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.

Job Summary

A Truly Global Business 
Every day, around the world, we help aircrafts fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £3.35bn. Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050! 

Making a Difference 
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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Reliability Engineer to join GKN's largest Uk manufacturing Site in Filton. The successful applicant will play an integral part within a strong maintenance team of approximately 30 current employees. The maintenance team service and repair complex 4 & 5 axis machining centres and FMS systems producing complex aero structure parts for Airbus, BAE systems, they aim to provide world class leading service and the platform for class leading OEE. The team provides a diverse range of mechanical and electronic capabilities and implement on going continuous improvements to keep the IMF at the forefront of machining technology.

How You'll Contribute

Leading the reliability management program – continually reviewing equipment data to identify opportunities to improve the technical strategy Performing Root Cause Analysis Participation in capital projects to ensure that reliability and availability are specifically addressed this can be on a weekly, monthly & yearly basis on different projects Leading partnerships with Engineering, Maintenance and Manufacturing to facilitate cross-functional problem-solving Monitoring of failures to identify root causes and implementing appropriate actions  Organisation and indirect leadership of Criticality Assessment and Risk Based Maintenance analysis (FMECA/RCM/REM) teams Identification of design-out opportunities and action to evaluate these and implement cost-justifiable actions Initiation and implementation of changes to PMs when appropriate Provision of training as needs are identified, including Root Cause Failure Analysis training for maintenance technicians and others as required

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: 

A strong team player with the ability to communicate at all levels. Higher national certificate or ONC in Electrical or mechanical engineering with 5 years minimum experience within an engineering environment preferably machine tools. Strong analytic capabilities, ability to transfer data into excel & communicate to all levels. Understanding of Siemens & Fanuc controls, PLC programming & fault finding. Excellent attention to detail Ability to problem solve in a changing environment 

Desirable:

Experience within an aerospace production environment.

What We'll Offer

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

Competitive salary dependent on experience Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis Life Assurance 8 x salary 25 days holiday + bank holidays Flexible working hours including the ability to finish at 12.30 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! 

Why Join Us 

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. 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’ last year. 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’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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