Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor
Gloucester
Shift based: Days/Lates/Nights + occasional weekends
Salary:

• Starting (80%) = £45,867 + £7,460-£12,120 shift premium
• Fully competent & consistently performing well (90%) = £51,590 + £7,460-£12,120 shift premium
• Max, over performance & identified as talent development (100%) = £57,322 +£7,460-£12,120 shift premium

Safran Landing Systems 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; OEM Design, Engineering & Manufacturing, through to Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO).

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:

• Early finish on Fridays
• Competitive salary and annual bonus and pay review
• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays (option to buy/sell)
• Strong Pension scheme and life assurance
• Professional development, ongoing training, mentoring
• Onsite amenities: parking, restaurant, bicycle storage, showers
• Family-friendly and accessible workplace policies

Your Role:

The Production Supervisor is a critical position within our MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) operations where you will play an active role in the completion of production plans with responsibility for processes across multiple products.

You'll lead from the front and collaborate with other Team Leaders to coordinate completion of kits to despatch. Technically strong, drive and a structured approach will be vital!

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the team, ensuring effective people management and use of reports and application of tool kits to support performance, conduct, absence, wellbeing, annual leave management, overtime reviews
• Take accountability for 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 GPI's
• Ensure that works procedures and SOP's are adhered to at all times
• Lead on Continuous Improvement initiatives including process mapping, kaizen events, 5S etc
• Effectively cascade policy deployment initiatives and information across your team and wider business
• Effective control of WIP levels, rotable piece parts and SPT reduction.
• Champion adherence to the Airworthiness regulations and ensure compliance via robust and accurate works procedure reviews
• Enhance Employee Engagement - Contribute to QRQC meetings and own action plans associated to improvements in internal quality/rejects

What You'll Bring:

• Demonstrable experience of leading & managing a team within a production, manufacturing or assembly environment
• A working knowledge of lean principles, ideally to Green Belt level, and how to deploy these to drive continuous improvement within your area
• The ability to adopt an efficient 'hands-on' approach as appropriate
• Capable of interpreting and communicating KPI's and developing appropriate actions
• Good knowledge of Microsoft applications, in particular Power Point, Word, Excel
• Familiarity of 8D and QRQC tools would be advantageous

At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone.

We also know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role.

Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation.

Here, we craft excellence together.