Job Title: Production Readiness Lead
Location: Rugeley
Salary: £DOE
The Role
Are you experienced in scaling production within complex engineering environments? As a dedicated talent partner to ESCO Maritime, we are looking to hire a Production Readiness Lead to drive their capability to meet increasing programme demand and production rates.
This is a pivotal role where you will lead a cross-functional readiness programme, ensuring engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, test, and facilities are fully aligned and capable of delivering safely, reliably, and at scale.
What you will be doing:
* Define and deliver the production readiness strategy to support growth
* Lead cross-functional coordination across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and more
* Drive structured readiness planning (scope, schedule, cost, dependencies)
* Implement methodologies such as APQP, Lean, and value stream mapping
* Oversee production trials, pilot runs, and run-at-rate readiness
* Identify capability gaps and implement solutions across people, process, and systems
* Lead readiness reviews, reporting, and stakeholder engagement (internal & customer-facing)
What we are looking for:
1. Proven experience in production ramp-up, industrialisation, or manufactu...