About Machina
Machina Engineering is an advanced contract manufacturing company rewriting how precision components are made. We are fusing software intelligence — scheduling, telemetry, in-process inspection, digital twins — with serious 5-axis hardware that runs 24/7. The result is a software-defined production system designed for the customers who cannot afford to be let down: aerospace primes, defence programmes, and the front of the motorsport grid.
We are still small, deliberately so. Every hire shapes the trajectory of the company. We are building toward something unusual in UK manufacturing — a vertically integrated, autonomous precision platform that earns its right to exist on the quality of its parts and the intelligence of its operations.
If you are looking for a place where your work compounds, where the standard is set by the next generation of customers rather than the last, this is that place.
The Role
The Senior Production Co-ordinator sits at the centre of the operation, owning the rhythm that turns customer demand into a continuous, autonomous flow of high-value components. You will translate intent into schedules, schedules into machine time, and machine time into delivery — across day-shift teams and lights-out runs that continue long after the building empties.
You will work directly with the founders, the engineering team, and the software engineers building our production stack. You will not only run the floor; you will help define what "running the floor" means at a company that treats manufacturing as an engineering problem.
What you will do
- Plan and orchestrate production across a fleet of 5-axis CNC cells operating 24/7, including unmanned overnight and weekend runs.
- Lead and develop a small, technical team of machinists, programmers and automation engineers — set the standard and the cadence.
- Partner with our software engineers to refine the scheduling, telemetry and quality systems that orchestrate the shop floor.
- Own delivery performance: on time, in full, in specification. Make OEE, throughput and first-time-right metrics improve quarter on quarter.
- Champion AS9100-grade quality, traceability and continuous improvement across every job, every shift, every customer.
- Collaborate with engineering on tooling, fixturing, CAM strategy and automation readiness for new components and new programmes.
- Coordinate materials, sub-contract treatments and inspection so the autonomous flow is never interrupted by avoidable friction.
- Represent Machina to customers, auditors and partners with the quiet authority of someone who knows the numbers and the parts.
- Prepare detailed reports on production performance metrics for senior management review and drive continuous improvement.
What you will bring
- Proven production planning or co-ordination experience in a precision CNC environment — aerospace, defence, motorsport or comparable high-mix, high-value sub-contract preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of 5-axis machining, modern CAM workflows, and the practical realities of reliable lights-out production.
- Commercial awareness: machine-hour economics, capacity planning, and the cost of a missed delivery to a critical customer.
- Proven experience in a senior production management role within automated CNC manufacturing or similar high-tech environments.
- Strong knowledge of ERP systems, particularly SAP, alongside familiarity with other ERP platforms.
- AS9100 and ISO 9001 fluency, and the discipline these standards demand.
- Calm, credible leadership. You set the pace through clarity and example.
Desirable but not essential
- Hands-on background as a setter or programmer before moving into planning.
- Experience implementing or scaling robotic load and unload, pallet systems or in-process monitoring.
- Exposure to motorsport build cadences or defence programme governance.
- A Lean, Six Sigma or equivalent improvement toolkit that you actually deploy.
What we offer
- £45,000 – £60,000 base salary, with a transparent path beyond.
- A long-term incentive package — we want the people who build this company to share meaningfully in what gets built.
- Real ownership of a function that directly defines the success of the business.
- A workshop specified for what is coming, not what existed — modern 5-axis platforms, automation, in-process metrology, and the in-house software to make them work together.
- Deliberate investment in your development: training, certifications, conferences, and the time to apply what you learn.
- A small, technical team that takes the work seriously and one another seriously.
- Staff events like dinners and BBQs
Be part of something special
UK precision manufacturing is being rebuilt. Sovereign capability matters again, supply chains have to become more resilient, and the customers who used to accept long lead times and analogue operations are demanding something better. Machina exists to provide it.
This is a role for someone who wants their fingerprints on the platform, not just the parts. If that is the kind of work you have been waiting for, we would like to hear from you.
How to apply
Apply through Indeed with your CV and a short note describing the most demanding production environment you have been responsible for, and what you would change about it given the chance. We read every application personally.
Pay: £45,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Transport links
Work Location: In person
