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Job Summary
It’s great to know you’re making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play, you will 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 both civil and military aircraft.
As a Junior Manufacturing Engineer within Product & Planning, you will provide manufacturing engineering capability for operational and development programmes to enable and deliver zero‑defects projects using engineering and problem‑solving skills.
The successful candidate will be accountable for delivering robust, capable manufacturing processes and technology as applied to materials, tooling, part fabrication and assembly.
This role requires a 4.5‑day working week (Monday–Friday) with flexible start & finish times and a half day on Friday.
How You’ll Contribute
- Exemplify a safety‑first mindset and ensure compliance with GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards
- Develop technical solutions to complex problems within GKN Aerospace, our customers and suppliers
- Deliver technical support for manufacturing process development and integration for production
- Utilise root cause analysis, preventive and corrective action to reduce and eliminate non‑conformances
- Maintain positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co‑workers
- Continuously improve production processes by implementing Lean initiatives
- Develop manufacturing process solutions to complex problems
- Implement production planning from original concept through to production, designing processes to a high level of capability using the GKN standard Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) tool suite
- Accountable for product development, first article development, configuration changes, build process definition and implementation
What You’ll Bring
To help us make a difference, you bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following:
Essential:
- Technical expertise in Manufacturing Engineering, with a professional qualification (university degree) or an ONC and background in engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical)
- Increasingly able to provide technical input at all levels of work
- Capable of being a technical representative, representing the business at a customer/supplier meeting
- Identifies and anticipates technical problems and offers solutions
- Drives to complete the job on time and continually searches for better ways of doing things
- Understands situations by analysing them logically and using information systematically to decide on appropriate action
- Ability to apply complex and non‑routine analysis
- Acts without supervision in own area while able to supervise others
- Shows commercial awareness at a local level
- Explains concepts to a variety of audiences and ensures meaning is understood
- Builds formal networks with key decision makers internally and externally
- Carries out continuing professional development (CPD) necessary to ensure competence in identified areas and future professional levels
- Working knowledge of quality system models such as ISO9000, AS9100, or D1‑9000
What We Offer
- Competitive salary dependent on experience
- Industry Leading Pension Scheme: we match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
- Life Assurance 8 x salary
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Flexible working hours including a 4.5‑day working week
- Income protection
- Shopping discounts
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
- A collaborative, dynamic working environment
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to diversity and inclusion. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know.
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