Production Manager

• Manage employees and day to day activities of the Uplift team to deliver the manufacture, assembly, integration and test of complex hardware on time to cost and quality. (off site facilities)
• Responsible for planning, coordination of cross functional teams and control of manufacturing processes to deliver on-time to cost and quality.
• Ensure a safe working environment and adherence to company and legislative ESH requirements, processes and procedures.
• Lead the team to implement a culture of safety and drive risk reductions.
• Lead through lean manufacture to achieve operational excellence in safety, quality, utilisation, yield and cost management. Implement best practice throughout the operation.
• Manage team's performance to include time keeping, sickness, holiday's, work assignments, compliance training, salary, recognition and reward, disciplinary actions / grievance procedures.
• Manage budget requirements for overheads and GWE. Manage spending to overhead allocations.
• Ensure management of 6S and FOE, standard work, visual management and KPI's for short and long term goals.
• Collaborating with the internal and external compliance teams; develop a robust approach to ensuring compliance to all regulations (internal & external).
• Develop strong relationships and collaboration by developing a stakeholder plan to engage and work with key stakeholders across functions, programmes and to senior management.
• Escalation of issues into business functions (Quality, Operations, Engineering, ESH, Facilities, etc.) via Operations project Management Team and MDWT Structure
• Ownership and management of manufacturing facilities, equipment and tooling.
• Point of Contact with Functional and AJAX Programme Teams at Merthyr, Tydfil and Ampthill

• Proven experience as a Production Manager or related role
• Demonstrated lean manufacture and operational excellence
• Process focused leadership, coaching, communication and influencing skills
• Microsoft office, MRP systems, 6S and FOE
• Problem solving skills, Priority management and balancing
• Experience of leading a team to achieve and successfully met business and Programme targets

• Production management in Defence, Aerospace or related high value, low volume production environment
• Experience of managing disparate teams
• Currently or previously held SC or DV level security clearance

• Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pension
• Dental
• Critical Illness
• Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance
• Employee discounts for top high street shops
• Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counselling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
• Internal training and development alongside out Education assistance programmes
• Reimbursement for a professional membership
• Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave

Lockheed Martin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and reflect our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence. By engaging with all our employees' diverse talents and experiences every day, we can innovate different and better, creating cutting edge solutions and unparalleled customer value.

We know that diversity of thought leads to better solutions for our customers. Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team and would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the criteria set out in our job advert. In addition, we are committed to inclusion of all individuals and will make reasonable adjustments to our applications process. If you require assistance or adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact?recruitment@global.lmco.com or call 023 92 458 000.