Would you like to become the leader of a skilled production team, driving safety, quality, and continuous improvement? Then this opportunity is for you.
We are facing an exciting future with considerable growth and demanding changes, as we deliver advanced technologies and mission critical solutions for the defense and aerospace industry. Our systems provide security for people on land, at sea and in the air. Therefore, we are looking for a Production Manager to become part of this journey and contribute to our overall purpose – securing people through advanced technology.
Your role in our team
As our new Production Manager, you will take ownership of one-two skilled and committed teams of specialized Coordinators and Shop Floor Engineers, working across three different shifts as well as weekend shifts, ensuring that daily operations run efficiently while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and performance. You will play a key role in fostering a culture built on cooperation, responsibility, and continuous improvement, where professionalism, respect, and humor coexist to create a motivating and inclusive work environment.
In this position, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional support departments to deliver comprehensive solutions and ensure smooth operations across the production process. You will lead initiatives aimed at optimizing workflows, improving capacity utilization, and driving operational excellence. At the same time, you will handle the pressures of internal and external demands, safeguard the well-being of your team and maintain consistent quality standards.
Your leadership will focus on developing employees, promoting ownership, accountability, and a learning culture, while balancing day-to-day operational needs with strategic improvement initiatives. Through your guidance, you will ensure that both people and processes perform at their best, reflecting the principle: “None of us is as good as all of us” – Ray Kroc.
How you will make a meaningful contribution
Your key responsibilities include:
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- Daily management of the production team with a focus on safety, quality and efficiency
- Ensure structure and stable operations through planning, follow-up and problem solving
- Develop employees and foster a culture of responsibility, learning, and improvement
- Reporting of KPIs and follow-up on goals
- Create commitment and ownership in a team with different skill levels
Bring your world class expertise into play
You are fluent in English, both written and verbal, at a professional level. Danish is an advantage but not a requirement. Moreover, we are looking for a new colleague who also possesses:
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- A relevant educational background in leadership, with the ability to lead and develop teams, create direction, and ensure commitment
- A minimum of 3–5 years of experience in leadership within a production environment with solid understanding of manufacturing environments, including LEAN principles, quality, and production flow
- Experience in change management, driving and implementing improvements and changes in production
- Strong interdisciplinary collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with other departments and stakeholders
- Empathetic communication skills, with the ability to listen, understand, and create psychological safety within the team
As a person, you are structured, confident, and credible, inspiring trust and commitment in those around you. You bring clarity and direction while fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. You thrive on change and turn challenges into opportunities for growth and better performance. With a balance of strategic vision and operational focus, you drive progress without compromising people or quality. You lead by example, creating an environment where teams feel motivated, empowered, and ready to succeed.
We are an international company representing world-class expertise, delivering complex and high-tech products. We value our colleagues and our meaningful contributions to securing people through advanced technology. You will also experience that we have a strong focus on your development, teaching you useful new competences and further strengthening current ones, both professionally and personally. Our company culture is autonomous and engaging, and we acknowledge the importance of flexibility in a great working environment.
When joining Terma, we promise that you will experience: Great people, challenging tasks, world-class expertise, and meaningful contribution in your daily work.
Benefits at Terma
At Terma, we prioritize the well-being of our employees, ensuring they are well taken care of. Joining our team comes with a multitude of perks designed to enhance your social life, cultural experiences, and health.
International Environment: Explore great teamwork and professional sparring with colleagues around the world
Flexible Working Hours: Enjoy the opportunity to work flexibly and the option to work from home up to two days per week. Internet connection at home is paid for by Terma
Comprehensive Benefits Package: Receive a 10% paid pension along with a beneficial health care and insurance package. Enjoy discounts from various business partners
Well-being Perks: Opportunity to enroll in our on-site massage-offer at our locations in Denmark
Social and Professional Events: We have an active staff association that arranges a variety of social activities and events to bring all of our colleagues together
Competence networking across professional experts in Terma: Professional presentations and knowledge sharing across the organization
We are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. Our commitment to DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) means we actively value and celebrate unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to create an environment where all employees have equal opportunities to succeed, feel respected and valued, and experience a true sense of belonging.
To support an unbiased evaluation process, we kindly encourage applicants to omit personal details such as photos and age from their applications.
If you would like to take on the challenge of working in an innovative company, we look forward to receiving your application. A resume is required, while a cover letter is optional. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed, we only accept applications via www.terma.com. Applications will be processed continuously.
Do you have any questions regarding the position?
Feel free to contact Hiring Manager on e-mail: LIML@terma.com
Bear in mind, that we need you to confirm that you can obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, and that all adults in your household are not posing any risk to the related risk-evaluation. This entails among other issues:
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- That you have as a minimum stayed within NATO/EU/MISWG countries for the last 7 years only interrupted by short stays abroad, and
- That you have not committed serious criminal offences
Terma group has headquarters in Denmark and is a high-tech company developing products and systems for defense and non-defense security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, self-protection systems for aircraft, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry. TERMA | Allies in innovation
