Senior PMO - Engineering

Safran Group; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran Seats, part of the Safran Group, is seeking a Senior PMO - Engineering to lead PMO operations for engineering projects in the UK. The role focuses on delivering a compliant, integrated framework of processes and tools to support engineering managers’ objectives and program delivery.

The successful candidate will be proficient in data analytics, risk management, and earned value management, providing guidance across planning, budgeting, and governance while coordinating with PMO resources

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Data Analytics and reporting.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and project controls.
• Knowledge of risk, change, and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to PMO Ops Engineering and act as SME within the Programme Management Office.
• Support Engineering Managers with delivery milestones, NRC/RC, and cost reporting.
• Address irregularities in the project management reference system and report them.
• Recommend continuous process improvements and best practices deployment.
• Provide information and advice on planning, schedules, and budgeting to support engineering and programmes.

Skills

Data Analytics

Earned Value Management

Risk Management

Change Management

Job description

Senior PMO - Engineering

Vacancy details

General information

Entity

Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.

Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's "World's Best Companies 2025" ranking.

With more than one million seats installed across the fleets of the world's leading airlines, Safran Seats is one of the global leaders in passenger, crew, aircraft and helicopter seating, delivering innovative, high value-added solutions.

Reference

2026-170298

Position description

Domain

Performance and Support

Job field / Job profile

Program and project management office - PMO methods and tools level 2

Job title

Senior PMO - Engineering

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Professional, Engineer & Manager

Part time / Full time

Full-time

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, customization, 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.

Job Summary:

Responsible for providing direction to PMO Ops Engineering, acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the scope of the Programme Management Office and supporting the Engineering Managers in the following activities.

• Your key responsibility is to provide a compliant integrated framework of processes and tools to assist engineering managers with the operational management of their organization to help them meet their objectives.
• Your role is to engage with PMO Ops Resources to help Engineering Managers achieve their commitments regarding delivery (deliverables, milestones), non-recurring and recurring costs (NRC and RC), Earned Value Management (EVM), Risk Management and quality.
• You are expected to address and report any irregularities with regard to the program and project management reference system.
• You are expected to make recommendations to ensure continuous process improvement and the deployment of best practices.
• You provide information and recommendations to assist in decision-making regarding programs, projects or business lines and you can be asked to stand in for an Engineering Manager on a temporary basis.
• You must be proficient in Data Analytics.
• While management, planning, resource allocation, communication of lead-times, financial data, risks and opportunities remain the sole responsibility of Engineering Managers you are expected to provide information and advice on these areas in support of Engineering and Programmes.

Scope of responsibilities:

• Change Management
• Risk Management
• Financial
• Governance & Reporting
• Integrated Planning