Manufacturing Engineer (Product & Planning) - GKN

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. Sitting across our three business lines; Civil, Defence and Engines at our East Cowes manufacturing plants you’ll do just that. Established in 1901, one of our older production sites with a workforce of circa 800 employees. Our East Cowes plants, Isle of Wight are where we design, manufacture, test and repair high performance structures and systems. We have two facilities on the Island; Falcon Yard, Ferry Road and Osborne Site, Saunders Way. Both locations employ the company’s distinct competencies in major assemblies and composite structures for the global aerospace market. Our customer base includes Airbus, Astronics, BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, Cessna, Cobham, Honeywell, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Rolls Royce and Triumph.

Due to an exciting period of growth, we are now seeking experienced Manufacturing Engineers, specialising in Product and Planning, to join our thriving team on the Isle of Wight.

Based at our East Cowes site and reporting into the Manufacturing Engineer Manager, the Manufacturing Engineer will be working across both our Civil and Defence Business lines. As a Manufacturing Engineer you will provide engineering proficiency to operational and development programmes to enable and deliver zero defect projects, utilising engineering and problem-solving skills. You will be accountable for delivering robust, proficient manufacturing process technology as it applies to materials, tooling, part fabrication and assembly.

The successful incumbent will need to be flexible for limited ad-hoc travel, nationally and internationally, and will be joining at our Engineering department of between 6-10 Manufacturer Engineers.

For these opportunities we will provide relocation support, within the UK, to the Isle of Wight, for successful applicants. 

Job Responsibilities

• Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
• 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, designing 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.
• The development of technical solutions to complex problems within GKN Aerospace, our customers and suppliers.
• Delivering technical support of manufacturing process development and integration for production. 
• Utilizing root cause analysis, preventative and corrective action to reduce/eliminate non-conformances.
• Maintaining positive team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers.
• Continuously improving production processes by implementing Lean initiatives.
• Awareness and application of APQP tools (set of tools used for problem solving). 

How You'll Contribute

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

Essential:

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of quality system models such as ISO9000, AS9100, or D1-9000
• Background in Aerospace industry 
• Experience of Project / Program Management 
• Familiarity with AS9145 APQP process or equivalent
• Understanding and use of an ERP system
• Green Belt Certified

What We'll Offer