Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

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The vacancy: Operations Manager Machining

The Machining unit of Fokker Landing Gear produces parts for the landing gear of the most well-known helicopters and airplanes. We are responsible for final products of the highest quality. As an Operations Manager, you will ensure this complex operation runs smoothly without jeopardizing deliveries. Additionally, you will build a driven team and work towards even higher quality, production, and safety standards. Interested in a challenging management position in an inspiring technical work environment?

Your key responsibilities

• Manage the team leads and ensure production proceeds according to schedule, budget, and quality. You will guide and facilitate your team leads and help them develop their skills through intensive coaching.

• Coordinate tasks and deliveries with our customers' representatives, maintaining full insight into the status of assignments to make timely adjustments.

• Drive continuous improvement in teams and enhance our standards wherever possible.

• Achieve goals related to quality and error reduction, safety and environment, and the health, welfare, and performance of your team.

• Create and maintain our open and honest culture, where people work safely, respect each other, support one another, and take responsibility.

• Contribute to the strategy development and implementation with colleagues according to the Hoshin-Kanri process.

What you'll bring

Working in a technical production environment where each day is unpredictable and results matter is your strength. You excel in devising creative solutions to tackle problems and keeping processes and production on track. You achieve this not from behind your desk, but through positivity, communication skills, and genuine interest in your team. You motivate and engage your team leads and shop floor staff in transformation and process improvement projects.

In addition, you bring the following:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field, such as mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or focused on Total Productive Maintenance.

• Extensive management experience in production and/or maintenance, repair, and overhaul. Note: your unit works in metal and surface treatment and sheet metal, not with composites.

• Proven experience with process improvement and change management in a production environment.

• Experience with Lean in a production environment.

• Fluency in Dutch and in English.

About Fokker Landing Gear

Fokker Landing Gear, part of GKN Fokker, is a recognized specialist in landing gear and related systems. We focus on designing, developing, producing, and assembling complete landing gear, as well as repairing and reassembling systems already in use. We work on the most well-known aircraft and helicopters, such as the Apache attack helicopter, the F-35 Lightning II (JSF), the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, and the multipurpose NH90 maritime combat helicopter.

The innovation and entrepreneurship of aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker are still at the heart of our company. In Papendrecht, we are rapidly growing into a multi-technology aviation campus, where we bring together our dynamic production processes. In this inspiring work environment, you will be part of the Machining unit, where operators and quality inspectors perform machining operations and inspections to produce landing gear parts. Together with your motivated, experienced, and less experienced team leads, you will build your unit. You will also work closely with other department managers to ensure the success of Fokker Landing Gear. We are inclusive, internationally diverse, and embrace an open and friendly work atmosphere. Moreover, we offer ample opportunities for your development.

What we'll offer

A challenging position in an innovative and international environment with a rich history in aircraft manufacturing. Our organization breathes passion for technology, and all our teams are justifiably proud of what they develop and build. As an Operations Manager, you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A gross monthly salary based on the F-class of the WTW GGS job evaluation system.

• 30 paid vacation days.

• Pension plan.

• Performance-based bonus.

• A pleasant and informal working environment where we strive together for the best result for our customers and work in a good atmosphere.

• An extensive training program to make your start at GKN Fokker as successful as possible, where you will learn our processes in detail.

• All opportunities to build your career and personal development.

Extra info

Interested in this position and meet the requirements? Apply directly via the 'Apply' button. (Due to privacy/GDPR regulations, we only accept applications via the website and we would like to receive an English CV).

Questions? Contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist Marina Monogyiou at marina.monogyiou@fokker.com

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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.

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