Maintenance - TPM engineer

Job Summary

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.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager the TPM Engineer (Total Productive Maintenance Engineer) will be responsible for maintaining and improving the integrity of production systems through machines, equipment and processes. The TPM Engineer will provide time-planned maintenance activities ranging from aligning and basic fault diagnosis on 5-Axis CNC Machines to working in collaboration with team leaders to ensure all equipment in top working condition to avoid breakdowns and delays in manufacturing processes.

The successful applicant will work on a Monday - Friday, 35 hour week day shift pattern (07:00am - 15:00pm) including a 12:00pm finish on Fridays.

How You'll Contribute

• Exemplifying a safety-first mindset and ensuring compliance to the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards
• Maintaining Regulatory Compliance
• In collaboration with Lean Deployment partners, apply the Maintenance Engineering steps of the Global Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Program to achieve the required levels of maturity
• Develop program to reduce/prevent/eliminate asset failures
• Work with Planner to implement and maintain preventive maintenance program
• Ensure maintainability of new installations
• Conduct forensic and Root Cause Failure Analysis of asset failures
• Provide technical advice to maintenance team
• Ensure proper operation and care of equipment
• Establish a comprehensive lubrication program
• Perform inspections of adjustments, parts, part replacements, overhauls, etc., for selected equipment
• Ensure equipment protection from environmental conditions
• Maintain and analyze equipment data and history records to predict maintenance needs 
• Assessing required maintenance tools and skills required for efficient maintenance of equipment

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 as an Operator, Maintenance Engineering role within a manufacturing environment of CNC milling machines
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with an ability to work with various levels of the business as well as establish collaborative working relationships across different departments
• Basic IT Skills

Desirable:

• Experience using CNC Machines at Maintenance or Operator level
• Maintenance, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualifications
• Understanding of export control and regulations
• Previous TPM experience 
• Knowledge of various Microsoft Packages
   

What We'll Offer

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

⦁    A Competitive salary
⦁    Early finish (12pm) on Fridays
⦁    Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
⦁    Life Assurance 8 x salary
⦁    185 hours annual leave + bank holidays
⦁    Potential for flexible working
⦁    Income protection
⦁    Shopping discounts
⦁    Cycle To Work Scheme
⦁    Employee Assistance Programme
⦁    Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
⦁    A collaborative, dynamic working environment with significant opportunity to upskill

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 you career journey may take you!