Competitive salary and remuneration package including, 27 days holiday, pension contributions matched up to 9%, private healthcare, car allowanceCambridge based onsite 4/5 days a weekMarshall Land Systems have announced that they will be moving the Cambridge site to Alconbury Weald (PE28). Planned move will be towards the end of 2025

Why join Marshall in this role?

Marshall Land Systems design, manufacture and engineer deployable infrastructure that is used around the World to support and protect people working in critical and dangerous situations. Our manufacturing facility, based in Cambridge and relocating to Alconbury in 2025, look after this end to end process. We have a varied programmes that are manufacturing at our site meaning we need an agile and responsive production facility to meet our customers requirements. We are looking to recruit a Head of Production/Head of Operations to lead on this delivery. Reporting into our Operations Director you will be advising on key data and information that will support strategic business decisions and enable our Production team to deliver to the highest of quality but also meeting our ambitious targets and growth plans. The longer term, this role will be key in setting up our Production teams at our new home in 2025.

Your responsibilities will include:

Accountability for achieving Quality, Cost, Delivery, People and EHS results by challenging the status quo to develop class leading standards, systems and processes.Driving key performance indicators against Quality, Delivery, EHS and people metricsDelivery of budget specific recovery plans to agreed target schedule and costDelivery of improvement projects to achieve unit cost of production targetsThe elimination of waste, in pursuit of tangible customer recognised valueEnsure that all leaders drive effective performance management, placing a strong focus on behaviour and process standardsCreate and drive a truly effective partnership approach with the local Trade Unions, governing bodies, academic institution along with internal and external business stakeholdersEnsure alignment of all manufacturing & assembly strategic decisions with the strategy of the Land Systems businessEnsure that all business facilities remain fully compliant with site procedures and legal requirements as well as improving processes and reducing the exposure to accidents and risksTo drive standardisation of approach across series programmes and create an environment that encourages the sharing of best practiceTo ensure there is a robust transnational relationship (Canada) in place that drives excellent customer satisfaction and feedback.To drive teams performance and build robust succession planningPartnership with the engineering function to ensure the smooth transition of designs to buildPartnership with programme leads to understand their schedules/ customer requirements to ensure all milestones met in production.

Apply if you have most of the following:

You will have led teams within Production and Manufacturing within a project/programme environment on a technical productBe progressive in your mindset and way of thinking to enable continuous improvement and be looking at new and improved ways in achieving goalsHave worked within a multi programme environment where you are delivering multiple products to a customerHighly analytical and detail orientatedExperience of flow line and cell based manufacturingHave delivered standard and bespoke products to the customerIdeally have worked in a Unionised environmentIn depth of experience of lean tool and techniques

The benefits we will offer you include:

27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell)Pension contributions up to 9%Private medical insurance for you and your familyCompetitive car allowanceExtensive flexible benefit programme including Cycle to WorkLife assurance at 4x basic salaryEnhanced parental leave and payPaid volunteering leaveAccess to industry leading wellbeing resources and tools

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