Senior Production Lead - High-Reliability Aerospace

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

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Pension

Share options

Car leasing

Onsite parking

Season ticket loan

Tech scheme

Discounted shopping

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space is seeking a Production Manager for the Portsmouth site to lead a production team and optimise resources to deliver high-reliability products on time, quality and cost. You will interface with the shop floor, manage work packages, and drive continuous improvement within a safe environment.

The role requires hands-on leadership of production planning, manpower and machines, with strong emphasis on cost control and adherence to safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading production and optimising resource planning in a high-reliability manufacturing environment.
• Experience in project planning, P6 scheduling, and defining global production plans across multiple parallel projects.
• Experience with work package management, team leadership, and driving continuous improvement on the shop floor.

Responsibilities

• Manage, lead and engage the production team to meet time, quality, cost, and safety requirements.
• Execute management resource planning to optimise facility and resource availability on the shop floor.
• Define and update global production planning for multiple parallel projects.
• Interface with the shop floor to ensure execution aligns with the production plan.
• Manage work packages and drive continuous improvement across production.
• Ensure outputs are delivered in a safe and compliant environment.

Skills

Production management

Resource planning

Project planning

P6 scheduling

Shop floor leadership

SAP MES knowledge

Tools

SAP Manufacturing Execution Systems

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space is seeking a Production Manager for the Portsmouth site to lead a production team and optimise resources to deliver high-reliability products on time, quality and cost. You will interface with the shop floor, manage work packages, and drive continuous improvement within a safe environment.

The role requires hands-on leadership of production planning, manpower and machines, with strong emphasis on cost control and adherence to safety and regulatory standards.