Manufacturing engineer – Assembly and Test
Banbury
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
We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Manufacturing Engineering team as a Manufacturing Engineer in our Wolverhampton site.
About Safran Actuation Systems UK
Safran Actuation Systems UK is a world class centre for the design, manufacture and support of cutting-edge actuation and flight control solutions used across commercial, military and rotary platforms. With major sites in Wolverhampton and Banbury, our teams play a critical role in delivering innovative, reliable and safe systems that keep aircraft performing at their best.
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
- Company performance bonus scheme
-Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
- Private medical insurance
- Comprehensive health cash plan
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
-Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay) and Paternity/Non-Pregnant Parent/ Co-adopter leave 4 weeks full pay)
- Structured training & opportunities to progress
Your Role
As a Manufacturing Engineer you will provide proactive and customer focused day to day support to Operations at the Banbury facility. In addition, the role will provide ongoing support for various operational projects.
In this role you will:
- Provide day to day support to Operations, helping to ensure that safety, quality and output targets are met at the Banbury facility
- Author, implement and maintain a robust ‘standard work' process deck that meets stringent quality management system requirements
- Ensure manufacturing methods and processes within the facility are capable of meeting requirements for quality, delivery rate, cost and lead time
- Develop, improve and provide innovation to the manufacturing process, including the trial and implementation of new technologies
- Lead/ support quality issue investigations, quickly providing robust containment actions and conducting root cause analysis to implement permanent corrective actions
- Lead the implementation of solutions that reduce manufacturing cost and improve productivity
