Manufacturing Operations Technician

About Manna

At Manna, we’re changing how the world receives things — by taking delivery to the skies. 

Our mission is simple but ambitious: to make high-speed delivery affordable, green, and safe. We design and build our own aviation-grade drones that deliver food, coffee, groceries, and more directly from local stores and vendors to people’s doors in just a few minutes. 

We’re a team that Drives with Impact, is Safety Focused, and knows that the best ideas come from Team Players who show up as their Authentic Selves. We move fast, we are passionate about what we do, and we’re always pushing a growth mindset to be better in everything we do. 

As we expand our operations in the United States, we’re looking for a hands-on Field Maintenance Technician to join our team in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Welcome to Manna — where we deliver the future. 

Role Purpose

We are hiring for a Manufacturing Operations Technician. In this role you are responsible for supporting the day-to-day build, logistics, and production activities within our aircraft manufacturing team. This is a hands-on role suited to someone practical, organised, and comfortable working across a range of manufacturing and operational tasks. The role will support aircraft trolley assembly, prop guard assembly, inventory activities, internal logistics, packing, shipping preparation, and general movement of parts and equipment between Manna sites. The ideal person will be reliable, flexible, and happy to get stuck into whatever is needed to keep production moving.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Assemble aircraft trolleys, prop guards, and other mechanical sub-assemblies to defined build standards. 

• Support the manufacturing team with general production tasks as required. 

• Assist with packing, preparation, and movement of parts, assemblies, and equipment for shipping. 

• Support logistics between Manna locations, including regular transport of parts and equipment. 

• Help maintain good housekeeping and organisation within the manufacturing area. 

• Assist with inventory activities, including stock checks, part movement, labelling, and storage. 

• Follow work instructions, quality checks, and safety procedures. 

• Identify issues, shortages, or process improvements and raise them with the manufacturing team lead. 

• Support the wider hardware team during busy build periods, production ramps, or urgent operational needs. 

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Practical hands-on experience in a manufacturing, assembly, workshop, logistics, or maintenance environment. 

• Comfortable using basic hand tools and following build instructions. 

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work consistently to a defined standard. 

• Good organisational skills and willingness to support a range of tasks. 

• Reliable, proactive, and able to work independently when required. 

• Good communication skills and a team-oriented attitude. 

• Full clean driving licence preferred. 
• Experience in aircraft, drone, automotive, electronics, mechanical assembly, or similar technical manufacturing environments. 

• Experience with stock control, inventory systems, packing, or shipping preparation. 

• Forklift, manual handling, or other relevant workshop/logistics training. 

• Familiarity with quality-controlled production environments.