Job Description
Step into a role that powers the nation’s defence - Become an Engineering Production Manager at DM Beith
Are you ready to elevate your career and make a real impact? Join our Defence Munitions (DM) team at DM Beith, where you’ll take on a vital leadership role at the heart of UK’s defence operations. As an Engineering Production Manager, you’ll lead a dedicated team responsible for the functional testing, diagnostics, repair and modification of a wide array of complex weapon systems. Your technical expertise will be essential in managing the planning, scheduling, and execution of production, maintenance, and training activities that keep our forces mission-ready.
At DM, our mission is clear: to sustain the fighting power of the UK Armed Forces. We do this by delivering world-class storage, maintenance, processing and distribution services for munitions that support global operations. Every task you oversee contributes directly to the safety, preparedness, and effectiveness of our military personnel.
This is a 100% site-based role that offers the opportunity to travel to other Defence Munitions and DE&S locations across the UK and internationally. Travel is planned with reasonable notice and a strong commitment to flexibility and family-friendly practices. Travel and subsistence expenses are covered.
Interviews will be conducted face to face at Defence Munitions Beith.
Please note that a medical assessment must be successfully completed before starting in this position.
What you’ll be doing
* Oversee a team responsible for assembling, maintaining, and testing complex weapons and equipment
* Deliver high-quality diagnostics while ensuring strict adherence to build standards and configuration control
* Provide technical and engineering advice to both internal and external stakeholders, assessing the impact of technical decisions before implementation
* Ensure all facilities and equipment meet legal and mandatory standards before work begins, and manage risks to keep them as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP)
* Foster and maintain a strong, positive safety culture
* Manage staff performance, including workflow allocation, production reporting, and technical training to meet operational demands and service expectations
* Promote continuous improvement, lessons learned, and lean processes, encouraging flexibility and collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team
Person specification
To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
* Recognised indentured apprenticeship or service equivalent -Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) in mechanical or electrical Engineering.
* Minimum National Vocational Qualification (NVQ)/ Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ) Level 3 within the specialisation or equivalent.
* Experience of stakeholder engagement with internal and external personnel
* Experience of leading teams and mentoring people within an engineering environment
In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
* Technical decision making - Supervised Practitioner level
* Enhancing Service Support Systems - Practitioner level
* Delivering at pace - CSBC3
* Working together - CSBC3