Aerospace Production Supervisor – Lead & Improve (Shift)

Safran; England; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish on a Friday

25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays (b1

Annual bonus and share scheme

Pension with up to 8% matched

Life assurance at 4x salary

Onsite parking + EV chargers

Subsidised restaurant

Bike storage

Shower facilities

Flexible benefits & mobility options

Job summary

Safran Here, we craft excellence together. The Production Supervisor role sits within Safran's MRO operations in the UK, leading multi-product production plans and coordinating kit completion to despatch.

A strong, hands-on leader who can drive 5S, calibration, maintenance, and safety compliance will thrive in this environment. You will work with Team Leaders to manage performance, develop continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure adherence to airworthiness standards while promoting

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Skills

Team leadership

Lean principles

Hands-on approach

KPI interpretation

Microsoft Office

8D & QRQC

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Safran Here, we craft excellence together. The Production Supervisor role sits within Safran's MRO operations in the UK, leading multi-product production plans and coordinating kit completion to despatch.

A strong, hands-on leader who can drive 5S, calibration, maintenance, and safety compliance will thrive in this environment. You will work with Team Leaders to manage performance, develop continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure adherence to airworthiness standards while promoting