Graduate - Manufacturing Engineering - Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom - Edwards Ltd.

Description

Manufacturing Engineering Year in Industry - Eastbourne September 2024

Our solutions are a key part of most industries - electronics, medical research, renewable energy, food production, infrastructure and many more.

Working with us means working with the latest technologies and groundbreaking, sustainable innovations.

If you're passionate about manufacturing, science and engineering and want to get a head start in your career, then a Year in Industry placement at Edwards could be for you.

One of our greatest strengths is the diversity of our workforce with people of all educational and cultural backgrounds working together.

We believe that talent and diversity is the key to success and that everybody should feel valued and able to reach their full potential, both in their development and their contribution to the business.

Edwards' products enable scientific research, food preservation and the manufacture of smart devices as well as preventing the release of hazardous gases into the environment.

Our Year in Industry programme provides students who are undertaking a relevant Engineering, Science or Operations Management degree at university the opportunity of supporting the Manufacturing team at Edwards in Eastbourne.

The paid placement lasts for 12 months and is an exciting development opportunity starting in July 2023.

Here you can put the theory you have learnt in an academic environment into a practical application in the workplace.

The work could include technology evaluation, proof of concept solution development, testing and demonstration in the lab, writing test reports, creating procedures, participating in team meetings and supporting engineering activities on site.

The Operational aspect could include supporting the plan for business resilience in our future state, involved in enterprise resource planning (ERP) setup and building masterplans for Production here at Edwards Eastbourne.

Our continuous improvement program is active and engaging and always looking for new members to help support our future goals-a year in industry position would be well placed to be part of this team.

High performing individuals on the Year in Industry placement may be offered a position on the corresponding Graduate Programme following their final year at University.

Growing skills and experience in a technical environment enabling you to gain valuable business knowledge and influence and deliver important innovation projects to time and budget.

Learning manufacturing processes and understanding our customers applications.
Developing new innovative technologies and solutions for deployment in future products.
Designing, testing and evaluating solutions and making suggestions for improvements.
Writing technical reports and presenting results to team members and project sponsors.
Gaining exposure to Intellectual Property, Engineering Processes and other disciplines.

Actively involved in the Early Careers community; you will also support the promotional activities for our Early Careers programmes.

You will currently be in your penultimate year of your undergraduate studies at University working towards a degree, achieving an average 2.

Mechanical Engineering
Electronic Engineering

A genuine passion for working in a Scientific/Technical environment, with the ability to work with clients and internal stakeholders.

a good understanding of principles of mechanical engineering and/or physics and ability to implement them to solve practical problems;