Manufacturing Engineering Lead (FAL)

In the role of Manufacturing Engineer Lead, you'll be responsible for leading a team of manufacturing engineers on our Final Assembly Line.

Ensuring product designs meet manufacturing and assembly requirements, you will have a solid knowledge and understanding of the new product introduction process and be working at a competent/ proficient level.

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.

With more than one million seats installed across the fleets of the world's leading airlines, Safran Seats is one of the global leaders in passenger, crew, aircraft and helicopter seating, delivering innovative, high value-added solutions.

In the role of Manufacturing Engineer Lead, you'll be responsible for leading a team of manufacturing engineers on our Final Assembly Line.

- Ensuring product designs meet manufacturing and assembly requirements, you will have a solid knowledge and understanding of the new product introduction process and be working at a competent/ proficient level.
- Provide Engineering Support to the Final Assembly lines.
- Drive ME team to ensure design for assembly/manufacture issues are highlighted and eliminated at every key stage of the production. Lead lessons learnt sessions of previous Shipset issues at the beginning of projects
- Facilitate problem solving activities
- Eliminating non-value adding activities - continuous Improvement
- Manage operations configuration tracker
- Support production readiness reviews
- Assist with ergonomic workshops
- Promote and encourage teams on 5S and lean principles, ensure wastes are eliminated during the design of the production process and the team is trained in the application of lean methodology
- Manage APQP & PPAP documentation are compiled and released at the correct level of quality and on time
- Ensure PFMEAS are reviewed and all actions are closed
- Ensure tools and equipment requirements are identified and budgeted for and specification documents capture not just functional requirements but ergonomic and health and safety requirements
- Recognise the need to carry out a route cause analysis to resolve an issue. Organise the required team and ensure the process is duly carried out
- Ensure department's document are properly controlled and periodically reviewed to keep them up to date as well as compliance with the company's engineering change procedure
- Communicate effectively and professionally with customers and suppliers and ensure confidentiality of information is always maintained
- Line management responsibility for recruitment, induction for new employees, ongoing performance management, absence, coaching, mentoring, and giving feedback / recognition and support for wellbeing
- Carry out periodic performance development reviews (PDR's) of team members supporting employees with their professional development to achieve their career aspirations
- Encourage a culture of continuous improvement within the team
- Coach and mentor younger engineers
- Identify tooling and equipment requirements for new processes and write specification documents that will be used as basis for supplier quotation. Work with suppliers to ensure requirements are met
- Check and approve engineering drawings ensuring effect of tolerances on the assembly process is taken into consideration and process ECR's
- Communicate effectively and professionally with customers and suppliers and ensure confidentiality of information is always maintained

Essential Skill s for this role

• HNC, HND, B.Eng. in Mechanical, Manufacturing or similar engineering OR gained through an apprenticeship in a relevant engineering
• Proven experience in a manufacturing environment
• Proven experience of leading and developing a technical team
• Experience of working within company and regulatory processes, standards and specifications
• Excellent knowledge of design for manufacture and assembly principles
• Good knowledge and application of Lean Six Sigma principles
• Ability to interpret 2D drawings
• Good leadership and team management skills

Desirable Skills for the role

• APQP & PPAP
• PFMEA
• 3D CAD modelling software
• CATIA 3D modelling software
• CATIA 3D CAD modelling software
• Aircraft seat manufacture
• Project management