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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 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.

Job Summary

GKN is actively engaged in a series of major, multi £M development programmes with the long term aim of enabling zero emission flight on a series of new aircraft programmes. We want to enable the complete electrification of Aircraft powered by Liquid Hydrogen, Fuel cells and Cryogenically cooled networks and motors. As such we’ve already built up a significant capability with an international team of over 70 specialist Engineers working on Liquid Hydrogen based propulsion systems, including storage (tanks), Fuel management, Fuel cells, Electrical networks, Motors and Inverters, with Cryogenics being an enabling technology. This ground breaking technology is maturing rapidly and we’re searching for specialist Engineers and Scientists who want to work with us in this rapidly changing, dynamic, multifunctional environment to help us push further and faster as we win more programmes and the market accelerates.

As member of the Hydrogen Project Team, you will support the day to day project management activities and be responsible for the coordination and activities associated with control and monitoring of progress, scope, cost and resource management within the GKN program team in the UK and the Netherlands, and its partners. In this role, you will actively work with engineers and technology experts in the field of hydrogen systems.

You will be expected to spend at least 3 days/week in the office.

How You'll Contribute

• Compile and maintain Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and schedules/plans for the projects in the UK and Netherlands

• Drumbeat the teams’ progress against schedules and costs

• Monitor interdependencies between projects in the UK and Netherlands

• Analyse and report on progress, scope and costs against the baseline

• Monitor resource management for the project

• Proactively identify areas for management attention

• support in developing recovery plans where deviations demand

• prepare project stakeholders communication, internally and work with the finance team to prepare governmental reporting

• Facilitate Risk and Opportunity Management activities, owning the risk register to control and mitigate the risk exposure of the project

• Establish and maintain robust document management in the project and towards stakeholders;

• support creation, coordination and delivery of (change) proposals for management or stakeholder;

• Manage project updates in applicable compilation systems and tools;

• Maintain the project action log and support timely closure of the tasks;

• Facilitate the change control process of the project and maintain the change log;

• Co-ordinate purchase order request activities, pulling together inputs from technical team and driving through to formal approval and guiding new suppliers through the registration process;

• Support team supplier management post purchase order, including tracking of deliveries and ensuring timely goods receipt actions from item owners.

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 in supporting complex technical projects in an engineering or technology environment

• Experience building complex schedules with dependencies, identify critical path and manage change

• APM PMQ or equivalent certification

• Proficient in Microsoft packages; including Word and Excel

  Desirable:

• Experience of working in a technical team, of circa 50-100 people

• Experience working in Aerospace

• Experienced in Earn Value Management

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.

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. We are seeking a Technology Project Manager who excels in both external and internal communication, demonstrating exceptional written and verbal skills. The ideal candidate will possess a keen attention to detail and the ability to multitask effectively. They must have outstanding data processing and analytical abilities, enabling them to handle complex information with ease. Flexibility in taking on new responsibilities and the capability to prioritise and manage time efficiently are essential. Additionally, strong influencing skills are crucial, as the candidate will need to guide and motivate the team towards achieving project goals.

What We'll Offer

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

• Competitive salary dependant on experience

• Hybrid working – giving you the opportunity to balance home and office working

• 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

• 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!

  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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