Production Supervisor - Aerospace Manufacturing

Manufacturing Operations Supervisor (Aerospace) - Working pattern: 4-day week - Mon-Wed 07:00-17:30, Thu 07:00-16:30 - We're recruiting an experienced Manufacturing Supervisor to lead day-to-day shop-floor performance across machine shop and fabrication workshops. You'll drive on-time delivery, right-first-time quality, and safe working while supporting continuous improvement and Lean manufacturing.

• Plan and coordinate daily production: workflow, priorities, labour allocation and schedules

• Lead, coach and develop operators; track productivity and reduce non-productive time

• Monitor KPIs and take action to achieve targets across safety, quality, delivery, cost and efficiency

• Verify output against specification; challenge non-conformance and implement corrective actions

• Support MRB activity for non-conforming parts, contributing to root cause and prevention measures

• Maintain accurate ERP records: validate job quantities, labour/machine hours and operation confirmations daily

• Use ERP data to monitor labour/machine efficiency and drive improvement

• Ensure Health & Safety compliance, training completion and SOP adherence

• Follow HR processes including time & attendance, return-to-work interviews, absence requests and supporting investigations/disciplinaries where required

• Supervisory experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment (essential)

• Strong production planning and coordination skills

• Confident, clear people leader with excellent communication

• Good ERP and Microsoft Office capability (reporting/Excel)

• Organised, proactive and able to manage priorities under pressure

• Strong problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset (Lean desirable)

• Strong understanding of customer requirements and the cost of poor quality

This is a permanent job. You must have current UK right to work to be considered. HRGO are a recruitment agency supporting UK manufacturing. We aim to respond to all applications.