Internship assignment: Getting hands-on experience in Operational Planning
Key Skills
Job Description
What Do We Offer Work on automation projects with impact around the world. Learn from experienced colleagues and take on responsibility from day one. Develop your skills and discover where your strengths lie. Opportunities to continue your career at AWL after your internship, graduation project or traineeship. What Do We Expect Education level: MBO level 3 or 4, or a comparable vocational program, such as Logistics, Business Administration, or Planning; Accurate and administratively strong, with good skills in digital systems and Microsoft Excel; Communicative, comfortable requesting information, and service-oriented; Collaborative, practical, and results-oriented; Eager to learn and able to work increasingly independently. About This Vacancy Assignment Would you like to experience how day-to-day workforce planning works within an international machine-building company? During this internship, you will participate in the operational planning process and help keep the schedule accurate, current, and reliable. Objectives Learn the complete daily and weekly operational planning cycle; Enter workforce and capacity requests into the planning tool; Record sick leave, vacation, other leave, and changes in availability; Review the schedule for open shifts, double bookings, and overstaffing; Collaborate with planners and team leaders and develop a practical improvement proposal. You will work alongside the Planning team by reviewing and processing requests, recording changes, managing absences, and supporting weekly scheduling. You will also create a checklist and develop one specific improvement that reduces errors or manual work. Application process Your application Great that you’ve applied! We’ll review your application carefully and get back to you within a week. First interview You’ll meet with a recruiter and/or hiring manager to discuss your experience, motivation, and the role. The next interview A deeper conversation with the team about the (technical) aspects of the role and how you would collaborate day to day. The assessment Depending on the role, we may include a practical or skills assessment. The offer When it’s a match, we’ll share an offer and walk you through next steps to join AWL.
Core Responsibilities
Support the Planning team by processing workforce and capacity requests, recording absences and availability changes, and maintaining accurate daily and weekly schedules. Review schedules for open shifts, double bookings, and overstaffing, and develop a checklist and a practical improvement to reduce errors or manual work.
Requirements
Applicants should be studying at MBO level 3 or 4, or in a comparable vocational program such as Logistics, Business Administration, or Planning. They should be accurate and administratively capable, comfortable with digital systems and Excel, communicative, collaborative, practical, results-oriented, and eager to learn and work increasingly independently.
Benefits
- Career continuation opportunities after the internship, graduation project, or traineeship
About AWL
Industry: Automation Machinery Manufacturing
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. AWL is a machine builder with a social heart, a global player with a local soul. We call our customers collaboration partners. Different cultures, languages and countries are in daily contact with each other at AWL. Learning from each other, working together, living together. We work on solutions that these times demand of us, on issues such as digitization, automation, and logistics. As a system integrator, AWL delivers added value as a specialist in the design and construction of smart (modular) machines. Our strength lies in three disciplines: joining techniques, (logistics) automation and assembly techniques. Our portfolio includes laser welding, arc welding, resistance welding, glued joints, vision systems, product handling, quality control and traceability. At AWL, we focus on the automotive, metalworking and logistics industries, where high levels of automation and a high degree of flexibility are essential.With branches in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, China, Mexico, the United States and the United Kingdom, we support our customers all over the world. This guarantees our customers’ global productivity by means of smart and reliable solutions in the field of high-end automation, robotization, machine vision and joining techniques. AWL is a private company with over 750 employees worldwide. As a company, AWL distinguishes itself by being an attractive employer, where ‘being good for others’ forms the core. AWL gives employees room for personal development. This creates an energetic environment, in which opportunities and ideas are welcome and contribute to the best solutions for our customers.