Manufacturing Engineering Placement (12 months)

An opportunity has arisen for a placement student to work within Manufacturing Engineering. Our team is responsible for a variety of tasks, including:

• Daily support for and management of technical issues and continuous improvements;
• Driving innovations and new technologies;
• Managing outstanding work, maintenance, and issues or developments related to jigs and tools;
• Introducing industrial process changes;
• Working as part of a multi-functional team across different variants and build stages at Broughton.
What you will be doing: During this placement, you will develop skills such as Industrial Planning, Project management, Communication, Finances, Supply Chain integration and many more! Activities that you may undertake during your placement will include:
• Scoping and delivering improvement projects;
• Supporting Wing of Tomorrow development with the AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre);
• Shaping the future through digitalization, product architecture and sustainability;
• Identify, analyze & solve recurrent technical issues not directly manageable by the operators & FLM (First Line Manager);
• Provide an E2E (end to end) view at shop floor level within the production team;
• Achieve optimized efficiency and work results through planning, production control and management of products and the design of processes;
• Achieve the expected Industrial Excellence targets within this area by ensuring adherence and continuous improvement of the operational process.
  
  Studying towards a degree in Engineering, a Technical field, or equivalent;
• Good understanding of Microsoft and Google Tools;
• Team player;
• You have the ability to listen, understand and communicate information;
• You have a strong interest in developing yourself;
• You are interested in finding creative solutions to complex problems.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) check. You may also need to gain UK SC-level Security Clearance or Export Control, depending on the role., This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Airbus has a wide range of Manufacturing Engineering teams that work daily to support and manage technical issues and continuous improvements, as well as drive innovation and new technologies. These teams cover a variety of disciplines and specialties, including:
• Jigs & Tooling;
• Process Planning;
• Industrial Configuration;
• Sustainability;
• Major Projects;
• Lineside Support;
• Automation and Robotics;
• Assembly Technologies;
• Digitalization;
• Rapid Prototyping., Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com. At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Salary: £24,246 35 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working options available depending on the role // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays