About Us

GKN is a global engineering business. We design, manufacture and service systems and components for most of the world’s leading aircraft, vehicle and machinery manufacturers. We are continuously evolving, pioneering new technologies and reinventing existing ones, and stretching ourselves to get better in everything we do. GKN employs 56,000 people in more than 30 countries.

GKN Driveline is the market leader in the development and delivery of contemporary and electrified driveline systems and solutions. With a comprehensive global footprint, we design, develop, manufacture, and integrate an extensive range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world’s automotive manufacturers.

What you’ll do

Lead and support engineering process improvement efforts.

Key Responsibilities

1) Develop methods, tooling, and techniques to continuously reduce the time and effort involved in setting up and changing over manufacturing equipment.

2) Modify manufacturing processes for safety improvement, quality improvement, cost reduction, or design changes.

3) Achieve financial objectives by assisting in the preparation of the budget, scheduling expenditures, managing project budgets, and initiating corrective actions.

4) Manage capital projects, including development of equipment specification, coordination of equipment runoffs, installation of equipment, and management of external contractors.

5) Update and maintain drawings for production equipment, including layouts.

6) Develop engineering solutions for repetitive equipment/process failures.

7) Assist in identification of departmental training requirements and may provide the training for improvement of skill levels.

8) Review, recommend, and coordinate TPM, PM< Proactive Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance programs to prevent equipment failures and maximize equipment uptime.

9) Manage external contractors involved in process/equipment improvement.

10) Work closely with all levels of the organization to improve manufacturing equipment and the production process.

11) Lead Kaizen activities and document results.

About you

Required Qualifications

• Engineering Degree from an Accredited Institution, or 5+ years of Manufacturing / Industrial Engineering Experience in lieu of a Degree
• 2-5 years of experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, with demonstrated proficiency in CNC programming, tool and gauge design, and cold forming processes
• Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and efficiently at all levels inside and outside the organization
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in an automotive machining environment with demonstrated excellence and creativity in the items above
• Experience in automation design for material handling and gauging, machine tool selection, and Creo 3D Modeling