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Senior Engineer (Materials & Processes)
GKN Aerospace —Luton
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- English
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Senior Engineer
Blackwell Earthmoving Limited —Aylesbury
- Full-time
- Civil engineering
- Engineering
- Construction
- Life insurance
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Senior Remote Support Engineer
RVM Systems —Watford
- £35,000 - £60,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Mentoring
- Scripting
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Senior Thermal Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Luton
- £44,171 - £58,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Analysis skills
- Travel
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Luton
- £32,000 - £65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Data analysis skills
- Project management
- Mechanical knowledge
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
GKN Aerospace —Luton
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Service Manager
Blackwell Earthmoving Limited —Aylesbury
- Full-time
- Management
- Team management
- APIs
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Technical Design & Production Engineer – Bespoke Joinery
Fable & Wood —High Wycombe
- £45,000 - £60,000 a year
- Part-time
- AutoCAD
- Organisational skills
- Free parking
- Sick pay
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Senior Test Solutions Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Luton
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Senior Design Engineer
GKN Aerospace —Luton
- Engineering
- Project management
- Travel
- Free parking
- Work from home
Senior Engineer (Earthworks & Drainage)
M O'Brien Group —St Albans
- AutoCAD
- Civil engineering
- Engineering
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DV Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Lockheed Martin Corporation —Ampthill
- £51,500 - £64,000 a year
- Full-time
- CAD
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Passive Fire Protection Project Coordinator
ABCA Group Ltd —Enfield
- £38,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
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Senior Engineer - Civil
MWHTreatment —Rickmansworth
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Senior Design Engineer
Sisk —St Albans
- Full-time
- AutoCAD
- Project management
- Construction
- Annual leave
Senior Special Process Engineer
Senior Aerospace Thermal Engineering —Royston
- Full-time
- ERP systems
- Microsoft Office
- Programmable logic controllers
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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Team Lead)
Martin Baker Aircraft Company Ltd —Denham
- Full-time
- CAD
- Engineering
- Assembly
- Employee discount
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Passive Fire Protection Project Coordinator (TEMPORARY)
ABCA Group Ltd —Enfield
- £32,000 - £36,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
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Senior Systems Engineer (Electronics)
GKN Aerospace —Luton
- Doctoral degree
- Master's degree
- No degree
- Free parking
- Work from home
Senior Buyer
Safran —Pitstone
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Continuous improvement
- Employee assistance programme

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Senior Engineer (Materials & Processes)

GKN Aerospace -
Luton

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Job details

Benefits

Free parking
Cycle to work scheme
Company pension
Discounted gym membership
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
On-site parking

Qualifications

Doctoral degree
Environmental legislation
Engineering
English
Master's degree
Project management
Industrial engineering
Communication skills

Full job 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 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

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. Based at our Luton manufacturing plant you’ll do just that. 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.

The Luton Engineering & Technology team is focussed on developing product and manufacturing process technology related to aircraft ice protection systems, transparencies and coatings, and specialist structures for both civil and defence applications.

We’re looking for a Senior Engineer - Materials & Processes with a strong non-metallic materials engineering background, to join our materials and test team to support the production and development of next generation composite aero structures, ice protection and transparency products. The role will be based in the Materials, Coatings and Test (MCT) team within the wider Engineering and Technology department and report to the Functional Team Leader.

The role as a Senior Engineer - Materials & Processes will support the business and engineering team, with non polymer materials science and processing knowledge and guidance. The role will provide a deep understanding of the interactions between processing parameters and material properties of Acrylics, Polycarbonates and adhesives, being able to guide new technology test plans and current production deviations.

There will be occasional travel, national and international, required to support customer visits and other GKN sites. You will also support the work of the business to establish safe working practices and necessary level of documentation. You will be involved with projects from the planning / assembly / instrumentation / commissioning phase though to successfully performing and reporting the test. You will also be responsible for providing specialist support to existing programmes within your field of expertise, helping to resolve manufacturing issues and supporting continuous improvement efforts.

You will have a proven track record of leading and delivering technical work, with strong communication skills being confident working with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including non-technical audiences.

Job Responsibilities

Development of manufacturing processes in relation to polymer, composite and adhesive materials
Qualification of materials and processes to assure they comply with the requirements
Assessment of deviations from the specified materials and processes requirements to assure continued airworthiness
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.
Coordination for material obsolescence and REACh activities: identification of arising issues regarding the REACh legislation, providing support and advice locally and to other GKN sites concerning the impact of REACh.
Lead small project material obsolescence replacement activities including material investigation, reporting, customer engagement and implementing in to production
Preparing and guiding tests/test plans; critical and systematic interpretation and analysis of test data, applying the outcome of tests for substantiation of specification changes.
Troubleshooting and production support on Materials Issues (e.g. Composites, polymers, bonding, surface treatments).
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.

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:

Composite or Polymer Materials Science or Manufacturing Engineering Degree
Experience in Polymer and Composite material science and processing
Experience within an industrial engineering discipline, preferably within Aerospace/Automotive/Marine/Energy sectors
Experience with quality systems, specifications, standards, etc., with the ability to oversee the broader field
Good English language, both verbally and in writing,

Desirable:

Ability to plan work through formal project management processes, including scheduling and budgeting and lead a team to ensure successful delivery of required outcomes.
An awareness of aerospace certification requirements.
A higher degree qualification such as a Masters, PhD or EngD within aerospace/automotive/marine/energy sectors
Familiarity with REACh environmental legislation

The successful candidate should have a broad interest in non-metallic material technologies & testing and characterisation techniques. You’ll be able to adapt to changing priorities to meet business priorities handling multiple enquires at once. Your proactive nature will enable you to understand and adapt to new technology areas quickly. Your good communication skills shall enable you to confidently engage with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including operations and other business functions.

As Senior Engineer - Materials and Processes, you will be naturally curious and seek to increase/deepen own technical knowledge through study, collaborative working, hypothesis testing and experimentation.

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.

The position requires UK National Security Vetting (UKNSV) Security clearance (SC) due to the nature and responsibilities of the work carried out. In order for us to obtain an SC you usually need to have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years to current date (but we do assess each case individually).

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 …

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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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