Low Volume Section Manager – Machine Shop (Day Shift)

Location: Miskin, Wales

Salary: up to £52,000 depending on experience

We’re seeking a driven and accountable Section Manager to lead our low-volume machine shop operation on day shift, holding overall responsibility for production performance across all three shifts. Reporting to the Senior Production Manager, you’ll take direct leadership responsibility for the Production Supervisors and drive productivity, operational consistency, quality standards and people performance throughout the department.

Low Volume Production is a fast-paced, engineering-led machining environment responsible for delivering low-volume and bespoke components across a wide range of products. The department plays a key role in supporting new product introduction and specialist manufacturing requirements, combining process development, CNC machining, and problem-solving capability to deliver high-quality parts with short lead times.

You’ll be joining a supportive and ambitious manufacturing environment where you’ll benefit from ongoing training and leadership development, with the opportunity to shape and improve a growing production operation.

• Holding accountability for machine shop production performance across all shifts, driving productivity, efficiency and output.
• Leading, coaching and developing Production Supervisors, ensuring consistent leadership standards, accountability and high performance.
• Monitoring and improving key operational KPIs (e.g. performance, efficiency, downtime, delivery, credits to stock), taking proactive action to address issues.
• Driving cost efficiency through productivity improvement, waste reduction and effective resource utilisation (including cost per credit hour).
• Ensuring communication and alignment across shifts to maintain operational continuity and performance ownership.
• Maintaining oversight of quality standards, resolving production issues quickly while balancing delivery and product quality expectations.
• Collaborating and influencing stakeholders to resolve shortages and ensure consistent application of quality standards effectively across manufacturing.
• Supporting a culture of ownership, urgency, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Providing regular performance updates and reporting to the Senior Production Manager.
• Ensuring high standards of health, safety and housekeeping are maintained.

• Previous demonstrable leadership experience within a machine shop, engineering or manufacturing environment, managing supervisors and/or multiple production teams.
• Operationally and commercially aware, with the ability to drive productivity through data analysis while maintaining quality and delivery performance.
• Decision-maker by nature who can solve problems independently and take ownership of issues.
• Effective collaborator, able to work cross-functionally to resolve operational and quality challenges quickly.
• Credible and influential communicator, able to challenge constructively and drive consistent standards.
• Demonstrates strong people leadership, including performance management, talent development and succession planning (e.g. 9 Box frameworks).
• Promotes alignment and accountability across shifts through clear communication and organisation.
• Resilient and composed under pressure, demonstrating sound judgement.
• Clear potential to progress into a senior operational leadership role, supporting a culture of accountability, urgency and continuous improvement.

• CNC machining or precision engineering background, with experience operating in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems to support production planning and control.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies, including leading change or operational improvement initiatives.

As a Section Manager, you’ll be a leader who naturally takes ownership, drives standards, develops people and creates accountability across teams and shifts. You’ll lead from the front, challenge complacency, collaborate effectively across departments and build a high-performing production culture.

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops, free parking, car sharing scheme and 24 hour fitness centres (not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement. If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible.