This role is available full-time for 37 hours per week
Flexible or compressed working patterns available
Do you want to work somewhere a little bit different? Where you also play a part in national security engineering?
Working within our advanced manufacturing facility you will use your existing planning experience to coordinate and plan manufacturing job structures and delivery schedules on unique products which protect national security.
Your excellent communication skills will help facilitate regular liaisons with engineering staff and project managers to ensure projects meet delivery deadlines. You’ll manage the end-to-end process, owning the delivery plans across internal and external resources, deconflicting priorities where necessary. You’ll enjoy collaborating with others, including with the supply chain team to ensure you can fulfil production and stock holding requirements.
With your diverse partner base, no two projects will be the same, one project could involve you delivering a new communication system, the next could be developing a new capability on our existing infrastructure.
You will join a team that has a wide variety of project experience, bringing your own views and ideas to collaborate and help deliver our future operating model.
More About You
To apply for this role, you will already have:
- Experience of managing manufacturing build activities in conjunction with project and technical teams.
- Electromechanical skills and knowledge to assist in the implementation of technical plans for projects.
- Experience of effective use of MRP/ERP tools use for technical plan creation.
To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you also have:
- High attention to technical detail.
- Experience of risk and resource management within a manufacturing environment.
- The ability to develop your knowledge and skills within a manufacturing environment.
Your Personal Skills
You will be the type of person who:
- Enjoys working with people with a diverse range of skills, sharing ideas about how to get the results needed.
- Adopts a planned approach to implementing change.
- Works with partners to establish clear desired outcomes and expectations.
- Acts as a role model and encourages others to develop as leaders.
- Understands the audience, anticipating reactions and preparing a response that addresses concerns.
- Anticipates risks and makes use of effective risk management procedures.
Putting your skills to use
Using your diverse range of skills within the PCO (Production Control Office) Team, you will:
- Establish technical plans for projects within our advanced manufacturing facility.
- Communicate between technical and non-technical staff about a range of ongoing projects.
- Ensure all technical plans are completed to standard and within set timescales.
- Liaise with design engineers to provide the latest advice on standards, techniques, and components.
- Support the development of less experienced team members through mentoring and coaching.
- Utilise your knowledge of processes and standards to develop and build the capability.
What we Offer
Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can offer you
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
- 8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
- 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
- Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
- Training. Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
- Pension. Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s competitive.
- Sports & Social Society. Whether its classic cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
- On site nursery (subject to availability).
- 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
- Free parking.
- Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
- Relocation Loan*.
- Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LGBTQ and/or from an ethnic minority. We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.
About HMGCC
We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.
We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.
We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.
To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.
Equal Opportunities
Inclusion and diversity really matters to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences.
HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.
We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.
We are proud to offer candidates the opportunity to apply through the Offer of Interview Scheme. The scheme ensures eligible candidates are selected for an interview as long as their application meets the minimum criteria for the role. To find out more and how you can apply under this scheme, please see the inclusion and diversity information on our website.
Apply now
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Our recruitment team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.
Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.
*If you are relocating to the area and renting a property then we can offer an interest free relocation loan of up to £2,500, which is to be repaid in instalments over a period of 24 months.
