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    INVISTA is part of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately-owned companies in the world. This brings with it a culture of transformation and innovation which is key to our continued success and goal of sustaining world-class levels of performance.

    INVISTA's Gloucester site is looking for a motivated and entrepreneurial placement student, keen to work on manufacturing advancement and automation, to join the Operations Performance Fibres Team in summer 2023 for 12 months. Our plant is dedicated to the production of quality products used in the automotive airbag industry.

    What You Will Do In Your Role

    • Lead projects to enhance existing assets to improve yield, quality, reliability, and efficiency.
    • Work collaboratively with the site based and global operations and engineering teams to identify, design, and Implement solutions for improving asset performance. This would include conducting data analysis to gain insights and determine future projects.
    • Design and implementation of Mechanical/Electrical modifications to upgrade existing machinery.
    • Opportunity to work with 3D printer and workshop equipment as required.
    • Development of dashboards and apps for use within the manufacturing group.

    Previous interns’ projects include

    • Design, development, and installation of mechanical process enhancements which included CAD modelling, interacting with contractors and financial project assessments.
    • Advancement of digitisation strategies to modernise manufacturing processes across global facilities. Employing emerging technologies in autonomous systems, analytics, and robotics, such as camera analysis, co-bots, Raspberry Pi(s), etc.
    • Applying cutting edge data analytics to dictate optimised process parameters. Performing design of experiment studies to verify statistical models.

    What You Will Bring

    • You will be studying towards a degree in Mechanical, Robotic, Mechatronic, Electrical, Electronic Engineering or other Engineering disciplines.
    • Be proactive, have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage your own workload and priorities.
    • You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to contribute within a team orientated environment.
    • You will be adept at operating outside of your comfort zone and apply economic and critical thinking to identify value creation activities and process improvements.
    • You will be a self-starter and be committed to learning and developing new skills.

    What We Can Offer You

    Successful applicants will be able to evolve in a role that is tailored to their talents and passions, whilst being supported by their supervisor and the operations/engineering teams. You will have opportunities for industrial training and access to global learning platforms to enable you to propel forward your own professional development.

    In addition, you will receive a competitive salary, private healthcare, 25 days holiday per annum, a contributory pension scheme, life assurance and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

    Application Process

    • Application deadline: 30th November 2022. (Subject to change depending on volume of applicants).
    • Online interview with HR and current placement student during November/December 2022.
    • In-person assessment day in December 2022.
    • Start date: July 2023