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Senior Supplier Quality Engineer
GKN Aerospace
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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 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. 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, 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 Senior Supplier Quality Engineer you’ll join the Quality Engineering team and report to the Site Quality Manager. In this position you will be responsible to engineer and communicate the product/customer and system requirements to the Supplier and participate and orchestra the plan for qualification (FAI and PPAP) from the supplier to reach a conforming product on time. This will include regular monitoring and audit of the quality performance of suppliers, to perform reviews and take actions depending on the cause of any problem (such as assessments, problem solving activities etc) to secure continuous compliance. Manage the supplier quality performance issues, serve as the liaison for suppliers, suggest structural quality and process improvements, and collaborate with other engineers in a team environment. There is the requirement for International travel (approximately once a month) with this role within Europe, China and USA with almost weekly National travel to visit suppliers. This is a full-time position and core operational hours at our Luton site are: 07:30 - 16:30 Monday to Thursday & 07:30 - 12:30 Friday. Job Responsibilities • Review Supplier First Article • Have frequent contact with supplier to monitor actions within Quality • Analyse suppliers’ quality performance and identify improvement areas. • Handle supplier non-conformance including cause and corrective action, in order to be up-to date with the supplier performance • Handle escape including root cause investigation, containment and corrective actions, Participate in 8D investigations • Create supplier audit plan and ensure adherence • Participate in supplier work transfer evaluation • Support concurrent engineering between GKN and supplier (design for manufacturing) • Support in supplier feedback 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: • Experience from manufacturing engineering, preferably product qualification activities or inspection control • Experience from Supplier quality positions • Experience of Audit (internal and/or external) • Experience in root cause analysis, 8D and continuous improvement • Experience and skilled with Microsoft office, and ERP systems Desirable: • Experience in New Product Introduction and interaction between Purchasing and Engineering in Product Development • Understanding of the Aerospace industry and associated regulatory requirements and standards 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 Supplier Quality Engineer will be organised and structured with strong skills to work both independently and in a team. To be successful in this role you will be target-oriented and outgoing with good 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. 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 • Electric Vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme (Insurance, servicing, maintenance, roadside assistance and more included) • Free onsite parking • Local gym discount • Free airport parking • 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 LI-ONSITE LI-CH1 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.