Manufacturing Engineer 1st Shift (Temp Contract)

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 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

Provides day-to-day manufacturing engineering support for the Garden Grove recovery effort, enabling internal engineering resources to focus on FAI execution, production restart activities, material qualifications, and strategic process improvements. The role resolves production issues, supports Product Review Board activities, and maintains controlled manufacturing processes and documentation.

(Work Schedule: This position is assigned to 1st shift, with a regular schedule of 7:00 PM to 4:00 PM PST.)

Job Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on manufacturing engineering support to production teams and resolve technical issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, and throughput.
• Investigate part, process, equipment, and documentation issues; define immediate containment and coordinate technically sound corrective actions.
• Prepare and support PRB dispositions, technical evaluations, and implementation follow-up in accordance with approved procedures and delegated authority.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, routers, work instructions, tooling requirements, and process data to confirm production readiness.
• Support FAI readiness by closing routine production issues, gathering objective evidence, and coordinating required manufacturing inputs.
• Develop and revise manufacturing plans, routers, standard work, and process instructions while maintaining configuration control.
• Apply structured problem-solving methods such as 5 Whys, 8D, and DMAIC to reduce recurrence, rework, and production interruptions.
• Use production and quality data to identify trends, prioritize actions, and recommend improvements to process capability and flow.
• Coordinate with Quality, Operations, Planning, Tooling, Supply Chain, and Design Engineering to close recovery actions on schedule.
• Provide clear status, risks, decisions needed, and closure evidence to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

Job Qualifications

• Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, or a related engineering discipline.
• Three or more years of manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment.
• Working knowledge of engineering drawings, GD&T, manufacturing planning, tooling, process controls, and configuration-controlled documentation.
• Demonstrated production problem-solving, RCCA, and cross-functional issue-resolution experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications; experience with PLM and ERP/MRP systems.
• Must be able to perform work subject to applicable ITAR/EAR and program requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Teamcenter, FAI support, PRB/MRB processes, APQP, SPC, or process capability analysis.

Compensation Data

Pay Range: $43.79/hr - $54.74/hr

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.