Calibration and Maintenance Mechanical Engineering Placement (12.5 months)

During the placement you will learn all about what the Calibration department has to offer with a heavy focus on the maintenance world within Airbus and have the opportunity to utilise your skills to work closely with the teams and implement change to solidify our maintenance strategy. The role will put you at the centre of the drilling team supported by dedicated engineers gaining knowledge and understanding of all airbus variants across the site.

You will work with a variety of different people both inside the team and around the plant and will have the opportunity to support and autonomously run projects across Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People.

Primary focus will be on the modernising of the maintenance department ranging from the workshop to process improvements on spares management, planned preventive maintenance creating as much opportunity to enable growth into new technologies that we are currently maintaining.

The candidate will also be supporting the management team in enabling production.

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

Safety related topics like Risk Assessments, Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER), Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) and safety audits in our production environments;

Engaging with the Quality team on Process Confirmations, asset care plans and root cause analysis tools (Practical Problem Solving);

Helping with team engagement initiatives and the employee involvement scheme, as well as environment and sustainability projects;

You will represent the Calibration business at drumbeat reviews and be a focal point for our customers, which will develop communication, business agility and problem solving skills.

Your ideas and support will also play a valuable part in defining our long term strategy, including the introduction of new technologies. Working with all areas of the business will help develop your presentation, networking and stakeholder management skills that will be required and will be valuable in future career opportunities.

You will also learn about Airbus Operating System's and Lean principles, which will be at the forefront of all the projects to ensure the best possible outcomes can be achieved.

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