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.

We are seeking a driven and proactive Project Manager to oversee a diverse range of productivity and improvement initiatives across the site. A key focus of this role is supporting the conversion cost metric, one of the site’s breakthrough objectives. You will maintain visibility of multiple projects and interventions, anticipate risks and opportunities, intervene where required, and raise the flag when performance is at risk.

In addition, you will oversee Brilliant Basics problem solving projects and bespoke improvement initiatives, ensuring actions are delivered and sustained. You will ensure progress is clearly reported into key forums and that there is a strong connection between senior leadership reviews and daily management. This role is critical in ensuring the business operates as one, with clear visibility, aligned priorities, and informed decision making.

What You'll Contribute

The Project Manager will Contribute to the following:

• Maintain oversight of a broad portfolio of productivity and improvement projects across the business
• Track and support delivery of conversion cost initiatives, ensuring performance improvement is realised
• Monitor problem solving projects and ensure actions are followed through to completion
• Anticipate risks and opportunities across projects and intervene where required
• Raise concerns where delivery or performance is at risk
• Develop and maintain clear reporting and tracking tools to support governance and decision making
• Provide clear and concise updates into key forums and leadership cadences
• Ensure alignment between senior leadership direction and daily operational activity

What you'll Bring

To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:

Essential Skills and Attributes

• Highly driven self starter with strong energy and a relentless focus on results
• Proven ability to take initiative and operate with minimal direction
• Strong project management capability with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent communication skills with confidence to engage a wide range of stakeholders
• Strong analytical capability with proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to maintain oversight, anticipate challenges, and act decisively

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience in continuous improvement environments such as Lean or Six Sigma
• Familiarity with cost metrics and productivity performance measures
• Experience working across cross functional teams in a complex environment
• Track record of delivering measurable business improvements

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field desirable
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or PMP desirable

What We'll Offer

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
• Life Assurance 8 x salary
• Bonus 15%
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working hours including the ability to finish at 12noon on a Friday
• Income protection
• Shopping discounts
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment

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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