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
A-21098-71711 Welding EngineerWithdrawn Mebane, NC Apr 9, 2021
A-20105-42560 Manufacturing Engineer (Materials and Process)Certified - Expired Sanford, NC Sep 4, 2020
A-20091-37148 Manager - Customer AccountsCertified - Expired Auburn Hills, MI Aug 10, 2020

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