Project Engineer

Entity
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defence 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 92,000 employees and sales of 23.2 billion euros in 2023, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes research and development programs to maintain the environmental priorities of its R&T and innovation roadmap.

Reference
2025-152707

Position description
Domain
Performance and Support
Job field / Job profile
Project management - Project management
Job title
Project Engineer
Employment type
Permanent
Professional category
Employees / Staff
Part time / Full time
Full-time
Number of hours per week
37.5
Job description
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 Project Engineer, you will provide technical support, work package collaboration, and project management across a range of Engineering projects.

You will be a key individual contributor and part of the Safran Seats GB Engineering Project Management office. You will be deployed to the projects in either Early Engagement, Delivery, Test and Prototyping, and/or Sustaining Production.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Understand and facilitate Time Cost and Quality in the Product Development and/or R&T Lifecycle.
2. Actively engage and develop in Project Governance and Methods and Tools to complete the project to the contractual and customer requirements.
3. Manage stakeholders from multiple Engineering and non-Engineering disciplines to enable a successful project.
4. Be able to manage change and requirements of product development.
5. Comfortable with project management methods and tools to provide regular updates on progress and support needed to the Engineering management.
6. Analyse and prioritise data and actions according to business needs.
7. Contribute to contract, funding and commercial negotiations.
8. Supports the product engineering with the handover of technology and transition to the manufacturing process.
9. Perform peer reviews of data, analysis and reports for other team members.
10. Ensure product development is compliant to aircraft certification requirements utilising the expertise of the team.

Travel specificity
Some UK and international travel is to be anticipated, visiting Group companies, and suppliers (approx. 10% of role).
Candidate skills & requirements

1. Have industrial experience in product development, production engineering or research & development field within engineering.
2. Have experience of project management, methods and tools.
3. Have experience of planning and influencing project results.
4. Be self-reliant, hardworking, pro-active, motivated and an achiever.
5. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing using the English language including verbal, and written presentations.
6. Able to establish good working relationships across departments and with customers.
7. Being qualified to NVQ L4 or HNC level in an engineering field is essential.
8. Have knowledge in the design of software, electrical and electronic systems or Composite, plastic, and additive manufactured components.
9. Demonstrate strong communication skills including verbal, written and formal presentations.
10. Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a pragmatic hands-on approach, including the use of appropriate data handling software.
11. Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Access).
12. Full UK driving license and valid passport essential as travel may be required.

Position location
Job location
Europe, UK, Wales
City (-ies)
Llantarnam Industrial Park, Llantarnam NP44 3HQ Cwmbran