GKN Aerospace

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

Mechanical Engineer

• 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.

• Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring full compliance with GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental standards
• Lead and embed robust, compliant manufacturing engineering processes, aligned to internal, customer and regulatory requirements
• Own and deliver end-to-end change management (customer-driven and internal), ensuring effective governance, clear communication and controlled execution
• Drive excellence in engineering change and configuration control, ensuring full visibility of impacts across cost, quality and delivery
• Lead engineering teams to deliver measurable, performance-driven results, aligned with functional priorities and business objectives
• Act as a key interface with customers and internal stakeholders, ensuring manufacturing solutions are aligned to requirements and successfully integrated into operations
• Build strong cross-functional relationships to enable seamless delivery of change across engineering, operations, quality and supply chain
• Lead the development and deployment of PLM capabilities, strengthening data integrity, configuration control and effective use of the digital thread
• Own engineering readiness for ERP transformation, ensuring alignment of data, processes and ways of working to support successful implementation
• Define and deliver the manufacturing engineering capability strategy, including workforce planning, skills development and training
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team, fostering accountability, engagement and continuous improvement
• Drive sustained improvements in manufacturing performance through Lean and digital initiatives, enhancing productivity, quality and cost.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Change Management

Engineer

• Lead the development, industrialisation and improvement of Manufacturing Systems
• Serve as the customer-facing representative of the ME function
• Focus on delivery of non-recurring engineering projects, including New Product Introductions (NPI), Transfers of Work (ToW), Major Modifications (Mods), Technology Insertions and resolving manufacturing process related quality and delivery challenges
• Lead deployed ME resources to deliver manufacturing systems in compliance with identified requirements
• Ensure adherence to Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) standards
• Validate and approve the proposed definition of the Manufacturing System and its associated performance targets
• Review output for technical risks and communicate these to the Programme
• Own the Non-Recurring Engineering cost estimate for the ME technical content delivery
• Deliver a Manufacturing System that fulfills all agreed stakeholder requirements
• Govern and oversee a portfolio of Manufacturing Systems
• Accountable for delivery of the non-recurring ME activities within a given programme or project
• Drive technical leadership and direction using project management fundamentals
• Maintain positive and functional working relationships with internal and external customers

Chief Manufacturing Engineer

• Provide leadership and direction to deliver a successful business development strategy
• Develop and retain long-term relationships with a major customer
• Define and implement growth and sales strategy with customer(s)
• Responsible for pricing, competition, and SWOT analysis
• Lead the proposal team to develop winning propositions
• Maintain effective customer and industry networks

Customer Business Development Director – Manager

• NPI - the CME is responsible for Planning, Development, Commissioning of the Manufacturing System and Processes for New Product Introductions [LG0->LG7]. Working with the Design Chief Engineers (for Design and Build contracts) and Programme management, they are accountable for delivering a manufacturing system that fulfils all stakeholder requirements (Safety, Logistics, Quality, Produceability & Business case metrics), including development and maturity of Manufacturing processes and documentation.
• Sustaining - the CME may lead or support site improvement projects, including shopfloor layout improvements, Value Stream optimisation and process re-engineering efforts. This includes Identification of new technologies and their development & exploitation, and benchmarking of processes across the GKN portfolio of products.
• Leadership of Projects- Responsible for technical leadership of industrialisation projects including manufacturing system design, process requirements defintion, implementation and deliver of APQP activities to ensure robust process capability and ongoing performance. This includes Program Management, Planning, Resource provisioning, budgeting, & Project EV reporting within functional and Enterprise standards.
• Leadership of Teams – Accountable to the site E&T manager for the delivery for all ME and Industrialisation content through the leadership of the core industrialisation team and the deployed manufacturing engineering team.
• Quality – Responsible for Product quality within the NPI ME function. Expected to drive a quality mind-set within the deployed engineering team and ensure compliance to agreed Customer, Regulatory, Business and functional standards including AS9145 (ZDM).
• Bids – Working closely with the Programme and Business Development team, be responsible for the industrialisation content of bid work including Technical risk management, cost estimation and implementation planning.
• Relationships - Maintain positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, key stakeholders within the business. Foster and champion 5 principles within sphere of influence.

Chief Manufacturing Engineer – NPI

• Development of manufacturing processes in relation to polymer, composite and adhesive materials
• Qualification of materials and processes to assure they comply with the requirements
• Support robust, manufacturing process technologies as applied to materials,
• Collect inputs, related to a task and take it through an identified process to produce an output / deliverable adhering to quality and schedule requirements.
• Preparing and guiding tests/test plans; critical and systematic interpretation and analysis of test data.
• Responsible for the technical delivery of allocated project deliverables, or project work packages, ensuring the research objectives have been satisfied.
• Support or lead any necessary 'hands on' development test work and development trials that are required to meet your Work Package/Work Stream delivery objectives.
• Support or lead the design of external work packages to be carried out by third parties to meet project research objectives.
• Responsible for accurately capturing and recording data and results from test work and development trials.
• Responsible for raising and issuing high quality and detailed technical documentation.
• Seek to understand the strategic direction of the target products or manufacturing process technologies being developed within your project(s).
• Contribute to Technology Development Plans and Technology Business Cases within your project(s).
• Contribute to multi-year planning and internal/external funding proposals as required.
• Suggest and explore exploitation routes, aligned with the guidance of the Work Stream Lead.
• You may support project stakeholder management with internal/external customers, and you may lead management of supply chain partners in some cases.
• Take an active role in creating a personal development plan linked to GKN's TEF and will be responsible for delivering on agreed objectives supported by your line manager.
• Ensure EHS policy and process adherence for your activities, and you will contribute to a proactive EHS culture in the wider team.
• 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.

Materials Development Research Engineer

Operations

• Set, monitor, and analyse Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive targeted improvements
• Lead and implement technical process enhancement initiatives to streamline operations
• Collaborate cross-functionally with various teams to ensure aligned objectives and cohesive execution
• Sustain improvement efforts by embedding them into the company’s day-to-day operations
• Identify and remove barriers to productivity, and operational flow ensuring optimal resource utilization

Operational Excellence Leader

Strategy

• Develop the end‑to‑end GTM strategy in support of Business Development for the new defence product.
• Conduct thorough market, competitor, and customer analysis.
• Define clear value propositions and USPs grounded in customer needs.
• Create engaging, accurate, and compliant marketing literature.
• Develop compelling digital content.
• Produce sales enablement materials.
• Design and deliver demonstration aids.
• Support BD with live demonstrations, exhibitions, trade shows, and customer events.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and customer requirements.
• Provide regular updates to leadership on GTM progress, campaign performance, and market intelligence.

Defence Market Strategy Lead

Communications

• Play a key role in supporting internal communication activities
• Responsible for the planning and delivery of communication campaigns
• Create engaging content including newsletters, copy, and internal communications
• Assist with events, briefings, and presentations for internal stakeholders
• Support business administration, bringing structure and coordination initiatives

Communications and Business Graduate

DevOps Engineer

• Participate in capital projects to ensure that reliability and availability are specifically addressed.
• Continually reviewing equipment data to identify opportunities to improve the technical strategy.
• Performing Root Cause Analysis.
• Leading partnerships with Engineering, Maintenance and Manufacturing.
• Monitoring of failures to identify root causes and implementing appropriate actions.
• Organisation and indirect leadership of Criticality Assessment and Risk Based Maintenance analysis 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 team members as required.

Senior Research Engineer – Composite Manufacturing Processes

Senior Design Engineer

Design Engineer

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager

Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Change Management

Chief Manufacturing Engineer

Customer Business Development Director – Manager

Chief Manufacturing Engineer – NPI

Materials Development Research Engineer

Operational Excellence Leader

Defence Market Strategy Lead

Communications and Business Graduate

Graduate Reliability Engineer