Continuous Improvement Manager

Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Continuous Improvement Manager to join our Continuous Improvement team where you'll support us in driving improvements in line with business strategies. This role will be based at our Bishops Cleeve & Staverton sites in Cheltenham.

Ontic is more than just a business; we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.

You’ll be working cross-functionally to drive improvements throughout our ROW (Rest of World) business in line with the strategy set out by our Site Directors. You’ll nurture engagement and manage change through a series of complex and high-profile projects which will initially focus on process improvements. You will be responsible for both identifying areas for CI as well as taking up the challenges identified by others. You’ll have autonomy to create an annual calendar of improvement activity and all successes will be measured against a targeted business KPI.

At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we're also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture. You’ll need to be excited by change and have had experience within Continuous Improvement engagement, management, and execution, which doesn’t necessarily need to be within the aviation industry (although a passion for learning our industry is essential). You’ll ideally be a proficient user of Power BI and able to develop/create complex visuals. In addition, you’ll ideally have a working understanding of LSS (Lean Six Sigma) Black Belt; however, we do welcome applications from LSS Green Belts. You’ll be a self-starter who can run their own calendar work to guidelines, utilising resources from across the business. You’ll be very mindful of our strategic business aims and the impact this has internally on departments, ensuring that you are scheduling projects that will not overlap with other aims or resources. You’ll be able to assess tasks which you need to escalate, and tasks which you can empower a member of the team to complete. At Ontic, we are interested in the person and their potential, so if you do not meet all of the criteria listed above, please do not be deterred from submitting an application.

At Ontic, we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance. Our benefits package highlights include:

• Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• 10 hours paid volunteering time
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers

We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so: We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback. 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic. No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.

Our values are intrinsic to everything we do:

• We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision.
• We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo.
• We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit.

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!