Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Production Cell Manager to join our Production Management team at our Bishops Cleeve site. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will be responsible for the planning, organisation and direction of the manufacturing cell teams to ensure business objectives, production and customer service targets are met and where possible, exceeded. Ontic is a more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry. What will you be doing? You’ll lead a small team and work alongside other Cell Managers, taking responsibility for planning and scheduling work, ensuring KPIs and performance metrics are monitored, managed and achieved and take ownership for achieving the results needed, regularly reporting and reviewing performance against targets. You’ll drive, maintain and monitor business efficiency identifying and resolving problems effectively through RCCA while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork. What will you need to know? You’ll already have some demonstrable experience of leading and developing a team within a fast-moving lean manufacturing/engineering environment, ideally aerospace. You’ll have strong planning and organisational skills and be able to multi-task and prioritise your workload and be used to using ERP and business IT systems to produce quality performance information and reports. You’ll need to be confident, a strong communicator and happy working in a changing and demanding role whilst interacting with stakeholders at all levels. Benefits Overview At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance. Our benefits package highlights include: Up to 37 days paid leave (26 days plus bank holidays with the option to buy up to 3 annually 10 hours paid volunteering time Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Discounts and offers from a range of retailers Best place to work We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so: We were ranked 9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission. Our values Our values are intrinsic to everything we do: We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision. We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo. We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit. We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us