Job Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor Degree in Engineering.
• 8 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering and/or Demonstrated ability in leadership position with evidence of delivering significant improvements in terms of cost/quality of a manufacturing system.
• 4 years of experience in aerospace managing engineering projects or having demonstrated resolution of substantial complex manufacturing issues which resulted in alleviation of the problem or significant cost savings.
• Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder due to program security clearance requirements and/or SSA requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
• GKN experience
• Transfers of Work experience preferred
• 10 years of relevant experience gained within an engineering discipline.
• Experience in dealing with related functions (Operations/Production, Sales/Customer Relationship Management, Supplier Management and Development).
• Management of complex Projects; ability to rationalise, assess and evaluate information that may not always be clear or mature.
• Project management, planning and organising skills based on recognised project management methods.
• Strong business and commercial Savviness. Sees new Opportunities to win (new) Business and also to reduce or avoid costs.
• Solid approach/understanding to the delivery and tracking of engineering tasks.
• Able to define challenging objectives and achieve them.
• Relationship building at Levels up to and including senior management level.
• Able to work with cross-functional Teams that will typically include (in addition to the Design Engineering Team) Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Commercial. Procurement, Quality and Suppliers.
• Has excellent judgement in considering when escalation is appropriate.
• Strong minded, convincing and committed, focussed on delivery, must be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Ability to clearly present data, reports and presentations to facilitate the decision making process at all levels of the business.
• Completed Project Management Training / Courses.
• Having worked in multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary teams in an international setting.
• Experience with developing and coaching people.
• Ability to mentor and coach Engineers in the Delivery of their specific Task and supporting their professional Growth.
Compensation Range
The Compensation range for this position is between $123,360 - $154,200.
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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