General Manager - Manufacture

Slough Permanent £90,000 - £110,000 per year View Job Description
This role leads manufacturing operations within a highly regulated engineering environment. The General Manager - Manufacturing holds full accountability for site performance, safety, quality and delivery, driving operational excellence while developing capability, culture and continuous improvement across complex, low‑volume, high‑integrity production.
  • Join a stable organisation delivering long-term, high-integrity programmes
  • Gain full operational ownership with real influence over site performance

About Our Client

The client is a specialist engineering organisation operating in a regulated defence-related sector. It designs, manufactures and supports complex, mission critical products for long term programmes, working to exacting safety, quality and compliance standards within a secure, customer focused environment.

Job Description

General Manager - Manufacture

* Holds full P&L accountability for manufacturing operations
* Leads all production, planning, supply chain and site-based functions
* Drives safety, quality, delivery and cost performance across the operation
* Implements manufacturing strategy aligned to wider business objectives
* Oversees continuous improvement, lean initiatives and operational maturity
* Builds strong relationships with customers, partners and internal stakeholders
* Leads, develops and succession-plans the senior site leadership team
* Ensures compliance with regulatory, contractual and governance requirement

The Successful Applicant

General Manager - Manufacture

* Senior manufacturing leader from a regulated or safety‑critical sector
* Proven experience leading complex production operations end‑to‑end
* Strong background in operational excellence and continuous improvement
* Commercially astute with experience managing budgets and performance
* Credible leader able to influence at executive and customer level
* Track record of developing leadership capability and workforce culture
* Comfortable operating in secure, compliance-driven environments
* Degree qualified or equivalent experience in engineering or manufacturing

What's on Offer

Salary circa £90,000 - £110,000 plus excellent package

Contact
Mark Norrish
Quote job ref
JN-042026-7006863
Phone number
+44 118 955 9046

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
General Management
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Slough
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Mark Norrish
Consultant phone
+44 118 955 9046
Job reference
JN-042026-7006863