End-to-End Aerospace Project Manager

HR GO Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Job summary

HR GO Recruitment in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, is seeking a Project Manager for Aerospace Manufacturing. The role owns end-to-end customer programmes across CNC machining, sheet metal, welding, and assembly in a high-precision environment.

You will lead planning, scheduling, and a Production Control team to ensure on-time delivery and AS9100 compliance. The position is permanent, office-based with standard hours and 25 days of holiday.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' Project/Programme Management experience within a manufacturing environment (aerospace/defence/highly regulated preferred).
• Minimum 3 years' supervisory/line management experience.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using ERP/MRP and manufacturing planning/scheduling tools.
• Demonstrable experience with project management methodologies and tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple customer programmes from order receipt/contract review through to final delivery, in line with the order book.
• Build and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, risk/mitigation actions and recovery plans to protect OTD/OTIF.
• Lead the Production Control team responsible for production planning and scheduling across all manufacturing activities.
• Align schedules to customer requirements and available capacity; review and prioritise work orders to maximise throughput.
• Monitor daily progress, remove bottlenecks, and lead daily/weekly production review meetings.
• Coordinate Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing and Logistics to ensure resources, tooling, materials and documentation are in place and controlled.
• Manage suppliers and subcontractors (materials, machining support, heat treatment, plating, NDT and other special processes); expedite critical deliveries and resolve issues impacting schedules.
• Ensure subcontract activity meets aerospace quality requirements and customer specifications.
• Use MRP/ERP systems to manage demand, material availability, job progression, capacity considerations and delivery commitments.
• Lead NPI and build-to-print projects, ensuring specifications, routings, work instructions and configuration control are maintained.
• Track operational/financial KPIs, report delivery performance, and drive continuous improvement to reduce lead times and improve planning efficiency.
• Support internal, customer and regulatory audits and maintain compliance with AS9100 and company procedures.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

ERP/MRP experience

Scheduling

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Epicor/Kinetic

Job description

HR GO Recruitment in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, is seeking a Project Manager for Aerospace Manufacturing. The role owns end-to-end customer programmes across CNC machining, sheet metal, welding, and assembly in a high-precision environment.

You will lead planning, scheduling, and a Production Control team to ensure on-time delivery and AS9100 compliance. The position is permanent, office-based with standard hours and 25 days of holiday.