Production Lead - High-Reliability Manufacturing & Planning

Airbus S.A.S.; Wickham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Contributory pension

Share options

Car leasing scheme

Free onsite parking

Season ticket loan

Tax-free technology scheme

Discounted shopping

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space in Portsmouth is seeking a Production Manager to lead a high‑reliability production team, optimise resources and interface with the shop floor to ensure on‑time, on‑quality and on‑cost delivery within a safe environment.

You will drive global production planning across multiple projects, manage work packages, and implement continuous improvement initiatives while complying with health, safety and security requirements including SC clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading production in high-reliability manufacturing.
• Strong ability to plan resources across manpower and machines.
• Proven track record in delivering on time, cost and quality targets.
• Experience with P6 scheduling and global production planning.
• Knowledge of manufacturing execution systems is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and engage a production team to meet time, quality, cost and safety requirements.
• Execute resource planning to optimise facility and resource availability on the shop floor.
• Define and update global production plans for parallel projects.
• Interface with shop floor to ensure alignment with production plans.
• Drive continuous improvement across the production environment.
• Ensure outputs are delivered in a safe, healthy environment compliant with regulations.

Skills

Production management

Resource planning

P6 scheduling

Team leadership

Shop floor liaison

SAP MES

Tools

SAP MES

ERP systems

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space in Portsmouth is seeking a Production Manager to lead a high‑reliability production team, optimise resources and interface with the shop floor to ensure on‑time, on‑quality and on‑cost delivery within a safe environment.

You will drive global production planning across multiple projects, manage work packages, and implement continuous improvement initiatives while complying with health, safety and security requirements including SC clearance.