Operations Manager

Overview

In this onsite leadership role, you drive operational excellence across IGT and Aeroderivative gas turbine service activities at the Glasgow facility. You own end-to-end strategy, balancing safety, quality, delivery and cost to enable growth in a fast-paced environment. You lead workshop and field service planning, reporting to the General Manager and coordinating with cross-functional teams. You will help scale operations while maintaining safety and regulatory standards. This is a pivotal role in Chromalloy’s energy services expansion.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations across workshop, warehousing and field service at the Glasgow site
• Own production scheduling for PGT25 HSPT and LM6000 hot-section overhauls, balancing turns with capacity and parts
• Ensure activity complies with Health & Safety and EHS policies; promote safety culture and corrective action
• Maintain compliance with quality and regulatory standards; support audits
• Recruit, develop and performance-manage supervisors and shop-floor staff
• Own the site budget and drive cost and efficiency improvements
• Drive continuous improvement (lean/5S/root-cause problem solving) across workshop and warehouse
• Coordinate with Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain and Customer Solutions to align plans with commitments and growth
• Report operational KPIs (safety, quality, on-time delivery, cost, capacity) to General Manager
• Support integration of new capability and facility expansion for energy/power services

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, or related technical field
• 10 years’ experience in operations/production management in gas turbine, aerospace, energy, or heavy industrial MRO environments
• Proven track record in leading multi-disciplinary teams in a regulated engineering environment
• Experience managing budgets, KPIs and continuous improvement initiatives
• Familiarity with industrial or aero-derivative gas turbines (e.g., Frame 5/6/9, LM2500) is highly desirable

• Leadership and people management
• Strong communication and collaboration across functions
• Accountability and results-driven mindset
• Operations management
• Budgeting and KPI tracking
• Lean/5S and root-cause problem solving

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