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GKN Aerospace · 2 hours ago

Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Product & Planning

Wellington, KS

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

GKN Aerospace is a leading aerospace manufacturer, and they are seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to deliver engineering solutions for Zero Defect Manufacturing processes. This role involves technical improvement initiatives, production planning, and maintaining compliance with safety and quality standards.

AerospaceCommercialManufacturing

Responsibilities

Responsible for introducing technical improvement initiatives for sites in North America

ME candidate must be familiar with general shop safety practices, creating and updating shop travelers, work instructions, operation sheets, tool orders, BOM’s and change management documents

ME candidates should have experience in quoting the manufacturing process to successfully win new work packages

ME candidate should have previous experience with the following: CNC machining, NDT inspection, CMM inspection, Assembly and Paint Processes, GD&T, RCCA & Lean Six-Sigma

Responsible for the implementation of tooling and or production planning, from original concept through to production. ME’s design these processes with a high degree of process capability utilizing the GKN standard Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) tool suite

ME’s deliver measurable, metrics driven results in line with Operational goals

Maintain positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers

Continuously improve production processes by implementing Lean initiatives and optimized flow

Develop technical solutions to complex problems

Utilize root cause analysis, preventative and corrective action to reduce/eliminate non-conformances

Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN

Participates in activities within a global technical community and has an understanding of the interface with broader business functions within GKN

Qualification

Manufacturing EngineeringLean Six-SigmaCNC machiningRoot cause analysisAutomation integrationQuality system modelsNew Product introductionStatisticsSPCMicrosoft OfficeComposite manufactureGKN ExperienceTeam leadership