Industrialisation Engineer

Company description:
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 16,000 employees globally, across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the worlds aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job description:

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 focused 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.

We are looking for an Industrialisation Engineer to join our Industrialisation team to support Capex / sustainability / NPI projects from cradle to grave across our existing and future programs. Working with Key stakeholders across the site, the post holder key objectives are to support and deliver manufacturing systems in compliance with identified requirements including Producibility, Productivity, Manufacturing cost, Regulatory/Customer/EHS 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 Industrialisation Engineer will support and deliver projects including the Planning, Development, Commissioning and Industrialisation of Manufacturing Systems & Processes for the Luton manufacturing site. The engineers development will include internal and external training as 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.

Job Responsibilities NPI - the industrialisation Engineer is responsible for the supporting and leading of designated projects including bid development, planning, delivery, and commissioning of Manufacturing Systems and Processes for New Product Introduction programmes [LG3-LG7]. 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 - the industrialisation Engineer is responsible for the delivery of CAPEX projects, from supporting the business case development through equipment specification, procurement, commissioning and implementation to ensure productivity & quality targets are met. This includes Identification of new technologies and their development & exploitation, and benchmarking of processes across the GKN portfolio of products. Sustainability - the Industrialisation Engineer will lead/support continuous Improvement and obsolescence projects throughout the site as identified by the business.

Leadership of Projects - the industrialisation Engineer is responsible for technical leadership of designated industrialisation 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…