Modules Operations Manager in Kilsby

• Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations, maintaining clear shop floor ownership, team accountability, and focus on safe, on-time delivery.
• Develop a high-performance team culture through clear priorities, coaching, and consistent operational discipline across safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Translate project and programme requirements into clear, executable production plans that support safe, efficient, and on-time delivery.
• Drive product and manufacturing readiness by aligning technical maturity, material availability, operational capability, and line readiness ahead of manufacture.
• Lead daily operational reviews, using KPI performance and shop floor data to monitor build progress, manage risks, and prioritise escalations.
• Support the setup, stabilisation, and continuous improvement of production lines and build processes for new and evolving products, with a strong focus on NPI, industrialisation, and execution stability.
• Act as the key operational interface between Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Project/Programme teams ensuring alignment on product readiness, manufacturing readiness and delivery execution.
• Drive cross-functional action to resolve issues affecting build, schedule, material flow, quality, or delivery.
• Lead structured escalation and problem resolution for bottlenecks, operational risks, and readiness gaps using data-led decision-making.
• Apply sound operational and technical judgement to support decisions across projects, product lines, and customer priorities.
• Use sound operational and commercial judgement to balance priorities, resolve trade-offs and support effective delivery decisions.
• Operate with autonomy within the role, influencing operational planning and continuous improvement activities to strengthen ways of working, team effectiveness, delivery performance, and execution discipline., Join us at a pivotal time as we strengthen our manufacturing capability and support continued growth across the Rugby operation. This is an opportunity to play a key role in driving product and manufacturing readiness, supporting industrialisation, and helping advanced engineered products move successfully from development into stable production. Working across Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and programme teams, you will have the opportunity to influence how we execute, deliver, and scale in support of critical applications worldwide.

Qualifications

• You must be a sole national British citizen and have a valid UK passport, and holds, or is eligible to obtain, UK security clearance to SC level to be considered for this role.
• A degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Proven experience leading within a manufacturing or production environment , with direct shop floor responsibility and accountability for team performance and delivery.
• Demonstrated experience translating engineering, project, or programme requirements into executable production plans , with responsibility for product and manufacturing readiness .
• Strong experience supporting the transition from product development into manufacture, including NPI, industrialisation, line readiness, and production line setup or stabilisation.
• Proven ability to work effectively across Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Project / Programme teams , driving alignment and execution in a matrix environment.
• Strong capability in root cause analysis, structured problem-solving, KPI management, and data-led decision-making to resolve operational issues and improve performance.
• Experience influencing operational priorities, driving execution, and improving delivery performance within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• You must be a sole national British citizen and have a valid UK passport , and holds, or is eligible to obtain, UK security clearance to SC level to be considered for this role.

Benefits

• At GE Vernova, we invest in your long-term success and wellbeing through a comprehensive, flexible benefits package designed to support what matters most to you.
• Our Total Reward offering includes competitive compensation, a performance-related bonus, flexible pension with a 10 % employers' contribution, employer-funded private health insurance, income protection, and life assurance.
• We support your time to recharge with 26 days of holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Our 'Flex Choice' programme, you can take advantage of corporate benefits such as buying and selling holiday, a cycle-to-work scheme, financial planning, critical illness insurance, personal accident cover, dental cover, option to add family to a private health scheme, and travel insurance.