Onsite Tooling Lead - Customer Ops & CI

Safran Engineering Services; Pitstone; On-site; GBP 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite canteen

Early finish on Friday

Job summary

Safran Engineering Services is seeking an onsite technical lead for tooling engineering to drive design, development and governance of production tooling at the Pitstone site. You will manage day-to-day customer engagement, provide technical leadership and coordinate offshore resources to ensure timely delivery and continuous improvement.

The role is 100% onsite in Pitstone, UK, with potential mobility between customer and SES sites and the possibility of temp-to-perm in 2027/28.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years tooling engineering experience.
• Aerospace, automotive or complex manufacturing background.
• Experience supporting production environments.
• Ability to lead technical teams.
• Strong stakeholder and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary onsite representative for tooling engineering activities.
• Lead design, modification and maintenance of production tooling.
• Coordinate activities across onsite and offshore engineering teams.
• Promote engineering excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Identify tooling cost reduction opportunities.

Skills

Tooling design

Manufacturing engineering

Customer-facing

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Vendor coordination

Problem solving

Change management

Tools

CAD

Job description

Safran Engineering Services is seeking an onsite technical lead for tooling engineering to drive design, development and governance of production tooling at the Pitstone site. You will manage day-to-day customer engagement, provide technical leadership and coordinate offshore resources to ensure timely delivery and continuous improvement.

The role is 100% onsite in Pitstone, UK, with potential mobility between customer and SES sites and the possibility of temp-to-perm in 2027/28.