Manufacturing Engineer in Cwmbran, United Kingdom

Manufacturing Engineer

Company : Safran Seats

Job field : Industrial Engineering

Location : Cwmbran , England , United Kingdom

Contract type : Permanent

Contract duration : Full-time

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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 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

The role will involve supporting all assembly operations on day-to-day activities.

Liaising with design, SQA Industrialization departments to deliver customer programs on time and to a high quality standard.

 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 or higher qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or suitable depth of relevant

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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Locate your future workplace

Llantarnam Industrial Park, LlantarnamNP44 3HQ

Cwmbran

England United Kingdom

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Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.