Project Manager

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Entity
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defence 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 92,000 employees and sales of 23.2 billion euros in 2023, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes research and development programs to maintain the environmental priorities of its R&T and innovation roadmap.
Safran is in the 1st place in the aerospace and defence industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2023" ranking.

Safran Nacelles is a worldwide leader in aircraft engine nacelle integration. Our products and services equip all aircraft types: regional, business, short, medium, and long-range commercial aircraft. Our expertise covers nacelle design, manufacturing, integration, maintenance and services.

Reference
2025-153563

Position description
Domain

Performance and Support
Job field / Job profile

Project management - Project manager level 2
Job title

Project Manager
Employment type

Permanent
Professional category

Professional, Engineer & Manager
Part time / Full time

Full-time
Job description

About Safran Nacelles Ltd
Safran Nacelles is a worldwide leader in aircraft engine nacelles. Our products and services equip all aircraft types; regional, business, short, medium and long range commercial aircraft. Our expertise covers nacelle design, manufacturing, integration, maintenance and services. We were voted the 28th best worldwide employer in 2022 by Forbes. Our site in Burnley provides employment to almost 700 people and we are proud to be one of the largest private sector employer in Burnley.

Our Four People Fundamentals underpin life at Safran, and our culture is built on the following principles;

• Promoting diversity and inclusion
• Developing skills and building opportunities
• Creating a trustworthy work place
• Promoting collaboration and mutual support

Why not visit our website for more information on careers at Safran
Careers At a glance | Safran (safran-group.com)

What will I be doing?
Deploy, train and maintain local digital solutions identified to answer a particular business need. These solutions are to be consistent with the 4.0 lever implementation process and adapted to the specific challenges taking into account any regulatory, contractual, obsolescence, productivity, cybersecurity and operational considerations.

Local digital solutions are either Safran 4.0 Digital Levers or any other system or hardware implementation that uses or provides data.

Direct Responsibilities in Process:
Identify the right lever for the need .
Identification and validation of the Safran 4.0 Digital Levers, as the best lever for the need, either through a Safran 4.0 Diagnostic, through a repeat of a similar use case or through a request from the business. The identification of the lever is not the sole responsibility of the 4.0 Lever Manager, it happens alongside the teams and/or through working within the change request board.

- Working with the Computerisation Manager, who is the owner of the site's digital roadmap, integrate all Safran 4.0 Digital Levers into the site Digital Roadmap, taking special care to ensure that the Digital Roadmap is consistent with the wider group Digital Roadmap.
Review project planning of each lever, ensuring that sufficient resource is available to support each item in the Digital Roadmap.

- Review the proposed 4.0 Digital Lever and review any similar implementations that have been done within group, doing lessons learned on any previous implementations before finalizing the implementation plan.

- Support operations with the planning of all aspects of the lever implementation, which includes the specification, planning, installation of hardware, training of operators and support staff, and collection and storage of associated documentation and associated data.
- Creation of training document for operators and support functions (e.g. Works Engineers).

Travel specifictity

Additional description

- Review the effectiveness of any lever implementation, taking into account any defined SQCDP metrics and satisfaction of stakeholders. Compare the implementation against any similar levers implemented across the group to ensure continuous improvement of lever implementation within the Digital Roadmap.

- With consultation and agreement, the Head of Digital Transformation may delegate some tasks to the 4.0 Digital Lever Manager but the accountability will remain with the Head of Digital Transformation
- Delegation of some of the process responsibilities to the Trainee Digital Project Leader is acceptable but the accountability remains with the 4.0 Digital Lever Manager

- Management of time and attendance, setting and reviewing objectives as part of the annual appraisal process, development of trainee through use of training matrix and regular development reviews.

- Will be required to influence other departments to provide adequate resource to complete tasks as per the Digital Roadmap. Where conflict occurs, they are responsible for escalating the issue to the correct level to ensure correct prioritization. If resource is not available then this should be highlighted as a risk to the project and communicated as per paragraph
- Identify & escalate any risks or concerns in relation to product or people safety using the company tools & processes.
Candidate skills & requirements

Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- 37 hour working week over 4.5 days with a 1pm finish on Friday
- Flexi-time scheme that allows you to take two half days or one full day off per month
- 33 days annual leave [inclusive of bank holidays]
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave
- 10% employer pension contribution
- 5% employee contribution with the option to increase this voluntarily through tax efficient salary exchange
- 4 x life insurance benefit as a member of the pension scheme
- Non-contributory BUPA private medical insurance plan
- Group income protection scheme paying 50% of your salary in the event that you are too ill to work
- Support for your continuous professional development and career development
- Enhanced sickness, maternity, adoption and paternity leave
- Excellent on-site catering facilities offering subsidised hot and cold breakfast and lunch
- Option to purchase Safran shares with additional free shares from the Company
- Corporate membership at Crow Wood Hotel & Spa to use the fitness suite, classes, pool and sauna, offering 54% discount as a gold member
- Wellbeing support through our employee assistance programme offering mental health support through a confidential 24/7 helpline, access to remote GP appointments, medical second opinions and physiotherapy
- Cycles to work scheme
- Discounts on your high street purchases through our benefits platform
- Long Service awards providing you with a monetary award and additional annual leave
- Relaxed dress code on Fridays
- Support for flexible working
- Safran referral scheme - refer someone for a job and you may qualify for a £1,000 reward
- Hybrid working option
- Electric car charging points on site
- Enter a draw to win a Burnley Football Club hospitality match day experience
- Line manager leadership conference every 6 months
- Fully funded quarterly site team-building events

What's my next step?
Please apply by uploading a CV, and if your experience matches what we're looking for, one of our recruitment team will give you a call

Diversity & Inclusion
We want Safran Nacelles to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential.

We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks.

We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Safran Nacelles an inclusive place to work.
Position location
Job location

Europe, UK, England, North West
City (-ies)

Burnley

Candidate criteria
Additional Languages preferred

English (Mother tongue)