Overview
We’re looking for a Principal Research Engineer – Sustainability to join our Global Technology Centre in Bristol.
In this role, you will apply your broad engineering expertise and sound business awareness to shape and lead research and development projects across Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 1 to 6.
Focusing on operations and production, you will drive the implementation of sustainable technologies across these areas. This could include reducing waste, lowering energy usage, or exploring innovative solutions to help us achieve our sustainability targets.
You will bring a proven ability to lead technical work, manage budgets, schedules, and risk, and adapt project direction to deliver maximum value. Your strategic mindset and critical thinking will support effective decision-making and guide your team towards impactful outcomes.
How You’ll Contribute:
- Implement sustainability improvements using technology across civil operational sites
- Lead workstreams and packages
- Line manage research engineer(s)
- Engaging with key stakeholders (Suppliers exploring the state-of-the-art, site and operations leaders), actively participating in the management of communications between production sites and technology
- Create and own project plans and industrialisation plans
- Manage budgets
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 leading and embracing change management
- Experience in a manufacturing engineering function
- Experience of technology insertion into an operational environment
- Demonstrable experience of working across multi-site projects independently
Desirable:
- Previous experience in the Aerospace
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.
