Chief Manufacturing Engineer - East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom - GKN Aerospace

Description

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener And were 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 worlds aircraft and engine manufacturers.

Civil, Defence and Engines our East Cowes manufacturing plants established in 1901 are one of our older production sites with a workforce of cira 800 employees.

Our East Cowes plants, Isle of Wight are where we design, manufacture, test and repair high performance structures and systems.

We have two facilities on the Island; Falcon Yard, Ferry Road and Osborne Site, Saunders Way. Both locations employ the companys distinct competencies in major assemblies and composite structures for the global aerospace market.

Our customer base includes Airbus, Astronics, BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, Cessna, Cobham, Honeywell, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Rolls Royce and Triumph.

The Chief Manufacturing Engineer, based at either our East Cowes sites will be responsible for leading the Planning, Development, Commissioning and Industrialisation of Manufacturing Systems within GKNs Civil business.

New Product Introductions (NPI), Work Transfers, Technology Insertions and addressing Critical Quality issues.

The CME directly manages and leads the deployed Manufacturing Engineering (ME) team, to deliver manufacturing systems in compliance with its identified requirements (Produceability, Productivity, Cost, Schedule, Regulatory/Customer/HSE requirements) and adherence to Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) standards.

For the initial training period of between 3-4 months, you will be based fully on-site in our Global Technology Centre, Bristol.

After which you can take advantage of our hybrid working policy depending on business requirements.

This role may have up to ten direct and indirect reports depending on the deployment and involves reasonable travel a couple times a month nationally, occasional travel within Europe once every 8-10 weeks and potential ad-hoc travel to the USA.

New Product Introductions (NPI) - Responsible for Planning, Development, Commissioning of Manufacturing System for New Product Introductions [LG3- Working with the Design Chief Engineers (for Design and Build contracts) and Industrial Architects they are accountable for delivering a manufacturing system that fulfils all stakeholder requirements (Safety, Logistics, Quality, Produceability & Business case metrics), including development and maturity of Manufacturing processes and documentation.

Sustaining - Responsible for Oversight of the portfolio of Manufacturing Systems through regular review of system KPIs and Lifecycle (Industrial review) Gate assessments and their evolution (as required) to ensure productivity & quality targets are continually evolving.

Leadership of Projects- Responsible for technical leadership of ME activities including Program Management, Planning, Resource provisioning, budgeting, & Project EV reporting within functional and Enterprise standards.

Leadership of Teams Accountable to the Program Manager/Director for delivering ME content of tasks through direct Operational Management and Leadership of deployed manufacturing engineering team.

Quality Responsible for Product quality within the NPI ME function.

Expected to drive a quality mind-set within the deployed engineering team and ensure compliance to agreed Customer, Regulatory, Business and functional standards including AS9145 (ZDM).

Bids Working closely with the Programme team and Industrial Architects, be responsible for the technical ME content of bid work including Technical risk management, ME work content and NRC budgeting.

How You'll Contribute To help us make a difference, youll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Experience in the aerospace industry
Experience of managing Manufacturing Systems and their industrialisation (Principal, Manager, Lead positions)
Fluent in English language, both written and spoken
Experience managing substantial projects improving productivity &/or Industrialisation in an aerospace/automotive environment
Project / Program Management Professional Qualification
Familiarity with appropriate digital systems for manufacturing systems

The successful candidate will understands context of large organisations and is able to adapt between longer term strategic goals and short term tactical deployments.

Competitive salary dependent on experience
~£5,500 car allowance per annum
~ 5% bonus
~ Hybrid working giving you the opportunity to balance home and office working
~ Industry Leading Pension Scheme = well match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.Life Assurance 8 x salary
~25days holiday + bank holidays
~ Shopping discounts
~ Cycle To Work Scheme
~ Employee Assistance Programme
~ Well support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities.