Carbon Maintenance Team Lead
Safran Group
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Job summary
Safran Landing Systems in Walton, KY seeks a Carbon Maintenance Team Lead to supervise maintenance activities for manufacturing equipment and utility systems. You will lead planning, training, and TPM program deployment to improve OEE and MTBF while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.
This permanent, full-time role offers starting salary around $74,000 annually, comprehensive benefits, 401(k) with company match, and strong opportunities for professional growth. U.S.
Qualifications
- High School diploma or GED required.
- 3+ years in a technical or leadership role.
- Experience troubleshooting electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems.
- Experience with TPM program and tracking OEE/MTBF.
- Ensure equipment and facility compliance with codes.
- Experience with PLC, CNC, and microprocessor-based systems.
Responsibilities
- Assign work and oversee Maintenance activities.
- Develop and implement training plans for Maintenance employees.
- Establish short-term maintenance plans to improve OEE and MTBF.
- Submit and support continuous improvement ideas to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
- Ensure maintenance resources are adequate to support preventive and predictive maintenance and address unplanned failures.
- Be a proactive leader in TPM system utilization and improvement.
- Act as CMMS administrator.
- Manage small scale projects with engineering.
- Coach and assist maintenance staff.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Skills
Education
Tools
Job description
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 Landing Systems is the world leader in landing gear, wheels & brakes, and associated systems for civil and military aircraft and helicopters. We master the entire lifecycle of our products, from design and manufacturing through to maintenance. Did you know that every second, somewhere in the world, an aircraft lands using one of our systems?
Would you like to grow in an international, stimulating and supportive environment within a human-sized company? Join us! Become one of our 8,000 passionate employees worldwide.
Don't meet 100% of the requirements? That's not a barrier for us. Above all, we're looking for creative and committed people!
2026-189262
Performance and Support
Means and equipment maintenance - Maintenance operations
Carbon Maintenance Team Lead
Permanent
Professional, Engineer & Manager
Full-time
HERE, WE CRAFT EXCELLENCE TOGETHER. At Safran, we believe in sustainable career journeys, collaboration as a cornerstone of innovation, and the freedom to explore diverse career paths. As a Safran employee, you'll contribute to meaningful projects that shape the future of aerospace.
This position requires access to technologies and hardware subject to US national security based export control requirements. All applicants must be US Citizens, or otherwise authorized by the U.S. Government. No company sponsorship will be offered.
- Competitive salaries
- Paid holidays
- Recognition programs
- Comprehensive benefits
- Retirement (401K) plans with employer match
- Professional development opportunities
- Tuition assistance
- Over 300 career paths across global sites
At Safran, we foster a respectful and inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued. We support sustainable career journeys and encourage employees to explore multiple paths for growth. Collaboration is essential to our success, and we are committed to helping every team member thrive. We engage with our communities through educational programs, outreach initiatives, and career events, inspiring future talent to join our mission.
Join Safran Landing Systems, where you can look to the skies and say “we did that.”
- Assign work and oversee Maintenance activities
- Develop and implement plans toward comprehensive training for Maintenance employees
- Primary responsibility for establishing short-term maintenance plans for all manufacturing equipment and associated utility systems to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
- Submit and support continuous improvement ideas in order to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost
- Ensure maintenance resources – skills, people, and tools – are adequate to support preventive and predictive maintenance, as well as addressing unplanned equipment failures immediately to minimize operational disruptions
- Be a proactive leader in the utilization and improvement of the TPM system
- Act as administrator of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
- Manage small scale projects in conjunction with engineering
- Coach and assist maintenance staff with technical activities
- Perform other related duties as required
Safran Landing Systems is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. For verification or accommodation requests, please email Jeremy.dees@safrangroup.com or call 859-817-2910. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.
Candidates for positions with Safran Landing Systems must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility verification will be required at the time of hire.
Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.
Physical/Environmental Scope of Position
- Must demonstrate the physical capacity to meet the demands of the "Heavy" Job Placement Assessment (JPA) as administered by St. Elizabeth Business Health Services
- Work in/near electro-magnetic fields created by high temperature induction furnaces
- Work in confined spaces and wear a respirator and/or self-contained breathing apparatus
- Vocal communication, hearing, and visual acuity are required for safety, direction, and the exchange of ideas in the industrial environment
- Subjected to inside environmental conditions, noise, vibration, oils and other related industrial hazards
- Building Strategic Working Relationships
- Coaching
- Decision Making
- Planning and Organizing
- High School diploma or GED
- Three years of experience in a technical position or previous Leadership experience
- Trouble-shooting electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems, including reading associated schematics and P&IDs
- Utilizing and/or managing a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program, including development and tracking of equipment reliability measures such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), among others
- Ensuring equipment and facility compliance to applicable federal, state, and local codes
- Troubleshooting PLC, CNC, and microprocessor-based systems
Starting at $74,000 annually
North America, United States, Kentucky, Walton
North America, United States, Kentucky, Walton
WALTON
High School Diploma/GED Equivalent
More than 3 years
Yes
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