Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Product & Planning - Repair Solutions

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel : going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

The Manufacturing Engineer will provide Manufacturing Engineering capability to operational and development Programs to enable and deliver zero defect projects utilizing engineering and problem solving skills. Accountable for delivering robust, capable manufacturing process technology as it applies to materials, tooling, part fabrication and assembly.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform as the process owner for a number of processes related to material surface preparation such as shot peening, vibratory, robotic, and manual polishing, and wet abrasive blasting.
• Identifiy and track key process indicators for these processes for the purpose of SPC analysis and process optimization
• Optimize and maintain the operation of a centrifuge water filtration system
• Challenge the OEMs for alternatives or modifications to the requirements listed in the manuals. Standardize processes across product types to simplify the process and flow.
• Monitor the industry for cost-effective solutions on modernized equipment and provide business cases for justification of CAPEX approvals. Consistently look for ways to improve the uptime of equipment and present suggestions to the operation and maintenance team.
• Come up with creative methods to make significant product impact and reduce turnaround time. Have a good understanding of the history and established product flow.
• Deep understanding of the inputs and outputs in SAP required to maintain the planning. Have the ability to navigate and extract data to make informed decisions. Maintain the ERP system by standardizing different repairs and actively look to improve planning. Troubleshoot complicated problems before escalating to super users. Monitor and assist other engineers in building their planning in SAP.
• Provide guidance for other engineers to improve ways of working. Actively help operators and solve problems. Assist shop personnel in submitting kaizens and continuously look for ways to improve their processes. Generally help make advanced technical decisions by providing an alternative view of the situation.
• Not only spend time understanding the problem but also actively seek to understand the history and collect data to make an informed decision. Work on their own to problem solve but also work in groups and lead the group by posing questions related to the process. Walk non-conforming processes to determine flaws. Correct and provide accurate and up-to-date documentation describing the problem and solution in a timely manner.
• Often resolve problems at their level with little to no guidance from upper management. Have the ability to gather multiple different functions and discuss any production stoppages or underperforming areas and come to a solution. Lead daily production meetings, actively adding and / or updating tasks and participating in fast-paced problem solving. Be prepared to problem solve or escalate issues to prevent impacting the production line or projects.
• Act as the customer-facing engineers that can answer the customer directly on any technical challenges. Communicate between the customer and keep all respective parties informed on the decisions. Provide full responses at a higher technical level and assist in providing a fast response to keep customers happy.
• Address complex problems through innovative solutions. Implement production planning from original concept through to production, designing processes to a high level of process capability using the GKN standard Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) tool suite. Oversee product development, first article development, configuration changes, and build process definition and implementation.

Job Qualifications

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Compensation Range

The compensation range for this position is between $100,588 - $125,736.

We'll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we've created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It's a culture that won us 'The Best Workplace Culture Award'. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We're also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

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