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Materials Engineering Operations Manager (Lead Engineer)
Our Air Sector is currently going through a period of substantial growth due to an upsurge in demand for our products from domestic and overseas customers. If you’d like to make a difference and contribute to the delivery of this large, high value, technically complex and strategically important Sector, we have a position for a Materials Engineering Operations Manager (Lead Engineer) based at Samlesbury.
Your role and responsibilities as Materials Engineering Operations Manager (Lead Engineer):
· Acting as a key focal point for the Operations/ Production and In-Service customers, and ensuring that the Materials Engineering teams deliver to plan, and are seen as a reliable, supportive support function.
· Ensuring that delivery is data-driven and operationally focused.
· Ensuring that the teams comply to procedures and processes; providing strong leadership on any Quality arisings and ensuring that any issues are closed out robustly, using problem solving techniques and root cause analysis.
· Ensuring that the teams deliver to the cost budgets, and that work is performed efficiently. Having a continuous improvement mind set and ensuring that the teams are seeking out ways to improve working practices; being strategic in future improvements around equipment, working practices and technology.
· Providing direct leadership to the Materials Engineering Team Leaders and ensuring that the teams are developed and grown to maximise the well-being of the organisation, and its performance. Also act as the interface between the team leader(s) and the departmental operations manager/ Principal.
Your skills and experience:
Essential:
• People management and leadership experience of technical/engineering activities
• Knowledge and leadership experience of health and safety activity
• Demonstrable experience within a delivery role
• Ability to manage planned and unplanned emergent work and understand budgets
• Experience of working in a fast-paced industry environment
• Experience with adherence to a Quality Management System (QMS)
Desirable:
• Knowledge of manufacturing/production/engineering processes would be a significant advantage.
• Aerospace industry experience
Location: Samlesbury - on site
Grade: GG12
BAE Systems Air
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Job Details
Job Description: This vacancy is not currently eligible for the UK Employee Referral Scheme.
Job: Engineering
Primary Location: Samlesbury
Organisation: Air Sector_new
Closing Date: 22/Jul/26, 11:59:00 PM