L&D Manager (Manufacturing) in Glenrothes

Date Posted: 2026-05-06

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Glenrothes, Fife

Position Role Type: Onsite

Duration: 12 Fixed Month Contract (FTC)

Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)

Security Clearance Requirements: Baseline – Must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

Why join Raytheon: Raytheon UK is a powerhouse in defence and aerospace, where innovation meets impact. As a key partner to the UK government and global customers, we tackle the toughest challenges across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Beyond cutting-edge defence solutions, we lead the way in digital training transformation for both military and commercial clients. At Raytheon UK, you will work with pioneering technology, collaborate with top industry experts, and be part of a dynamic team that fuels your growth. Whether you're looking to push boundaries, develop your skills, or make a real-world impact, your future starts here.

About the role: In the electronics manufacturing sector, a Learning and Development (L&D) Manager acts as a strategic bridge between technical production requirements and workforce capability. The role focuses on ensuring that technical staff, engineers, and production teams possess the specialised skills needed for high-precision manufacturing, while also driving leadership and operational excellence.

What You Will Do:

• Technical Training Strategy: Develop and implement a technical competency framework specific to electronics manufacturing, including soldering, PCB assembly, and quality control.
• Needs Analysis: Conduct thorough Training Needs Analysis (TNA) across departments to identify immediate and future skills requirements for production and engineering.
• Compliance & Safety: Oversee mandatory training programmes including Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) standards and ISO quality requirements.
• Learning Design & Delivery: Create blended learning solutions (on-the-job, digital, and classroom) for diverse audiences, from shop-floor operatives to senior management.
• Talent & Succession: Design leadership pathways and high-potential development programmes to ensure a pipeline of future technical and operational leaders.
• Budget & Vendor Management: Manage the L&D budget, negotiating with external technical training providers and ensuring high ROI on all interventions.
• Digital Transformation: Lead the implementation and administration of a Learning Management System (LMS) to track compliance, certifications, and employee progress.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Experience: Proven track record in an L&D management role, ideally within a fast-paced manufacturing or technical engineering environment.
• Qualifications: A degree in HR, Education, or a related field; professional certification such as CIPD Level 5 or 7 is highly preferred.
• Technical Literacy: Comfortable working in technical environments with the ability to understand complex manufacturing challenges and product operations.
• Project Management: Strong ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously with an analytical, data-driven approach to measuring impact.
• Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, from technical SMEs to C-level executives.

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, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.