Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Change Management

Responsibilities

• Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring full compliance with GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental standards
• Lead and embed robust, compliant manufacturing engineering processes, aligned to internal, customer and regulatory requirements
• Own and deliver end-to-end change management (customer-driven and internal), ensuring effective governance, clear communication and controlled execution
• Drive excellence in engineering change and configuration control, ensuring full visibility of impacts across cost, quality and delivery
• Lead engineering teams to deliver measurable, performance-driven results, aligned with functional priorities and business objectives
• Act as a key interface with customers and internal stakeholders, ensuring manufacturing solutions are aligned to requirements and successfully integrated into operations
• Build strong cross-functional relationships to enable seamless delivery of change across engineering, operations, quality and supply chain
• Lead the development and deployment of PLM capabilities, strengthening data integrity, configuration control and effective use of the digital thread
• Own engineering readiness for ERP transformation, ensuring alignment of data, processes and ways of working to support successful implementation
• Define and deliver the manufacturing engineering capability strategy, including workforce planning, skills development and training
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team, fostering accountability, engagement and continuous improvement
• Drive sustained improvements in manufacturing performance through Lean and digital initiatives, enhancing productivity, quality and cost.

• Strong background in Manufacturing Engineering, supported by a relevant engineering degree (Industrial, Aerospace, Mechanical or equivalent)
• Proven experience leading engineering teams across both operational delivery and transformation programmes
• Demonstrated track record of delivering complex change, including both customer-driven and internal improvements
• Experience managing industrialisation (NPI) and in-service production change, with a strong understanding of manufacturing lifecycle and configuration control
• Experience with PLM systems and engineering data management, including driving adoption and improving process integration
• Experience supporting or preparing for ERP transformation, including alignment of engineering and operational master data
• Strong stakeholder management capability, with the ability to influence, engage and build trust across functions and at senior levels
• Working knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies
• Strong experience with quality management systems (e.g. AS9100, ISO
  9001)
• Experience in digital transformation within manufacturing environments (Desirable)
• Knowledge of APQP / AS9145 or equivalent structured industrialisation processes (Desirable)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner (or equivalent project management qualification) (Desirable)
• CM2 (or equivalent configuration management methodology) (Desirable)
• Strong experience with PLM platforms (e.g. PTC Windchill) (Desirable)
• Strong experience with ERP systems (e.g. SAP) (Desirable).