Production Manager

Description:

They are now seeking a hands-on Production Manager to lead day-to-day operations and ensure production targets are achieved with absolute precision. This role is ideal for a pragmatic, workshop-focused operations leader with a strong commercial RF background who enjoys being embedded directly on the shop floor rather than in theoretical testing. With minimal client-facing travel, you will be primarily responsible for minding the shop, streamlining assembly workflows, and turning innovative hardware designs into reliable, deployable products.

Responsibilities:

- Direct daily shop-floor manufacturing operations to ensure target delivery schedules and build standards are consistently met.

- Provide hands-on technical guidance across assembly and integration, resolving hardware challenges directly on the production line.

- Bridge the gap between engineering innovation and manufacturing, facilitating seamless transitions from prototyping to full production.

- Manage, mentor, and schedule workshop technicians, fostering a culture of accountability, precision, and operational safety.

- Coordinate inventory control, production materials planning, and workshop resources to prevent manufacturing bottlenecks.

- Implement lean principles and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manufacturing throughput and operational efficiency.

- Maintain accurate production records, quality assurance documentation, and standard operating procedures.

Requirements:

- Proven operational and production management experience within a commercial engineering or hardware manufacturing environment.

- Practical, non-negotiable technical background working with radio frequency (RF) and electronic hardware.

- Hands-on engineering mindset with practical innovation skills, avoiding purely test- or simulation-based approaches.

- Solid background in commercial industry (candidates must come directly from industry rather than ex-Forces).

- UK national eligible and suitable to obtain UK security clearance.

- Exceptional leadership, organisational, and communication skills suited to running an active technical workshop.

- Strong mechanical and electrical assembly aptitude (formal degree not required; self-taught specialists are warmly welcomed).