Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Published 10.11.2024

Company : Safran Seats Job field : Industrial Engineering Location : Cwmbran, England, United Kingdom Contract type : Permanent Contract duration : Full-time

Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customisation, quality and industrial design.

At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world!

In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.

As a Manufacturing Engineer your work will involve improving the process of producing high-quality goods efficiently using the
most cost-effective methods and with the aim of reducing the impact of production on the
environment.

Complementary Description

Provide Engineering Support to the Assembly lines
Design new systems, equipment and processes for the introduction of new products or the
improvement of existing ones
Facilitate Problem solving activities
Eliminating non-value adding activities
Maintain Bill of Materials within the ERP system
Review engineering drawings and process ECR's
Manage operations Configuration tracker
Support production readiness reviews
Assist with ergonomic workshops
Raising necessary documentation to incorporate change.
Support Operations departments with Operator training and development
Implement 5S and safety standards
Keep up to date with current and developing trends in the manufacturing industry
Undertake other reasonable duties, in line with business needs and objectives

Job Requirements

HNC and Pathway study opportunity
experience/time served apprentice
Knowledge and application of lean manufacturing principles
Experience of manipulating and viewing 3D CAD data to extract information
Specification of tooling requirements
Ability to interpret 2D drawings
Good working knowledge of Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
Excellent knowledge of design for assembly/manufacture methodology
Computer literate with a good working knowledge of MS applications and MRP system (preferably BaaN)

Specificity of the job

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