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The Metrology Operations Lead is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and development of the Metrology Lab team, typically comprising of 5 to 10 individuals including Apprentices, Technicians, and Manufacturing Engineers. They ensure the lab operates safely, efficiently, and to the highest technical and quality standards in support of the wider Workshop.
Job Responsibility:
Day-to-day leadership and development of the Metrology Lab team
Ensure the lab operates safely, efficiently, and to the highest technical and quality standards
Ensure all metrology activities follow approved processes
Accountable for the health, safety, and wellbeing of the team
Empowered to stop any activity that is unsafe or does not meet required quality or process standards
Responsible for the Metrology Lab’s delivery of Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery (SQCD) performance
Manage team absence, behaviours, and performance
Lead and nurture a culture of continuous improvement within the Metrology Lab
Responsible for the day-to-day management of the lab schedule
Have joint ownership of the strategic direction and future capability of the Metrology Lab
Requirements:
Significant hands-on expertise in at least one core metrology discipline (e.g., CMM metrology, structured light scanning, XCT and other methods of non-destructive testing, laser tracking, or surface inspection)
Broad working knowledge of complementary measurement technologies, with the ability to compare methods, guide measurement strategy, and interpret results across CMMs, structured light, XCT, and first principles equipment
Ability to act as the technical mentor for junior metrologists, providing coaching, reviewing measurement plans, and ensuring good metrology practice
Practical understanding of GD&T, with an ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, including GD&T symbols, datums, tolerances, and functional requirements, and translate these into appropriate measurement strategies
Comfortable leading technical decision-making, even when not the hands-on expert in every technology
Experience in managing teams to achieve business objectives
An understanding (and experience of implementing and executing) of Lean manufacturing principles within an operational cell
Ability to translate customer requirements into a deployed capability installation
Be determined and resilient in applying quality ethos and standards throughout the Workshop
Ability to influence without authority
A high level of technical and quality process knowledge and the ability to apply this knowledge to practical problems
Good oral communication skills and confidence in dealing with a range of people, including clients, contractors, designers, directors and plant operators
Precise and concise written communication skill
Previous responsibility for resource planning, succession planning, or team development pathways
The ability to lead a team through ambiguous or challenging situations
The ability to work under pressure
Nice to have:
Project management skills such as stakeholder management, organisation, planning, requirements capture etc
Experience of working with external customers and establishing credibility
Experience developing technical training materials, competency frameworks, or upskilling programmes
Background in aerospace, automotive, precision engineering, or high integrity manufacturing environments