Senior Production Manager – High‑Reliability Manufacturing

Airbus S.A.S.; Swanmore; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Contributory pension

Car leasing scheme

Free onsite parking

Season ticket loan

Tax-free technology scheme

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space is recruiting a Production Manager to join the Production team in Portsmouth. You will lead and develop a production team to deliver high-reliability products by optimising resources, planning, and interfacing directly with the shop floor to ensure on-time, on-quality, and on-cost outputs within a safe environment.

As a key management team member, you will manage production packages, drive improvements, and collaborate across projects while ensuring adherence to health,

Qualifications

• Experience leading production in a high-reliability manufacturing environment.
• Experience in project planning and defining global production plans across parallel projects.
• Experience with shop floor communication and asset management.

Responsibilities

• Manage, lead, and engage a 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 projects running in parallel.
• Interface closely with the shop floor to ensure effective communication and alignment with the production plan.
• Manage allocated work packages and drive continuous improvement across the production environment.
• Ensure all manufacturing outputs are delivered in a safe, healthy environment, respecting regulations.

Skills

Production management

Resource planning

P6 scheduling

Work package management

Continuous improvement

SAP MES knowledge

Tools

SAP MES

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space is recruiting a Production Manager to join the Production team in Portsmouth. You will lead and develop a production team to deliver high-reliability products by optimising resources, planning, and interfacing directly with the shop floor to ensure on-time, on-quality, and on-cost outputs within a safe environment.

As a key management team member, you will manage production packages, drive improvements, and collaborate across projects while ensuring adherence to health,