Operations Intern - Quality Engineering

Eaton Corporation; Wimborne Minster; On-site; GBP 8,900 - 11,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Wimborne Minster is offering an internship for undergraduates pursuing a minimum 2:1 in a related discipline. You will join the Quality team, learn how the Business Management System is deployed and audited, and work with cross-functional teams across the UK to drive improvements.

Starting July 2027, applicants must have UK work authorization without sponsorship. The role emphasizes hands-on training, exposure to customer quality investigations, and development of reporting

Qualifications

• Undergraduates working towards a minimum of a 2:1 in a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Quality Team to understand how the BMS is deployed, maintained and controlled.
• Learn to conduct audits of key business areas ensuring all process requirements are met.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to identify root causes and corrective actions for product/process non-conformances.
• Support Customer Quality investigations to understand root causes and preventative actions.
• Collect quality metrics and analyse them to monitor performance and drive improvements.
• Shadow the Quality Control team to learn part inspection and conformity processes.
• Shadow Supplier Quality to understand incoming product conformity.
• Write quality reports using methods learned during training.

Skills

Good communication

Networking skills

Quality experience

Education

Undergraduates with 2:1 in related discipline

Job description

What you’ll do:

General Duties:

• Work with a team of diverse people across all functions within the business
• Contribute and lead real Quality related business projects
• Build relationships with our extended cohort of students that are located across the UK
• Enhance your skills through on-the-job training and external workshops

Day to Day Duties:

• Work within the Quality Team to understand how the BMS (Business Management System) is deployed, maintained and coontrolled.
• Learn to conduct audits of key business areas ensuring all process requirements are being met.
• Work with cross functional teams to indentify root cause and corrective actions for seen product and process non conformances.
• Complete, with support as required, Customer Quality investigations to understand their root causes, resolve, prevention and assurance to the Customer.
• Collecte Quality metrics, and understand how they are analysed to monitor performance and drive improvements.
• Shadow our Quality Control team to understand how part inspection and conformity is completed.
• Shadow Supplier Quality team to understand how conformity of incoming product is maintained.
• Writing up quality reports using tools and methodology learnt during the training.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduates working towards a minimum of a 2:1 in a related discipline

Skills:

• working towards a minimum of a 2:1 in a related discipline
• Some quality experience by way of education or hobby interest
• Good communication and networking skills

Candidates will be:

• Undergraduates working towards a minimum of a 2:1 in a related discipline (mandatory, below this you won't be considered)
• Based at our Wimborne plant.
• Ready to start in July 2027
• Have legal authorisation to work in the United Kingdom without company sponsorship and where appropriate comply with ITAR regulations (we do not sponsor any type of visa for this internship)