Operations Manager

Kingdom People - Professional Services; Fareham; On-site; GBP 76,500 - 93,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks’ holiday

11% pension

Share-save scheme

Supermarket discounts

On-site gym

Progression opportunities

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking an Operations Manager to drive performance across machining and assembly operations in Fareham. The successful candidate will lead production teams, improve efficiency, and implement Lean initiatives within a regulated environment. This position offers an attractive salary of up to £85,000 plus benefits including holidays and a pension. A strategic leader with proven experience in precision manufacturing is highly desirable. This is a full-time executive role with significant impact on the company's growth journey.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in operations management with a focus on precision manufacturing.
• Strong background in Lean practices and ERP systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to lead and influence teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead production across machining and assembly sites.
• Define and deliver strategic plans for capacity and investment.
• Drive safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people objectives.

Skills

Senior leadership in precision manufacturing

Lean initiatives implementation

ERP fluency

Data analytics

Knowledge in regulated environments

Agile communication

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Base pay range

Operating Manager

Salary: Up to £85,000, plus five weeks’ holiday, 11% pension, share‑save scheme, supermarket discounts, on‑site gym, progression.

Are you a strategic operations leader ready to prime and shape machining and final assembly performance at a market leading aerospace business? This is a high impact role on the Site Leadership Team, driving operational excellence, CI culture and data‑led decision‑making across the production value stream.

Tell me more!

You’ll lead production across Advanced Machining and Final Assembly, spread across two sites just a stone’s throw from each other. You’ll define and deliver the strategic plan for capacity, layout and continued capital investment – over £1.3m has recently been invested in new CNC machinery.

As Operations Manager you’ll have two direct reports: the Production Manager for Assembly operations (circa 55 shop floor professionals) and the Machine Shop Production Manager (around 25 indirect professionals). You’ll work closely with them as well as the Master Production Scheduler to ensure material flow is optimised, enabling your teams to improve efficiency and deliver consistently strong metrics as the site continues its growth journey.

This role carries full accountability for operational performance across pengar sites – driving Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People objectives. You’ll be responsible for embedding lean practices, developing succession plans, and crucially ensuring production capability scales with customer demand. As a member of the Site Leadership Team, you’ll also provide clear, data‑led reporting and play a key role in representing the business to customers, Group and PLC level.

What we’re looking for

• Senior leadership in precision manufacturing; strong exposure to machining and assembly
• Proven and demonstrable success in implementing Lean initiatives.
• ERP fluency and confident data analytics to drive tactical and strategic decisions
• Strong knowledge and experience of working within highly regulated environments
• An agile and influential communicator who coaches, leads, manages change and challenges the status quo
• LEAN certification highly desirable

This is an excellent opportunity to join a respected aerospace company employing 180 people on site, with steady year‑on‑year growth. A cash rich business happy to invest and support the drive to their journey from 25M to 30M turnover in the next 5 years.

To find out more, contact Steph at Kingdom People on 02392 483944, or click Apply Now to send your CV — we’ll review it promptly and be in touch.

Kingdom People is acting as a Recruitment Agency on behalf of its client.

Seniority level

• Executive

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Engineering and Management
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

Location: Fareham, England, United Kingdom