Calibration Engineer (East Cowes, GB)

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 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.

Job Summary

Based in our thriving facilities in East Cowes, the Calibration Engineer will be responsible for supporting the Company’s business by the calibration and maintenance of electronic and electrical instrumentation across both sites.

Job Responsibilities

Typical respopnsbilities will include:

Ensuring all equipment meets the relevant specifications. Maintaining calibration records in accordance with ISO 10021-1 latest issue. Maintaining full computerised company and personal recall records. Ensuring compliance with CAA, FAA, Nadcap and customer requirements. Locating and dispatching equipment for external calibration ISO, UKAS, British Standards, Manufacturers specification, or in house customer requirements. Being a point of contact for internal or external calibration requirements. Prioritising calibration requirements. Sourcing and ordering new equipment and spares for the mechanical calibration department. Writing and maintaining work instruction to latest specifications. Maintaining safe working procedures. Ensuring we are working to the latest National or International Standards. Identify and introducing cost saving and improve working practices. Capability of performing secondary calibration methods to support business needs. Capability of making minor adjustments to assets to enable meeting closer tolerances.

Job Qualifications

Suitable applicants will be able to demonstrate:

Minimum Level 3 NVQ (or equivalent) gained through the successful completion of a formal apprenticeship in a manufacturing engineering, or related, subject. Significant previous calibration experience gained within an industrial environment, with a focus on electronic and electrical instrumentation calibration Any formal metrology training or qualification would he bugely advantageous, as would knowledge of the aerospace manufacturing industry and it's associated standards

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. ​ ​