GKN Driveline North America, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily NC · PERM filings 2020–2024

#3,721 top sponsor

Overview

GKN Driveline North America, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 23 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2024. That places it #3,721 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 9 were certified (39.1% approval rate), taking about 244 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Industrial Engineers, with most worksites in NC, and the median sponsored wage is $89,794.

23

PERM filings

39.1%

approval

2

denied

$89,794

median wage

244d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 20 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (50%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India10
  • Mexico5
  • Brazil2
  • Germany2
  • Spain1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B10
  • L-19
  • TN1

Education

  • Master's10
  • Bachelor's7
  • None3

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations GKN Driveline North America, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Industrial Engineers 6 $90,123
Industrial Production Managers 3 $83,429
Mechanical Engineers 3 $91,368
Purchasing Managers 3 $108,756
Managers, All Other 2 $78,884
Financial and Investment Analysts 1 $77,563
Supply Chain Managers 1 $142,106
Sales Engineers 1 $118,685
Computer Occupations, All Other 1 $34,258
Architectural and Engineering Managers 1 $127,837

Common job titles

Supply Chain Manager 2 Welding Engineer 2 Commodity Purchasing Manager 2 Senior Financial Analyst 1 Value Stream Manager 1 Manager - Customer Accounts 1 Manufacturing Engineer (Materials and Process) 1 Regional Commodity Manager - Forgings 1 Quality Manager 1 Senior Manager – Customer Accounts 1 Capacity and Capital Engineer 1 Senior IT Business Analyst 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$78,499

25th

$89,794

median

$103,605

75th

$122,325

90th

Law firms used

  • Kerr, Russell Weber, PLC19
  • Kerr Russell & Weber, PLC3
  • Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24270-366678 Senior Financial AnalystCertified Mebane, NC Feb 11, 2026
G-100-24243-306502 Value Stream ManagerCertified Sanford, NC Jan 21, 2026
G-100-23222-254848 Supply Chain ManagerCertified - Expired Timberlake, NC Oct 30, 2024
A-23124-37788 Senior Embedded Software EngineerCertified - Expired Auburn Hills, MI Jun 3, 2024
A-23005-82816 Manufacturing Engineering and Program Launch LeaderCertified - Expired Mebane, NC Jan 17, 2024
A-23005-82720 Quality and Risk ManagerWithdrawn Timberlake, NC Jan 17, 2023
A-22104-40638 Manufacturing EngineerCertified - Expired Timberlake, NC Jan 13, 2023
A-22018-99045 Commodity Purchasing ManagerDenied Mebane, NC Dec 29, 2022
A-22075-26147 Application Engineering ManagerCertified - Expired Auburn Hills, MI Dec 15, 2022
A-22040-09299 Lead Systems EngineerCertified - Expired Auburn Hills, MI Oct 7, 2022
A-21265-48143 Supply Chain Planning ManagerCertified - Expired Timberlake, NC Mar 28, 2022
A-21265-48178 Supply Chain ManagerCertified - Expired Sanford, NC Mar 28, 2022
A-21265-48249 Program Launch LeaderCertified - Expired Sanford, NC Mar 22, 2022
A-21259-45263 Senior IT Business AnalystCertified - Expired Mebane, NC Mar 16, 2022
A-21130-84074 Capacity and Capital EngineerCertified - Expired Timberlake, NC Nov 1, 2021
A-21099-72250 Welding EngineerCertified - Expired Mebane, NC Sep 2, 2021
A-20197-76619 Commodity Purchasing ManagerDenied Mebane, NC Jun 24, 2021
A-20342-30049 Senior Manager – Customer AccountsCertified - Expired Auburn Hills, MI Jun 23, 2021
A-20353-34829 Quality ManagerCertified - Expired Mebane, NC Jun 16, 2021
A-20339-28987 Regional Commodity Manager - ForgingsCertified - Expired Mebane, NC Jun 11, 2021

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.