Manufacturing and engineering companies that sponsor visas in Leicester
56 manufacturing and engineering companies registered in Leicester hold a UK Home Office sponsor licence: manufacturers, engineering and industrial firms. A licence means the employer can sponsor a Skilled Worker or other work visa, not that every role comes with sponsorship. Confirm it for the specific job, and verify the employer on gov.uk.
2 live roles were found on these employers' own careers sites in the last week, across 1 employer. Employers hiring now are listed first.
Register last updated 24 September 2026. Sector judged from each organisation's name.
Licensed manufacturing and engineering companies in Leicester
Showing 46 of 56 organisations with a page.
- Caterpillar UK Holdings Limited2 hiring now
- ALI STEEL & FABRICATIONS LTDgov.uk
- BOB LABELS LTDgov.uk
- Bromford Precision Solutions Limitedgov.uk
- Bucks Polythene Ltdgov.uk
- COMPLETE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LIMITEDgov.uk
- Dee Kay Knitwear LTDgov.uk
- Euro-Rose Knitwear Limitedgov.uk
- Galaxy Knitwear Limitedgov.uk
- GLOBAL CONTRACT PACKERS LTDgov.uk
- Global Packaging Solutions Ltdgov.uk
- Go packaging products Ltdgov.uk
- Harrison Castings Ltdgov.uk
- INTERNATIONAL PAINT SUPPLIERSgov.uk
- ITP Engines UK Limitedgov.uk
- Lexis Lighting International Ltdgov.uk
- Mettler-Toledo Ltdgov.uk
- MIDORI ALUMINIUM LTDgov.uk
- MNS Knitwear GB Ltdgov.uk
- Nylacast Engineered Products Ltd.gov.uk
- NYLACAST LIMITEDgov.uk
- Paul James Knitwear Limited T/A Paul Jamesgov.uk
- PIPI PRINT & PACKAGING LTDgov.uk
- PRACO PACKAGING SUPPLIES LTDgov.uk
- PRECISE TRADE ALUMINIUM LIMITEDgov.uk
- RIDGWAY MACHINES LIMITEDgov.uk
- Rieke Packaging Systems Ltdgov.uk
- SHELTON MACHINES LTDgov.uk
- Shield Engineering (Syston) Limitedgov.uk
- Silverthorn Engineers Ltdgov.uk
- SIMTEC MATERIALS TESTING LTDgov.uk
- SUNCO KNITWEAR LIMITEDgov.uk
- T S KNITWEAR (UK) LTDgov.uk
- T&T PRINTING LTD T/A MINUTEMAN PRESSgov.uk
- TAR Engineering Ltdgov.uk
- Textile & Graphics Solutions Ltdgov.uk
- Textile Enterprises Ltdgov.uk
- The Tshirt Factory Europe Ltdgov.uk
- Trelleborg Industrial Products UK Limitedgov.uk
- Tuk In Foods Manufacturing Ltdgov.uk
- Ukay Khoa Manufacturing Ltdgov.uk
- Universal Flexible Packaging Limitedgov.uk
- Vpac Packaging Leicester Ltdgov.uk
- Weidmuller Ltdgov.uk
- WSP Engineering Ltdgov.uk
- ZS PHARMA LIMITEDgov.uk
10 more licensed manufacturing and engineering companies in Leicester
3G Metal Fabrications Limited · ATM Automation Limited · Clifton Packaging Group · Compac Sorting Equipment Europe Ltd · Cressall Resistors Limited · CRISTAL FABRIC LTD · DHARAM KNITWEAR LTD · Donaldson Filtration (GB) Limited · ELECTRICAL DESIGN AND MFG CO LIMITED · Emerson Process Management Limited
Common questions
How many manufacturing and engineering companies in Leicester sponsor work visas?
56 manufacturing and engineering companies registered in Leicester hold a UK Home Office sponsor licence (register updated 24 September 2026). The list comes from the official register of licensed sponsors, refreshed daily, with the sector judged from each organisation's name.
Which manufacturing and engineering companies in Leicester are hiring with visa sponsorship now?
2 live roles were found on the careers sites of licensed manufacturing and engineering companies in Leicester in the last week. Employers with live roles are listed first on this page and show a count; sign up free to see the roles.
Does a sponsor licence mean every job at these manufacturing and engineering companies comes with a visa?
No. A licence means the employer can sponsor eligible roles. Many roles will not be sponsored, and the job must meet the skill and salary rules for the visa route. Confirm sponsorship for the specific vacancy before applying.
How is the sector decided?
The Home Office register does not record a sector, so it is judged from the organisation's name using a set of rules and an AI check, and only kept where the two agree or the check is confident. An employer with an ambiguous name may be listed under a different sector or none.
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Apply where sponsorship is real
A licence means an employer can sponsor, not that they will — many graduate salaries sit under the threshold, and what decides the rest is how your application gets read. The free advice hub walks through that stage by stage, written by a recruiter who has sat on the other side of the table.
Sponsorship data: Home Office register + job ad wording. Not immigration advice, verify on gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.