Team Leader - 1st Shift - Repair Solutions

Team Leader - 1st Shift - Repair Solutions

Date: Aug 7, 2025

Location:El Cajon, CA, US

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

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

The Production Supervisor (Team Leader) is accountable for achieving the People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash and Cost (PSQDCC) targets through the disciplined and rigorous deployment of the Lean Operating Model. The Team Leader is accountable for attaining Operational Excellence across their designated area of responsibility, in line with the Performance Centre objectives. The Team Leader is accountable for creating a ‘Great Place To Work’ through developing and empowering first class Team Members and driving a culture of continuous improvement, safe working and open dialogue.
• Are you a Team Leader who thrives when helping operators grow and develop, and are constantly looking for coachable moments to upskill them?
• Do you love solving problems and want to go beyond just fixing them - identifying root causes, finding optimal solutions, and implementing process improvements to prevent future issues?
• Are you driven by a need to exceed your customers, your team, and your company expectations?
• Can you push your team to deliver the highest quality products and solutions in a timely manner and still have their esteem?
• Do you thrive in leveraging the talent of your team to consistently increase performance and productivity?
• Do you flourish when you can make decisions and own its consequences?
• Are you a person who has a natural authority to get things done and who actively deals with poor behaviors or performance?
This role in not classified as a Safety Sensitive position under the FAA regulations and is not subject to Random Drug testing

Job Responsibilities

• Create and sustain a culture that is aligned to the GKN Aerospace “Great Place To Work” value drivers and Culture Principles by role-modelling behaviors, motivating, encouraging and recognizing the contribution of Team Members.
• Hold Team Members and fellow Team Leaders accountable to embody the GKNA culture principles
• Be Open and Honest when appraising and managing individuals’ performance whilst supporting and coaching individuals to close performance gaps
• Provide opportunities for Team Members to play to their strengths; do what they do best and create on-going opportunities for learning and personal development
• Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring that the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards are applied and that their assigned areas are a model of a world class healthy and safe working environment
• Leading and developing their teams to understand the context, mechanics and the delivery of PSQDCC targets to meet customer and stakeholder commitments
• Driving the disciplined and rigorous deployment of the Lean Operating Model (LOM) across their assigned areas
• Developing first-class Team Members who embody the GKN culture principles and are readily able to progress to become Team Leaders or take other roles in the business
• Active involvement in problem solving and the management system using a ‘Go to Gemba’ approach to solve problems with the ambition that 95% of issues can be solved within the zone itself
• Contributing to the Value Stream future state design, and ensuring its execution across their assigned areas
• Cooperate with other Team Leaders to ensure the best performance outcomes for the entire Area
• Holding the functional support staff accountable for adhering to the Global standards and enabling their zone team to meet its targets
• Responsibility for managing a Zone budget as agreed with their Group Leader
• Taking ownership when having to make difficult decisions linked to their Zone
• Satisfactory and timely completion of assigned company training programs.

Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
• High School Diploma required.
• Must be able to perform work subject to ITAR/EAR regulations and/or program requirements.
• Fluent in English language, both written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications:
• GKN Experience
• Aerospace manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
• MRO experience is strongly preferred.
• AMP liscense is preferred.
• Leadership capabilities.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Able to demonstrate competence to undertake key tasks within their designated work zone or those in zones within similar processes
• Excellent performance as a Team member, demonstrating rigorous adherence to standardized work, and a track record of Kaizen implementation
• Self-motivated by meeting and exceeding PSQDCC performance targets
• The demonstrated ability to work with various stakeholders
• Demonstrated potential to lead, engage, train and develop direct reports
• An effective communicator and an influential team member
• Experience working with a Lean Operating Model / Production System
• Lean or Six Sigma certification by a reputable certifying body or benchmark company

Compensation Range

The compensation range for this role is between $85,898 - $107,372.

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.​
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