Company: Safran Seats
Job Field: Manufacture / assembly and repair
Location: Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom
Contract Type: Permanent
Contract Duration: Full-time
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!
The purpose of this role is to manage a design team that will provide design solutions from initial concept through to manufacture.
Key Responsibilities
1. Check supplied parts and assemblies to ensure compliance to drawing, design data and all relevant specifications.
2. Represent the department in product design reviews giving feedback on likely issues and improvement opportunities.
3. Analyse product design using CAD models and log issues per company process (5C).
4. Identify assembly and manufacturing process improvement opportunities throughout the product development phase.
5. Build Development articles against CAD model screen grabs/instructions.
6. Analyse development article builds and log issues.
7. Define and validate solutions and countermeasures for 5C issues raised.
8. Build test articles to standard production processes and record deviations.
9. Route harnesses to drawing.
10. View/interrogate product BOMs and locate parts on company's MRP system (BaaN).
11. Rework parts to new design solutions for trial and evaluation.
12. Rework “out of revision” parts to the latest design standard and complete minor rework order form.
13. Maintain the engineering quality and integrity of the work produced within their work package.
14. Work with other departments to ensure that the design solution meets the appropriate airworthiness requirements.
15. Record timings for assembly and disassembly for calculation of cycle times.
16. Identify the need for jigs and fixtures to ensure correct assembly.
17. Generate, validate and revise Process Work Instructions.
18. Fault find and rectify issues.
19. Train production operators in the assembly process of new products.
20. Support product events with customers - PDR/CDR/FAI/FSR.
21. Support off-site activities e.g. installation of products into aircraft.
22. Support the rework of in-service products against warranty claims and service bulletins.
23. Communicate effectively and professionally with other departments, customers and suppliers.
24. Undertake and maintain 5S activities.
Complementary Description
Our in-house design studio co-creates the most innovative experiences in the sky with our airline customers and partners. Our dedicated engineering, production and in-service support facilities are integral to delivering a high-end quality product that we keep flying throughout the life of the programme. We are fully supported by a wide team of support functions, from HR to Finance, to Business Development and Planning and Logistics, our team is built to give Safran Seats an end-to-end capability in-house in the UK.
We focus on:
1. Our people: fostering the conditions for diversity and inclusion to thrive, developing our colleagues' skills, creating a trustworthy workplace, and encouraging collaboration.
2. Sustainability: contributing to a safer and more sustainable aviation, tackling challenges in aerospace with a commitment to decarbonise the industry by 2050.
3. Global Mobility: as part of the Safran Group, there is always potential for future mobility in the UK and internationally.
Job Requirements
1. Minimum of BTEC L3 (mechanical engineering) OR suitable depth of relevant experience/time served apprentice.
2. Aerospace/automotive manufacturing experience at defined competent level.
3. Experience of working within company and regulatory processes, standards and specifications.
4. Knowledge of machining operations.
5. Knowledge and use of mechanical fixings - screws, rivets, nails etc.
6. Knowledge of different materials - sheet metal, steel, wood, composite etc.
7. Good knowledge of design for assembly/manufacture principles.
Specificity of the Job
Willing to travel to support company objectives.
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