Maintenance Technician

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 a Maintenance Technician, you are accountable to maintain and repair machinery, equipment, and facilities to ensure optimal performance and productivity.

Job Responsibilities

• Exemplifying a safety-first mind set and ensuring compliance to the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
• Responsible to ensure all machines and equipment are in good running condition and ready for production use.
• Daily support to Operation for machine or equipment break down.
• Responsible to ensure that TPM is conducted (Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly etc) for facilities and machine equipment.
• Perform training for daily and weekly TPM for all the machines and equipment to production technicians.
• Responsible to ensure that spare parts and consumables of the machines and equipment are available to prevent any long break down.
• Perform a multi-disciplined technical tasks to deliver incremental improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Deliver Facilities & Maintenance savings in line with year on year conversion cost targets.
• Maintain and record equipment data and history records to predict maintenance machine.
• Perform electrical related tasks in order to comply with Malaysia Power Grid Department of Malaysia known as Suruhanjaya Tenaga (ST)’s requirements such as electrical servicing, electrical calibration and regulator checking on the incoming building power supply for licensing renewal.
• Register as competent person for Low voltage with Suruhanjaya Tenaga
• Perform energy saving activity once facility in steady state and operational mode.
  
  

Job Qualifications

• A high school Diploma or equivalent qualification is required
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the related processes is required.
• Able to read and write in English
• Familiar with facility maintenance industry standards and best practices
• Basic knowledge in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Good problem solving skills.
• Knowledge in SAP is an added advantages.
• Experience in a similar role within the aviation industry, preferably in a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility or aerospace manufacturing environment.
• Valid forklift license
• Register as competent person for High Voltage with Suruhanjaya Tenaga is an added advantages
  
  

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.