Communications - 12 Month Placement

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Communications - 12 Month Placement, Wales

In the 12-month Communications Placement, you'll gain invaluable skills and experience in covering all aspects of business communications from media relations to employee engagement. You will be working across different channels, developing internal communications strategies and working to ensure that all employees get the information they need in the best way for them.

In a bit more detail this placement will include:

• Supporting the transition to a new intranet system and maintaining updates for various teams
• Managing internal communications systems (TV Screens, posters, boards etc.)
• Creation and management of site wide communications and tracking click and read rates
• Collate and distribute the weekly business report to employees across the business (and the creation and editing of the accompanying video content)
• Support the work of the Wales Inclusion Council with activity across Inclusion & Diversity, Health & Wellbeing, STEM & Schools and Giving & Volunteering, with a special focus on STEM and School engagement
• Distribute the weekly EHS Review on behalf of EHS to employees
• Responsible for all departmental purchases and payments through internal finance platforms
• Provide departmental communications support to teams across the site (EHS, Finance, HR etc)
• Film, edit and distribute internal videos – working closely with departments to capture new and developing projects to be shared internally, ensuring any external material follows approval processes
• Organise and host site visits and deliver presentations to visitors – COVID dependent

Desired Characteristics

• Able to roll up your sleeves and get involved in challenging projects
• Organised & able to work towards deadlines
• Inspired and curious to learn
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to take ownership for projects
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Able to work as part of a team
• Business Management or Project Management related degree – penultimate/final year
• Passionate about Communications with a creative flair

A placement at GE Aviation is an opportunity to learn while doing. At GE Aviation, you’ll work with business leaders in an atmosphere that will challenge you, while doing work that makes an immediate impact.

Useful Information

• All placements are available to penultimate/final year students and will start between June to August 2022, for a duration of 12 months.
• Application deadline is 31st December 2021. However, we review applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply ASAP. Vacancies will close once filled.
• The selection stages include online assessments, video interview and a final round interview.
• Please only submit one application. If you submit multiple applications, we will progress the most suitable one. If in future you are deemed to be suitable for other opportunities, we will automatically consider you for these too.

Total Reward

At GE Aviation we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.
As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;

• Non-contributory Pension
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover
• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell

About GE Aviation

GE Aviation is a world-leading provider of commercial, military and business and general aviation jet and turboprop engines and components, along with avionics, electrical power and mechanical systems for aircraft.

At GE Aviation, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. Whether we’re manufacturing components for our GE9X engines, driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, or unlocking new opportunities to grow and deliver more productivity, the GE Aviation teams are dedicated to moving the aerospace industry forward. If you join us, you’ll find yourself in a dynamic environment where our ongoing, substantial investment in research and development keeps us looking ahead.

At GE Aviation, developing people is embedded in our culture and integral to our growth. Here you’ll work collaboratively and cross-functionally with the highest caliber talent, utilizing cutting-edge technology and processes. If you’re passionate about generating advances in aviation to solve some of the world’s toughest problems and are looking for a career rich with challenges and unlimited opportunities for growth and advancement, then join GE Aviation as we rise to the challenge of building a world that works.

If you’re interested in working within aviation and looking for a placement rich with challenges and unlimited opportunities for growth and development, then join GE. Today, more than ever, the world needs great minds. What the world needs...is you.

GE Aviation Wales specialises in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of a range of commercial jet engines. The facility, based in Nantgarw, just North of Cardiff, occupies over 1.2 million square foot of workshop space and has two state-of-the-art aircraft engine testing facilities, along with a significant repair capability – known as Component Repair Wales.

The site has the capability to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for a range of engine types – including the world’s most powerful commercial aircraft engine the GE90 115B and the world’s most popular commercial engine the CFM56.

As one of the largest commercial aircraft engine maintenance facilities in the world, with annual sales of over $2.9bn, the business works with over 90 customers worldwide, including Emirates, TUI, Lufthansa, Delta, United, ANA and British Airways.

In 2017, GE Aviation Wales was selected as the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility of choice for the GE9X; which will become the world’s largest and most fuel-efficient jet engine when it launches into service. The business will benefit from a £5m investment from the Welsh Government to support the total £20m investment put forward by the business, to equip and upskill the facility to be ready to maintain the GE9X fleet when it enters service on the new Boeing 777X aircraft.

GE Aviation Wales places a strong focus on providing career opportunities for talented individuals. Our apprenticeship, placements and work experience opportunities have been built to ensure the long-term success of our business by developing the next generation of technical, engineering and problem-solving talent.

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Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.

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