Raytheon UK
Operations manager
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Onsite Operations Manager
Location
Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
About the Role
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defence company, we bring together 185,000 great minds united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. Raytheon UK, part of RTX, is experiencing a period of growth, delivering new technology, customers, and capability into the UK Defence Market. We require a senior Operations Leader for our Livingston Site.
The Operations Manager will be primarily responsible for all aspects of Safety, Delivery, Quality, and cost on production and development programs, as well as being the designated site lead for the Livingston facility. Reporting to the UK Head of Manufacturing, the Operations Manager will lead a team of Production managers to establish key elements of tactical and operational plans with direct impact towards the achievement of results, focusing on short to medium-term time horizons.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure production programs are managed within agreed quality standards, financial budgets, and timescales.
- Drive productivity and problem-solving through our Lean management system.
- Maintain manufacturing compliance to RUK standards.
- Ensure site operation and growth plans have a defined site leader working with key functional, program, and customer stakeholders.
Daily Activities
- Drive world-class safety culture and respond to all site EH&S requirements promptly.
- Maintain manufacturing compliance to RUK standards.
- Accountable for manufacturing at the Livingston location, holding overall responsibility for the production of quality products in an efficient and timely manner.
- Provide leadership coaching and development for Production Managers and production team leads.
- Execute the daily Lean management system, including Tiered accountability meetings, visual management systems, and leader standard work.
- Drive accountability to daily results and rapid corrective actions to overcome misses.
- Responsible for training and overall development of the manufacturing team in alignment with business needs.
- Champion for safety, quality improvement, and CORE programs across all manufacturing areas.
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The Skills and Experience We’re Looking For
- Extensive leadership experience in a highly regulated environment.
- Leadership experience of working in a matrix environment with a diverse customer base.
- Demonstrated track record of using continuous improvement tools.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- A Business or Engineering degree would be advantageous.
What We Offer
- Competitive salaries.
- 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus the opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr).
- Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
- Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
- 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
- Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work among others.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Enhanced family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
Work Culture
- 37-hour working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement, or site-specific arrangements.
- Remote, hybrid, and site-based working opportunities, depending on your needs and the requirements of the role.
- A grownup flexible working culture that is output-focused, not time spent at desk.
- Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
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For this role, the successful hire will need to be a permanent UK resident and successfully complete a baseline (BPSS) security and background check.
Role Type
This position is classified as Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. The ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.
Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.
About RTX
Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military, and government customers worldwide. RTX comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.
Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland, and 1,600 in Wales.
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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