Production Manager

Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Production Manager to join our growing operations team based at our Staverton site.

Ontic is a more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.

The Role:

As Production Manager, you’ll lead day-to-day manufacturing and assembly operations, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient delivery across your production areas. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you’ll be accountable for performance, conformance to plan and the leadership and development of your production teams.

You’ll drive operational performance through clear KPIs, support capacity planning and new product introduction, and champion continuous improvement on the shop floor. While aerospace experience is desirable, we’re primarily looking for a proven production leader with strong experience in manufacturing or complex assembly environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide clear leadership and direction across our production environment, working closely with our Cell Managers

• Work with the Head of Operations to support the translation of strategic objectives into effective operational initiatives.

• Own production performance, capacity planning and conformance to plan within your area.

• Act as an escalation point for technical, operational and people-related matters.

• Coach and develop Cell Leaders to strengthen future line management capability and engagement.

• Ensure full compliance with regulatory, quality, health & safety and people processes.

• Champion continuous improvement activities including Lean, Kaizen and employee involvement.

• Support new product introductions, ensuring readiness across people, processes and facilities.

• Monitor, maintain and improve KPIs in line with operational and business goals.

• Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams to enable effective delivery.

About You:

You’ll be an experienced Production Manager, or a proven Cell Manager ready to take the next step in your leadership career. with a strong background in manufacturing and/or repair environments, ideally within a regulated or aerospace setting. You’ll be confident leading people, solving complex problems and driving performance through both structure and collaboration.

Key skills and experience include:

• Experience in managing day to day production environments

• Knowledge or working awareness of CAA Part 21 and Part 145 regulations (or the ability to quickly learn).

• Proven people management and leadership capability.

• Experience working with MRP/ERP systems (Visual ERP experience advantageous).

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to address product and process issues.

• A proactive, self-motivated approach with excellent communication skills.

• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles (highly desirable).

• A commitment to continuous personal development and operational excellence.

Benefits:

At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance. 

Our benefits package highlights include: 

• Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays 
• 10 hours paid volunteering time 
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees 
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers 

Best place to work 

We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so: 

• We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback 
• 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic 

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!