Production Line Manager - Manufacturing Vacancy details General information Entity Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking. Safran Aerosystems is one of the world leaders in aviation systems dedicated to aircraft and helicopter safety, as well as fluid and fuel management. The company is a key player in the field of flight safety (oxygen, evacuation, floatation) and participates in the decarbonization of aviation through enabling sustainable alternative fuels and new engine architectures. It has 5,200 employees in 7 countries. Reference 2026-170107 Position description Domain Production Job field / Job profile Manufacture assembly and repair - Production/ repair manager Job title Production Line Manager - Manufacturing Employment type Permanent Professional category Professional, Engineer & Manager Part time / Full time Full-time Job description Reporting directly to the Production Manager, you will be responsible for all manufacturing activities. In this scope, you will manage a manufacturing team and will be in charge of managing some longer term projects across the business Your objectives and Missions: - Manage your team with the aim of meeting objectives for safety, quality, costs and delivery, in line with customer requirements. - Improve performance within your scope of responsibility - Ensure that multidisciplinary teams capitalize on experience and move up the skills chain. Develop versatility, autonomy, cross-functional applicability and innovation, in line with the Safran model - Providing a vision and uniting the teams around the entity's challenges. - Ensuring that competencies and resources are maintained at the highest level within the expanded scope. - Ensuring the accessibility and quality of data in the sector. - Guaranteeing the use of and compliance with referential. - Ensuring compliance of all production, processes and the correct application of all directives (Part 145 regulations, HSE, etc.) - Keeping up to date documentation and procedures relative to your scope - Ensuring the required transformations and change management in line with CSS global requirements MAIN ACTIVITIES Manage the employees within the Manufacturing team: - Managing a team of Technicians, Leads and Machinists. - Guaranteeing a safe environment of work and lead any necessary actions to ensure safety of your team - Organising your teams in a way that promotes multidisciplinary contributions, autonomy, accountability, and cross-functionality with the aim of being agile and adaptable to operational contingencies and (internal and external) customer's needs. - Managing workload-capacity balance in coordination with the production manager - Expressing resource and competency needs to optimize the operations within your scope of activity. - Allocating workload based on needs & managing/escalating priorities within the department. - Managing HR Processes: hiring/on boarding/training, PDR of the team. - Managing the skills development of each team member - Identifying training needs, defining training initiatives to ensure the development of the team, and contributing to employee career management. - Maintaining a good social climate within and with your team - Promoting a team operation in accordance with the values of the Safran Together Model - Promoting innovation and support innovative initiative But what else? (benefits, specificities, etc.) Organize the activity: - Maintaining a working environment that complies with HSE requirements and ensuring the safety of the teams working under your responsibility - Implementing the guidelines and objectives of the Repair Station or Production Manager for your scope of responsibility into SQCDP (Safety - Quality - Cost - Delivery - People) operational objectives in line with other Production Line Managers. - Ensuring that products are repaired in terms of quality and quantity to meet customer order requirements within the set deadlines and costs - Managing and planning the resources around a workload / capacity tool in terms of resources and staff (quantities and competencies). - Managing the skills and training of the teams to guarantee the quality of operations - Ensuring Team members training and efficiency on time clocking rules, and clocking accuracy - Supporting internal and Customers training in line with the training department within CSS Manage the performance: - Monitoring the performance indicators of the repair production lines, leading the associated reporting and developing any action and mitigation plans to support the performance Candidate skills & requirements a) Knowledge and Skills - Computer Proficiency (Microsoft Suite) - Performance management (quality, costs, deadlines) - Production management b) Competencies - Technical Knowledge - Risk Management - Continuous improvement/Lean - HSE requirements - Skills Development - Organizational Skills - Leadership Capabilities - Interpersonal Skills - Change Management - Process Oriented - Communications Proficiency - Time/Priority Management - Problem Solving/Analysis - Discretion c) Education and/or Experience - Bachelor's degree 5 years / Engineering degree - General or Mechanical - 3 to 5 years' successful experience in manufacturing, installation, or repairs would be a considerable asset for this position. Experience in team management would be a plus. Strong production/repair management and performance management skills. Profile with proven initial experience in a similar field and immediately operational d) Communication Skills - Good oral and written communication skills essential for interaction with both internal and external customers Position location Job location Europe, UK, England City (-ies) Avenue West Skyline 120 CM77 7AA Braintree