Duties & Main Responsibilities

• Provide visible, engaged leadership across [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], setting clear direction, standards, and expectations.
• Act as the senior figurehead for the manufacturing business.
• Actively participate in the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] & [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Senior Management Team.
• Build and maintain a high performance culture.
• Lead, coach, and develop the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] leadership team.
• Hold ultimate accountability for health, safety, and environmental performance.
• Lead all manufacturing, fabrication, planning, quality, supply chain, and logistics activities.
• Deliver operational excellence across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.
• Full responsibility for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s operational financial performance.
• Drive cost control, productivity improvements, and margin enhancement.
• Regularly engage with customers at a senior level.
• Lead change in a structured, pragmatic, and people-focused manner.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory, quality, contractual, and internal governance requirements.

Requirements

Essential

• Proven experience in a senior manufacturing leadership role (General Manager, Operations Manager, Site Manager or equivalent).
• Strong background in manufacturing and fabrication within an engineering or industrial environment.
• Demonstrated track record of improving operational efficiency and financial performance.
• Experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary leadership teams.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including full budget ownership.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational leadership.
• Authentic, visible, and credible leader.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Pragmatic, data-driven and improvement focused.
• Comfortable operating at both site and group senior leadership levels.
• Calm, resilient and decisive under pressure.

Desirable

• Experience supporting business growth or operational transformation.
• Exposure to project-driven or low volume / high complexity manufacturing.
• Knowledge of Lean or structured continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience operating within a wider group or multi-business environment.

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