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.
About The Role
As our Production Technical Support Engineer (Sr Manufacturing Engineer-Tooling) you support operational and development programs to enable and deliver zero defect, enabling tooling solutions. You are accountable for delivering robust, capable manufacturing processes through the design, development and introduction of tooling solutions for part fabrication and assembly.
Responsibilities
As Production Technical Support Engineer you are responsible for/to:
- Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health. Safety and Environmental policies and standards;
- Develop tooling solutions to complex problems;
- Technical support of manufacturing development and integration for production. Resolve issues pertaining to tooling vendor schedule and/or quality;
- Utilize root cause analysis, preventative and corrective action to reduce/eliminate non-conformances;
- The implementation of tooling, from original concept through to production. Design this tooling for high degree of process capability utilizing the GKN standard Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) tool suite to demonstrate as such;
- Being accountable for tooling development, tool fabrication quotes, tooling input for new product quotes, tooling configuration changes that involve cost estimation, schedule coordination, and implementation;
- Delivering measurable, metrics driven results in line with Operational & Program goals;
- Maintaining positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers;
- Continuously improving production processes by implementing Lean initiatives;
- Creating developing & providing training to colleagues
Job Qualifications
- Minimal MBO educational level in field of Electrical or Mechanical discipline
- Minimal 5 years of (related) technical industry experience
- Extensive knowledge experience (> 5 years) in the field of electrical assembly and the content of MDPs is a strong advantage
- Knowledge of our organization, procedures, regulations, technical manuals, drawing, planning and quality systems
- Strong team player and communication skills.
- Professional knowledge of English verbally and in writing is required. Proficiency of the Dutch language is an advantage.
- Knowledge of and experience with the BaaN ERP system is a plus
- Knowledge of and experience with the WDMS system (firmware) is a plus.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing system
What do we do at GKN Fokker Elmo
At GKN Fokker ELMO, we make wiring harnesses for aircraft, which connect all the electrical systems in an aircraft. To make the wiring harnesses, we have everything in-house from start to finish. From complete engineering to our final product, the ready-to-use wiring harnesses, we do this for well-known aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, and Lockheed-Martin for both civil and military aircraft. We produce these wiring harnesses worldwide at several sites. In Papendrecht we have 1400 employees. This is what GKN Fokker ELMO is all about: quality and therefore airworthiness.
Whats in it for you
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:
- Competitive salary (grade K, CAO Metalelektro) depending on working experience and expertise
- Holiday Allowance – 8%
- 27 days holiday + 13 ADV
- Commuting Allowance (from 10 km single journey)
- Pension – Fully meeting the provisions of the PME pension fund of the metal industry
- An opportunity to earn profit dependent bonus
- Voluntary Health Insurance
- Voluntary Other Insurances
To make your start as successful as possible, we will provide you with an extensive training program. The content and duration of this depends on the role and experience you bring. After this familiarisation period, during which you will get to know the processes within GKN Fokker Elmo extensively, you will start work in Papendrecht in collaboration with colleagues!
How to apply
Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. For additional questions you can contact: Glenn Duggert, Talent Acquisition, via email – glenn.duggert@fokker.com.
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.
