Engineering Placement Student

Avara Foods

  • Telford, Shropshire
  • £22,840 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Engineering Placement Student Posted on 14/03/2024Save JobAll LocationsTelford All Locations is a required fieldAll DepartmentsEngineering, Placement Year All Departments is a required fieldDisplay Salary£22,840Contract TypePlacement Scheme
  • Engineering Placement Student
About the Role:Avara Foods Engineering Placement Programme 2024-2025Do you have a passion for Engineering? Are you a current BEng (Bachelors of Engineering) student looking for a 12 month placement in industry?As an inclusive, forward-thinking business, we take pride in our approach to Engineering across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated Engineering Placement Student to join our Engineering Team, based at our advanced processing site in Telford, Shropshire.What are the key benefits of a Avara Placement Programme?
  • Competitive Salary of £22,840
  • Structured one year development programme to support you in your day-to-day placement and skills to learn and take throughout your career
  • Structured training and support and mentoring from peers and managers whilst on programme
  • Real role and responsibilities from Day 1, which provides challenges and great opportunity to enhance your skills
Purpose and key responsibilities of the role:Innovation sits at the heart of everything we do. Through our innovation, we exceed customer expectations, consumer needs and food safety standards. As an Engineering Placement Student you will:
  • Work on varied projects, focusing on improving engineering processes, quality and efficiency.
  • Be involved in maintenance, continuous improvement as well as contribute towards problem solving projects that require you to work in teams as well as provide the opportunity to develop your experience in delivering your own projects.
  • Have the engineering responsibility within an area of the operational environment where you will be the Asset Manager, monitoring downtime, organising Planned Maintenance, gathering data to analyse trends, conducting RCAs and FMEAs which will drive continuous improvement and reliability initiatives.
  • Have the opportunity to manage projects (under guidance) to solve operational problems and have an impact on operational performance within a FMCG environment.
  • Be mentored in identifying needs, planning solutions, sourcing funding/resources, tendering and delivering as well as developing the training and technical documentation.
This role will not only expose you to real life engineering in an exciting sector, it will provide the opportunity to learn, grow and lay the building blocks for the bright career ahead of you.What we are looking for:As an Engineering Placement Student, we are looking for a passionate and ambitious Engineering Undergraduate to join our Engineering department and be:
  • A team player but with the ability to work effectively independently
  • Adaptable to varied situations
  • Excellent at communicating with a variety of stakeholders and colleagues
  • Comfortable getting hands-on
  • Driven to achieve results and find solutions
  • On course to be achieving a minimum of a 2:2
A little about us:
Avara Foods is one of the UK's largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation's most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated business controlling the whole product supply chain, which include feed mills, farms, hatcheries and factories with associated transport and logistics functions that employ more than 7000 people. This is achieved by investing in people, utilising the latest technology and being uncompromising in our commitment to high quality and food standards.All our facilities are Covid secure, with protective measures and precautions in place to keep our people safe.Application Process:As part of the application process, we would like you to share your CV and a cover letter.If you're ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in deliveringgreat results, apply todayWe are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.Benefits

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