L3Harris

Job Title – Manufacturing Manager

Job Location – Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Job ID – OMM5

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet are part of our ICI division, we work closely with UK Government and Security Agencies primarily in the areas of crypto/cyber security, electronic warfare, counter drone capabilities and situation awareness projects.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 12pm finish every Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Providing rapid response, high quality, and low cost manufacturing capability to ICI EMEA customers, both internally and externally
• Effective day to day management of assigned staff, including team briefing, performance appraisals, personal development and succession planning.
• Leading a culture of continuous improvement throughout the manufacturing domain and in support of the wider Operational function.
• Ensuring that the manufacturing working environment is best in class, conforming to the highest standards of Health & Safety, Electrostatic Discharge Management and Security requirements.
• Establishing and maintaining effective manufacturing KPI’s to enable accurate measurement of productivity, customer service (lead time & OTIF), cost reduction, and product quality.
• Driving Quality standards and Right First Time, ensuring that defects are dealt with promptly through segregation, root cause analysis, and corrective / preventative action
• Ensuring that all manufacturing documentation, as built data, files and reports are created and maintained in a timely and accurate manner
• Maximising stock accuracy by ensuring correct and timely inventory transactions and perpetual inventory cycle count schedule adherence
• Ensuring best practice storage, control and flow on direct materials from GI to despatch
• Ensuring compliance to all relevant shipping regulations, e.g. Export Controls, Security Controls, Dangerous Goods and similar.
• Controlling departmental costs against agreed budget.

What you’ll bring

The role of Manufacturing Manager requires the following experience and skills:

• Previous experience of managing a manufacturing facility producing complex, electro-mechanical assemblies in a small to medium volume environment ideally within Aerospace, Defence or Automotive industry sectors.
• Experience with and advocate for Health and Safety Management within the workplace.
• Experienced practitioner in and advocate of Lean Thinking, Six Sigma and similar change management processes
• Experience of applying problem solving tools and methodologies to contain and countermeasure issues and concerns.
• Experienced in strong, effective leadership, mentoring and conflict resolution skills of a team of 10 or more

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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