Intern - Quality Engineer

Honeywell offers a 12-month Quality Engineer Internship in Southend supporting manufacturing quality assurance, audits, continuous improvement, and data analysis within building automation products.

Job Summary:

As a Quality Engineer Intern at Honeywell, in Southend, you will gain hands-on experience and contribute to our commitment to quality excellence. You will support our quality engineering team in ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability.

This role is part of our University Relations program, designed to help students and recent graduates launch their careers with hands-on experience, mentorship, and opportunities for growth within Honeywell.  This internship is set up for 12 months to cover a sandwich placement starting in Summer 2026, with the opportunity for a permanent opportunity once you graduate in 2028.

Honeywell:

Honeywell Building Automation is transforming the way every building operates to help improve the quality of life for the people who use them. With a portfolio featuring software, hardware and services, Honeywell takes an outcome-focused approach to help building owners and operators improve safety and security, energy and operational efficiencies to create a better building experience.

Helping to Transform Buildings to be Safer and More Operationally and Energy Efficient. 

Key responsibilities:

You will work closely with experienced professionals to gain hands-on experience within a friendly and supportive team to be trained to achieve the following:

• This role focuses on the manufacturing of electrical products for the Building Automation industry

• Involvement on continuous improvement of Kaizan and Pokayoke initiatives 

• impact the quality assurance processes by assisting in audits, analysing quality metrics, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives

• Assist in conducting quality audits to identify areas for improvement.

• Support the analysis of quality metrics and trends to drive continuous improvement.

• Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.

Key skills and qualifications:

• Currently studying a sandwich course degree in mechanical engineering, process engineering or manufacturing, requiring an industrial placement starting in 2026, graduating in 2028

• Experience in quality engineering or related fields, (this can be from the workplace, your studies or a hobby)

• Familiarity with quality management systems and methodologies, (this can be from the workplace, your studies or a hobby)

• Some exposure in data analytics, (this can be from the workplace, your studies or a hobby)

• Business level written and verbal communication skills in the English language

• Can commute with ease to our Southend office

Our offer:

• Career Growth: Clear pathways for advancement, regular feedback, and mentorship opportunities.

• Skill Development: Access to training and certifications.

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements and support for combining work with education.

• Tech and Innovation: Access to modern tools, technologies, and innovative work environments.

• Company Culture: Sense of community, team-building activities, and social events.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Join us now and make an impact!

About Us

Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments – powered by our Honeywell Forge software – that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.