Production Line Manager

Location: Van Nuys

Production Line Manager

** Job details*
* ** General information*
* ** Entity*
* Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated 31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.

Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's ""World's Best Companies 2025"" ranking.

Join Safran Aerosystems: an international leader in aviation safety, fluid management and fuel systems. Our strength? Innovating to enhance flight safety (oxygen systems, evacuation systems, flotation systems) and driving the transition toward decarbonized aviation through sustainable fuels. 6,200 employees, operations in 7 countries, and one shared objective: a safer sky.

** Reference number*
* ** Job details*
* ** Domain*
* Production

** Job field / Job profile*
* Manufacture assembly and repair - Workshop manager

** Job title*
* Production Line Manager

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* Employment type

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* Permanent

** Professional category*
* Professional, Engineer & Manager

** Part time / Full time*
* Full-time

** Job description*
* Reporting directly to the site Production Manager, you will be responsible for all activities of one or more repair production lines. You will manage a repair production team coordinated by a Technician/Leader for each line.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

- Ensuring that the customer's needs are met while respecting safety, quality, costs, and delivery deadlines.

- Ensuring the required transformations and change management.

- Providing a vision and uniting the teams around the entity's challenges.

- Organizing your teams in a way that promotes multidisciplinary contributions, autonomy, accountability, and cross-functionality with the aim of being agile and adaptable to operational contingencies and customer needs.

- Ensuring that competencies and resources are maintained at the highest level within the expanded scope.

- Ensuring the accessibility and quality of data in the sector.

Guaranteeing the use of and compliance with the referential.

- Ensuring compliance of all production, processes and the correct application of all directives (Part 145 regulations, HSE, etc.).

Managerial Focus / Organizing the activity:

- Maintaining a working environment that complies with HSE requirements and ensuring the safety of the teams working under your responsibility

- Implementing the guidelines and objectives of the Site Manager for your scope of responsibility into SQCDP (Safety
- Quality
- Cost
- Delivery
- People) operational objectives in line with other Production Line Managers.

- Ensuring that products are repaired in terms of quality and quantity to meet customer order requirements within the set deadlines and costs

- Managing and planning the resources of the repair production lines around a workload / capacity tool in terms of repair production resources and staff (quantities and competencies). Anticipating the needs related to the ramp-up of the repair production tool.

- Identifying training needs, defining training initiatives to ensure the development of the team, and contributing to employee career management.

- Managing the skills and training of the teams to guarantee the quality of operations

Implementing effective communication within the team/repair production lines by ensuring communication routines to maintain a good social climate.

- Promoting the functioning of the teams in line with the leadership model principles.

Responsible for ensuring that employees comply with all Policies and Procedures

Operational Focus / Managing performance:

- Monitoring the performance indicators of the repair production lines in relation to the monthly targets and developing continuous improvement plans (improvement project): 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, etc.

** Candidate skills & requirements*
* a) Knowledge and Skills

- Aviation/Aerospace Component Repair Knowledge including CMM, Quality systems and manuals

- Computer Proficiency (Microsoft Suite)

- Performance management (quality, costs, deadlines)

- Production management/repair management

b) Competencies

- Technical Knowledge

- Risk Management

- Continuous improvement/Lean

- HSE requirements

- Skills Development

- Organizational Skills

- Leadership Capabilities

- Interpersonal Skills

- Change Management

- Process Oriented

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, CONT'D

- Communications Proficiency

- Time/Priority Management

- Problem Solving/Analysis

- Discretion

c)

Education and/or Experience

- Bachelor's degree + 5 years / Engineering degree - General or Mechanical

- 3 to 5…