Continuous Improvement Trainee

7 months ago

Burnley, United Kingdom Safran Full time

**Job description**:
We're a leader in the worldwide nacelle market for aircraft engines. Through our unrivalled technological expertise, we integrate nacelle components to optimise the performance of aircraft propulsion systems. We continually strive to make our products lighter, quieter, smarter and easier to maintain.

At Safran Nacelles, we oversee the design, development and manufacture of nacelles for a range of aircrafts. Our UK site in Burnley is also a worldwide centre of excellence for business jet nacelles, which have been designed and manufactured here for nearly 20 years.

Our employees are at the heart of our success, as we work together for our sustainable future. There are five People Fundamentals that underpin life at Safran:

- We have a safety first culture where everyone shares responsibility for making our site a safe place to work.
- We believe in and promote diversity and inclusion as key values across our business
- We develop our colleagues skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future
- We create a trustworthy work place to support you, as you dare to act and innovate
- We encourage collaboration and mutual support for you and your colleagues

As Continuous Improvement Trainee, you will support the delivery of process innovation and continuous improvement initiatives across the business. You will support a culture of sustainable change through the creation and embedding of LEAN methodology, looking at existing processes and how they can be improved.

**Complementary description**:
SUPPORT THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN
- Participate in ‘events & workshops' to establish problem solving & learning capabilities, with a view to become an independent facilitator
- Support the delivery of the improvements, identified through those workshops
- Support Lean tools deployment across site
- Support Lean promotion events, organisation, communication and delivery

DELIVERY OF TANGIBLE, SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT
- Support the delivery of better value and greater efficiency through the identification and elimination of unnecessary complexity within business processes and identification of better ways of working
- Develop a KPI dashboard that is capable of automatically updating information reducing manual input
- Identify trends and process variations as part of establishing an improvement monitoring system
- Working collaboratively with Safran Nacelles & the UK network to introduce a digital solution to capture Innovative ideas and improve the 5S Audit process
- Take ownership of change initiatives from evolution/efficiency identification through to project delivery via internal governance and controls
- Work with the Continuous Improvement Managers to ensure consistency of approach across the site
- Ensure understanding of continuous improvement concepts including Six Sigma, Lean, value stream mapping a

**Job requirements**:
Ability to present at all levels to sell the benefits of continuous improvement - Essential

PC Literate in all windows based software with good knowledge of analysis & reporting tools - Essential

Awareness of Lean Sigma tools especially 5S, DMAIC, PDCA and Kaizen - Preferable

Enthusiastic to use modern and emerging technology - Essential

Prior experience of project management methodologies - Preferable

Ability to navigate through challenging situations, to reach collaborative solutions - Essential

Prior experience working in a project management/continuous improvement function (internship accepted as function) - Desirable

Desire to be trained as a Lean Sigma Green Belt then Lean Sigma Black Belt - Essential

As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive:

- Hybrid working with up to 2 days working from home, if feasible for your role
- 25 days holiday plus 8 UK Bank holidays with additional holidays for service after 10 years
- Flexi-Time Policy
- Private Healthcare
- Up to 10% Employer Pension Contribution
- Annual Leave Purchase Scheme with up to one week additional leave available to purchase
- Corporate Gym Memberships at Crow Wood
- Access to our employee Wellbeing package
- Safran Share Purchase Scheme
- Capped Hot Meals at £1.50 from onsite Canteen

What's my next step?

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.

**Specificity of the job**:
Willing to travel within the UK & Europe

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.

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