Operations Manager
CV-LibraryDY9, Lye, DudleypermanentPosted: 24 August 2026
Apply NowWe are hiring an Operations Manager to lead the safe, efficient, and compliant operation of a Manufacturing site. You’ll oversee Health & Safety, Quality, Production, Maintenance, Materials, Logistics, and Stores, ensuring operational targets are met while driving continuous improvement, compliance, and employee engagement.
Hours: Monday to Thursday 7am-4pm Friday 7am-1pm
Salary: Up to £60,000 DOE
Type: Permanent
Location: Lye, DY9 with occasional movement between sites, as the business needs
Key Responsibilities
* Lead HSE & Quality: Take overall responsibility for site health, safety, environmental and quality standards, driving a strong culture of compliance and continuous improvement.
* Drive Production Performance: Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations, ensuring production targets, customer requirements and KPI’s are achieved.
* Improve Maintenance & Engineering: Oversee maintenance, asset reliability and engineering activities, identifying opportunities to reduce downtime and improve equipment performance.
* Manage Materials & Logistics: Oversee the efficient flow of materials, stock, stores, goods-in and despatch, ensuring safety, accuracy and customer delivery requirements are met.
* Lead & Develop People: Provide strong leadership across the site, developing capability, engagement and accountability while fostering a positive, inclusive and high-performing culture.
* Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements across safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, waste reduction and overall site performance.
Essential skills & experience
* Proven experience in managing a manufacturing/engineering facility or equivalent leadership role.
* Demonstrated success improving production performance and operational KPIs.
* Background in managing quality systems and audits.
* Experience with maintenance/engineering operations within a manufacturing environment.
Desirable skills & experience
* Sage MRP Experience
* NEBOSH General Certificate (or higher).
* IOSH Managing Safely.
* Knowledge of Press Shop / CNC Machinery
For more information, please apply with a copy of your CV today and a member of our team will be in touch
Hours: Monday to Thursday 7am-4pm Friday 7am-1pm
Salary: Up to £60,000 DOE
Type: Permanent
Location: Lye, DY9 with occasional movement between sites, as the business needs
Key Responsibilities
* Lead HSE & Quality: Take overall responsibility for site health, safety, environmental and quality standards, driving a strong culture of compliance and continuous improvement.
* Drive Production Performance: Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations, ensuring production targets, customer requirements and KPI’s are achieved.
* Improve Maintenance & Engineering: Oversee maintenance, asset reliability and engineering activities, identifying opportunities to reduce downtime and improve equipment performance.
* Manage Materials & Logistics: Oversee the efficient flow of materials, stock, stores, goods-in and despatch, ensuring safety, accuracy and customer delivery requirements are met.
* Lead & Develop People: Provide strong leadership across the site, developing capability, engagement and accountability while fostering a positive, inclusive and high-performing culture.
* Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements across safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, waste reduction and overall site performance.
Essential skills & experience
* Proven experience in managing a manufacturing/engineering facility or equivalent leadership role.
* Demonstrated success improving production performance and operational KPIs.
* Background in managing quality systems and audits.
* Experience with maintenance/engineering operations within a manufacturing environment.
Desirable skills & experience
* Sage MRP Experience
* NEBOSH General Certificate (or higher).
* IOSH Managing Safely.
* Knowledge of Press Shop / CNC Machinery
For more information, please apply with a copy of your CV today and a member of our team will be in touch