MSB CoE Architect in Papendrecht

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

At GKN Aerospace, we are reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener. As part of our global MES/MOM Centre of Excellence, we are looking for an experienced MSB Solution Architect to drive the development, implementation and support of shop floor connectivity solutions across our international manufacturing network.

What you'll do?

As part of the AeroConnect platform team, you will act as the link between business requirements and technical solutions, helping to connect manufacturing systems, machines and enterprise applications using our Manufacturing Service Bus (MSB) and Siemens MOM-Connect solutions.

Key responsibilities include:
• Designing and implementing shop floor integration solutions.
• Translating business requirements into functional and technical architectures.
• Supporting deployments, upgrades and continuous improvements.
• Providing 3rd line support for manufacturing connectivity solutions.
• Driving global standardisation and alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders, vendors and global IT teams.
• Ensuring security, compliance and operational excellence across solutions.
• Identifying opportunities for innovation and process improvement.

Required content-related skills

Be a business communication conduit to the MSB CoE for new projects to expand the shop floor connectivity with MSB platform or change the requirements within our existing estate.

Creation of functional and technical requirements and architectural documents to support existing and new shop floor connectivity and new technologies across GKN Aerospace

Supporting implementation of new solutions, upgrades and/or enhancements to existing solutions

Gathering requirements of systems, processes and business models for translation into solution designs.

Create and maintain high-quality deployment and documentation including presentations to business stakeholders

Ensures the business / functions / programs are aware of the latest capabilities and drive standard functional best practice.

Actively seek out new shop floor connectivity and functional improvement opportunities

Test and verification of new and upgraded modules.

Provide remote and “at elbow” 3rd line specialist support to the MSB user community

Receive the demand and develop the solutions from the business and\or MSB CoE for new or improved functionality.

Attend appropriate seminars and training from SIEMENS and other vendors to keep your skills up to date.

Be a proactive architecture in enterprise projects including owning basic project management & planning tasks.

Work alongside the other global IT functions (including IT operations, security, compliance, PMO & ITBP’s) to support the delivery of the MES CoE strategy in line with the IT operating model

Be a trusted proactive partner to the business in providing and maintaining fit for purpose solutions.

Ensure IT security requirements are observed and designed into future demands / requirements.

Liaising with external parties (e.g. consultants, software vendors, auditors etc.) were required.

Supporting change request process during implementation performing an impact assessment where required and collaborating on compliance monitoring post-implementation (plan-do-check-act).

Assist the various technical and functional application managers to ensure the integrity and availability of our applications and solutions across the GKN / Fokker landscape.

Actively participating in enterprise architecture forums and initiatives

Ensure tactical solutions are aligned with strategic roadmap from the business and MSB CoE. Reducing site specific solutions and promoting global standardization.
Works closely with the other Engineering IT CoE’s to assist with shop floor connectivity and MSB integrations.

Job Qualifications

What you'll bring

Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.

5-10+ years' experience in Solution Architecture, Manufacturing IT or Integration Engineering.
Strong knowledge of: Windows Server, IIS, PowerShell and certificates. SQL Server and PostgreSQL. Kubernetes and Docker. Azure technologies. Industrial protocols such as OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus and REST. Integration technologies and service-oriented architectures.

Experience with MES/MOM environments and manufacturing integration.

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Hands-on mindset with the ability to combine architecture and implementation activities.

Nice to have

Siemens Opcenter / MOM-Connect experience.

Node-RED knowledge.

ISA-95, IEC-62443 and TOGAF familiarity.

Experience with PLCs, CNC systems and Mendix integrations.

Dutch language skills.

What's in it for you?

We are committed to offering you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities, a career that can go in many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Fokker Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that you will be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry.
In the role of MES\MOM Systems Developer/Engineer you will belong to an international team of experts. We will not only provide you with the conditions to perform at the best of your capabilities, but we will also support and promote your professional and personal development. Furthermore, we will offer you:

• A gross monthly salary in scale N depending on your work experience.
• 8% holiday allowance,
• 42 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (29 holidays and 13 ADV days),
• An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance,
• Hybrid working, giving you the opportunity to balance home and office work,
• Profit sharing scheme,
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.

Next to a competitive package, we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly! We will support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That's the beauty of being part of a global business, once you're on board you never know where your career journey may take you!

How to apply?

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.