[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Safran jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/safran/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Safran · Dubai # Manufacturing Engineer & Continuous Improvement Manager - Safran Seats Dubai M/F Dubai Manager or lead Manufacturing & Production Listed on Safran’s official careers site. Posted October 13, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Safran’s careers site →](https://careers.safran-group.com/job/job-manufacturing-engineer-continuous-improvement-manager-safran-seats-dubai-m-f_188042.aspx?LCID=1033) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Safran](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/safran/) / Manufacturing Engineer & Continuous Improvement Manager - Safran Seats Dubai M/F ## Job description Ready to take part in shaping the future of aerospace in the Middle East? Safran Seats is expanding its industrial footprint with a brand-new production plant, bringing our expertise even closer to customers and the region's dynamic aviation hub. Here, our teams will deliver top-tier Business and Economy Class seats, supporting airline partners. To join this exciting new journey, we are now seeking a Manufacturing Engineering & Continuous Improvement Manager – a key role at the heart of our growth. In this role, you will act as the senior voice of the industrial function, ensuring that new products and product changes are successfully industrialized and launched into production, while driving a structured, sustainable continuous improvement culture across the site. Your key responsibilities will include: - Leading, coaching, and developing a multidisciplinary team of Manufacturing Engineers and Industrial Project Leaders. - Managing the industrialization of new and evolving products from development through to series production, ensuring governance and Quality, Cost, Delivery (QCD) performance. - Designing and validating assembly routings, workstations, tooling, and production equipment in collaboration with internal teams. - Conducting and overseeing manufacturing process studies, feasibility assessments, and validation plans (APQP, PFMEA, PPAP, FAI). - Setting up and optimizing assembly lines/cells, focusing on layout, ergonomics, flow, and takt time. - Ensuring compliance with critical processes and aerospace certification requirements. - Planning and deploying the site's continuous improvement roadmap, guiding improvement project teams using Lean Six Sigma and structured problem-solving methodologies. - Identifying and managing operational and project risks, and facilitating communication with internal and external stakeholders. - Analyzing the benefits and impact of improvement projects across financial and customer metrics. ### Location Dubai, UAE - Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering (Master's level preferred). - 8 to 12+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, industrialization, or continuous improvement, ideally in aerospace or a comparable manufacturing environment. - Proven experience managing and developing engineering or project teams, including appraisals and resource planning. - Proficiency with industrialization tools and methods (APQP, PFMEA, PPAP, FAI, line balancing). - Demonstrated experience with Lean Six Sigma or equivalent improvement projects. - Working knowledge of aerospace quality standards (AS/EN 9100) and certification requirements (Part 21/145, EASA/FAA). -Experience in value-stream mapping, QRQC, and problem-solving methodologies (such as 8D). - Professional level English proficiency ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 13, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 19, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 19, 2026 - Listed for: 6 days - Location: Dubai[Apply on Safran’s careers site →](https://careers.safran-group.com/job/job-manufacturing-engineer-continuous-improvement-manager-safran-seats-dubai-m-f_188042.aspx?LCID=1033) ## More jobs at Safran ### [Head of Final Assembly Operations - Safran Seats Dubai](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/safran/jobs/b6e10393d411c5fd2c0b/) Dubai ### [Production Planning & Control Manager M/F](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/safran/jobs/b3960cff4394b2a37cc0/) Dubai ### [Customs & Trade Operations Lead - Safran Seats Dubai M/F](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/safran/jobs/c22198f4ac93e29d65c6/) Dubai ### [External Supply Planning Manager M/F](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/safran/jobs/b69ff03e1c3106d07287/) Dubai ### [Financial Controller M/F - Safran Seats Dubai](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/safran/jobs/9e0485a3d260d3b4e759/) Dubai ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Principal Engineer, Manufacturing Operations (Lean Six Sigma Black Belt & Continuous Improvement)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sandisk/jobs/51d8132debe1205a0f69/) Sandisk ### [OMS Engineer (Continuous Improvement Engineer)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/deutsche-post/jobs/16e699d95c55e0cc594b/) Deutsche Post · Peschiera Borromeo, Lombardia, Italy ### [Continuous Improvement & Digital Transformation Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens/jobs/b23bb5a0494183e20649/) Siemens ### [Quality, Warranty & Continuous Improvement Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/eaton/jobs/0166519d030a844ffe04/) Eaton · Rowville, Victoria, AUS ### [Continuous Improvement Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/totalenergies/jobs/c2c6027cc9dce166854f/) TotalEnergies OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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