Senior Project Leader Strategic Projects within Commercial Engine Portfolio

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 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

About us

In Technology & Product Development programs we believe in seeking sustainable solutions, improving and growing the GKN Engines business thru technology development and implementation. Being a key part of this journey enable us to create extended customer value and keep the sky accessible for generations to come. 

 

If you want to enhance your leadership skills and lead the way into the sustainable aviation future, the opportunity is now – We are searching for dedicated senior leaders that will drive one of our key strategic projects. 

 

About the role
GKN holds Product Life Cycle responsibility for several commercial engine designed products and produces components in many engine programs at many different GKN sites globally for both design/make and make-to-print components. 

 

We are currently in search of Senior Project Leaders to join our teams of project leaders, with the opportunity to lead key strategic projects across our commercial engine portfolios. 
These roles offers growth potential, allowing you to take on various project leader assignments along the way.

 

As Senior Project Leader within our commercial engine project portfolio, you will be responsible for managing a Trade Study project, prior project launch, or Product Development project, including product realization and production industrialization, or Product & Production Support, or Product Field Repair development project. Your primary objective will be to ensure timely delivery of the project within specified quality standards and budget in the specific project directive. Key to your role is the implementation of GKN's unique technologies and expertise, targeting strategic products aligning with GKN Engines growth plan. Your success as a project leader will contribute to the value creation for GKN and the commercial engine programs, in which GKN is an engine share partner.  

 

You lead, motivate and drive your global cross-functional team throughout trade study, design, manufacturing and procurement phase as well as insertion of new technologies from life cycle gate 0-7 and corresponding customer gates, while maintaining a business-oriented mind set. Your contribution will also be pivotal in strengthening GKN's collaboration with external partners and OEM´s, fostering lasting technical relationships and establishing our reputation as an exceptional partner in the aerospace industry building our “best partners in the sky” footprint.

 

GKN is committed in developing necessary technologies and de-risking a novel product architecture for the future product platforms.

Job Responsibilities

• Accountable for the project deliverables on-time, within scope, to budget with right quality on all output 
• Define project organization including work breakdown structure, assignment of project responsibilities and which authorization roles needed for project success. 
• Lead, coordinate, organize and motivate project team for the flawless execution of project
• Proactively ensure resource availability and allocation
• Create and maintain necessary project documentation and track progress. (e.g time plan, forecast, risk register, project benefit realization, etc) 
• Proactively execute Risk, Issue and Opportunity Management to control and mitigate the risk exposure and take advantage of opportunities
• Ensure governance and quality adherence in accordance with the applicable GKN Aerospace process standards and policies
• Inform, report and escalate to the project steering committee
• Manage the relationship with peers, stakeholders, users and suppliers.
• Remove hinders for the project team enabling flow and undertaking any other activity required to ensure successful delivery of the project.
• Responsible for promoting an atmosphere in the team that champions both physical and mental health, safety and wellbeing.
• Contribute to the development of GKN as a 'Great Place to Work', aligned with the core principles - safe, innovative, open & honest, care & respect, and ownership.

 

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