Industrial Engineer

GKN Aerospace; Bristol; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000

Job description

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 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

A Truly Global Business
Every day, around the world, we help aircraft fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050!

Making a Difference

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 a new exciting and career-defining opportunity for an Industrial Engineer.

The ideal candidate will excel in translating and conveying complex product and system requirements to suppliers. You'll play a key role in orchestrating and executing qualification plans (FAI, PPAP) to ensure timely delivery of qualified products.

Your expertise will drive continuous improvement by regularly monitoring supplier quality performance, conducting reviews, and implementing corrective actions through assessments and problem-solving initiatives. You'll be instrumental in managing the supply chain from a quality perspective, serving as the bridge between suppliers and our team. Your insights into structural quality and process enhancements will elevate supplier performance and foster collaboration across engineering teams.

How You'll Contribute

• In close cooperation with manufacturing engineering/experts/process engineers/Supplier, ensure that all requirements (product/system/routines/timeline) are understood and that the supplier has all the capabilities in place to meet them (including PPR to assure Quality before production start)
• Assure and monitor Product Risk mitigation and Quality planning/control at supplier (APQP, PPAP)
• Review Supplier First Article- Communicate to SQE at Designing Organisation (a SQE in a designing organisation also Approve the FAI).
• Have frequent contact with supplier to monitor actions within Quality
• Analyse suppliers’ quality performance and identify improvement areas. Drive improvement activities
• Handle supplier non-conformance and escape including root cause investigation, containment and corrective actions, 8D, in order to be up-to date with the supplier performance
• Issue authorizations of “Request for Pre-Release”
• Lead supplier work transfer evaluation and monitoring
• Perform/Follow up supplier assessments, industrial reviews and evaluations when qualified
• Support concurrent engineering between GKN and supplier (design for manufacturing)
• Support cost engineering/cost reduction activities by interacting with both supplier and GKN ME/design/technical experts
• Support in supplier feedback

What You'll Bring

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:

• Experience in manufacturing engineering/production, preferably product qualification activities or inspection/control
• Experience from Supplier quality positions
• Experience in aerospace quality requirements (AS9100, NADCAP, customer requirements etc.)
• Skilled in root cause analysis, 8D and continuous improvement
• Knowledge of APQP toolset and previous practical application
• Knowledgeable in AS13XXX-standards
• Experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) and interaction between Purchasing and Engineering in Product Development
• Well organized and structured with strong skills to work both independently, and in a team
• Target-oriented and outgoing with good communication skills
• Knowledge of aerospace products, processes and technologies
• Experience and skilled with Microsoft office, and ERP systems (e.g SAP)
• Project management experience
• Work transfers

Desirable:

• Soft Leadership skills such as e.g. Recognition, Coaching and Constructive feedback
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• APQP Practitioner
• Internal auditor
• Project management (Princes2 / PMP)

What We 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
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working hours including the ability to finish at 12noon on a 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 your career journey may take you!

Why Join Us

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working. Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. 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’ last year. 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 are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.