Fabricator - Non-Certified

GKN Aerospace; Sumner (WA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Aerospace is seeking a Fabricator in Sumner, WA to perform standard manufacturing tasks in accordance with work instructions and safety standards. You will be trained to achieve required certifications, with guidance from a Team Leader to ensure quality and safety.

As part of a team dedicated to continuous improvement, you will identify safety concerns, contribute improvement ideas, and work to create a Great Place To Work through collaborative problem-solving and disciplined processes.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or 3 years experience of manufacturing experience.
• 1 year of manufacturing
• Must have the ability to be certified to operate forklift.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a Great Place to Work by modelling safety-first, Kaizen mindset, and supporting colleagues.
• Hold teammates accountable to GKNA culture principles.
• Work in compliance with standard work and training; report safety or quality issues to the TL.
• Follow Health, Safety & Environmental policies with a safety-first mindset.
• Understand team KPIs: People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost.
• Lean Foundation certification and implement at least 1 Kaizen per month.
• Support problem solving with proactive ideas.
• Be an active team member promoting engagement.
• Comply with Equal Employment Opportunity policies.
• Understand compliance and ethics for government contracting.
• Follow export control regulations.

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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

The Fabricator role is responsible for carrying out the required standard activities of their assigned tasks, in full compliance to the Work Instruction and/or Standard Operating Procedure, and without compromise to their own, and colleagues, safety.

Where required to achieve certified status, the team member will be taught how to undertake their tasks safely, and to a high quality level, through a rigorous Job Instruction process, and will be expected to attain the relevant certification, as measured by the competence matrix and specified in the sites BMS/QMS.

The team member will be fully supported by their Team Leader (TL), who will enable their training, coaching and quickly respond to them if they find any off-standard / quality issues.

They will be expected to actively identify safety concerns (Hazard identification), make problems immediately known to their TL (Pull the Andon), and raise improvement ideas to solve problems (Kaizen).

They will be part of a team that will collectively work on creating a Great Place To Work through a culture of continuous improvement, safe working and open dialogue.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to their team in creating a Great Place to Work by role-modelling safety-first, a Kaizen mind-set, and supporting their colleagues
• Hold themselves, and fellow team members accountable to embody the GKNA culture principles
• Undertake all of their tasks in compliance with the standard work and their training, and make any problems; safety, quality, or other, immediately known to their TL
• Exemplify a safety-first mindset and follow all GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards
• Understand their teams People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash and Cost Key Performance Indicators and their contribution to them
• Become certified at the Lean Foundation level and implement at least 1 Kaizen per month
• Support the team and TL in problem solving, contributing ideas based upon own experience of their tasks
• Be an active member of the team, promoting collective engagement with each other
• Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements:
• The companys Equal Employment Opportunity and.
• Compliance and Ethics Policy on Contracting with the United States Government in all areas of responsibility involving direct and indirect contracting with the United States Government
• Export Control regulations

Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED or 3 years experience of manufacturing experience.
• 1 year of manufacturing
• Must have the ability to be certified to operate forklift.

Preferred Qualifications:

• GKN Experience
• Experience working with hazardous materials and/or chemicals.
• The ability to work as a team player as well as independently is required.
• Knowledge and experience in trouble shooting or safety, quality and technical issues with co-workers, quality and engineering functions.
• Must be willing to work in repetitive production environment with concern for meeting cost, quality and schedule requirements.
• Must be able to read blue prints, schematics and diagrams.

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.

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