Production Manager

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Flexible Working + Private Healthcare + 6% Pension
North Wales

Are you an experienced Production Manager looking to take ownership of a high-performing manufacturing operation within a cutting-edge engineering environment?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a rapidly growing, global engineering business operating at the forefront of aerospace and advanced manufacturing. With continued investment in people, technology and facilities, this role offers real scope to make an impact, drive change and progress your career.

The Opportunity

You will take full responsibility for leading a complex assembly and test operation, ensuring the delivery of world-class manufacturing performance across Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People.

Working closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain, you will play a key role in driving operational excellence, supporting new product introduction (NPI), and developing a highly engaged, high-performing workforce.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will influence both day-to-day performance and longer-term strategic improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary production team within a highly regulated manufacturing environment
• Drive operational performance across key metrics including OEE, On-Time Delivery, First Pass Yield and cost efficiency
• Implement and sustain Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement and Root Cause methodologies
• Ensure full compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
• Oversee production planning, capacity management and resource optimisation
• Foster a strong safety-first culture and champion employee engagement and development
• Support new product introduction, process improvements and manufacturing innovation

About You

• Proven experience in a Production / Manufacturing leadership role within aerospace, defence or similar regulated industry
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to motivate and develop teams
• Solid understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement and production planning
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems (e.g. SAP, Syteline)
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capability
• Background in assembly and test operations (mechanical, electro-mechanical or similar)

Why join?

This is more than just a Production Manager role, it's an opportunity to join a business that genuinely invests in its people and offers a progressive, flexible and supportive working environment.

You will be joining a forward-thinking engineering business where innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything they do. The site offers a modern manufacturing environment, strong leadership support, and a culture where your ideas and impact will be recognised.

If you're looking for a role where you can lead from the front, influence change and be part of an ambitious growth journey, we'd love to hear from you.

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At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

Please note that calls to and from the offices of Morgan Ryder Associates Ltd. may be monitored or recorded. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory procedures, record business transactions and for training purposes.