Manufacturing Engineer - Machining M​/F

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

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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.

We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Manufacturing Engineering team as a Manufacturing Engineer - Machining at our Wolverhampton site.

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for supporting the development, industrialisation and optimisation of manufacturing processes within the Prismatic machining module.
The role provides day to day technical support to Operations, contributes to problem solving and process improvements, and ensures processes, documentation and equipment support safe, repeatable and cost effective production.

The position plays a key role in maintaining process control, supporting continuous improvement activities, and ensuring compliance with internal, customer and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities
Support ongoing production.
-Be the technical focal point (Manufacturing) for Operations, resolving process issues, non conformances, and bottlenecks.
-Create and maintain process documentation (work instructions, routings, PFMEAs, control plans, factory layout drawings etc).
-Updating manufacturing instruction to reflect changes.
-Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions using structured problem solving methodologies.
Continuous Improvement
-Identify opportunities to eliminate waste and improve quality using Lean and Six Sigma tools.
-Champion CI initiatives (5S, Kaizen, layout optimisation, flow).
-Industrialization of existing product and new product introduction.
-develop, industrialise, optimise and control manufacturing processes to ensure safe, repeatable, and cost effective production.

Standardization of existing product and new product introduction.
-Tooling management for production including specifying tools, maintaining assets and registries
-Identify & implement standardized manufacturing processes
Manage Change
-Ensure manufacturing readiness for new equipment, tooling, and factory layouts, including capability, validation studies & management of change.
-Act as the technical point of contact between Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Production, and Programme teams relating to manufacturing processes

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
-Compre…