Production Supervisor
Shift based: Rotation (days/lates/nights & occasional weekends)
Salary:
Starting (80%) = £45,867 + £7,460 - £12,120 shift premium
Fully competent & performing well (90%) = £51,590 +£7,460 - £12,120 shift premium
Max salary, over performance & identified as talent development (100%) = £57,322 +£7,460 - £12,120 shift premium
Safran - Here, we craft excellence together.
At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision.
Safran Landing Systems are a global leader in aircraft landing and braking systems, from commercial and business travel to military and defence fleets.
Our expertise covers the entire life cycle of our products from end-to-end; Design, Engineering & Manufacturing, through to Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO). The Gloucester OE site has been at the forefront of landing gear technology for over 85 years, dating from the innovative designs of Sir George Dowty to advanced landing gears for the world's most modern aircraft today.
Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you, both in and out of work, including:
Competitive salary
Early finish on a Friday
25 days of holiday, plus UK Bank Holidays, and we offer options to buy or sell days
Annual bonus and share scheme options
Pension scheme, with up to 8% matched contributions, and life assurance at 4x your salary
Onsite parking, including EV chargers, a subsidised restaurant, bicycle storage, and shower facilities
We offer a wide range of flexible benefits and working options (role dependant), enhanced maternity and family friendly benefits, because we know everyone's needs are different
We support your ambitions with training, development, a personalised career plan and mobility opportunities.
Your Role:
The Production Supervisor is a critical position within our MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) operations where you will play an active role in the completion of production plans with responsibility for processes across multiple products.
You'll lead from the front and collaborate with other Team Leaders to coordinate completion of kits to despatch. Technically strong, drive and a structured approach will be vital!
Key responsibilities:
Lead the team, ensuring effective people management and use of reports and application of tool kits to support performance, conduct, absence, wellbeing, annual leave management, overtime reviews
Take accountability for dedicated focals in your area of responsibility to control key processes, including but not limited to 5S, Calibration, Maintenance, Health & Safety, Tooling, technical documentation reviews and GPI's
Ensure that works procedures and SOP's are adhered to at all times
Lead on Continuous Improvement initiatives including process mapping, kaizen events, 5S etc
Effectively cascade policy deployment initiatives and information across your team and wider business
Effective control of WIP levels, rotable piece parts and SPT reduction
Champion adherence to the Airworthiness regulations and ensure compliance via robust and accurate works procedure reviews
Enhance Employee Engagement - Contribute to QRQC meetings and own action plans associated to improvements in internal quality/rejects
What You'll Bring:
Demonstrable experience of leading & managing a team within a production, manufacturing or assembly environment
A working knowledge of lean principles, ideally to Green Belt level, and how to deploy these to drive continuous improvement within your area
The ability to adopt an efficient 'hands-on' approach as appropriate
Capable of interpreting and communicating KPI's and developing appropriate actions
Good knowledge of Microsoft applications, in particular Power Point, Word, Excel
Familiarity of 8D and QRQC tools would be advantageous
At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone.
We also know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role.
Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation.
Here, we craft excellence together.
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