Franchise Owner-Operator

Job Title: Franchise Owner-Operator

Location: Flexible
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to you
Apply: Email franchise@isembard.com

Not a job. A factory to build.

Isembard is looking for Franchise Owner-Operators who want to help reindustrialize the West.

This is not a passive investment. This is not a “buy a franchise and disappear” situation. This is for people who want to own, operate, build, lead, solve problems, make decisions, and grow a serious manufacturing business with the support of a global network, brand, and software-defined manufacturing platform.

You will be responsible for building and operating an Isembard factory that produces precision components for strategically important industries, including aerospace, defence, energy, and frontier technology.

In plain English: we are looking for serious operators who want to build real industrial capacity where it matters.

If not now, when?

About Isembard

Isembard is building a distributed network of high-performance factories for critical industries. We combine advanced machine tools, robotics and proprietary software (MasonOS) to manufacture precision components for aerospace, defence, energy and frontier technology companies.

Our ambition is to scale a global owner-operator franchise network capable of delivering speed, resilience and industrial capacity where it matters most.

Our values:

• If not now, when
• Follow the five maxims
• Humour and humility

The Opportunity

As an Isembard Franchise Owner-Operator, you will own and operate a local Isembard factory while being supported by the broader Isembard network.

This opportunity is designed for both:

• Existing manufacturing or machine shop owners who want to scale through Isembard’s brand, systems, software, and network
• New owner-operators who want to build a serious manufacturing business from the ground up

You will not be handed a magic money machine.

You will be handed a system, a brand, a network, a mission, and a serious opportunity. What you do with it will depend heavily on your ownership, urgency, judgment, and ability to execute.

The machines do not care about your excuses.

What You Will Own

Factory leadership

• Build and lead a high-performance local team
• Set the pace, tone, and operating standard for the business
• Own execution, follow-through, and accountability
• Make decisions quickly and learn from them quickly

Operational execution

• Drive quality, delivery, communication, and customer responsiveness
• Maintain high standards across the shop floor
• Follow Isembard systems, processes, and operating playbooks
• Use MasonOS and Isembard’s software-defined manufacturing model to run the business effectively

Business growth

• Build a thriving local manufacturing business
• Develop relationships in your market
• Support customer success and long-term account growth
• Represent the Isembard brand with professionalism and intensity

Network standards

• Operate as part of a broader Isembard franchise network
• Uphold standards for quality, safety, responsiveness, and communication
• Stay coachable while still acting like an owner
• Help build something bigger than one shop

Who Thrives Here

You may be a fit if you are:

• Passionate about rebuilding industrial capacity in the West
• Energized by manufacturing, operations, and business ownership
• Serious about owning outcomes, not just having a title
• Humble enough to learn and intense enough to execute
• Detail-oriented, because small mistakes in manufacturing become expensive quickly
• Gritty enough to handle hard days without making them everyone else’s problem
• Urgent, because slow communication kills trust
• Coachable, because the smartest operators know they can still get better

This Is Probably Not For You If…

• You want passive income
• You need a perfectly predictable 9-to-5
• You like the idea of ownership more than the reality of responsibility
• You confuse “being your own boss” with “not being accountable”
• You are allergic to details
• You wait to be chased before following through
• You want the upside of ownership without the pressure of execution
• You blame the machine, the customer, the market, the weather, the software, or “the process” before looking in the mirror
• You are not willing to be coached

Again, the machines do not care about your excuses.

What We Provide

Isembard provides the support structure around the owner-operator model, including:

• Brand and network support
• MasonOS, our software-defined manufacturing platform
• Operating playbooks and processes
• Franchise onboarding and training
• Support from experienced manufacturing, operations, software, and commercial teams
• A broader mission and platform focused on reindustrializing the West

You bring the ownership.

We bring the system, network, and support.

Together, the goal is to build a serious manufacturing business that matters.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for people with:

• Grit
• Urgency
• Detail orientation
• Humility
• Coachability
• Strong communication
• Operational discipline
• A desire to build and lead
• A serious interest in manufacturing
• A belief that the West needs more industrial capacity

Prior manufacturing experience is valuable, especially for conversion franchisees or existing shop owners. But above all, we are looking for people with the judgment, hunger, and ownership mindset to build something real.

Apply

Email franchise@isembard.com with:

• Your résumé
• A brief background on who you are
• Why you are interested in becoming an Isembard Franchise Owner-Operator
• Why you think you should be trusted with an Isembard factory

You can also learn more at Isembard Franchise.

If you are looking for something easy, this is probably not it.

If you are looking for something worth building, we should talk.

If not now, when?