Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Product & Planning

About the opportunity

It's boarding time!

You provide technical expertise at a local project level for operational and development Programs to enable and deliver zero defect projects utilizing engineering and problem solving skills. Accountable for delivering robust, capable manufacturing process technology as it applies to materials, tooling, part fabrication and assembly.

Your responsibilities

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• Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
• Technical expertise at a local project level in governance and deployment of manufacturing development and integration for production within GKN Aerospace. 
• Provides technical expertise to rapidly solve issues pertaining to vendor schedule and/or quality.
• Breaks down technical problems, risk, opportunities, in the correct order to create products and add value to GKN Aerospace through creating Zero Defects
• Leads positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers
• Continuously improve production processes by implementing Lean initiatives.
• Provide local project technical oversight for the development of manufacturing process solutions to complex problems through
• Local project technical lead for the implementation of production planning, from original concept through to production. Design these processes to a high level of process capability through utilizing the GKN standard Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) tool suite
• Implement the global process for product development, first article development, configuration changes, build process definition and implementation.

What do you need to be successful in this role?

• Technical expertise in Manufacturing Engineering, with a professional qualification / background (university degree) in engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical).
• Participates in activities within a global technical community and has an understanding of the interface with broader business functions within GKN.
• Demonstrate equivalent capability in problem solving and process control
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering.
• Detailed knowledge of quality system models such as ISO9000, AS9100, or D1-9000
• Fluent in English language, both written and spoken

More information

Besides an innovative and international work environment that offers you a good work-life balance , We offer you opportunities to learn and grow, a competitive salary, pension plan, 40 days off and travel allowance (from 10 km single journey) as well.

Would you like to know more about this job, Please, feel free to contact our recruiter Marloes van Es-Erkelens via marloes.vanes-erkelens@fokker.com