Site F&M Lead - Small/Medium site

GKN Aerospace Careers•Newington, CT

17h•Onsite

About The Position

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 SummaryThe Maintenance Leader is accountable to build the capability of their site to ensure assets never impact the schedule. This will be achieved by deploying the One Aerospace strategy, including standardization, training, coaching and implementing best practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in technical field and/or High School Diploma/GED with equivalent experience, with 10+ years of experience in Manufacturing Operations, Facilities, or Maintenance, including managing critical spare parts inventory.
10+ years hands on experience maintaining, fixing and installing large CNC machinery
5+ years of Hands-On leadership within a manufacturing environment overseeing, training and mentoring maintenance personnel
Serviced production equipment including: CNC/CMM/Vertical Lathes/Ovens/Clean Lines/Plant Boilers
Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder due to program security clearance requirements and/or SSA requirements.

Nice To Haves

Strong shop floor presences and partnership.
Demonstrated ability to lead, engage, train and develop direct reports within the shop floor
Experience of working on complex technical projects and programs in global structure
Advanced communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills
Proven structured Problem Solving experience
Fluent in English language, both written and spoken
Detailed knowledge of Maintenance Systems (CMMS)

Responsibilities

Exemplifying a safety-first mindset and ensuring compliance to the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
Manage a multi-disciplined team to plan and perform asset maintenance to deliver incremental improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
In collaboration with Continuous Improvement Function partners, accountable for deploying the Global Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Program.
Implementation of the short and long term Maintenance people strategy including competence program, talent and skills acquisition, retention and development.
Achieve the expected maturity for the function, plan and deliver the transformation to achieve required levels of maturity.
Accountable for implementing the standards (one GKNA process) and KPIs for the Maintenance function. Implement a layered process audit system to provide governance for the Maintenance standards.
Responsible for supporting the definition of the strategy for core/non-core Maintenance capability and implementing the resultant Make v Buy execution.
In collaboration with Regional Head of ME and Global Head of Advanced ME contribute to the definition of machinery & equipment standards.
Deliver Maintenance savings in line with year on year conversion cost targets
Any other job duties as assigned