Senior Manufacturing Programme Manager

Mbda Systems; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense organization in the UK seeks an experienced Programme Manager to lead the transformation of manufacturing facilities. The role involves managing significant investment projects, working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project success. Candidates should have extensive experience in programme management within complex environments. The position offers competitive benefits, including a company bonus and flexible working options.

Benefits

Bonus of up to 27% of base salary

Pension contribution of up to 14%

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave up to 26 weeks

Subsidised meals

Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in a complex, highly legislative environment.
• Ability to negotiate and manage diverse stakeholders.
• Capable of adapting to emerging challenges in construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver significant investment projects.
• Manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure capital investment plans align with manufacturing operations.
• Balance customer demand with site investment capacity.
• Manage budgets for delegated work packages.

Skills

Programme management experience

Stakeholder relationship management

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Budget management

Job description

Overview

Henlow John Moss, MBDA Manufacturing is ramping up to be battle ready. An opportunity has become available for someone to compose and lead a team, managing and delivering the future manufacturing investment across our Henlow and Stevenage manufacturing sites.

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the physical transformation of our Henlow and Stevenage Manufacturing facilities. With our orderbook continuing to grow it is essential that MBDA is ready for the challenges of the future. This role plays a pivotal role preparing MBDA for a significant ramp up in manufacturing capacity and the implementation of new technology and ways of working. The role will require strong leadership, both of the direct team and internal and external stakeholders to ensure project success.

At Henlow this marks a major transformation of the site covering every aspect of site operation from land acquisition, to live-build missile assembly buildings including fit-out, storage solutions and utilities uplifts and its delivery requires successful coordination of a network of stakeholders including the MoD, the local council, and the Health and Safety Executive. At Stevenage the challenge is different, managing the investment activities covering inert-build missile assembly buildings including fit-out and storage solutions, ensuring this is fit for the development of new products and technologies now and into the future.

Role purpose

• Responsible for the delivery of strategically significant investment projects against the RIBA standard, on behalf of the Manufacturing function. Provide leadership and guidance to other manufacturing project management professionals, investing in people to develop project management capability for continuous improvement. Optimise resources to achieve specified outcomes, shape and promote manufacturing strategy and maintain commitment from multiple interdependent stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment of all projects, programmes or change activities within the delegated work packages.
• Balance demand and de-conflict priorities to deliver a clear and concise message to all internal manufacturing and external stakeholders.
• Engage with the wider Manufacturing operations teams to ensure capital investment plans are available and generated to link in with site investment.
• Stakeholder relationship management of both internal and external stakeholders.

What we’re looking for

Programme management experience is essential, ideally in a complex and highly legislative environment. Able to problem solve and work with a wide variety of stakeholders from technical experts, building contractors, and directors.

Key Accountabilities

• Strategically balancing the customer demand, via the Enterprise Steering Board demand, and the current / future site investment capacity.
• Negotiating where required to smooth out demand to best suit the manufacturing plan.
• Management of key stakeholders to ensure customer satisfaction and positive team spirit within the wider MBDA matrix organisation.
• Representation of Manufacturing at internal site investment reviews and MBDA with external stakeholders.
• Relationship management – liaising with critical external entities to deliver the unique capabilities at the Henlow site. Excellent relationship management is essential for keeping all stakeholders supporting the project.
• Ability to adapt quickly – the nature of new construction works requires the ability to adapt to emerging challenges and scope-change.
• Ability to challenge – the successful candidate must be able to challenge where appropriate in order to deliver the capability on time, on cost and on quality. May involve leveraging expertise from explosives safety and engineering.
• Budget management of the delegated work package, covering the various site improvement plans.
• Management of a deployed team; generating milestone objectives which will ensure on time and on cost delivery of the package.

What we offer

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 27% of base salary
• 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: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave; enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility treatments
• Facilities: Site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and more
• Private Medical Insurance: Eligible employees are enrolled as standard into the company funded Private Medical Insurance benefit

Our company

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 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. We invite you to follow MBDA on LinkedIn, X, Instagram and Glassdoor, or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.