Supervisor Landing Gear Assembly

Job Description:

Shape the Future of Aerospace at SafranAre you ready to contribute to ambitious projects and create a positive impact in the aerospace industry? At Safran, youll work with the brightest minds and best technologies, building valuable experience and joining an innovative, supportive team.We are a global leader in aircraft landing and braking systems, from commercial and business travel to military and defence fleets. Our expertise cover the entire life cycle of our products from end-to-end: design, manufacturing, maintenance and repair.About the Opportunity:A challenging and multi-faceted role, you will support the completion of production plans (MPS) with responsibility for the Assembly processes for the A320F and B737 Landing Gear. This will be achieved through close collaboration with other supervisors to coordinate completion of kits to enable assembly prior to despatch. Technically strong, drive and a structured approach will be vitalWhat Youll Be Doing : •Supervise the Assembly team.•To be accountable for and to elect and supervise dedicated focals in your area of responsibility to control key processes, including but not limited to 5S, Calibration, Maintenance, Health & Safety, Tooling, technical documentation reviews and GPIs.•Ensure that works procedures and SOPs are adhered to at all times.•To take accountability for Continuous Improvement initiatives including process mapping, kaizen events, 5S etc. •Knowledge of Safran Landing Systems Quality Management System. Familiar with and able to apply Problem Solving and 8D techniques. Demonstrate average hour improvements in your area of responsibility.•To ensure an effective cascade of policy deployment initiatives and information.•Effective control of WIP levels, rotable piece parts and SPT reduction.•Reduction in operating costs and the enhancement of standardised best practice•Champion adherence to the Airworthiness regulations and ensure compliance via robust and accurate works procedure reviews.•Adherence to and delivery of the Overhaul programme activity.•To ensure effective people management and use of reports and application of tool kits to support performance, conduct, absence, wellbeing, annual leave management, overtime reviews.•Effective management of the training skills matrix and planning ahead to ensure team flexibility.•Optimise labour to meet demand and eliminate bottlenecks whilst utilising cost efficient shift patterns.•Build and deliver recovery plans where necessary.•Shared responsibility for budget adherence.•Participate in Production Activity Control (PAC) meetings and revise schedules through agreement with the Master Production Scheduler and Programme Managers.•To optimise the utilisation and efficiency of equipment. •Enhance Employee Engagement - Contribute to QRQC meetings and own action plans associated to improvements in internal quality/rejects. Update during monthly reviews

Job Requirements:

What You'll Bring : •A strong engineering background is highly desired.•Experience of leading/managing a team.•A working knowledge of lean principles, ideally to Green Belt level, and how to deploy these effectively to leverage continuous improvement within a defined area of control.•The ability to adopt an efficient 'hands-on' approach as appropriate.•Familiarity of 8D and QRQC tools would be advantageous.•Comprehensive job knowledge associated to relevant methodologies or best practices and compliance requirements.•Ability to portray full endorsement of business goals and objectives.•Capable of interpreting and communicating KPI's and developing appropriate actions.•A flexible approach with ability to adapt to different working environments.•A keenly developed sense of right first time attitude towards quality.•Effective people development, leadership, coaching and team development skills.•High levels of ‘change energy' and demonstrated motivation towards change .implementation.•Strong and effective delegation skills.•Effective communication and relationship building skills throughout all levels of the business.•Good listening and interpersonal skills.•Well organised, time management is key to this role in conjunction with excellent organisation skills.•Self-motivated with a proactive working style.•Good knowledge of Microsoft applications, in particular Power Point, Word, Excel.

Job Ident #: 172918

Company Details

Safran

2, Boulevard du General Martial Valin
Paris, Ile-De-France France, International 75724 International
www.safran-group.com

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Job Info

Location

Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Type

Permanent

Company Details

Safran

2, Boulevard du General Martial Valin
Paris, Ile-De-France France, International 75724 International
www.safran-group.com