Safran

Aircraft propulsion, equipment, and defense provider

Through Life Support Engineer

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

ContractPitstone, UKNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Mechanical, Automotive, or Aeronautical Engineering, or an equivalent qualification.
Recent rotating machinery experience.
A mechanical design background or understanding.
Ability to work self-sufficiently and with minimal supervision.
Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally with staff at all levels, engineering teams, and external customers.
Ability to work under pressure to meet program deadlines.
Extensive design experience, especially with rotating equipment, shafts, bearings, seals, and structures.
Experience with state-of-the-art 3D computer-aided design software.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project.
Knowledge of electrical machines.
Understanding of engineering materials and relevant production methods.
Ability to produce designs that consider cost, ease of manufacture, and assembly.
Ability to plan work efficiently to meet agreed monthly milestones.
Ability to produce and deliver technical presentations to employees and customers at any level.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Act as the focal point for technical engineering investigation support requirements to support timely delivery of product and customer technical queries.
Coordinate engineering-to-operations and product support within SEP, maintaining status and priority information so stakeholders have a clear view of relevant engineering activities.
Ensure engineering investigation action plans are structured, managed, and substantiated to enable timely program decisions and avoid production line stops.
Be accountable for the technical quality of work delivered by the engineer and less senior or external engineers assigned to support the work.
Represent the engineering function at daily production escalation stand-up meetings (module QRQC), providing proactive engineering support and feedback on engineering actions to minimize line stops.
Build and maintain working relationships between key stakeholders and the Engineering function to enable effective communication.
Maintain alignment with the Configuration Management team and participate in change management board reviews to ensure in-service product modifications are properly addressed and controlled.
Provide engineering input to budget forecasting activities as needed.
Depending on the paretos, run or lead projects to improve reliability and first-time pass rate.
Support SQA and SRPM with supplier investigations for design issues.
Ensure the Local Bond MRB is supported and quality notifications are actioned in a timely manner.
Lead and complete purchase requisitions, change requests, and permits in a timely manner.

Through Life Support (TLS) Engineer - Contractor Inside IR35 6-12Months

Safran Engineering Services UK Limited · Pitstone, United Kingdom · Contract · Posted 2026-10-13

Workplace: on_site

Department: SEP

Description

In order to develop and expand the capabilities of SAFRAN Engineering Services in the UK, we are looking for some contractor support to join our growing team at Pitstone. The role is initially for 6m, inside IR35 and based full-time onsite at our customer site in Pitstone. The role may then become fixed term or permanently employed.

You will be the focal point for any technical Engineering investigation support requirements to support on time delivery of product / customer technical queries.

Key responsibilities & duties

To be the focal for engineering to operations and product support within SEP to maintain status and priority information so that stakeholders have a clear vision of engineering activities relevant to them.
To make sure engineering investigation action plans are well structured, managed and substantiated to enable clear and quick program decisions to be made to avoid line stops.
Accountable for the technical quality of the work delivered by themselves and other less senior or external engineers assigned to them to support their work.
Will represent the engineering function at daily production escalation stand-up meetings (module QRQC) to provide proactive engineering support and engineering action feedback to minimise line stops.
Build & maintain good working relationship between all key stakeholders and Engineering function to allow effective and efficient communication.
To maintain close alignment with the Configuration Management team and participate in the required change management board reviews to make sure in-service product modifications are properly addressed and controlled.
Provide engineering input to budget forecasting activities as needed to support accurate budget forecasting
Depending of the paretos, run/lead projects to improve reliability and FTPR
Support SQA and SRPM in supplier investigation for design issue.
Ensure the Local Bond MRB is supported and QNs actioned in timely manner
Lead and complete PRs/ CRS and Permits in a timely manner

Requirements

A Mechanical, Automotive or Aeronautical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification
Must have recent rotating machinery experience
Must have a mechanical design background/understanding
Must be self-sufficient and largely self-motivated.
Ability to communicate clearly through written and verbal means to all levels of staff e.g. direct reports, interact with other Engineering teams and the external customer.
Ability to work under pressure to meet program deadlines
Extensive Design experience esp. rotating equipment, shaft, bearings seals, structures etc.
Experienced state of the art 3D CAD software.
Good working knowledge of MS Software i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project
Knowledge of electrical machines
Must have an understanding of engineering materials and production methods relevant to them.
Must be able to produce designs with consideration of design to cost, and ease of manufacture and assembly.
Good time management, proactive with an ability to prioritise.
Must have the ability to plan work efficiently to meet agreed monthly milestone tasks.
Must be able to produce and deliver technical presentations to employees and customers at any level.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management at all levels internally and externally

Benefits

Onsite subsidised canteen
midday Friday finish

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About the Company

Safran

Aircraft propulsion, equipment, and defense provider

Safran is a French high-technology group active in aircraft propulsion, equipment, and defense. It designs and manufactures jet engines and propulsion systems, landing gear, aircraft interiors, and provides electronics and avionics for aircraft and space launchers. It collaborates on major programs like CFM with GE and has grown through acquisitions such as Zodiac Aerospace to offer an integrated stack from propulsion to interiors. Its goal is to advance sustainable aviation by developing efficient engines and integrated systems for future aircraft.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2005

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