Interim Manufacturing Manager

Unlock a pivotal opportunity as Interim Manufacturing Manager, where operational excellence, safety leadership, and continuous improvement come together. This role gives you the chance to shape production and maintenance performance, strengthen process capability, and make a visible impact across an advanced manufacturing environment. If leadership, lean thinking, and quality focus energise the day-to-day, Interim Manufacturing Manager is a strong next step. What You Will Do: - Own manufacturing KPIs and drive consistent performance across Production and Maintenance. - Lead, coordinate and prioritise production activities to hit delivery, quality, and productivity targets. - Build and continuously improve lean manufacturing processes, including shift planning and flexibility measures. - Define, implement and optimise preventive and predictive maintenance through CMMS, supporting TPM and reliability. - Work closely with Quality to ensure compliance with IATF/ISO standards and to lead corrective actions for deviations. - Lead people and EHS priorities, ensuring safe ways of working, robust RCA, and sustained corrective outcomes. What You Will Bring: - A degree in Engineering or a strong technical background, paired with at least 3 years' experience in managerial roles within highly automated manufacturing. - Proven capability in Production and Maintenance leadership, including CMMS, TPM, spare parts planning, and root cause problem solving (RCA). - Strong understanding of quality and management systems, with experience aligning to IATF/ISO requirements. - Confident performance management, using data-driven KPI monitoring and structured continuous improvement methods. - Fluency in the local language and English; additional European languages are a helpful advantage. The Manufacturing & Innovation drive at this client gives real momentum to wider operational goals, supporting a safer, leaner and more reliable manufacturing system. Interim Manufacturing Manager plays a key part in strengthening cross-functional collaboration between Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain, helping the business respond effectively to variability while maintaining compliance and performance standards. Location: This Interim Manufacturing Manager role is based in the United Kingdom, supporting manufacturing operations on site. Interested?: If Interim Manufacturing Manager sounds like the kind of high-impact leadership challenge worth taking on, apply now and take the next step toward making a measurable difference in manufacturing performance. Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency. In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included