Description
Excellent Job Opportunity for Production Manager with one of our direct client.
Job Specs
Job Title: Production Manager
Location: Oxfordshire
Employment Type: Contract
Pay Rate: £360 per day Umbrella
IR35: Inside
Key tasks and deliverables
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Plan and track production activities including mechanical manufacturing, assembly of RF modules including waveguide and PCB modules, RF testing at module and receiver-level, qualification testing at external test houses (eg EMC & ESD), and Lot Acceptance Testing
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Inform the Project Manager of resource conflicts or over-allocations and identify impact and possible mitigation strategies, to include additional resource if required
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Plan required equipment maintenance to minimise schedule impact
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Schedule test activities with external test providers (EMC, ESD, mechanical)
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Plan in-house production activities making optimal use of available resource using detailed MS Project plans
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Adapt production priorities in response to Project Management requirements
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Provide current production schedule milestone information to the Project Scheduler Any other Relevant Information The post holder may be expected to undertake occasional national and international travel to customer and partner locations within the UK and Europe in support of related project meetings.
Experience Required
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Two or more years experience in a Production Management role in a manufacturing environment
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Experience in use of Microsoft Project to plan and manage production activities and resources
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Good attention to detail
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Good organisational abilities
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Fluent English spoken and written
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Ability to communicate at all levels
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Comfortable in a customer-facing role
Desirable
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Experience of working in a space/aerospace production environment
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Experience/knowledge of electronics/RF equipment production
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Experience of working in a clean room
Qualification
Degree-level qualification or equivalent in a management or science/engineering discipline