We have been instructed to recruit an Operations Manager on behalf of a well-established manufacturer of assembled infrastructure products.

The opportunity has arisen from longstanding organic growth in the core business, coupled with significant incremental growth driven by an increasing number of high-value client contracts. With demand for factory output rising, the business needs an operations leader who can scale capacity, people and processes to match.-

This is also a strategic succession move. The current role holder is stepping up into a broader, more strategic role, so you''ll take over an established and growing operation, with real scope to shape its next phase.-

The role-

You''ll lead manufacturing operations at their World Class assembly facility.-You''ll own factory output, people, cost and quality, and keep the factory in step with site programmes so every project is delivered on time and in full.

What you''ll do-

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams across production, engineering, quality and logistics.-

• Plan production, capacity and resources across several projects, and coordinate factory output with construction programmes.-

• Drive on-time-in-full (OTIF) delivery, factory throughput, right-first-time quality and OEE (overall equipment effectiveness), and report KPIs to senior leadership.-

• Run Lean and continuous improvement work, value engineering and cost reduction.-

• Manage factory budgets, labour costs and spending, alongside the supply chain, procurement and subcontractors.-

• Cut non-conformances, rework and warranty issues through root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.-

• Run Works Orders, bills of materials and MRP, and support bids and tenders from an operations view.-

• Lead health, safety and environmental improvement, working to CDM, RAMS, PUWER, LOLER and DSEAR.-

• Support growth, factory expansion and change, and develop the team and its succession plans.-

What you''ll bring-

• Proven operations or production leadership in a technical assembly environment those with experience of DfMA, Offsite/Modular manufacturing or M+E manufacturing would be a great fit.

• A strong grasp of production planning, MRP/ERP systems and advanced Excel.-

• A track record with Lean and continuous improvement tools such as 5S, Kaizen, Kanban and value stream mapping, plus factory and site acceptance testing.-

• Experience of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 quality and safety systems.-

• Commercial sense, including P&L awareness, budget control and an understanding of contracts.-

• A hands-on leadership style with good stakeholder, client and supplier relationships.-

Qualifications

• An HNC, HND or degree in engineering, manufacturing or operations.-

• IOSH or NEBOSH.-

• Lean or Six Sigma Green Belt (ideal).

• Leadership training at ILM or CMI Level 5 (ideal).

• Project management training such as PRINCE2 or APM.-

Interested? Apply online or contact Jess at Cubed Talent in confidence.