Workshop Operations Manager in Farnborough

Company Overview

TISICS is a small management-owned business with material and processing technology that is of potential future benefit primarily to the Space and Aerospace sectors. The company designs and manufactures net shape metal and continuous silicon carbide fibre reinforced composite components compromising titanium and aluminium alloys. Our advanced materials offer significant advantages both to the Aerospace sector in reducing the weight of platforms for environmental benefit and to the Space sector with rapid growth in communications, climate and planetary exploration applications. In order to address these exciting market developments and increased customer interest in our technology, we are growing and are looking for motivated and inspiring people to join the team.

The Workshop Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing the TISICS team of engineers and technicians who are manufacturing a variety of test samples, simple flat coupons, sub-scale samples and full-scale parts. We produce, assemble and test samples, sub-scale and full-scale components and products for the Aerospace and Space markets based on the TISICS metal matrix composite and fibre technologies. Products include but are not limited to structural components, pressure vessels, and liquid propellant tanks.

The Workshop Operations manager will act as an interface between programme and project managers into fabrication activities to ensure that work across multiple projects is coordinated and appropriately prioritised between the different contracts and deliverables. Where appropriate the role may include direct project management of customer requirements where development work is limited.

The Workshop Operations Manager will manage the workflow, including planning and coordinating all manufacturing activities, processes and operations. The role will include the management of a small team and ensure that projects are delivered safely, cost-effectively and on-time and that they meet the required quality and customer standards.

TISICS is expanding and will be increasing its facility footprint. It is envisaged that the Workshop Operations Manager will be part of the core team delivering this expansion and the associated planning of facility services, layouts, equipment installation and commissioning with appropriate staff and third parties.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and draw up operational plans and schedules, to ensure that people and facility equipment are assigned to needs defined by the projects and in line with business priorities
• Manage manufacturing and test resources, including equipment and facilities, decide on and order the required resources and ensure stock levels remain adequate
• Liaise with the project and product teams to ensure that the required outputs are available
• Identification and liaison with external suppliers, in coordination with Project Managers, Quality Engineers and technical teams
• Ensure efficient processes are implemented and maintained, in close liaison with the project engineering and quality teams
• Monitor the production processes and adjust schedules as needed
• Set and enforce the quality standards, in coordination with the Quality department
• Provide the work demand for equipment and machinery to the Facilities Manager
• Ensure that health and safety guidelines are followed at all times and that any concerns are addressed immediately
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, for example through lean manufacturing
• Collate and analyse data, putting together operational and performance reports
• Provide line management for the manufacturing and test team, setting performance goals, evaluating and reviewing performance, and identifying training needs.

Qualifications

• More than 5 years industrial experience in relevant environment
• Experience in design, development and delivery projects in a relevant industry
• Demonstrated leadership and people management skills

What we can offer:

• Competitive salary: negotiable, depending on specific experience and qualifications relevant to the role.
• Retirement Plan: Pension scheme to help secure your future.
• 20 days holiday + bank holidays

Want to hear more about what it's like to work at TISICS? Reach out to our team on talent@tisics.co.uk

The candidate shall be eligible to work in the UK and hold a Skilled Workers visa, if required. For all successful candidates, TISICS will undertake background security checks. As part of this, we will need to confirm your identity, employment history and address history to cover the past five years as well as your nationality, immigration status and criminal record.

TISICS does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where terms of business have not been signed and will not consider or agree to payment of any recruiter fee under these circumstances. In the event that speculative CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, we reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question.

For further information about this position please Contact us and we will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible.