Industrialization Manager

Are you ready to take the lead in driving cutting-edge manufacturing excellence? At Fokker Landing Gear in Papendrecht, we’re searching for a visionary Industrialization Manager to guide a talented multicultural engineering team across disciplines and spearhead innovation in military aerospace platforms such as the F-35 and NH90.

As an Industrialization Manager, your mission will be to upgrade our Manufacturing Engineering Systems and Operations Equipment, aligning them with global standards for PLM, CAM, CAV, ERP, MES, and QMS. By leading the industrialization of high-resolution Digital Product Definition processes, you’ll deliver unmatched accuracy, automation, and synchronization across our manufacturing ecosystem.

With a focus on stabilizing operations post-transfer and building future-ready systems, you’ll help us achieve our mid-to-long-term goal of becoming a Best-in-Class landing gear manufacturer. Join us on this exciting journey and make an impact on the future of aerospace manufacturing!

Fokker Landing Gear

Fokker Landing Gear (FLG) designs, developments, manufactures and assembles complete landing gears, as well as the repair and overhaul of systems in use. FLG manufactures parts for the Apache attack helicopter, the F-35 Lightning II (JSF), the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 and the multipurpose NH90 helicopter. For a Dutch aviation company of this size, we have acquired a unique position in the F-35 (JSF) program based on our design and development capabilities.

What you'll do

• Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
• Develop technical solutions to complex problems. Delivery of a manufacturing system that fulfils all stakeholder requirements including; Safety, Quality, Producibility & Business case
• Lead engineering teams to deliver measurable, metrics driven results in line with Operational and Program goals.
• Deliver class leading engineering solutions to solutions to complex problems
• Develop, deploy and maintain functional engineering standards.
• Develop and deliver manufacturing engineering training strategy for the business. Lead capability & career development of the engineering team.
• Build a culture of process control, Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) mind-set in the manufacturing engineering team.
• Responsible for the implementation of tooling and or production planning, from original concept through to production. Design these processes with a high degree of process capability utilizing the GKN standard ZDM tool suite to demonstrate as such.
• Accountable for product development, new product quotes, tool fabrication quotes, first article development, configuration changes that involve cost estimation, schedule coordination, build process definition, and implementation
• Maintain positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as co-workers
• Continuously improve production processes by implementing Lean initiatives.

What you'll bring

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in manufacturing industrialization within a highly technical, low volume mechanical manufacturing industry.
• Experience in leading multicultural teams.
• Technical expertise in Manufacturing Engineering, with a professional qualification / background (bachelor/university degree) in engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical).
• Experience of managing New Product / Process introduction (industrialisation) & existing production process improvements.
• Ability to influence people, build trust and establish effective working relationships within a global organization.
• Working knowledge of LEAN processes and practices.
• Working knowledge of quality system models such as ISO9000, AS9100, or D1-9000.
• Fluent in English language, both written and spoken.

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 engineering and all our teams are justifiably proud of what they develop and build. As a Manager Industrialization, you will receive a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• Working conditions according to the CAO Metalektro, including an excellent pension scheme and travel allowance.
• Profit sharing scheme.
• A working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.
• Every opportunity to build on your career and personal development.