Associate Manufacturing Engineer - Product & Planning

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  2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

It’s great to know you’re making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you’ll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers. At our GKN Filton site, we specialise in the design and manufacture of large complex structural wing assemblies, detailed metallic components and wing systems for a combination of both civil and military aircraft.

As the new Associate Manufacturing Engineer within Product & Planning you will be Providing manufacturing engineering capability to operational and development programmes to enable and deliver zero defects projects utilising engineering and problem solving skills.

The successful candidate will be accountable for delivering robust, capable manufacturing processes technology as it applied to materials, tooling, part fabrication and assembly.

• Exemplify a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards
• Responsible for the development of technical solutions to complex problems within GKN Aerospace, our customers and suppliers
• Deliver technical support of manufacturing process development and integration for production
• Utilize root cause analysis, preventative and corrective action to reduce/eliminate non-conformances
• Maintain positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers
• Continuously improve production processes by implementing Lean initiatives
• Responsible for the development of manufacturing process solutions to complex problems through:
• Accountable for the implementation of production planning, from original concept through to production. Design these processes to a high level of process capability through utilizing the GKN standard Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) tool suite
• Accountable for product development, first article development, configuration changes, build process definition and implementation

To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:

• Technical expertise in Manufacturing Engineering, with a professional qualification (university degree) or an ONC and background in engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical)
• Increasingly able to provide Technical input at all levels of work
• Capable of being a technical representative, representing the business at a customer/supplier meeting
• Drives to complete the job on time and continually searches for better ways of doing things
• Understands situations by analysing them logically and uses information in a systematic way identifying appropriate course of action for resolution
• Carries out continuing professional development (CPD) necessary to ensure competence in areas identified and at the future professional level intended
• Working knowledge of quality system models such as ISO
  9000, AS9100, or D1-9000
• Prepared to work on the complete range of GKN Aerospace programmes, both civil and military
• Understanding of APQP AS9145 principles

• Identify and anticipate technical problems and offer solutions
• Ability to apply complex and non-routine analysis
• Act without supervision in own area whilst able to supervise others
• Able to show commercial awareness at a local level
• Able to explain concepts to a variety of audiences and ensures meaning is understood
• Create and build formal networks with key decision…