Senior Automation Engineer

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 were inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. Were proud to play a part in protecting the worlds democracies. And were committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do opening up and protecting our planet.

With over 16000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the worlds aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of 3.35 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Its great to know youre making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play youll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers. Based at our Luton manufacturing plant youll do just that. Established in 1993 GKN Aerospace in Luton is a world leader in commercial and military ice protection systems and transparencies. Offering a full range of capabilities;

design analysis testing certification and manufacture of electro-thermal ice protection military fast jet canopies and flight deck windows to over 20 programmes including:
Boeing 787 Dream liner Airbus A320 Agusta Westland AW101 Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Our customers include Boeing Airbus Lockheed Martin Bell Helicopters Textron BAE Systems Pratt & Whitney Leonardo. Our Luton site is home to 370 employees and onsite facilities including onsite parking food hub and vending machines.

The Luton Engineering & Technology team is focussed on developing product and manufacturing process technology related to aircraft ice protection systems transparencies and coatings and specialist structures for both civil and defence applications.

As part of our ongoing business growth were excited to introduce a newly created role for an experienced Senior Automation Engineer
. Joining our E&T Industrialisation team on a permanent basis you will support a range of Capex sustainability and NPI projects from cradle to gram across our existing and future programs.

Working with key stakeholders across the site key objectives are to deliver automated systems in compliance with identified requirements including Productivity Manufacturing cost Regulatory/Customer/HSE requirements and adherence to Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) standards whilst delivering these projects to the agreed Budget and Schedule following recognised project management methodologies.

The Senior Automation Engineer will lead and deliver projects including the Planning Development Commissioning and Industrialisation of Manufacturing Systems & Processes for the Luton manufacturing site with the potential to support operations as and when required.

Core operational hours at our Luton site are: 07:30 - 16:30 Monday to Thursday & 07:30 - 12:30 Friday there is flexibility with working hours as arranged with the manager. There is the requirement to undertake occasional travel when required nationally and internationally to meet suppliers.

• NPI assist in the delivery of designated projects including bid development planning delivery and commissioning of Manufacturing/Automated Systems and Processes for New Product Introduction programmes. Working with Design Engineering and Programme management they are responsible for delivering a manufacturing system that fulfils all stakeholder requirements (Safety Logistics Quality Producibility & Business case metrics) including development and maturity of Manufacturing processes and documentation.
• Capex - responsible for the delivery of CAPEX projects from supporting the business case development through equipment specification procurement commissioning and implementation and training to ensure productivity & quality targets are met. This includes Identification of new technologies and their & exploitation and benchmarking of processes across the GKN portfolio of products.
• Sustainability - lead/support continuous Improvement and obsolescence projects throughout the site as identified by the business.
• Leadership of Projects - responsible for technical leadership of designated Automation projects including manufacturing system design equipment identification and specification implementation and deliver of APQP activities to ensure robust process capability and ongoing performance. This includes Project Management Planning Resource identification budgeting & Project reporting within functional and Enterprise standards.
• Quality Responsible for ensuring implemented solutions deliver the required quality against specification requirements and further deliver sustained manufactured Product quality and drive a quality mind-set within the engineering team and ensure compliance to agreed Customer Regulatory Business and functional standards including AS9145 (ZDM).
• Bids Working closely with the Bid team and the Design team be responsible…