Manufacturing Engineering Manager Tooling

Manufacturing Engineering Manager Tooling in Copt Hall, Luton (LU2), LU2 9PQ | GKN Aerospace Search Search These jobs were popular with other job seekers Industrialisation Engineer GKN Aerospace Copt Hall, Luton (LU2), LU2 8RX To define 2 weeks ago Sales Engineer - Water Treatment Pumps JS Selection Sandy, Bedfordshire, Sa £40000 - £45000 per annum 1 week ago Engineering Manager Endoline Automation Ickwell, Biggleswade (SG18), SG18 8QB £60,000 - £65,000 depending on experience 3 weeks ago Principal Engineer Orion Electrotech Automation Milton Keynes (MK3) £60000 - £75000 per annum 2 weeks ago Mechanical Systems Engineer / Architect Certain Advantage Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2DA £65 per hour, Benefits Overtime rate of ‘time and a quarter’ 4 days ago Technical Manager Project Interim Limited Milton Keynes (MK17) From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum Pension, Bonus, 1 day work from home 3 weeks ago Engineering Manager Pilgrim’s Europe Hildersham, Cambridge (CB1), CB21 4JD Competitive 2 weeks ago Workshop Engineer Allstaff Recruitment Biggleswade, Bedfordshire From £16.56 to £19.16 per hour 1 week ago Engineering Manager - Hydraulics/Pneumatics Verso Recruitment Mount Pleasant, Buckingham (MK18), MK18 1FY £70,000 to £85,000 basic + Shares/Bonus + benefits 1 month ago Production Engineering Manager ACS Performance Cambridge (CB1) Negotiable 1 month ago Industrialisation Engineer GKN Aerospace Copt Hall, Luton (LU2), LU2 8RX To define 2 weeks ago Sales Engineer - Water Treatment Pumps JS Selection Sandy, Bedfordshire, Sa £40000 - £45000 per annum 1 week ago Engineering Manager Endoline Automation Ickwell, Biggleswade (SG18), SG18 8QB £60,000 - £65,000 depending on experience 3 weeks ago Principal Engineer Orion Electrotech Automation Milton Keynes (MK3) £60000 - £75000 per annum 2 weeks ago Mechanical Systems Engineer / Architect Certain Advantage Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2DA £65 per hour, Benefits Overtime rate of ‘time and a quarter’ 4 days ago Technical Manager Project Interim Limited Milton Keynes (MK17) From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum Pension, Bonus, 1 day work from home 3 weeks ago Engineering Manager Pilgrim’s Europe Hildersham, Cambridge (CB1), CB21 4JD Competitive 2 weeks ago Workshop Engineer Allstaff Recruitment Biggleswade, Bedfordshire From £16.56 to £19.16 per hour 1 week ago Engineering Manager - Hydraulics/Pneumatics Verso Recruitment Mount Pleasant, Buckingham (MK18), MK18 1FY £70,000 to £85,000 basic + Shares/Bonus + benefits 1 month ago Production Engineering Manager ACS Performance Cambridge (CB1) Negotiable 1 month ago Manufacturing Engineering Manager Tooling GKN Aerospace View Profile Copt Hall, Luton (LU2), LU2 9PQ Permanent Published: 3 weeks ago To define Manufacturing Engineering Manager Tooling GKN Aerospace Company description: 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 globally, across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career. Job description: Job Summary Established in 1993, GKN Aerospace in Luton is a world leader in commercial and military ice protection systems and transparencies. Offering a full range of capabilities; design, analysis, testing, certification and manufacture of electro-thermal ice protection, military fast jet canopies and flight deck windows to over 20 programmes including: Boeing 787, Dreamliner, Airbus A320, AgustaWestland, AW101, Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed, Martin F-22 Raptor. Our customers include Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopters, Textron, BAE Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Leonardo. Our Luton site is home to 370+ employees and onsite facilities including onsite parking, food hub and vending machines. Based at our Luton Manufacturing site as the Manufacturing Engineering Manager Tooling you’ll be working across both our Defence and Civil business lines. You will provide and lead a team of Tooling and Cad Engineers in the design, manufacture and maintenance and control of all Site Tools. This will involve the technical capability to create and design tools as solutions to support the manufacturing operations. You’ll be accountable for delivering robust, capable manufacturing process technology as it applies to materials, tooling, part fabrication and assembly. The role involves the creation of significant tooling designs from initial concept through to production for the production of aircraft transparencies and Ice Protection Tooling, jigs and fixtures. Among other activities, this will include responsibilities for 4 large CNC machines on site and calibration of current and the development of new or existing tooling. Supporting Manufacturing Engineering teams may also be required. The successful candidate will be experienced in a relevant engineering discipline and have a “hands on” approach, be able to prioritise jobs, be comfortable liaising with suppliers and other departments. Furthermore responsibilities for Manufacturing Engineering Configuration control, using SAP and more traditional documentation such as Specifications and Routings. The role will also provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to a small team of Tooling Engineers on the Luton site, supporting the Manufacturing Engineering Managers in matters of staff performance and development. The role will also be responsible for the overall load and capacity management of the tooling team members and provide reports and updates on tooling work plans as required by the Manufacturing Engineering Managers and/or Site Head of ME. Core operational hours at our Luton site are: 07:30 - 16:30 Monday to Thursday & 07:30 - 12:30 Friday. There is the requirement for flexibility for occasional travel in the UK. Job Responsibilities • Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards. • Responsible for the development and support with technical solutions to complex problems within GKN Aerospace environment, our customers and suppliers by utilizing root cause analysis, preventative and corrective action to reduce and support to eliminate non-conformances. • Maintain positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers • Responsible for tool fabrication quotes, tooling design and input for new product quotes, tooling configuration changes that involve cost estimation and schedule coordination and New Projects Introduction support. • Act as key interface between external tooling suppliers and internal customers such as Program Managers and Engineering Managers • Manage and maintain Tooling Engineers workload, skill and development, EHS and welfare to ensure tooling work is sufficiently resourced by the business with appropriate metrics and KPI’s • Leadership of CNC Engineers and technicians to support production processes on large 5 axis CNC machines • Configuration control of Manufacturing documentation to support operations, costings, BOMs routings and specifications. • Creation, control and maintenance of master tooling registers for both customer and domestically owned tooling suites Profile description: What You'll Bring To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes: Essential: • Technical expertise in Tooling solutions (Engineering), with a professional qualification (BEng, BSc, HNC) or strong background in engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, or Automotive). • Working knowledge of design for manufacture principles and tool/component manufacturing methods and able to provide technical input at all levels of work. • Ability to create engineering drawings with an understanding of geometric tolerances and datum features. • Organised and structured approach to tasks. • Experience in tooling for composites and/or transparencies. • Experienced in CAD 3D modelling and drafting (Catia V5). • Understanding of inspection/calibration methods and interrogation of results. • Be compliant with the Company’s Environmental, Health & Safety and Energy procedures. • Be proficient in English language, both written and spoken. Desirable: • Project Management experience. • Understanding of export control and compliance and security marking requirements. • Working knowledge of quality system models such as ISO9000, AS9100, or D1-9000. • Experience of New Product/process Introduction (Industrialisation) & existing production process improvements. We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. The Manufacturing Engineering Manager Tooling will have the ability to be agile and shift focus on competing priorities. The successful person will be a self-starter, able to manage own workload with excellent communication skills. Note: Some GKN programmes are subject to regulatory restrictions which may impact certain nationalities. As part of the application process you will be asked to declare when applying for this role. We offer: What We'll Offer Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits: • Competitive salary dependent on experience • The opportunity to earn up to 15% bonus • Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis • Life Assurance 8 x salary • 185 hours holiday + bank holidays • Income protection • Shopping discounts • Cycle To Work Scheme • Employee Assistance Programme • Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family • Free onsite parking • Local gym discount • Free airport parking • Discount with local nursery and preschool childcare setting • Enhanced family friendly leave • 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 you career journey may take you! Join us and keep the world moving … click on the link below to apply 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. ? In Short Industry Aviation & Aerospace Founded 1759 Location Worldwide Company size 5000+ Making Aerospace Fit for the Natural World. Every day, around the world, we help aircrafts fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading multi-technology tier one aerospace supplier.  We develop, build and supply an extensive range of advanced aerospace systems, components and technologies for use in Defence and Commercial aircraft ranging from helicopters and business jets to passenger planes and the most advanced fighter aircrafts. Please let me know if you are succesful with this. If not, please could you send through a screenshot of the error message? Our technology is on-board 100,000 flights a day and we’re a market leader in Aero structures, Engine Systems, Transparencies and Wiring Systems.  We’re a truly global business, with 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. In the UK we operate across 5 performance centres; Bristol Filton, Bristol Western Approach, Bristol Global Technology Centre, Luton and Cowes (Isle of Wight). People. Our people work with passion and determination; proud that our work impacts our company, industry and planet.  We draw on each other’s expertise and experience to achieve excellence.  We build our teams on trust and respect, we believe there is power in people, but even greater power in teams. Whether you’re looking to start your career at the forefront of engineering as an Apprentice, Intern, Graduate or Associate, work in a global support role, work regionally in one our performance centres, or as an executive helping to lead our business, there is plenty of opportunity to make an impact.  We can offer you a career that can go in many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. Planet. Our ambition to be the most sustainable partner in the sky has real purpose and is opening up a world of fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. In the last decade we’ve made record investments into research and development to accelerate sustainable aviation and the ultimate goal of net zero by 2050. We’ve invested deeply in the future of flight through new materials and processes, electrification and hydrogen propulsion technologies. We’re doing everything possible now to reduce emissions and waste in our manufacturing processes, making aerospace fit for the natural world. Progress. We’re a tier 1 supplier to the aerospace industries biggest names, so a career at GKN Aerospace can truly offer you an unrivalled breath of experience to achieve your full potential. We want you to succeed and progress. We support our employees with training; developing their capabilities and helping realise their aspirations. Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Our goal is to embrace the human attributes that make each of us unique, to value those attributes and their uniqueness, and to create an environment where everyone feels welcome to contribute and bring their full self to work every day.  We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination and creativeness in our teams. We’re committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know. 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