Plant Support Engineer Placement - Stevenage

Airbus; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Half day Fridays

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Airbus in Stevenage is offering an undergraduate placement within the Industrial Management Team. You will support the MAIT site to implement Lean initiatives, produce dashboards, and drive cost efficiency across multiple projects.

Working with colleagues across sites, you will build relationships, contribute to standardised lean processes and help deliver the 12 month improvement plan while gaining hands-on experience in operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate pursuing a relevant engineering degree for the duration of the placement.
• Demonstrated problem solving and practical improvement experience.
• Interest in Lean, Kaizen, visual management and production dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Help define and deliver a 12 month site improvement plan.
• Review and reduce MAIT cost base and ready-for-bid price.
• Develop production dashboards and KPI visualisation for efficiency.
• Coordinate multi-project oversight and lean process standardisation.
• Deliver Lean improvements focusing on Quality, Time and Cost.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Electrical/Radio Frequency

Project management

Health & Safety

Tools

Coding

Scripting

Job description

We love your interest in joining Airbus! There is no limit on the number of positions you can apply for, however, please be aware that you can only progress in the selection process for one position at a time. We recommend reviewing all available opportunities and applying to those that best match your experience and aspirations.

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Benefits:

Salary: £24,500

37 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working options available depending on the role // Half day Fridays!* // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

*subject to completing full hours prior to this

About us:

The Industrial Management Team is at the heart of our mission to deliver spacecraft faster, more affordably, and to the highest quality. We are responsible for driving a wide range of improvement activities, from minor process enhancements to major research and development projects.

This role is based in Stevenage, where our team plays a crucial part in enhancing the Operational Excellence Maturity of the Stevenage site. We achieve this through the implementation of our Operational Excellence System (OES), Lean methodologies, and by fostering a culture of continuous improvement. We also define and manage the Stevenage Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration, and Test (MAIT) Improvement Plan, ensuring we meet our savings commitments and business expectations by successfully delivering key projects.

You’ll be working closely with colleagues across our sites in Portsmouth, Stevenage, Friedrichshafen, Ottobrunn, and Toulouse, as well as with the wider Industrial community. You will build valuable relationships with your counterparts in other MAIT sites to share expertise and best practices. In addition, you will collaborate with our colleagues in Airbus Commercial and Airbus Defence and Space Transformation Teams.

What you will be doing:

During this placement, the activities you may undertake will include:

• Support HO Industrial Management and Key product Owners to define and deliver a credible 12 month improvement plan for the site;
• Responsible for continually reviewing and reducing the “MAIT Cost Base” and “Ready for Bid Price” through improvement opportunities generated by MAIT and other business units. This is for all MAIT customers; Mechanical Platform (T-BD), Antennas, Mechanisms & ENS;
• Support in the development of production dashboards and KPI visualisation to support industrial efficiency;
• Support in multi-project oversight to aid in coordinating efficient use of facility footprint and resources;
• Implement and mature the Operational Excellence System (OES) within MAIT working closely with the central Industrial team;
• Deliver Lean Improvement Projects on Quality, on Time and on Cost. (5S, Visual management, VSM, Flow Analysis, KPIs);
• Drive specific problem solving/improvement activities;
• Lead and support the streamlining of processes;
• Report the status of the Improvements Projects and controlling of cost and schedule;
• Responsible for standardisation of Lean MAIT Processes, documentation and working methods across Stevenage and/or Portsmouth;
• Responsible for the promotion of Lean education and awareness in Portsmouth ensuring a standardised approach with other sites where possible.

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.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Studying towards a degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical/Radio Frequency, Project management or Health & Safety;
• Understanding in Practical Problem Solving (PPS), running Kaizen workshops, implementing visual management in production and office environment;
• Experience in improvement projects;
• Some knowledge of coding and scripting;
• Good communication skills;
• Creative and inventive, that are able to think outside the box and has an entrepreneur mind set;
• Open minded, and proactive.

This Job Request will be allocated to the projected Joint-Venture scope towards a leading European player in space.

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.

Contact

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