About the role
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
As MES/MOM engineer at GKN Aerospace in Papendrecht, The Netherlands, you will be involved in the Development, Implementation, Validation and Support of our Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solution based on Siemens Opcenter Execution, deployed at sites in the APAC, EU and NA regions.
Job Responsibilities
Support and maintain current MES deployments in multiple Production sites.
Package and deploy new GKN customization releases to Test and Production environments.
Install/upgrade and configure Opcenter for new implementations and deployments.
Set up and maintain integrations with surrounding applications using Opcenter Connect MOM.
Understand business processes and functional requirements and convert into technical specifications.
Translate functional and design specifications into MES objects: workflows, equipment classes, etc.
Develop custom logic when justified by a valid business case and no out of the box solution is available.
Define test specifications, participate in tests and validation.
Develop tools and templates to speed up the design process, make the support process more efficient and increase application stability and usability.
Conduct technical training when required to share development best practices.
Job Qualifications
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:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or equivalen…
