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Production Supervisor

Job Posted: 13 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Expire in: 15 days

Job Description

Production Supervisor
Gloucester UK
Shift based: Rotation

Salary:

Starting (80%) = £45,867 (+ £7,460 - £12,120 shift premium)
Fully competent & consistently performing well (90%) = £51,590 (+£7,460 - £12,120 shift premium)
Max, Over performance & identified as talent development (100%) = £57,322 (+£7,460 - £12,120 shift premium)Safran Landing Systems are a global leader in aircraft landing and braking systems, from commercial and business travel to military and defence fleets.

At Safran, you'll work with the brightest minds and best technologies, building valuable experience and joining an innovative, supportive team. 

Our expertise cover the entire life cycle of our products from end-to-end; OEM Design, Engineering & Manufacturing, through to Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO).

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.We are looking for passionate individuals to join our Production leadership team as a Supervisor at our Landing Systems MRO site in Gloucester.

The Supervisor role is a critical position within our MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) operations where you will play an active role in the completion of production plans (MPS) with responsibility for the operational processes for the multiple Landing Gears. 

You'll lead from the front and collaborate with other supervisors to coordinate completion of kits to enable assembly prior to despatch. Technically strong, drive and a structured approach will be vital!

Key responsibilities:

Lead the Assembly 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. Update during monthly reviewsWhat You'll Bring:

A strong engineering background is highly desired, ideally within a production, manufacturing or assembly environment (aerospace would be advantageous but not essential!)
Demonstrable experience of leading & managing a team
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
At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone.

We also know that some candidates may be put off applying for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage anybody to apply if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role. Please let us know if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation

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