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

The Sr. Configuration Control Manufacturing Engineer will work as a focal point with cross functional stakeholders to ensure that the configuration of all aerospace products is fully defined, traceable, and auditable for the complete lifecycle of a specific aerospace program. The Sr. Configuration Control Manufacturing Engineer will support operational and development Programs to enable and deliver zero defect projects utilizing superior engineering and problem-solving skills. The configuration engineer will keep an overview of all documents within a customer account. They will deliver robust, capable manufacturing process technology as it applies to both materials, tooling, part fabrication and assembly.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for aerospace configuration compliance to Customer and Industry requirements.

• Interfaces and liaisons with multiple functional groups including Supply Chain, Quality and Production Operations to develop strategies for implementation of released engineering.

• The Senior Configuration Engineer will administer the regular meeting and agenda of the and Change Control Boards (CCB).

• Responsible for the Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM) and the Engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM) accuracy.

• The engineer will work closely with the Manufacturing Engineering, Production, and Quality teams to implement and operate configuration control processes for full product/process development.

• Work closely with other Configuration Engineers and cross functional team members to guide and manage the governed processes.

• Participate on team to define a set of processes and technologies that control changes to product definition for Engineering, Manufacturing & Services.

• Defines and maintains MBOM requirements including condition of supply documents and applicable substitutes per engineering definitions and requirements.

• Identifies opportunities for improvement, documents, and prepares initiatives for process and/or engineering change to reduce cost and increase quality.

• Audits and recommends improvements to the effectiveness and efficiency of the Production Engineering Department's procedures and processes.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or other related field equivalent experience.

• 6 (six) years experience in the manufacturing engineering-configuration field.

• U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Configuration Management certification preferred.

• Six Sigma Training or Lean Manufacturing experience a plus.

• Demonstrated knowledge of scheduling and planning principles and tools.

• Aerostructures (metallics and/or composites) experience preferred.

• Intermediate to advanced experience utilizing tools such as MRP systems, CATIA/ENOVIA, MS Office Suite ((Word, Excel, Visio (or equivalent) PowerPoint and Project.

• Demonstrates personal leadership skills; high performance behaviors, self-initiative, excellent work ethic, exercises good judgment, influencing, negotiation and collaboration.

• Expect up to 10% travel in this role depending upon location and business needs.

Compensation Data

Compensation Salary: $99,716.00 - $124,645.00

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

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