Head of Design Office
Published 01.25.2025
Company: Safran Seats
Job field: Mechanics
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!
This role has overall responsibility for the quality and on-time delivery of mechanical & electrical designs across all projects in accordance with Engineering Processes and Standards.
Key Responsibilities
1. Ensures the team has the right competency levels with recruitment, development of people, and training.
2. Works in collaboration with the programme team to ensure that products meet cost and weight targets.
3. Responsible for the design tools & processes.
4. Liaise with internal and external customers, suppliers, departments, and regulatory bodies as required.
5. Work to the group KPI's for Quality, Cost & Delivery.
6. Drives continuous improvement of department processes and manuals and development of new capabilities and methods.
7. Implement a ‘Right First Time' culture for the production of engineering drawings & models. Continually interface with sales, manufacturing, and operations to integrate feedback into improving and refining design solutions, particularly in relation to Design for Manufacture and Design to Cost.
8. Develop processes and systems to monitor and evaluate the performance of the design teams, highlight emerging issues and work closely with the teams to develop robust solutions.
9. Ensure Health, Safety & Environment objectives are maintained as high priority and work to continuously improve performance.
Job Requirements
Graduate or Post Graduate Degree in Engineering required.
10 years working in a design role for aircraft equipment, with a minimum of 5 years' experience of managing large design teams.
Comprehensive knowledge of aircraft seat and furniture design.
Wide knowledge of Aerospace Engineering processes and Standards.
Experience with Catia and management of PLM systems in an aerospace environment.
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you!
As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive:
• 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays
• Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts, and access to private healthcare
• Career Progression opportunities such as company sponsorship and further training courses
• Family-friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoptive parents, shared parental leave, parental leave, and flexible working
• Equality & Diversity initiatives with internal groups for workplace engagement and involvement
• STEM engagement with schools, colleges, and universities and Charitable activities for all
Please apply and submit your CV today! Once your CV has been reviewed, we will contact you with the next stages.
We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Safran Seats an inclusive place to work.
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