Manufacturing Engineer - Tooling Design

GKN Aerospace; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Life Assurance 8x salary

Annual leave 175h + bank holidays

Flexible hours

Income protection

Shopping discounts

Cycle to work

Employee assistance Programme

Virtual GP Clinic

Collaborative environment

Job summary

GKN Aerospace at Filton is seeking a Manufacturing Tooling Engineer to join the team. You will plan and modify fixtures, tools and manufacturing processes to support large, complex wing assemblies for civil and military aircraft.

Ideal candidates will have tooling experience, ERP and IT proficiency, and tool making expertise. The role involves resolving production issues, developing tooling processes, and collaborating across functions to ensure quality, cost and lead-time improvements.

Qualifications

• Relevant plant tooling experience.
• Proficient IT skills (ERP system, Office packages etc).
• Tool making experience.
• Experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Resolve production issues in a timely manner and document actions.
• Develop, evaluate, improve and document tooling processes.
• Develop and implement process control techniques including work instructions using SPC, PFMEA.
• Analyse tooling process flows for quality, cost and lead-time improvements.
• Collaborate with other functions to ensure effective tooling solutions.
• Coordinate tool inspection procedures with multifunctional teams.
• Address and document root cause and corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Determine required materials and tools to meet manufacturing demands.

Skills

Tooling experience

ERP systems

Tool making

Manufacturing processes

Stakeholder communication

Job description

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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, 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 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

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.
At our GKN Filton site, we specialise in the design and manufacture of large complex structural wing assemblies, detailed metallic components and wing systems for a combination of both civil and military aircraft.

We have an new exciting and career defining opportunity for a Manufacturing Tooling Engineer to join the team.

The successful applicant will perform a variety of engineering duties in planning and modifying fixtures, tools and manufacturing processes.

How You'll Contribute

We're looking for someone with the ability to resolve production issues in a timely manner completing all documentation on assigned parts.

As well as:

• Develop, evaluate, improve and documents Tooling processes
• Develop and implement process control techniques including work instructions using tools such as SPC, PFMEA
• Analyse Tooling process flows continually for the improvements of quality, cost reduction, lead-time reduction for new work
• Collaborate with other functions to ensure effective Tooling solutions
• Coordinate Tool inspection procedures with multifunctional teams
• Address and document cause and corrective action issues to prevent future problem occurrences
• Determine required material and tools to meet manufacturing demands

What You'll Bring

The successful applicant will be proactive in their approach and seek out opportunity to contribute, the ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders is also an essential part of this role.
In addition, you'll need the following skills

• Relevant plant tooling experience
• Proficient IT skills (ideally ERP system, Office packages etc)
• Tool making experience
• Experience in a similar role

What We’ll Offer

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
• Life Assurance 8 x salary
• 175 hours annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexible working hours including the ability to finish 12:00pm on Friday
• Income protection
• Shopping discounts
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us 'The Best Workplace Culture Award'. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

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