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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Continuous Improvement Engineer Intern - Workshop Equipment Optimization

Manufacturing EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Internship · Winter 2027Montoir-de-Bretagne, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Currently preparing a bac+5-level diploma or equivalent in continuous improvement or a related discipline.
  • Knowledge of Lean management.
  • Knowledge of flow optimization.
  • Intermediate English proficiency.
  • Fluent French proficiency.
  • Curiosity, teamwork, adaptability, and oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct a comprehensive shop-floor diagnosis of machines at workstations, including inventory, utilization rates, frequency of use, movement flows, and search or unavailability time.
  • Analyze actual machine needs by workstation or production line, determine the appropriately sized machine fleet, and propose optimized allocation or availability methods, such as visual management, zoning, 5S, and standardization.
  • Develop and deploy a performance-indicator dashboard, including Overall Equipment Effectiveness, availability rate, and cycle time, to monitor, measure, and sustain improvements.
  • Write equipment use and storage standards and raise operational teams’ awareness of optimal equipment management.
  • Apply Lean tools in the field, including 5S, flow mapping, continuous-improvement methods such as Kaizen and PDCA, and performance-indicator calculations.
  • Diagnose and rationalize the industrial equipment fleet through comprehensive assessments, cycle-time analysis, waste measurement, and optimization of equipment availability in the assembly workshop.
  • Design, deploy, and facilitate a key performance indicator dashboard to measure and sustain equipment availability.
  • Translate raw field data into practical action plans sized to operational needs.
  • Write equipment-use and storage standards and sustain processes in line with aerospace-industry requirements.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of mechanical assembly.

About the Company

Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Airbus designs and manufactures a wide range of aerospace products, including commercial airplanes, helicopters, defense systems, and space technologies. Its aircraft and rotorcraft are built with integrated airframes, propulsion, avionics, and digital systems to carry passengers, cargo, or conduct military missions, while its space division covers satellites, orbital infrastructure, launch services, and secure communications. Airbus differentiates itself with an end-to-end portfolio across commercial, defense, and space, a global manufacturing and services network, and a focus on sustainability and digital transformation. Its goal is to enable global mobility and connectivity while reducing aviation’s environmental impact through sustainable aviation and collaborative innovation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Blagnac, France
Founded
1970

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