Principal Manufacturing Engineer

GKN Aerospace; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace manufacturing company in the UK is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to provide technical expertise and lead the Manufacturing Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in aerospace engineering, with at least 10 years of experience, and be capable of delivering robust manufacturing processes. This role offers a dynamic environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth, along with competitive benefits including an excellent pension scheme and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

8% holiday allowance

42 paid holidays

Excellent pension scheme

Travel allowance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering in aerospace is preferred.
• Detailed knowledge of quality system models such as ISO9000, AS9100, D1-9000.
• Recognized authority and presenter in the field.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical expertise to solve issues quickly.
• Leads the Manufacturing Engineering team to ensure process capability.
• Ensures compliance with health, safety, and environmental policies.

Skills

Technical expertise in Manufacturing Engineering

Fluent in English

Strong commercial awareness

Education

Professional qualification in engineering

Job description

Job Summary

For our production site at Papendrecht, we are looking for a Principal Manufacturing Engineer. In this role you provide technical expertise at the site and program 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

• Exemplifying a safety-first mind‑set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
• Technical expertise at a site and program level, in governance and deployment of manufacturing development and integration for production within GKN Aerospace.
• Provides technical expertise to rapidly solve issues pertaining to customer schedule and / or quality.
• Breaks down technical problems, risks, opportunities, in the correct order to create products and add value to GKN Aerospace through creating Zero Defects process.
• Leads positive, team relationships with internal and external customer.
• Participates in change board and configuration management plan. Is a fully competent Technical Community Member, understands relationships between other discipline's and what influences them.
• Make sure manufacturing definitions of the value stream are according to global, customer and authority regulations.
• Provide site and program technical oversight for industrial engineering support of manufacturing process development, and integration for production.
• Responsible for the first time right output of the ME team.
• Technical leading the ME team, and implementing continuous improvements to guarantee the most efficient way of working.

What you'll bring

• Technical expertise in Manufacturing Engineering, with a professional qualification or background (university working level) in engineering; Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical.
• A recognized authority and presenter of the program in the field, for customers and source of information for others.
• Capable of taking a strategic view
• Operates with minimal supervision in a complex environment, demonstrates detailed knowledge in aerospace programs
• Identifies, anticipates technical problems and customer’s requirements; offering solutions and applying them
• Applies knowledge and skills to a range of activities, acts as a source of technical expertise to others
• Input to strategic and other issues which affect the business internally and externally
• Co-ordinates and coaching teams to meet challenging technical and customer needs
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering in aerospace is preferred.
• Detailed knowledge of quality system models such as ISO9000, AS9100, D1-9000.
• Fluent in English language, both written and spoken.
• Strong commercial awareness.

What we’ll offer

We are committed to offer 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. Being part of GKN Aerospace, we will support and promote your professional and personal development.

Furthermore, we will offer you :

• The role is in Grade L2, according to the CLA Metalektro.
• 8% holiday allowance.
• 42 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro.
• An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance.
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.

Who we are

Fokker Elmo, part of GKN Aerospace, is a leading player in the design, manufacturing and support for the Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) for Aerospace and Defense programs. To make the wiring harnesses, we have everything in‑house from start to finish. From complete engineering to our final product, the ready‑to‑use wiring harnesses, we do this for well‑known aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus, Collins Aerospace and Lockheed‑Martin. We produce these wiring harnesses worldwide at several sites. In Papendrecht we have approximately 1200 employees. This is what Fokker Elmo is all about: quality and therefore airworthiness.

How to apply

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 let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.