Director of Operations Location: Gloucester/Oxford (multi-site) Salary: £80,000 10% Bonus We're representing a fast-growing smart manufacturing company at the cutting edge of machine vision, metrology, and automation. They're seeking a dynamic Head of Operations to join the senior leadership team and help drive the next phase of growth. The Role As Head of Operations, you'll take ownership of operational performance across multiple sites. You'll lead teams spanning service, logistics, supply chain, production and quality, ensuring delivery excellence while embedding scalable processes for growth. Responsibilities: Oversee service/support engineers (installation, calibration, maintenance, repair) Drive supply chain performance and on-time delivery Ensure ISO/quality compliance and risk management Convert orders to revenue and optimise margins Collaborate with leadership to shape and scale operational strategy About You Degree-qualified in Engineering (or equivalent experience) Background in manufacturing, metrology or vision systems Proven track record in operations leadership with hands-on delivery focus Skilled communicator who can simplify complex technical detail for all audiences Experience scaling engineering businesses, managing teams and delivering process improvements What's on Offer Competitive salary package 25 days' holiday bank holidays Health insurance, pension, life assurance On-site parking with EV charging Excellent training and progression in a high-growth, innovative environment WR Engineering are the 1 recruitment partner for engineering, manufacturing & technical sales jobs. We recruit for permanent and contract jobs UK wide. WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy