Manufacturing Engineering Placement (12.5 months)

Job Description:

Start date: 18th August 2025

Location: Broughton, North Wales

Duration: 12.5 months

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

Benefits:

Salary: 21,900

35 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holiday

About us:

Airbus as a Company has a wide range of teams within Manufacturing Engineering who work daily to support and manage technical issues & continuous improvements, drive innovations and new technologies. These teams cover a variety of disciplines and specialties. These include: Jigs and Tools, Process Planning, Configuration, Sustainability, Major Projects, Lineside Support, Automation and Robotics, Assembly technologies, Digitalization, Rapid prototyping. If these areas spark your interest then you are in luck!

An opportunity has arisen for a placement student to work within Manufacturing Engineering. Our team are responsible for many tasks including but not limited to:

• Working daily to support and manage technical issues & continuous improvements;

• Drive innovations and new technologies;

• Manage Outstanding Work, maintenance, and issues or developments with jigs & tools;

• Outstanding Work support, support functions roles in the continuous improvement routines of the production teams on site;

• Working as part of a multi function team across the different variants and stages of build at Broughton.

What you will be doing:

During this placement, you will develop skills such as Planning, Project management, Communication, Finances, Supply Chain integration as well as 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 digitalisation, product architecture and sustainability;

• Identify, analyse & 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 optimised 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 operational process.

Requirements:

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

Please ensure you include your CV and a cover letter for your application to be considered.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• 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: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check). 

Contact:

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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.

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