End-to-End Manufacturing Operations Lead

Osprey Engineering Solutions Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Osprey Engineering Solutions Ltd is seeking a Project & Manufacturing Operations Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of bespoke engineered equipment from drawings through build, testing, delivery and on-site installation.

You will oversee the design-owned process, manage a multi-disciplinary build team, coordinate suppliers, and ensure costs, quality and timelines meet FAT/SAT criteria. The role requires hands-on leadership across workshops and customer sites.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering bespoke engineered equipment.
• Experience overseeing and organising from drawings through build and testing, ideally including installation/completion.
• Ability to read mechanical engineering drawings and decide practical routes for manufacture.
• Experience leading workshop teams and coordinating subcontractors and suppliers.
• Cost/quality/capacity/lead time judgement with make-or-buy decisions.
• Budget management and forecasting with proactive overruns handling.
• Organised, hands-on in workshop and on customer sites; overnight stays possible.

Responsibilities

• Turn released designs into workable build and installation plans.
• Plan and manage purchasing, subcontract manufacture, machining, assembly, testing, delivery, installation and site acceptance.
• Lead the build team, fitters, installers and machinists; integrate electrical build as needed.
• Decide make-or-buy options within budgets and authority.
• Coordinate suppliers, monitor costs, quality, lead times and delivery risk.
• Book specialist resources and direct their tasks during project periods.
• Resolve day-to-day build issues and route design changes for approval.
• Develop practical manufacturing methods and spare parts supply arrangements.
• Maintain clear view of progress, forecast costs and FAT/SAT actions.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Reading drawings

Cost management

Budgeting

Hands-on

Site installation

Supplier coordination

Manufacturing leadership

Tools

ERP/MRP

Job description

Osprey Engineering Solutions Ltd is seeking a Project & Manufacturing Operations Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of bespoke engineered equipment from drawings through build, testing, delivery and on-site installation.

You will oversee the design-owned process, manage a multi-disciplinary build team, coordinate suppliers, and ensure costs, quality and timelines meet FAT/SAT criteria. The role requires hands-on leadership across workshops and customer sites.