Senior Manufacturing Engineer - EWIS

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity set 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   To complement our Manufacturing Engineering team in Papendrecht, we are looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer. You will be working in an international team with Senior Manufacturing Engineers, Principal Manufacturing Engineers, Configuration Managers and Quality Engineers. As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you provide technical expertise at a local project level for operational and development programs to enable and deliver zero defect projects utilizing engineering and problem‑solving skills.

You are accountable for delivering robust, capable manufacturing process technology as it applies to materials, tooling, part fabrication and assembly.
What you’ll do     Exemplify a safety‑first mind‑set and ensure compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
Provide technical expertise at a local project level in governance and deployment of manufacturing development and integration for production within GKN Aerospace.
Provide technical expertise to rapidly solve issues pertaining to vendor schedule and/or quality.
Break down technical problems, risk, and opportunities in the correct order to create products and add value to GKN Aerospace through creating Zero Defects.
Lead positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co‑workers.
Continuously improve production processes by implementing Lean initiatives.
Provide local project technical oversight for the development of manufacturing process solutions to complex problems.
Act as the local project technical lead 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.
Implement the global process for product development, first article development, configuration changes, build process definition and implementation.
What you’ll bring     Bachelor’s Degree in engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, Mechatronics, Industrial or Mechanical).
Approximately 5‑7 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering.
Experience managing New Product / Process introduction (industrialization) and existing production process improvements.
Ability to influence people, build trust and establish effective working relationships within a global organization.
Knowledge of quality system models such as ISO
9000, AS9100, or D1‑9000.
Project / Program Management experience.
Familiarity with AS9145 APQP process or equivalent.
Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Solution‑oriented mindset, contributing and assisting in applying solutions where necessary.
Strong communication skills.
What we’ll offer   We are committed to offering you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer you a career that can go in many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Aerospace, which has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that you are working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry.

We will support and promote your professional and personal development.
The role is in Grade J and according to the CLA Metalektro,
8% holiday allowance,
40 paid holidays for full‑time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (27 holidays and 13 ADV days),
An excellent pension…