Manufacturing Operations Supervisor (Aerospace) - Working pattern: 4-day week - Mon-Wed 07:00-17:30, Thu 07:00-16:30 - We're recruiting an experienced Manufacturing Supervisor to lead day-to-day shop-floor performance across machine shop and fabrication workshops. You'll drive on-time delivery, right-first-time quality, and safe working while supporting continuous improvement and Lean manufacturing.
Key responsibilities
1. Plan and coordinate daily production: workflow, priorities, labour allocation and schedules
2. Lead, coach and develop operators; track productivity and reduce non-productive time
3. Monitor KPIs and take action to achieve targets across safety, quality, delivery, cost and efficiency
4. Verify output against specification; challenge non-conformance and implement corrective actions
5. Support MRB activity for non-conforming parts, contributing to root cause and prevention measures
6. Maintain accurate ERP records: validate job quantities, labour/machine hours and operation confirmations daily
7. Use ERP data to monitor labour/machine efficiency and drive improvement
8. Ensure Health & Safety compliance, training completion and SOP adherence
9. Follow HR processes including time & attendance, return-to-work interviews, absence requests and supporting investigations/discipl...