Senior Production Manager in Fife

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Glenrothes, Fife

Position Role Type: Onsite

Function: Manufacturing

Duration: Permanent

Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)

Security Clearance: Must be eligible for and willing to undergo BPSS Clearance Checks

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defence company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Summary of Role:

Reporting to the manufacturing operations manager, the senior production manager will provide senior support to a team of production managers managing programmes across both the Glenrothes and Livingston sites. This support will ensure:

• Production programs are managed within agreed quality standards as well as financial budgets and timescales.
• Manufacturing compliance is maintained to RUK standards.
• Financial review, analysis and reporting are delivered in line with business requirements, to RUK Control Account Management standards.
• Continuity of production is maintained across the Glenrothes and Livingston site.

What your days will look like:

• Ensuring world-class safety culture is maintained and respond to all site EH&S requirements promptly.
• Leading and managing a team of Production Managers, providing them with coaching and development.
• Enabling a culture of high performance, engagement and accountability.
• Supporting workforce planning activities such as recruitment of resource to meet business demand.
• Driving the team to ensure manufacturing compliance is maintained to RUK standards.
• Accountability for manufacturing both Glenrothes and Livingston locations holding overall responsibility for production of quality products in an efficient and timely manner.
• Providing leadership coaching and development for production management team.
• Disciplined execution of the daily lean management system, including tiered accountability meetings, visual management systems, and leader standard work.
• Driving accountability to daily results and rapid corrective actions to overcome misses.
• Champion for safety, quality improvement, and CORE programs across all manufacturing areas.

Candidate Requirements:

• Essential:
• Leadership experience of diverse teams.
• Extensive Management experience in a similar environment.
• Strong SAP & MS Office Skills.
• Experience in a mixed-mode manufacturing environment, utilising interfaces with ERP systems.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr).
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.

Work Culture:

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed.
• More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

For this role the successful hire will need to be a permanent UK resident and successfully complete a baseline (BPSS) security and background check.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.