Senior Procurement Project 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.

The successful applicant will be responsible for industrialising procurement projects within the supply chain.

This role is based at our Filton site, with the successful applicant working with a team of 3 engineers in a role that will require up to 25% travel to supplier businesses.

How You'll Contribute

In this role, you will:

• Lead supplier industrialisation activities
• 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)
• 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
• Support with supplier tendering activity

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:

• Sufficient relevant experience in a heavily regulated environment
• Experience in New Product Introduction or supplier industrialisation activities
• Well organized and structured with strong skills to work both independently, and in a team                                
• Target-oriented and outgoing with good communication skills                                                      
• Experience and skilled with Microsoft office, and ERP systems (e.g SAP)
• Project management experience

Desirable:

• Engineering degree or recognised apprenticeship in a relevant discipline
• Project management (Prince2 / PMP)
• Knowledge of APQP toolset and previous practical application
• Knowledge of aerospace products, processes and technologies                                

What We'll Offer

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

• Competitive salary dependant on experience
• Up to 15% Bonus
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis (Total contribution up to 20%)
• 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 you career journey may take you!