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Amazing opportunities.\nGKN 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.\nJob Summary\nWe're seeking a Director of Facilities Engineering & Operations to lead facilities, maintenance, utilities, infrastructure, and capital projects at our aerospace manufacturing site in Garden Grove. This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of the systems that support production, including cleanrooms, HVAC, electrical distribution, compressed air, chilled water, and other critical utilities. Our operations rely on highly reliable facilities and controlled environments to manufacture mission-critical aerospace components. Your leadership will help ensure business continuity, support customer delivery commitments, strengthen regulatory compliance, and position the site for future growth.\nJob Responsibilities\nLead Facilities & Maintenance Operations\nProvide strategic leadership for facilities engineering, maintenance, utilities, and infrastructure.\nDevelop operating plans, budgets, staffing strategies, and reliability initiatives.\nPartner with Operations, Quality, EH&S, Supply Chain, Finance, and HR to support site objectives.\nDrive Reliability & Business Continuity\nEnsure uptime and performance of critical building systems and manufacturing utilities.\nLead recovery efforts during major equipment, utility, or infrastructure disruptions.\nDrive preventive and predictive maintenance programs, asset management, and root cause problem solving.\nLead Capital & Infrastructure Projects\nDevelop and execute a multi-year capital roadmap.\nOversee facility upgrades, infrastructure improvements, and equipment replacement projects.\nManage contractors, consultants, suppliers, and project teams to deliver projects safely, on time, and within budget.\nEnsure Compliance & Safety\nSupport compliance with AS9100, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Cal/OSHA, and customer requirements.\nPartner with EH&S to maintain environmental, health, and safety standards.\nEnsure facilities remain audit-ready and support regulatory compliance.\nBuild High-Performing Teams\nLead and develop facilities, maintenance, and technical teams.\nEstablish clear performance expectations, accountability, and continuous improvement practices.\nCreate a culture centered on safety, reliability, and operational excellence.\n\nJob Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent experience.\n10+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, chemical, or other regulated manufacturing environments.\n10+ years of leadership experience managing engineering, maintenance, facilities, or technical teams.\nExperience supporting critical utilities and infrastructure, including HVAC, cleanrooms, compressed air, chilled water, steam, and plant electrical systems.\nCapital project leadership experience from planning through commissioning.\nKnowledge of AS9100, ISO standards, regulatory compliance, and customer audits.\nStrong leadership, project management, communication, and problem-solving skills.\nMust qualify as a U.S. Person under ITAR regulations.\nPreferred\nCMRP, PMP, PE, or similar professional certification.\nAerospace manufacturing experience supporting major OEM or defense customers.\nExperience with cleanrooms, CNC operations, chemical processing, coatings, autoclaves, glass, or acrylic manufacturing.\nExperience implementing reliability programs, FMEA, CMMS systems, and predictive maintenance strategies.\nExperience leading both union and non-union teams.\nCompensation Data\nAnnual Salary: $162,203.00 - $202,753.00\nWe’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?\nA Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working\nEveryone 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.\nWe’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.\nWe are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5388,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":10,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Aerospace Manufacturing","Aircraft Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T09:24:10Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":37,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.815,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":29,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":202753,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gkn-aerospace-director-facility-engineering-operations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gkn-aerospace-director-facility-engineering-operations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T03:07:20Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4872,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1833182},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1833182"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-director-facility-engineering-operations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-director-facility-engineering-operations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-director-facility-engineering-operations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/gkn-aerospace-director-facility-engineering-operations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-director-facility-engineering-operations"}]}