Senior Industrialisation Engineer in Birmingham

Benefits:

• 8% Bonus
• Excellent Pension
• 33 Days Holiday
• Dental
• BUPA
• Workplace nursery scheme
• Midday finish on Fridays
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance programme including health and finance
• Onsite subsidised canteen

Skills:

• FMEA
• DFM
• DTC
• APQP
• PPAP
• SPC
• Takt time
• Automation
• Production improvement
• Process development
• Lean manufacturing
• Root cause analysis

At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. 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 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. We will consider all applicants who meet the minimum essential requirements regardless of their identity or background. Please let us know in your cover letter if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation. We will make every effort to respond to your request for assistance as soon as possible - including guaranteed interviews under the Disability Confident Scheme for those that qualify.

Your Role:

With significant investment being made at our Safran Electrical & Power site, now is an exciting time to join the team! You will deliver industrialisation for new/modified products and manufacturing processes, ensuring production readiness, process validation, quality, rate, and cost requirements are met. You will champion effective process development, DFM capability and efficiency throughout the entire product and process development lifecycle. We are expanding our Industrialisation team with many exciting new projects and products in the pipeline.

• Deliver the design, development and industrialisation of manufacturing processes, ensuring robust, capable and cost-effective production solutions.
• Responsible for process performance and be the first point of contact to resolve technical issues on the production line.
• Plan and execute manufacturing trials, including PPAP, FAI and industrial validation builds, supporting a successful transition to stable serial production.
• Act as project technical owner for defined work packages.
• Lead issue resolution and structured problem-solving using methodologies such as 8D, root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action deployment.
• Share and develop best practices across the site and division as appropriate.
• Apply company standards through full product & process lifecycle.

What You'll Bring:

Essential:

• Proven experience in a manufacturing environment, with hands-on experience with tooling, APQP & PPAP.
• HNC/HND in Mechanical, Electronics or Production Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to challenge design and manufacturing techniques to ensure DFM and DTC requirements are met.
• Strong understanding of SPC and FMEA's.
• Demonstrated experience of leading on process improvement activities.

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of legislative requirements including REACH and HSE.
• Experience in building strong relationships within a supply base to develop solutions that work for all parties.

Here, we craft excellence together. 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. The program is made up of four wellbeing committees; Healthy Minds, Physical, Social & Financial. Our enhanced family friendly policies reinforce our commitment to providing a workplace that is both diverse and inclusive.