Engineering Project Lead - Production Deviations - SAFRAN GB Limited

Position: Engineering Project Lead - Production Deviations (H/F) - SAFRAN SEATS GB LIMITED

Engineering Project Lead – Production Deviations (H/F) – SAFRAN SEATS GB LIMITED

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Company

Safran is a global high‑technology group operating in the aerospace, space and defense sectors. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes increasingly respectful of the environment, more comfortable and accessible. The group employs 100 000 people and generated €27.3 bn in revenue in 2024, occupying leadership positions worldwide. Safran Seats is a leading manufacturer of airplane seats for crew and passengers, with 1 million seats currently in service worldwide.

Mission

Description

The role will provide overall management and coordination of Safran GB’s Permits & Concessions process across the entire New Product Development lifecycle, including live and post‑design projects, to agreed KPIs.

Scope of Responsibilities

You will be a key individual contributor within the Safran Seats GB Engineering Projects office, supporting projects and engineering across Delivery, Test and Prototyping and Sustaining Production. Some UK and international travel (approx. 5 %) is anticipated.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide overall management and coordination of the company’s Permits & Concessions process across live projects and post‑design projects, acting as a focal point within the business for all matters relating to Permits & Concessions.
• Oversee and manage the activities of the Permits & Concessions team, ensuring delivery to agreed KPIs.
• Drive improvement in the end‑to‑end turnaround time for Permits & Concessions, facilitating all functional inputs and approvals to expedite the process.
• Act as a liaison between the Engineering IPTs, the Permits & Concessions team and Manufacturing, heightening design knowledge across production teams and manufacturing knowledge across engineering teams.
• Proactively respond to problems in the production or assembly of parts, subsystems and products and provide clear, concise communication of proposed solutions across Engineering and Manufacturing teams.
• Ensure that permits and concessions clearly define the intent of the deviation request including a proposed disposition to facilitate efficient downstream activities such as signatory reviews, approvals and/or implementation of engineering changes or industrialisation improvements.
• Contribute to the completion of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) for the implementation of permanent solutions.
• Analyse data to investigate trends, identify systematic root causes and devise solutions to mitigate issues.
• Contribute to the capture and implementation of lessons learned related to concessions and permit root‑cause analysis.
• Provide regular updates on progress and support needed to Engineering management, including the Head of PDP and the Head of Engineering Projects.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of dashboards, tools and KPIs associated with concessions and permit processing and reporting.

Knowledge, Experience, Training and Qualifications

• Self‑reliant, hardworking, proactive, motivated and an achiever.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Good knowledge of Manufacturing, Quality and Project Management.
• Working knowledge of PLM and ERP systems.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a pragmatic hands‑on approach, including use of appropriate data‑handling software.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications (e.g. Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project).
• Subject to pre‑employment checks, including criminal record checks.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities.
• For candidates with unspent convictions, completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service check may be required.

Employment

Full‑time.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, encouraging diversity and inclusion within our workforce.

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