Role:
Management of the assembly and test operations team, processes, facilities and tools to achieve delivery schedules within Performance Products at Ricardo’s Midlands Technical Centre
As Assembly Operations Manager you will be responsible for providing an effective and well controlled product assembly and test service for a wide variety of customers primarily (but not exclusively) in the motorsport industry. You will work with the Project Managers and the planning team to understand and deliver the project requirements, from initial concept through implementation to customer delivery
Primarily based at Ricardo’s Midlands Technical Centre in Leamington Spa, this role could also involve occasional travel to other Ricardo locations and customers
Key Skills
- Good communication skills with ability to talk to customers and sensitivity to commercial factors
- Motivate teams to deliver on time, to budget whilst achieving the necessary quality requirements
- Clear, logical thinker with the ability to solve problems
Must have
- Experience of operational performance in a fast moving project based environment with niche volumes
- Understanding of automotive or aerospace quality control processes
- Experience of implementing and improving hands-on production processes through lean initiatives
- Intermediate understanding of Microsoft Office products particularly Microsoft Excel
Desirable Experience
- Working in a production environment with automotive or aerospace level of control and traceability
- Assembly of complex mechanical / hydraulic systems
IT skills
- Good computer skills with an ‘enterprise’ MRP system (ideally a Baan / Infor system)
- Intermediate level of PC and general computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel.
Education
Engineering degree qualified or equivalent education/experience