Facilities Mechanical Engineering Placement (12.5 months)

at  Airbus Operations Limited

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Start date: 18th August 2025
Location: Broughton, North Wales
Duration: 12.5 months
Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

ABOUT US:

The role is based within the Facilities Management and Real Estate (FMRE UK) organisation at Broughton site. The candidate will work across the whole Airbus UK portfolio of sites with direct accountability into the Airbus Services UK team.
FMRE UK is responsible for a huge range of deliverables to Airbus UK, including but not limited to; Real Estate and General Zoning management, Aerodrome management, Energy and Supply, Major Building and Construction projects as well as Maintenance, Catering and Cleaning to name a few.
Working within the FMRE UK function; this exciting opportunity offers successful applicants the chance to influence and drive change in a challenging, diverse department, matured over recent years to an integrated “ONE FMRE” team incorporating both Airbus Commercial and Airbus Defence & Space (ADS) across the UK.
Services UK delivers maintenance, energy, waste management, catering, archiving, reprographics and graphic design provision through the use of sub-contractors. Preventative and reactive maintenance is carried out which supports the ongoing reliability of the equipment on the sites achieved by using technical engineering skills in both the UK Team and the Supply Chain to optimise asset uptime whilst ensuring all regulatory compliance is met. Future investments and asset replacement strategies are based on sound analysis of performance data to ensure the right decisions are achieved.

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.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Student

As the successful candidate, you will:

• Support the site HO Services with the financial management of budgets and forecasting;
• Work with the disciplined engineers, identify redundant services and systems within our main manufacturing facility at Broughton. Contribute to the strategy for each system removal, ensuring any risks are identified and collated on the Airbus ARM tool (Risk Management);
• Develop asset strategies for the specific service deliverables. The initial focus will be on external pump stations and ventilation systems ensuring all future projects have clear and aligned specifications to protect and deliver total cost of maintenance;
• Working with the technical services ensures the delivery of all technical services via the service providers to the Airbus sites;
• Providing technical support into capital and maintenance projects and operational asset performance ensuring all legal and H&S Compliance;
• Manage maintenance of suppliers and measure their performance to ensure delivery on time, quality and cost;
• The role covers all facilities management and technical services covering mechanical and electrical engineering;
• You shall provide support with specialist engineering advice to the wider Facilities Management and Real Estate project teams and hard services (maintenance) to ensure compliance with current legislation and best practices;
• Airbus has strong sustainability objectives of which Facilities Management and Real Estate have a key role in ensuring the infrastructure, controls and objectives are supported;
• Assist in the general preparation for Opex and Capex budgets, collating information, data and costs to support the capital investment cases;
• Identify and agree Key Performance Indicators, such as maintenance induced downtime or response to breakdown, to report to customer representatives;
• Identify and support the implementation of energy / carbon emission and continuous improvement projects to support the Airbus Sustainability objectives.