Electronics Operational Lead Production Design Support
MBDA
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Stevenage
Contract type: Full time
Stevenage
An opening has become available to lead a highly dynamic, fast-paced, production design support team. Enhancing Electronic Engineering designs and providing support to deliver our significant order book in manufacturing and providing experience to develop our future products.
Job Title: Operational Lead Production Design Support
Location: Bolton or Stevenage (Relocation could be provided for this role)
Salary: Up to £60,000
Dynamic working: 3-4 days per week on-site, due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
As Operational Lead, you will lead a team of highly skilled Electronic Engineers that work across all Electronic Engineering equipment manufactured at various sites, providing vital design support on all programmes. You will have the opportunity to grow the support landscape within MBDA and be a key stakeholder in how our business evolves through major ramp up programmes and the increased demand on Production.
You will get to work with and have wide exposure to a wide range of stakeholders, e.g. Heads of Centres of Excellence and Equipment Teams, Manufacturing Engineering Managers, and Programmes Design Teams to ensure delivery of design support and to ensure minimal downtime in production. Building strong networks and relationships between different departments and projects to ensure our manufacturing lines and designs are fully supported.
This delivery focused role reports to the Head of Production Design Support Delivery Team within Electronic Engineering.
Key Responsibilities:
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Disability, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…
We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.
An opening has become available to lead a highly dynamic, fast-paced, production design support team. Enhancing Electronic Engineering designs and providing support to deliver our significant order book in manufacturing and providing experience to develop our future products.
Job Title: Operational Lead Production Design Support
Location: Bolton or Stevenage (Relocation could be provided for this role)
Salary: Up to £60,000
Dynamic working: 3-4 days per week on-site, due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
- Company bonus: Up to 21% (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
- Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
- Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
- Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
- Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
As Operational Lead, you will lead a team of highly skilled Electronic Engineers that work across all Electronic Engineering equipment manufactured at various sites, providing vital design support on all programmes. You will have the opportunity to grow the support landscape within MBDA and be a key stakeholder in how our business evolves through major ramp up programmes and the increased demand on Production.
You will get to work with and have wide exposure to a wide range of stakeholders, e.g. Heads of Centres of Excellence and Equipment Teams, Manufacturing Engineering Managers, and Programmes Design Teams to ensure delivery of design support and to ensure minimal downtime in production. Building strong networks and relationships between different departments and projects to ensure our manufacturing lines and designs are fully supported.
This delivery focused role reports to the Head of Production Design Support Delivery Team within Electronic Engineering.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide Technical Leadership and management
- Delegating issues to the relevant Support Engineer or Support Lead within the team.
- Offer technical and company guidance on delivery of design support.
- Understand key design-related rate limiters in the factory and provide solutions to overcome.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders within Operations and Programmes.
- Support the creation and implementation of new PDS processes.
- Ensuring robust tasking and reporting structure between the team, the Operational Lead, the Head of PDS and stakeholders outside the team.
- Technical Leadership experience
- Ideally Degree/HND/HNC qualified plus experience in a design and manufacturing environment, with full design lifecycle experience advantageous, but not required.
- A strong, well rounded technical ability in Electronic Design.
- An understanding of engineering change processes and configuration management.
- Strong leadership abilities, the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
- Ability to motivate and influence those around you and drive high-performing teams.
- Ability to react to adversity in a positive manner.
- Ability to challenge existing ways of working and deliver improvements.
- Experience in delegation and the management of tasks and activities.
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Disability, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…
We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.
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