Description
Join TEKEVER's dynamic team as a Propulsion Manufacturing Facility Lead at their UK Swindon Site. You will build and run the propulsion manufacturing capability from concept to a fully equipped and staffed cell producing engines for their aircraft.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design the space allocation and factory footprint for propulsion unit manufacture
- Specify, source, and commission equipment, tooling, and fixtures needed to build engines at target rate
- Plan the physical build-out in phases, aligned to the wider factory ramp and production milestones
- Visit and benchmark established production plants across Europe to translate proven layouts and processes into the design of the facility
- Design and deploy dedicated fuel and engine test cells and an in-house 3D printing capability
- Build working relationships with counterparts at established production plants across Europe
- Lead knowledge-transfer exercises to capture and adapt existing build processes and lessons learned
- Represent the facility's innovations and lessons learned back into the network
- Work with Procurement to select outsourcing partners and ensure key component rate achievement is protected
- Recruit, build, and lead the propulsion unit manufacturing team
- Define the team structure, role profiles, shift pattern, and skills matrix
- Onboard new team members and manage performance throughout
- Own the fuel and engine test regimes and ensure every unit meets specification
- Partner with the Quality function on root-cause analysis and corrective action
- Ensure the area operates within the relevant quality management system
- Own the daily, weekly, and monthly output of the power unit area against the production plan
- Ensure production rate is achieved and identify and resolve constraints in real-time
- Run a structured day-start/shift routine with clear KPIs
- Plan and balance capacity across machining, assembly, fuel system build, test, and integration
- Own the lean operating system for the area and lead improvement projects
- Hold ultimate accountability for the safety of everyone working in the power unit area
What You'll Bring:
- Experience in engines or power units
- Experience in building a new manufacturing cell or facility
- Hands-on experience of industrialising a product into volume production
- A track record of recruiting, building, and retaining a shop-floor team
- Working knowledge of quality systems and process control
- Practical continuous improvement experience
- Confidence with ERP/MES systems and shop-floor data
What we have to offer you:
- Highly competitive salary with discretionary annual bonus
- Company pension contribution match of up to 10%
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Private Medical Insurance and Private Dental care
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Access to a bespoke rewards platform