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 aircraft fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. 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. We have an exciting and career defining opportunity for a Maintenance Manager- Asset Management & Reliability.
How You'll Contribute
* Own asset performance and lifecycle management
* Drive maintenance methodologies including condition based and predictive maintenance
* Monitor machine performance to identify opportunities for improvement
* Own & develop the GKN Filton asset criticality list and asset condition appraisal to identify actions to mitigate risk, support CAPEX projects and identify areas where investment is required
* Mitigate risks posed by assets including developing continuity plans, critical spares lists and service agreements
* Own & develop reliability maintenance metrics/KPIs
* Organisation & leadership of criticality assessment and risk based maintenance analysis (FMEA/RCA/REM) teams
* Stores and materials management, ensuring accurate cost per asset can be identified
* Manage reliability engineers to deliver key responsibilities
The day to day duties will include but are not limited to:
* Reviewing machine breakdown data and driving root cause analysis
* Leading reliability engineers
* Working with various functions to drive projects including machine overhauls, investments and business continuity planning
* Reviewing machine maintenance routines and adapting where required to drive uptime, availability and reliability
* Supporting maintenance engineers and leaders in delivering machine maintenance
* Investigating and implementing condition based monitoring to drive predictive maintenance
What You'll Bring
Essential:
* Technical degree or apprenticeship with 10+ years of experience
* Proven track record of leadership
* Strong analytical, IT and communication skills
* History of driving problem solving with effective implementation of root cause countermeasures
* Ability to work across functions driving projects and improvements
* History of engineering development and/or implementation of new methods of maintenance.
What We'll Offer
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:
* Competitive salary dependent on experience & annual bonus
* 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 half day on 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 your 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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