Project Manager - Aerospace Manufacturing

Project Manager - Aerospace Parts Manufacturing - Take end-to-end ownership of customer programmes and manufacturing projects in a high-precision aerospace environment, where delivery, compliance and detail matter. You'll act as the primary interface between customers, suppliers and internal teams, ensuring orders/contracts are delivered on time, within budget and fully compliant with quality and regulatory requirements (including AS9100). You'll oversee manufacturing operations across CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding, heat treatment, surface treatments, assembly, inspection and subcontract processing, while leading the Production Control team to drive planning, scheduling and capacity management.

Key responsibilities

Manage multiple projects from order receipt/contract review through to final delivery, based on the order book.

Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones and recovery plans to protect OTD (On-Time Delivery) / OTIF (On Time In Full).

Lead the Production Control team: planning/scheduling, material availability, capacity alignment, daily progress checks and bottleneck removal.

Review and manage work order priorities to maximise throughput and delivery performance.

Coordinate Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing and Logistics to ensure resources, tooling and documentation are in place.

Manage suppliers/subcontractors (raw materials, machining support, heat treatment, plating, painting, NDT and other special processes); expedite critical deliveries and resolve issues.

Use MRP/ERP to manage demand, job progression and delivery commitments.

Lead NPI (New Product Introduction) and build-to-print work; maintain configuration control and documentation.

Monitor KPIs (operational/financial), lead project reviews, and drive continuous improvement to reduce lead times.

Experience & skills

Minimum 5 years' Project/Programme Management experience in manufacturing (aerospace/defence/regulatory preferred).

Minimum 3 years' supervisory/line management experience (essential).

Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.

ERP/MRP and planning/scheduling tool experience (essential); Epicor/Kinetic advantageous.

Knowledge of AS9100 and regulated quality/audit environments (desirable).

PRINCE2/APM desirable; PMP/Lean/CI/supply chain qualifications advantageous.

Permanent role; salary dependent on experience. Applicants must have current UK right to work. HRGO are a recruitment agency supporting UK manufacturing and aim to respond to all applications
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed