How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Job Title – Senior Operations Manager
Job Location – Bristol, UK
Job ID – 40458
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains.
L3Harris’ Bristol location is the Headquarters for our Maritime UK business – a leading global supplier of integrated marine control systems and simulation products for warships, submarines, and high-end commercial marine vessels worldwide. Since its inception, L3Harris has continuously iterated upon our Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) technology and successfully exported and delivered the system to over 300 vessels across 27 navies worldwide. We have additional Maritime UK sites in Burgess Hill, Barrow-In-Furness, and Portchester. Together, we are powering the Royal Navy’s adoption of autonomous surface vehicle technology as well as delivering autonomous capability to UK ports, harbours, and offshore energy service providers.
The Role
The Senior Operations Manager for Maritime UK business unit is a strategic leader responsible for driving end-to-end operational excellence across manufacturing, supply chain, and program execution. This leader will serve as the Operations Lead responsible for all strategic and daily execution of the operations team, managing the production/facilities environments, field service, training, and vessel commissioning across the various UK locations. This role owns critical performance metrics including safety, quality, delivery, and cost, while leading cross-functional teams to achieve operational scalability and program success in a highly regulated defense environment.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
This individual will report directly to the Director of Operations for Global Systems with dotted line reporting to the site General Manager.
Employee Benefits
- Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week
- Half day finish on a Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance, and electric car scheme
- Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
Responsibilities
- Lead multidisciplinary operations teams across Engineering, Planning, Quality, Facilities, Safety, Continuous Improvement, Training, and Commissioning.
- Develop and execute strategies to achieve business objectives across cost, quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction.
- Build, develop, and retain a high-performing team through effective talent management, succession planning, and inclusive leadership.
- Drive operational excellence and employee engagement through Lean principles, continuous improvement, quality enhancement, and safety initiatives.
- Ensure Manufacturing, Operations, and Quality are fully engaged throughout the product development lifecycle to optimise manufacturability, testability, and inspectability.
- Partner with Programme Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, and other functions to deliver strategic and operational objectives.
- Monitor and report on strategic goals and operational performance, implementing action plans to drive continuous improvement.
- Lead the deployment of operational strategies, best practices, and performance measures across the organisation.
- Manage performance and deliver results within a complex matrix environment.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience OR Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
- Deep knowledge of Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence across functions and geographies
- Comprehensive knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline and may have broad understanding of other areas within the job function.
- Fundamental knowledge in EHS to drive zero injury plans with a proactive approach
- Extensive experience in Shop Floor Management of electrical cabinet assembly, system integration and testing, and related commodities/processes
- Working knowledge and experience in Earned Value Management and/or comprehensive estimate-at-complete (EAC) establishment and analysis
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work, many of our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-RT1 #SeniorManagerOperationsManagement
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location