Talent Acquisition Specialist

Talent Acquisition Specialist
Pitstone/ Gloucester/ Wolverhampton/ Cwmbran
Hybrid (On-site requirement of at least one day per week)

Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you-both in and out of work, including:

Competitive salary
Company performance bonus scheme
Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
Private medical insurance
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
We support your ambitions with training, development, a personalised career plan and mobility opportunities.

Your Role

Our Talent Acquisition Specialists are responsible for delivering strategic, high-quality hiring solutions that build exceptional teams and strengthen Safran's position as an employer of choice. Focused on specific job families, Talent Acquisition Specialists support all Safran businesses in the UK and are positioned as experts in their designated job family.

By partnering with business leaders, optimizing recruitment processes, and championing candidate experience, these roles ensure Safran attracts, engages, and retains top talent to fuel innovation and growth across all UK sites.

This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will have a fixed base at one of our Pitstone/ Gloucester/ Wolverhampton / Cwmbran facilities, with an on-site requirement of at least one day per week.

Safran - Here, we craft excellence together.

At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision.

Responsibilities:

Oversee the end-to-end recruitment process for approximately 50 hires per year, ensuring smooth coordination, timely communication, and a positive experience for both candidates and hiring managers
Manage the full recruitment process from vacancy approval through to offer and onboarding.
Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and agree recruitment plans.
Build strong talent pipelines through targeted sourcing, networking, and employer branding initiatives
Act as a subject matter expert for recruitment within your perimeter, providing insights on market trends, sourcing strategies, and candidate experience enhancements
Ensure quality and accuracy of data in our ATS for requisitions, reporting, and candidate communications
Apply Safran's equal opportunity principles and maintain compliance with all relevant standards

What You'll Bring

Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment within an agency or in-house setting
Open on job type recruitment experience, but will ideally have worked/ recruited within technical engineering or manufacturing environments
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and influence hiring decisions at all levels.
Efficient, with great organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple vacancies, projects, and priorities effectively.
Excellent communication skills, with a proactive, transparent and solutions-focused approach to problem solving.
Ability to use recruitment data and market insights to improve hiring outcomes and optimise processes.

Get involved:

We have a number of groups and forums across our sites that you can get involved with, including Women at Safran, Diversity at Safran, Sports Clubs, STEM ambassadors, Employee Forum, Charity Partnerships and Wellbeing Programs.

If you're ready to take your career to new heights and be part of a company that's crafting the future of flight, apply today.