GKN Aerospace

Learning and Development

• The Technical Instructional Design Specialist is responsible for the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of learning programs that support employee development, operational excellence, compliance, and workforce capability building.
• This role serves as the primary architect of technical and non-technical curricula, qualification frameworks, job-specific learning pathways, and Learning Management System (LMS) content.
• Working closely with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Engineering, Operations, Quality, Safety, Human Resources, and Leadership, the Technical Instructional Design Specialist transforms complex technical information, manufacturing processes, work instructions, policies, and business requirements into engaging, effective learning experiences.

Technical Instructional Design Specialist

Mechanical Engineer

• Provides technical leadership in the evaluation, disposition, and approval of non-conformances arising from manufacturing processes, supplier activities, and in-service operations for aero engine components
• Collaborates across cross-functional teams including design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and field service to drive timely and technically robust resolutions to non-conformance issues
• Leads evaluation of complex non-conformances in cold and hot section aero engine components
• Performs deep technical assessments and evaluates impact against design intent and margins, material allowable, certification limits
• Conducts risk and safety assessments to determine airworthiness impact
• Defines and approves disposition types, provides technical rationale, safety justification, and compliance evidence
• Acts as senior technical representative in MRB forums
• Drives closure of high-impact non-conformances
• Develops and approves repair schemes, manufacturing deviations, rework processes
• Ensures compliance with FAA/EASA regulations, AS9100 and OEM standards
• Maintains configuration control and traceability

Non-Conformance Engineer – Design

Human Resources

• Provide expert advice and guidance to managers and employees on employee relations issues, including disciplinary procedures, grievances, and conflict resolution.
• Handle day-to-day queries from employees and managers, escalating complex or high-risk issues to the HR Business Partner (HRBP) as appropriate.
• Lead and assist in formal investigations, ensuring fair and consistent processes are followed.
• Support managers in handling employee performance issues, offering advice on appropriate actions, including performance improvement plans (PIPs).
• Manage and facilitate the disciplinary process, ensuring compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
• Lead or support investigations into employee concerns or complaints, maintaining confidentiality and impartiality.
• Coordinate and deliver training sessions on employee relations, performance management, disciplinary procedures, and other HR topics.
• Collaborate with managers to assess training needs and ensure development programs are tailored to enhance employee and leadership skills.
• Monitor the effectiveness of training programs and make recommendations for improvements.
• Support the HRBP in supporting managers with conducting people reviews and performance appraisals, ensuring feedback is constructive and aligned with business objectives.
• Assist in the identification of high-potential employees and development needs across teams.
• Provide support for payroll processing, particularly during periods of absence or other staffing gaps.
• Work closely with payroll teams to ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery, resolving any issues or discrepancies as they arise.
• Maintain accurate employee records and documentation relating to investigations, disciplinary actions, and performance management.
• Assist with ad hoc HR tasks and projects as needed, contributing to the overall HR strategy and objectives.

HR Advisor

Senior Buyer

• The Commodity Buyer will have responsibility for >£100m expenditure within the Machining, Fabrications and Special Processes category.
• Manages category strategies that maximise value for the business based on understanding of business needs and supply market.
• Builds deep knowledge of the supply market within the business.
• Execution of the strategy, including negotiating and contracting with suppliers, evaluating on-going contract and supplier performance and measuring contract compliance.
• Captures specific business requirements and builds into RFx documents.
• Executes pan site sourcing activity using strategic sourcing methodologies in order to put fit-for-purpose supply contracts in place.
• Accountable for the implementation of pan-Business Line contracts so that they can be used in practice by the sites.
• Segmenting and managing suppliers within the category.
• Developing the appropriate strategies to incentivise and engage suppliers and to measure and incentivise their performance.
• Establishing appropriate supplier governance, fed by relevant data and attended by empowered representatives of both organisations.

Global Commodity Senior Buyer

Supply Chain

• Support production planning and scheduling, ensuring materials and resources meet delivery requirements
• Assist with demand forecasting, inventory planning, and capacity management
• Work with logistics teams to manage inbound and outbound flows, including transport and warehouse operations
• Support customer and part management, resolving shortages and supply chain disruptions
• Analyse supply chain performance data to identify trends and improvement opportunities
• Contribute to continuous improvement and transformation projects
• Collaborate with Procurement, Operations, and Quality to solve cross-functional challenges
• Maintain accurate data within systems such as ERP/SAP
• Develop a strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations

Supply Chain Leadership Apprentice

Full-stack Engineer

• Lead and coordinate activities required to projects, with a strong focus on completing equipment and process qualification
• Act as the primary interface between Operations and Engineering, aligning priorities and resolving conflicts related to machine availability, scheduling, and workload
• Ensure engineering test pieces are planned, prioritized, and executed alongside production and revenue-generating parts
• Coordinate and secure machine time to support qualification activities without significantly impacting production commitments
• Track and manage the flow of test parts through the manufacturing process to avoid delays
• Compile, organize, and communicate qualification and test data to Engineering teams to support validation and decision-making
• Support the process engineering team in adhering to project timelines and milestones, ensuring alignment with the overall project plan
• Identify risks to project execution and proactively drive mitigation actions to maintain schedule
• Review, interpret, and validate technical documentation, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Develop clear and concise technical reports and documentation to support qualification, process definition, and project closure

Manufacturing Engineer – Product, Planning

Manager

• Develop and maintain elements of the integrated site production plan.
• Support the site-level SIOP process, including data preparation, analysis, and scenario modelling.
• Translate customer demand and forecasts into executable production schedules.
• Perform capacity analysis and resource alignment, identifying constraints and risks.
• Contribute to the development and adherence of planning standards, governance and data quality.
• Collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and commercial teams to resolve planning issues.
• Lead scenario planning and what-if analysis to support decision-making.
• Use data analytics and digital tools to drive insight and improve planning performance.
• Provide technical support and guidance to the planning team, helping to build capability.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities in planning processes and tools.

Site Planning Manager

• Produce and maintain planning KPIs and performance reports.
• Collect, validate, and analyse planning data.
• Support the SIOP process.
• Develop and automate reporting tools and dashboards.
• Monitor performance trends, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Support data governance and master data quality.
• Contribute to scenario analysis and ad-hoc reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting and analytics to enhance visibility and insight.
• Build knowledge of planning processes, ERP systems, and analytics tools to support future development.

Graduate Supply Chain Planning Analyst

Engineer

• Develop and maintain CMM programs (ZEISS Calypso) in accordance with ISO and ASME standards.
• Define and implement measurement and inspection strategies for complex aerospace components.
• Support manufacturing by preparing and managing inspection and product-related documentation.
• Analyze measurement and production data to improve process capability and product quality.
• Manage and support resolution of non-conformances.
• Apply root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) principles.
• Support first article inspections (FAI), industrialization, and process validation activities.
• Collaborate closely with production, quality, and external suppliers to resolve technical challenges.
• Ensure compliance with GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies.

Manufacturing Engineer – Measurement & Inspection, CMM Programming

Research Engineer

• Contribute to shaping and delivery of project strategy, integrating cross-functional expertise and understanding the strategic direction for target products
• Plan and manage delivery, including budgets, schedules, and preparation of Technology Development Plans and Technology Business Cases
• Lead development activities, from hands-on testing and trials through to high-quality technical documentation
• Drive projects to exploitation, supporting development toward industrialisation and real-world application
• Engage stakeholders and partners, build and maintain strong relationships across internal and external partners, customers, and the supply chain
• Support and develop people while fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performing working environment

Senior Research Engineer – Composite Manufacturing Processes

• Analyse customer requirements and define technical solutions as input to bids and proposals within assigned programmes/ projects.
• Develop, check and approve technical solutions and compliance documentation for work packages to ensure they are compliant with all relevant customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements, within agreed programme, schedule, and manufacturing constraints.
• Identify and assess technical risks and propose mitigations relevant to the work package within assigned programmes/projects.
• Act as Lead Design Engineer in Integrated Program Teams (IPT) and Material Review Board (MRB)
• Define and validate test methods and/or alternate means of compliance (analysis/similarity) as required to demonstrate design solution complies with requirements.
• Create, check and approve documents such as permits, concessions, rework schemes and provide technical support by implementing solutions to address non-conforming products, designs, and compliance documentation.
• Lead design activities for internal and external technical reviews including formal gate reviews by creation and preparation of technical data and presentations of product design.
• Mentor, train and develop junior members of the team by providing technical guidance and support.

Senior Design Engineer

• Develop design solutions compliant to customer, regulatory, and airworthiness requirements within assigned programmes/ projects budget and timescale.
• Create and maintain design definition documents including drawings, specifications and reports detailing dimensions, materials, manufacturing process requirements and tolerances needed to ensure functional design requirements are met.
• Understand the qualification process of products and prepare compliance documentation to internal, customer, and regulatory requirements where applicable.
• Represent Design Engineering function in Integrated Program Teams (IPT) and Material Review Board (MRB).
• Identify and resolve product non-compliances with drawing, specifications, or standards. Provide technical support by implementing solutions to address non-conforming products. Create supporting documents such as permits, concessions, rework schemes etc.
• Support internal and external technical reviews including formal gate reviews by creation and preparation of technical data and presentations of product design.
• Contribute to the development of GKN as a 'Great Place to Work', aligned with the core principles - safe, innovative, open & honest, care & respect, and ownership.
• Ensure EHS policy and process adherence for your activities, and you will contribute to a proactive EHS culture in the wider team.
• Take an active role in team engagement surveys, activities and in creating a personal development plan supported by your line manager

Design Engineer

Engineering Manager

• Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards
• Maintain and develop internal, customer and regulatory compliant processes and standards
• Develop technical solutions to complex problems. Delivery of a manufacturing system that fulfils all stakeholder requirements including; Safety, Quality, Productivity & Business case
• Lead engineering teams to deliver measurable, metrics driven results in line with Operational and Program goals
• Develop and deliver manufacturing engineering training strategy for the business. Lead capability & career development of the engineering team
• Build a culture of process control and Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM), through designing systems with high process capability
• Responsible for the implementation of tooling and or production planning, from original concept through to production
• Accountable for product development, new product quotes, tool fabrication quotes, first article development, configuration changes that involve cost estimation, schedule coordination, build process definition, and implementation
• Maintain positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers
• Continuously improve production processes by implementing Lean initiatives

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Business Development Rep

• Identify, qualify, and pursue new business opportunities.
• Develop and execute strategic business development plans.
• Monitor defence budgets, procurement pipelines, and MOD priorities.
• Lead capture activities for strategic opportunities.
• Work closely with bid teams to support proposal development.
• Conduct competitor analysis and positioning strategies.
• Maintain robust CRM pipeline management and reporting.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with: UK MOD stakeholders Prime contractors Industry partners and subcontractors.
• Represent the company at industry events, defence exhibitions (e.g. DSEI), and networking forums.
• Manage key accounts and develop long-term customer engagement strategies.
• Identify and establish partnerships, joint ventures, and teaming agreements.
• Negotiate collaboration agreements.
• Enhance company visibility and positioning.
• Analyse market trends, competitor activity, and emerging technologies.
• Provide insights into customer needs, procurement trends, and policy changes.
• Ensure all activities align with UK MOD procurement regulations and ethical standards.

Business Development Manager

• Identify, qualify, and pursue new business opportunities.
• Develop and execute strategic business development plans.
• Monitor defence budgets, procurement pipelines, and MOD priorities.
• Lead capture activities for strategic opportunities.
• Work closely with bid teams to support proposal development.
• Conduct competitor analysis and positioning strategies.
• Maintain robust CRM pipeline management and reporting.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with: UK MOD stakeholders Prime contractors Industry partners and subcontractors.
• Represent the company at industry events, defence exhibitions (e.g. DSEI), and networking forums.
• Manage key accounts and develop long-term customer engagement strategies.
• Identify and establish partnerships, joint ventures, and teaming agreements.
• Negotiate collaboration agreements.
• Analyse market trends, competitor activity, and emerging technologies.
• Provide insights into customer needs, procurement trends, and policy changes.
• Ensure all activities align with UK MOD procurement regulations and ethical standards.