotechnical teams during constructability and value engineering reviews, helping determine how challenging pieces of infrastructure are going to be designed…

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Director of Architecture and IT Security

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £110000 - £140000/annum🏢 Corecom Consulting

You will act as the senior authority on the technology estate, making and defending decisions, challenging where necessary and providing structure without creating unnecessary bureaucracy or slowing i…

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Repairs Surveyor

📍 Bradford💰 £43459 - £44709/annum null🏢 Niyaa People Ltd

Scrutinising contractor costs and challenging unnecessary or excessive expenditure. Ensuring repair works provide value for money and are appropriate to the identified defect. Managing relationships w…

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Quality, Compliance and HSE Manager

📍 Leeds💰 £55000 - £60000/annum🏢 SF Partners

For someone who enjoys building systems, improving standards, challenging existing ways of working and seeing tangible results, this is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact. To find o…

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Teaching Assistants - Leeds

📍 Leeds, West Yorkshire💰 £90 - £140/day🏢 Protocol Education

Calm and resilient in challenging situations. Committed to inclusion and equality. Able to work effectively as part of a team. Willing to learn and develop professionally. New to education. Don't worr…

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Serious Injury Fee Earner

📍 Wakefield, West Yorkshire💰 £35000 - £55000/annum DOE🏢 Sue Ross Recruitment Ltd

Robust - able to deal with changing circumstances and challenging situations whilst still achieving objectives. Your KPI's and Objectives will be discussed and agreed with you on a one-to-one basis. Y…

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Customer Service Representative, CM

📍 Leeds💰 Salary not shown🏢 MUFG Pension & Market Services

The part time Customer Service Representative role is a varied and challenging customer facing role set within our fast-paced Customer Contact Centre. You will respond to customer queries from shareho…

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Finance Manager

📍 Morley, City and Borough of Leeds💰 Salary not shown🏢 Harron Homes

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys operating beyond the numbers, challenging assumptions, supporting commercial decision making and helping a growing business impro…

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