Facilities Management Technical Apprenticeship

Airbus S.A.S.; Penyffordd; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Half day Fridays!

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension

Success share

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Airbus S.A.S. invites applicants to join a 40-month Facilities Management Technical Apprenticeship based at our world-leading aircraft manufacturing site in Broughton, North Wales.

The programme blends 3 years of paid work with academic study at Coleg Cambria and Gower College, delivering a Level 3 framework while earning a full-time salary with zero fees. You will rotate through Facilities Services, Sustainability, Minor Works Projects and Health & Safety, gaining high engineering skills and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including Maths, English Language and Science.
• Awareness of potential compliance risks and a commitment to integrity.

Responsibilities

• Work as an engineer to support daily on-site issues and maintenance; ensure robustness of planned preventative maintenance.
• Collaborate with external service providers to ensure service delivery.
• Develop infrastructure specifications to improve assets and standardise equipment.
• Evaluate external supplier workmanship standards.
• Develop projects that reduce issues and improve reliability.
• Carry out health and safety audits to ensure site compliance.

Education

GCSEs (minimum 5 including Maths, English Language and Science)

Job description

Your scheme will begin with the first 8 months being off site on full-time academic & vocational study, before moving to a full week in placements apart from your academic day as detailed by your academic provider as you progress into your 2nd and 3rd years.

During your placement, you will be working on-site at our Wing Manufacturing Centre of Excellence where you'll work with a range of different teams. The disciplines you will cover include:

• Facilities Services, incorporating Planned and Reactive Maintenance;
• Sustainability;
• Minor Works Projects;
• Health and Safety.

Facilities Services

• Work as an engineer to support any daily issues on site as well as ensuring robustness of planned preventative maintenance;
• Work with our external service provider partners to ensure service delivery;
• Review the infrastructure layout to develop new solutions, optimising asset performance and standardisation of equipment;
• To be able to technically evaluate external supplier workmanship standards;
• Developing projects/designs that will reduce issues and improve reliability.

Sustainability

• In conjunction with the Energy and Asset Management teams, identify opportunities and improvements to deliver investment programmes, that should also deliver total cost of ownership including the incorporation of sustainable engineering.

Minor Works Projects

• Work as an engineer to develop infrastructure specifications that improves, optimises and standardises our assets;
• Evaluate technical proposals to ensure that supplier submissions align to the asset strategy so that all relevant technical challenges are submitted to deliver efficiencies and performance within the requirements;
• Understand the infrastructure technical impact against proposals in relation to energy and ongoing maintenance requirements.

Health and Safety

• Attain a thorough understanding of your health and safety responsibilities and best practices;
• Gain a full understanding of all the legislative requirements within the scope of the commodity (electrical or mechanical);
• To carry out audits of the infrastructure systems to ensure compliance on the site.

Eligibility

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above which must include Maths, English Language and Science (C in Physics or double award in Science at minimum CC), 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.

The Airbus Facilities Management Technical Apprenticeship gives you the full learning experience with 3 whole years of invaluable industry experience. Achieve a Level 3 apprenticeship framework in Facilities Management whilst earning a full-time salary and paying ZERO fees to do so.

This unique 40 month programme not only offers you a Level 3 framework, but together with vocational training and placements in various teams and projects focusing on maintenance, sustainability, and health and safety, you will develop high engineering skills recognised across the globe. You will be studying in year 1 at Coleg Cambria and in years 2 & 3 with Gower College and will have a unique opportunity to couple this learning with practical, industry based work that will take place at our world leading aircraft manufacturing site in Broughton, (near Chester) North Wales. We are also believers in experiential learning too, and there are many events that take place that offer exciting opportunities to grow and develop whilst also having fun!, 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. 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: £19,185 35 hours per week

• Half day Fridays!
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension
• Success share
• Plus many more flexible benefits!