Talent Acquisition Specialist

Safran; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Pension

Private medical insurance

25 days annual leave

Training opportunities

Job summary

Safran is seeking Talent Acquisition Specialists to deliver strategic, high-quality hiring solutions across the UK. You will partner with business leaders, optimise recruitment processes, and champion candidate experience to attract, engage, and retain top talent for the group’s UK sites.

This hybrid role is based at one of our Pitstone, Gloucester, Wolverhampton or Cwmbran facilities, with an on-site requirement of at least one day per week.

Qualifications

• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment in agency or in-house settings.
• Recruitment experience in technical engineering or manufacturing environments is ideal.
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to influence decisions at all levels.
• Efficient, with excellent organisational skills to manage multiple vacancies and priorities.
• Excellent communication with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end recruitment process for ca. 50 hires per year, ensuring smooth coordination and timely communication.
• Manage the full recruitment process from vacancy approval through to offer and onboarding.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and recruitment plans.
• Build strong talent pipelines through targeted sourcing, networking, and employer branding initiatives.
• Act as a subject matter expert for recruitment, sharing market insights and candidate experience enhancements.
• Ensure quality and accuracy of data in our ATS for requisitions, reporting, and candidate communications.
• Apply Safran's equal opportunity principles and maintain compliance with all relevant standards.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Engineering/manufacturing recruitment

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Data-driven recruitment

Job description

Your Role

• Oversee the end-to-end recruitment process for approximately 50 hires per year, ensuring smooth coordination, timely communication, and a positive experience for both candidates and hiring managers


• Manage the full recruitment process from vacancy approval through to offer and onboarding.


• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and agree recruitment plans.


• Build strong talent pipelines through targeted sourcing, networking, and employer branding initiatives


• Act as a subject matter expert for recruitment within your perimeter, providing insights on market trends, sourcing strategies, and candidate experience enhancements


• Ensure quality and accuracy of data in our ATS for requisitions, reporting, and candidate communications


• Apply Safran's equal opportunity principles and maintain compliance with all relevant standards

Your Role Our Talent Acquisition Specialists are responsible for delivering strategic, high-quality hiring solutions that build exceptional teams and strengthen Safran's position as an employer of choice. Focused on specific job families, Talent Acquisition Specialists support all Safran businesses in the UK and are positioned as experts in their designated job family. By partnering with business leaders, optimizing recruitment processes, and championing candidate experience, these roles ensure Safran attracts, engages, and retains top talent to fuel innovation and growth across all UK sites. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will have a fixed base at one of our Pitstone/ Gloucester/ Wolverhampton / Cwmbran facilities, with an on-site requirement of at least one day per week.

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment within an agency or in-house setting


• Open on job type recruitment experience, but will ideally have worked/ recruited within technical engineering or manufacturing environments


• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and influence hiring decisions at all levels.


• Efficient, with great organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple vacancies, projects, and priorities effectively.


• Excellent communication skills, with a proactive, transparent and solutions-focused approach to problem solving.


• Ability to use recruitment data and market insights to improve hiring outcomes and optimise processes.

Company Overview

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., Safran - Here, we craft excellence together. At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision.

Why Safran?

• A global presence: Be part of a global aerospace, defence & space business with over 100,000 Colleagues, across 300 sites in 30 countries.


• Inclusive & empowering environment: We celebrate our differences and believe they make us stronger. We know that a fulfilling work environment is a key driver for innovative ideas and team success.


• Innovation at the core: Join our mission to decarbonise aerospace and make the world a safer place. Your ambitions can take us further.


• Mobility & training opportunities: We can support your ambitions with training, development, a personalised career plan and mobility opportunities. If you have big dreams, we'll support you to make them a reality.


• A culture of excellence: Join a team that values collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement. Whatever your background, together we aim for excellence.


• Hybrid (On-site requirement of at least one day per week)

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you-both in and out of work, including:

Benefits

• Competitive salary


• Company performance bonus scheme


• Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution


• Private medical insurance


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays


• We support your ambitions with training, development, a personalised career plan and mobility opportunities.