Manufacturing Manager

Manufacturing Manager

📍 Redditch | £50,000 - £65,000 (DOE)

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Manufacturing Manager to lead operations within a complex and high-performing aerospace manufacturing environment. This pivotal role offers full accountability for delivering operational excellence across a dedicated value stream, ensuring the achievement of key Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People (SQCDP) targets.

Our client are looking for a strategic, driven leader with strong engineering and quality understanding, capable of developing and inspiring teams, driving continuous improvement, and enhancing operational performance through strong leadership and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure all health, safety, and environmental procedures are adhered to, including valid risk assessments and area-specific safety protocols.
Lead, coach and motivate first-line managers, team leaders, and production teams to maintain a high-performance culture.
Communicate and enforce company policies and procedures, with a strong focus on compliance, quality standards, and continuous improvement.
Develop and own the operational strategy aligned to wider business and SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) objectives.
Propose and manage capital investment (CapEx) to meet production capacity and drive efficiency gains.
Oversee production to meet output, quality, and delivery targets; focus on efficiency improvements and multiskilling to enhance flexibility.
Manage a highly complex primary operations environment, including hot metal forging, heat treatment, and related aerospace manufacturing processes.
Ensure customer satisfaction by resolving quality issues using robust root cause analysis (e.g., 8D), and implementing effective long-term solutions.
Drive SQCDP performance by managing resources effectively and improving productivity while operating within budget constraints.
Lead productivity, quality, and service performance initiatives across the site.
Develop and deliver structured training programs to enhance team capability, speed up learning curves, and maintain consistency.
Foster interdepartmental collaboration to support shared business objectives.Ideal Candidate Profile:

Proven experience in heavy manufacturing; experience in aerospace or similarly regulated sectors is highly desirable.
Background in managing production teams or operational sections, with a hands-on leadership style.
Strong working knowledge of Lean tools and continuous improvement methodologies.
Confident communicator across all levels with excellent interpersonal, coaching and influencing skills.
Ability to identify and resolve problems proactively with a collaborative mindset.
Experience in setting and achieving KPIs in high-pressure environments.
Committed to fostering a culture of quality, safety, and performance.This position is based in Redditch, conveniently commutable from Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Alcester, Studley, South Birmingham, Solihull, Worcester, Kidderminster, and Stourbridge.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven operations leader to step into a high-impact role within a respected engineering business. If you're ready to shape the future of manufacturing excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

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