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Production Manager - 12-Month Fixed Term
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Date Posted:
2026-07-28
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Glenrothes, Fife
Position Role Type:
Onsite
Benefits:
- £: Competitive salary
- Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
- 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
- 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
- Car/Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
- Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
- Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
- Enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
- Private Medical Insurance – dependant on grade
Work Culture
- 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
- Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
- Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
- Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
- Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.
Our Business
As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.
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With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.
Summary of Role:
Raytheon UK is an international defence and security company providing our customers with innovative solutions for a safer, more connected world.
We are recruiting for a Production Manager based on-site in our Glenrothes or Livingston facility, in a working environment where everyone can grow and contribute as part of a successful, inclusive, high performing culture.
The Production Manager will be a key leading figure within a customer-focussed cross-functional team and will be responsible for the manufacture of a range of electronic and electro-mechanical products, managing a team of Production Supervisors, Associates and Engineers. Driving excellent teamwork and flawless execution in delivery, quality, safety, and cost.
Main Duties:
- Control Account Manager (CAM) for the Manufacturing function
- Control of touch labour Hours Per Unit, and other manufacturing budgets
- Development and execution of production plans to achieve customer on-time delivery
- Management of high mix, and frequently changing priorities using Lean Manufacturing concepts
- Employee Performance Development
- Ownership of all safety procedures
- Driver of process and quality improvements utilising RTX CORE (Customer Oriented Results & Excellence)
- Based on-site, the Production Manager is expected to attend and support at both Glenrothes and Livingston sites. For the first 6 months the successful candidates will be based in Glenrothes, with the main site being dependent on business requirements
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What You Will Learn
Qualifications You Must Have *
- Relevant years’ experience in a Production Management, Manufacturing Engineering or Manufacturing Operations related role
- Qualified to Degree or Diploma level in a Manufacturing Engineering or Manufacturing Operations related discipline
Qualifications We Prefer
- Experience in an Electronics / Electro-mechanical manufacturing environment
- Experience in management of budget versus bid
- Highly effective people management skills
- Highly effective organisational and communication skills
- A highly effective, disciplined approach in the work environment
- Experience in using SAP / shopfloor control systems
- Experience in EVMS (Earned Value Management System)
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