Manufacturing Engineer

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 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

Provides experienced-level technical support and engineering leadership for manufacturing processes, including Resin Transfer Molding (RTM), fabric layup, bonding, machining, and assembly. Maintains technical responsibility for part fabrication, manufacturing processes, tooling, and delivery methods within a fast-paced production environment. Performs a broad range of manufacturing engineering activities, including developing, planning, designing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes and tooling. Leads the resolution of complex production issues through root cause analysis and corrective action, while driving improvements in quality, cost, delivery, and efficiency. Develops, updates, and maintains required manufacturing documentation, standard work instructions, and process specifications for assigned parts. Collaborates cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders to ensure successful production and delivery. Interfaces directly with customers and internal stakeholders on technical matters related to assigned parts, manufacturing processes, and production requirements. Provides technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers and manufacturing personnel as needed.

Job Responsibilities

• Accountable for product/process development and hardening, process refinement/ hardening, conceptual tool fabrication, project scheduling creation and execution, build process definition and implementation.
• Responsible for ensuring manufacturing tools, aides and parts are consistent with company and customer supplied quality assurance and safety standards.
• Responsible for coordinating the transition of tools and processes from design to production in order to verify tooling functionality, suitability, reliability to ensure production part quality on a repeatable basis.
• Key team member of the RCCA team, works discrepancies through root cause analysis and corrective action implementation to ensure effectivity.
• Continuously improves processes via work instructions, statistical process control (SPC), engineering process changes, tooling advances and problem solving tools.
• Develops and implements processes with a Lean Manufacturing mindset to maximize production processes and flow.
• Tracks and resolves issues affecting project or product timeline.
• Maintains positive, teaming relationship with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers.
• Performs analyses to validate manufacturing process efficiency (flow time, costs, quality) identifies and implements most effective solutions through capital, tooling, labor, material and supplies.

Job Qualifications

Formal Qualifications

Education

• Requires BS in Engineering Mechanical.

Essential

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• 4 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing processes, materials, and components preferred.
• Knowledge of tooling, materials, designs, and CAD/CAM.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Physical Requirements

• Specific Vision abilities required; including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus with a specific requirement for corrected vision at 20/25 or better.
• Must be able to work in a production environment and travel throughout the facility and corporation to obtain information needed to perform job functions.
• Requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity.
• Prolonged sitting and terminal use, and have the ability to move around a manufacturing environment.
• Employee must lift and/or move up to 25 lbs., using proper lifting technique

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.