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Head of Facilities

Burnley
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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 28rd 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 ((url removed))

    What will I be doing?
  • Delivery of strategic capital investment plans

  • Industrial maintenance responsibility and plant availability reporting into
    Site Board of Directors

  • Responsible for site hard and soft services reporting into FAC5 governance France & Board of Directors

  • Capital & Revenue projects delivery up to 6million reporting into Site Board of Directors

  • Site Security Manager reporting into corporate security France and Site Board of Directors

  • Responsible for Quality compliance EN9100 'A' category facilities related processes

  • Responsible for statutory compliance and HSE plant & infrastructure related topics

    MISSIONS
    Responsible for the site's infrastructure and capital assets availability, replacement and delivery of strategic capital assets plans.

    This role encompasses capital investment, maintenance of industrial plant and key equipment, maintenance and compliance of all hard and soft services through site Total Facilities Management (TFM) contracts, Security management responsibility with direct reporting lines into SAFRAN corporate security, Responsibility for security management, statutory compliance and facilities related safety topics.

    PRINCIPLE ACTIVITIES
    o Strategic Capital Delivery
    Working closely with the Head of Infrastructure & Low Carbon, the Head of Facilities will be responsible for the delivery of the sites Capital plan, (up to 6million / yr) and where required, will provide support for the development of any business cases relating to capital investment applications.

    o Capital Project Management
    Responsible for management and delivery of the site's capital and revenue projects (+20 project / yr), leading a team of project engineers and managers to deliver strategic site projects on time, in full to the agreed key deliverables, contractor / supplier management is fundamental to the success of these key site projects

    o Industrial Maintenance
    Responsibility for leading the maintenance team in the development of maintenance strategies to achieve world class availability levels, use of current maintenance technologies to ensure assets are safe and available when needed but working within the budget constraints set.

    o TFM Hard / Soft Management
    Overseeing an outsourced hard/soft facilities management service contract (£1.2million value per year), contract scope development and supplier selection with day to day management responsibility, strong focus on compliance and statutory requirements

    o Site Security Manager
    Responsible for the site security governance looking at risk and vulnerability and developing the site's security strategy in line with the SAFRAN corporate security team, this role involves a key position as part of the sites crisis management team

    o Carbon Reduction
    Responsible for ensuring that the site's carbon reduction plans are incorporated into the activities within the scope of the role.

    Exceptional Company 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
  • 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 do you need from me?
  • An experienced Facilities Manager with minimum 7yrs experience in 1st tier industrial environment
  • Excellent project manager with proven delivery of complex industrial projects
  • Engineering Professional BEng or equivalent
  • Experience of working in a modern maintenance environment min 3yrs
  • Management of CAPEX with experience of developing and presenting business cases to senior board
  • Budget management and forecasting ( 10million or more)
  • Excellent knowledge of statutory law and compliance
  • Experience of Hard and Soft services management within a TFM environment
  • Capable of leading and developing a large team in a service provider environment
  • Capable of working across all levels of the business to gain sponsorship and deliver key objectives
  • Security exposure with ability to develop and deploy an improvement strategy
  • Quality compliance experience preferably in an Aerospace environment (EN9100)
  • Ability to present at all levels and influence and audience
  • Crisis management experience based in a facilities infrastructure environment (desirable)

    Know-how:
    Tools:
  • MS Office Suite
  • MS Project
  • Data logging equipment
  • SAP
  • AutoCAD skills (desirable)
  • Six Sigma Lean practitioner (desirable)

    Communication:
  • Capable of communicating clearly and concisely
  • Able to escalate at the right time and at the right level
  • Capable of making decisions
  • A good team player
  • Able to negotiate well with internal contacts and external suppliers
  • An ambassador for the company and able to articulate its position
  • Ability to drive the supply chain to ensure delivery against contract objectives

    Analysis:
  • Capacity to analyse a complex problem, sum it up and find solutions
  • Capacity to analyse the information supplied by other departments
  • Ability to gauge the importance of drifts and to anticipate the
    consequences

    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

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