Operations Manager

Position: Operations Manager
Location: Burgess Hill
Salary: 60,000- 65,000

Operations Manager Job Overview

Reporting directly to the Operations Director, this position provides key support in coordinating engineering, purchasing, and production teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee projects from order through to delivery, liaising with all relevant departments.
• Deliver projects to agreed deadlines and budgets.
• Lead project initiation meetings to establish realistic schedules and expectations.
• Coordinate activities across Engineering, Purchasing, and Production to align with agreed timelines.
• Develop and maintain production plans and charts, ensuring visibility of key stages to all stakeholders, including customers.
• Plan and organise machine build stages and production floor layouts to optimise capacity and output.
• Chair regular project and operations meetings to track progress and resolve issues promptly.
• Promote continuous communication across departments to drive ongoing improvements.
• Support production planning to increase on-time, right-first-time delivery.
• Act as a liaison with senior management and directors, providing updates on engineering and production performance.
• Monitor key performance indicators to ensure production targets are achieved.
• Communicate with customers and sales staff regarding project progress, deadlines, and meetings.
• Coordinate with the service team on machinery completion and dispatch, ensuring installations are scheduled effectively.

Operations Manager Job Requirements

• Strong engineering/technical background with experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience in project management and team coordination.
• Ability to diagnose technical issues and resolve faults.
• Highly organised with strong planning skills.
• Professional communication skills, both face-to-face and over the phone.
• Full clean UK driving licence.

Operations Manager Salary & Benefits

• 60,000- 65,000
• Full benefits to be discussed

Bennett & Game Recruitment are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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