GKN Aerospace
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 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £2.8bn. 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!
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.
Job Summary
The Programme Support Office will be based at our Luton site supporting aftermarket programmes for both our Civil and Defence business lines. The incumbent will report to the Head of MRO, Customer Support and Electrical Systems, the role will require flexibility for national and international travel to attend site visits and customer meetings and there is flexibility for occasional working from home dependent on the needs of the business. The Programme Support Officer will support the day to day programme operations of the business and be responsible for the administration and activities associated with control and monitoring of progress, scope, cost and resource management within the programme, the programmes supported will include Hawker, DAHER, Fokker and Ancillaries. The role will also require an element of CSO activity (order book loading and management) and the incumbent will be the direct interface with Customers and Operational sites.
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, Airbus A320, 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 400+ employees and onsite facilities including onsite parking, canteen, vending machines and showers.
Job Responsibilities
- Compile and follow up work breakdown structure (WBS), organization breakdown structure (OBS), and cost breakdown structure (CBS) schedules and plans for the programme
- Control and monitor progress, scope, costs and resource management and allocation for the programme
- Based on analysis, initiate improvements and recoveries on on-time delivery (OTD) and quality (Q) from Customer Scorecards and delivery schedule adherence in close collaboration with the responsible disciplines
- Prepare and maintain the customer outlook for budgeting purposes
- Prepare the demand for operations including required performance measures and preparing the handshake agreements with the performance site
- Support Risk and Opportunity Management activities managing the risk register to control and mitigate the risk exposure
- Establish and control robust document management in the IPT and towards/from the customer
- Support creation, coordination and delivery of (change) proposals to customer requests
- Prepare and analyze the Programme Performance Summary (PPS) initiating actions in case of deviations
How You’ll Contribute
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
- Level 3 qualification such as a Diploma in a relevant discipline such as Business or Project Management
- Significant project or programme support experience gained from a manufacturing environment
- Experience of order book management
- Experience of change control
- Experience of delivering against KPI’s in terms of quality, cost and scheduling
- Experience of performance reporting
Desirable
- AMP – PMQ qualification
- Aerospace industry experience
- Experience of building business cases based on cost data
- Experience of contract management including terms and conditions
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 Programme Support Officer will be an assertive, proactive and self-driven professional with excellent organisation, influencing and communication skills.
What We’ll Offer
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:
- £28,000 to £41,000 per annum 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
- Income protection
- Shopping discounts
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 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!
Why Join Us
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. 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’ last year. 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.
Hybrid Work Approach
We understand our employees thrive by working differently, what works for one may not work for another, offering different ways of working is core to us creating a great employee experience. We’re pleased to provide a hybrid working approach enabling you to balance your time between working remotely and working in our offices. We’re also keen for our employees to achieve a work life balance so we’re happy to discuss flexible working options with you should the role be able to accommodate it.
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