Senior Operations Manager

Why choose us?

BRUSH Group provides the energy solutions that help power our built world. From power transformers to switchgear and engineering solutions, for generations, the BRUSH brand has stood for engineering excellence. We are committed to supporting the global effort for industrial decarbonisation and sustainable development and have set ambitious objectives to achieve our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

What's the role?

The Switchgear Senior Operations Manager is responsible for leading and developing the BRUSH Switchgear Business across UK sites, ensuring alignment with Group goals. This role holds accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and cash performance.

The Senior Manager will implement the operating strategy and unify all functions for cohesive execution. Acting as the senior operational leader, they will handle escalations, customer engagement, and cross-site coordination. The position builds on previous responsibilities in managing resources and capacity while supporting all on-site functions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall accountability for HP, Prestwick, Sheffield Own safety, quality, delivery, cost, and cash performance across all three sites.
• Set and deploy the operating strategy with clear annual targets and KPIs.
• Align operations, engineering, and procurement into one execution model
• Lead site leaders through cadence reviews, performance, and resource decisions.
• Act as an escalation point for customers, board, and group leadership on operational risk.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven track record in senior operational leadership within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience improving gross margin and operational efficiency.
• Experience in engineered-to-order manufacturing preferred.
• Strong understanding of production planning and capacity modelling.
• Experience implementing Lean methodologies and structured CI programmes.
• Financial literacy with understanding of cost drivers and margin management.
• Engineering qualification desirable or significant relevant experience.
• Strategic yet hands-on leadership style.
• Commercially minded and margin focused.
• High level of accountability and ownership.
• Confident decision-maker.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Holiday allowance starting at 26 days per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles)
• Flexible and Hybrid working options (role dependant)
• Life insurance – 4 x annual salary
• Enhanced Company Pension scheme
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• GP24 Service – Access to remote, private GP services 24/7, 365 days a year plus Second Medical Opinions.
• BRUSHRewards – Discover plenty of ways to get more active and make great savings on everyday essentials as well as gifts for loved ones, holidays and special treats for yourself.
• Family friendly policies including Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Bike2work scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering ongoing professional development and training.

About The Organisation

BRUSH Switchgear provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects.A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.