CES Darlington Customer Engineering Placement Student

We are looking for an enthusiastic Placement Student – CES Customer Engineering to join our team specializing in Engineering for our Components 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!

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 CES – Customer Engineering to join our team for 12 months, specializing in Engineering business segment in Darlington. During your placement, you will learn how a major global organization operates, gaining the tools and exposure you will need to launch your career in the industry and power your potential!

This role is available to candidates who qualify for a placement year and will commence The 30th of june 2025.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: 

• Applying a broad level of technical awareness across multiple engineering disciplines such as engine performance, mechanics, aerodynamics and design.
• Working with customers to manage their requirements, collaborating with internal stakeholders to review and assess against product capabilities, then developing detailed specifications for new products.
• Creating then managing validation plans to ensure products are robust and proven to meet the customers’ requirements. Leveraging internal testing capabilities within our laboratory operations by specifying test plans, analyzing data and leading technical reviews of the results.
• Supporting general customer enquiries, providing a high quality and timely level of service.
• Sourcing information, interpreting data, developing and implementing solutions that are results focused and to agreed deadlines, as per technical requests.
• Using internal systems and document libraries, ensuring robust written communication and record keeping.
• Being an integral part of the Customer Engineering Team
• Supporting Customer Engineering with optimization of engineering project management for current and new applications.
• Leading/supporting application subsystem testing at customer sites.
• Lead small projects or sections of larger projects, alongside customer engineers and or functional experts.
• Obtaining and collecting technical customer information and sharing these voices back into the new product development teams.

Collaborate with a wide range of internal stakeholders to assess and deliver customer requirements, working both independently and in teams.

We are looking for a wide range of applications studying towards a STEM degree.

• Excellent communication skills and teamwork skills are required due to the interface with both customer and Cummins Internal departments.
• Self-motivated with a willingness to learn.

Existing skills with MS applications and CAD are also beneficial, although not essential

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Visit EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.

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