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We believe in flexibility for you to explore your passions while making an impact through meaningful work within our inclusive workforce. That’s what #LifeAtCummins is all about.
Description
Our culture believes in POWERING YOUR POTENTIAL . We provide global opportunities to develop your career, make your community a better place and work with today’s most innovative thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems.
We believe in flexibility for you to explore your passions while making an impact through meaningful work within our inclusive workforce. That’s what #LifeAtCummins is all about.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Placement Student - Engineering Services to join our team specializing in Project Management for our Engine Business Segment in Darlington. During your placement with us, you will learn how a major global organization operates, gaining the tools and exposure you will need to become an expert in the industry and power your potential! This role is available to candidates who qualify for a placement year and will commence 1 July 2025.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
- Leading and contributing to engineering projects across multiple departments.
- Ensuring that prototype material, prototype build events and production launches occur timely.
- Liaising with a wide variety of functions including Design, Validation, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Supply Chain. Communicating technical information to associated functions, suppliers, and customers.
- Supporting the Product Lifecycle and Product Data Management processes.
- Working as part of a functional team, applying knowledge of engineering principles and practices across various areas and projects in the Design, Development, Analysis and Release of engine components through the product life cycle.
- Creating design specifications considering application, cost, weight, performance, product life, manufacture, assembly and service.
- Verifies design using analysis and or function testing, interpreting results, drives understanding and assesses risk.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
- We are looking for a wide range of candidates studying towards a STEM/Business/Project Management degree.
- Experience in leading projects, as this role is more project based than technical.
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders on a global basis, using project management skills to aid with this.
- Strong data analysis skills including the use of Microsoft packages.
- Ability to show initiative and methodical problem-solving skills, with the ability and desire to take on additional skills.
Working at Cummins
At Cummins, we are dedicated to diversity in the workplace and our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, and/or expression or other status protected by law.