Our Wimborne Curtiss Wright facility is hiring! We are looking for a Production Manager to lead, develop, and manage the people and processes across the assembly, test and scheduling functions to enable delivery of manufactured goods to quality, cost, and schedule.
Location: Wimborne, UK
- Ensures products are manufactured to agreed quality, cost, and schedule requirements
- Ensuring the existing production facility is maintained to enable current delivery and developed in-line with future requirements and the company strategy, including the review of growth opportunities through expansion or via new facilities.
- Ensures work is organised effectively and efficiently to maximize the throughput within the function, utilising varying lean techniques across different projects/product ranges.
- Ensures the function is fully compliant to all health & safety, security, quality, regulatory and environmental standards
- Develop appropriate systems and procedures to suit the business need, to deliver best practice across the production function in both project and product manufacturing
- Maintains appropriate SQEP levels including development of individuals through training/coaching via a structured development and succession plan
- Develops, implements, and manages key performance indicators (KPIs) for assembly, test, and schedule adherence, including tracking trends to analyse, driving improvements.
- Manages (and escalates if required) operational risks and issues and perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
- Determines, sets, and delivers goals and objectives for teams in line with both the company’s and department’s strategic aims and objectives
- Constantly promotes high standards through exemplary behaviours by actively demonstrating the company values to influence the team in behaviours expected of them
- A leader in continuous improvement activities, including supporting lean/6S initiatives to improve quality, and reduce waste with clear measurable outcomes
- Provides a weekly report (SOFT or equivalent) to Head of Operations
What You Bring
- Security contractual compliance will require incumbents to be a sole British National.
- Strong previous experience in the Nuclear and/or Aerospace industry leading production (or elements of) management teams
- Understanding of quality systems such as ISO-9001, OHSAS 18001 and NQA-1
- Expertise working with ERP, MRP and/or IBP, with MES experience advantageous.
- 5S/6S and demonstrable lean manufacturing training/experience (e.g. six sigma belts)
- Strategic thinker with clear analytical skills and the ability to balance long-term and short-term priorities
- Commercially and financially aware
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to challenge and influence at all levels, including strong negotiation and decision-making skills
- Positive and pragmatic approach to achieving results
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