Manufacturing Operations Lead (UK)
Isembard
Operations
Posted on Mar 17, 2026
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Manufacturing Operations Lead (UK)
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Job Title: Manufacturing Operations Team Lead / Production Coordinator
Location: Factory based (London or Dallas)
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Competitive
Equity: Benchmarked
Role Overview:
You will sit at the centre of factory execution. Your role is to plan, coordinate and drive production logistics across machines, people and materials to ensure we hit quality and on-time delivery targets. You synchronise schedules, manage constraints, remove bottlenecks and ensure the shop floor runs at peak efficiency.
This is a high-leverage operational role in a fast-scaling distributed manufacturing network.
Key Responsibilities:
Build and manage daily and weekly production schedules across CNC machines and teams
Coordinate labour, materials, tooling and inspection capacity
Work closely with machinists, CAM programmers and quality engineers to ensure smooth job flow
Monitor throughput, machine utilisation, OTD and WIP levels
Identify bottlenecks using time studies and workflow analysis
Escalate and resolve production conflicts quickly and decisively
Ensure MasonOS data accuracy for scheduling and job tracking
Support new part introduction and ramp-up planning
Drive continuous improvement in factory layout, sequencing and logistics
Maintain clear communication between engineering, sales and operations
Required Skills and Qualifications:
Experience in manufacturing operations, production planning or factory coordination
Strong understanding of CNC machining environments
Ability to think in systems: capacity, constraints, sequencing and throughput
Comfortable working on the shop floor in a fast-paced environment
Strong communication and coordination skills
High ownership mindset with bias for action
Preferred Skills:
Experience with ERP/MRP systems
Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing or Theory of Constraints
Exposure to aerospace or defence production environments
Data-driven mindset with comfort analysing operational metrics
What We Offer:
Competitive salary and equity
Direct impact on factory performance and customer satisfaction
Work inside a high-performance manufacturing environment
Opportunity to help scale a distributed industrial network from first principles
Fast progression as the business expands internationally
About Isembard:
Isembard is on a mission to forge industrial acceleration. We enable faster and cheaper products to be made for critical industries by combining advanced machine tools, robotics and our proprietary software, MasonOS. The components we manufacture are used in aerospace, defence, energy and other strategically important sectors.
Our values:
If not now, when
Follow the five maxims
Humour and humility