Senior Industrialisation Engineer in Watford

At Safran, we craft excellence together. As a 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. We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Industrialisation team as a Senior Industrialisation Engineer at our Pitstone site.

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 and are proudly a Disability Confident Employer. We encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role. We will consider all applicants who meet the minimum essential requirements regardless of their identity or background.

Why Safran?

• A global presence: Be part of a global aerospace, defence & space business with over 100,000 colleagues, across 300 sites in 30 countries.
• Inclusive & empowering environment: We celebrate our differences and believe they make us stronger.
• Innovation at the core: Join our mission to decarbonise aerospace and make the world a safer place.
• Mobility & training opportunities: We can support your ambitions with training, development, a personalised career plan and mobility opportunities.
• A culture of excellence: Join a team that values collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement.

Your Role

You will deliver industrialisation for new and modified products and manufacturing processes, ensuring readiness for production, process validation, and cost objectives are met. You will champion effective process development, supporting efficiency and innovation across the entire process development lifecycle. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you'll lead small teams to execute industrialisation plans, ensuring adherence to Safran's standards and schedules.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinating industrialisation for new/modified products and manufacturing processes.
• Designing processes and developing controls including PFMEA, process flow, VSM, and control plans.
• Supporting production readiness (PPAP/FAI), capability studies, issue resolution (8D), and design for manufacture/assembly/testing.
• Qualifying new tools, machines, and working practices.
• Acting as a focal point to resolve production issues.
• Collaborating with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations functions to deliver key work packages.
• Applying governance such as APQP/PPAP, MSA, SPC, OneSafran, ERP/MES, and regulatory requirements.
• Leading process improvement initiatives using LEAN methods (SMED, 5S, Poka-Yoke, waste reduction).
• Conducting risk assessments and readiness checks for production launch.
• Building costed routings and supporting capex business cases.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience in manufacturing & industrialisation environments, and strong knowledge of APQP/PPAP.
• Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience level.
• Broad production engineering expertise including cost-down, DFM/DTC, and ability to challenge design and manufacturing techniques.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvement activities.
• Desirable: Lean qualifications Green belt, Black belt etc.
• Understanding of Statistical Process Control (SPC), Process FMEA's, DFM & DTC activities.
• Experience building strong supplier relationships.

If you're ready to take your career to new heights and be part of a company that's crafting the future of flight, apply today.

Get involved: We also have a number of groups and forums onsite that you can get involved with, including Women at Safran, STEM ambassadors, Employee Forum, Charity Partnerships and Wellbeing Programs. Our Wellbeing Program in Pitstone aims to place employee wellbeing at the heart of our business, and we integrate it within all that we do.