Graduate Reliability Engineer

A Truly Global Business

Every day, around the world, we help aircrafts fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £3.35bn. Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050! 

Job Summary

Making a Difference 

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.

We are now seeking a Graduate Reliability Engineer to join the team at our site in Filton. At our GKN Filton site, we specialise in the design and manufacture of large complex structural wing assemblies, detailed metallic components and wing systems for a combination of both civil and military aircraft. 

How You'll Contribute

• Continually reviewing equipment data to identify opportunities to improve the technical strategy.
• Performing Root Cause Analysis.
• Participation in capital projects to ensure that reliability and availability are specifically addressed this can be on a weekly, monthly & yearly basis on different projects.
• Leading partnerships with Engineering, Maintenance and Manufacturing to facilitate cross-functional problem-solving.
• Monitoring of failures to identify root causes and implementing appropriate actions.
• Organisation and indirect leadership of Criticality Assessment and Risk Based Maintenance analysis (FMECA/RCM/REM) teams.
• Identification of design-out opportunities and action to evaluate these and implement cost-justifiable actions.
• Initiation and implementation of changes to PMs when appropriate.
• Provision of training as needs are identified, including Root Cause Failure Analysis training for maintenance technicians and others as required.

 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: 

• A strong team player with the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Recent Graduate within Aerospace Engineering prefferred.
• Strong analytical capabilities, ability to transfer data into excel & communicate to all levels.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to problem solve in a changing environment.
• Able to work on own initiative / Independently.

Desirable:

• Experience within an aerospace production environment.

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.
• 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. 

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!