Environmental Health and Safety Placement (12.5 months)

Airbus; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking an enthusiastic undergraduate for an internship in their Environment Health and Safety (EHS) team. The role involves supporting various EHS functions and contributions to sustainability initiatives. The successful candidate must be pursuing a degree in Environmental Science or a related field, showing teamwork and excellent communication skills. This hybrid position allows for flexible working with opportunities for travel between sites.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Half day Fridays

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Undergraduate status throughout the placement.
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and able to take initiative.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operations within EHS.
• Engage in improving communication channels.
• Assist in maintaining Safety management systems.
• Contribute to sustainability initiatives.

Skills

Good sense of humour

Inquisitive

Teamwork

Excellent writing skills

Confidence

Education

Pursuing a degree in Environmental Science or Health, Business, or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Start date: 17 August 2026

Location: Filton, Bristol

Duration: 12.5 months

Application

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Benefits

Salary: £23,400

35 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

About us

The Environment Health and Safety (EHS) team is looking for a talented and enthusiastic student who would like to gain experience in this diverse and critical function within Airbus. The role will be based within the EHS team at Filton with strong interaction with the wider UK and global EHS organisation.

Airbus includes Environment Health and Safety improvements within its global Top Company Objectives and has an enviable performance in this area. In addition Airbus has made very clear its commitment to sustainability by leading the journey towards clean aerospace, decarbonised aviation, net zero emissions and carbon neutral activities.

This is an exciting time in Airbus for sustainability and covers everything from energy and waste improvements at site level through to the development of greener biofuels and Hydrogen powered flight.

In addition to our involvement in the sustainability journey we also enable and support Airbus in the UK with professional expertise in Safety, Occupational Health and Wellbeing, Environment and Industrial Hygiene. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the deployment of the wider EHS activities in addition to sustainability improvements.

The UK EHS team covers both Filton and Broughton sites and the candidate will have the opportunity to work with both sites. The candidate will also have the opportunity to work and engage with transnational colleagues, therefore some travel may be involved.

What you will be doing

During this placement, the activities you may undertake will include:

• Provide support to and gain experience of all daily aspects of all functions within EHS and its customer base;
• Work with the teams that EHS support to help drive improvements and synergies;
• Assist in maintaining the Safety management system looking into improvements and leaner ways of working;
• Engage in the various Multi Functional Teams, such as sustainability, Wellbeing, and near miss reporting that EHS support or lead;
• Identify and develop improvements to EHS communication channels;
• Support the development, implementation and best use of electronic reporting and monitoring tools;
• Provide support in the research, delivery and evaluation of internal communication campaigns.

Requirements

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

*Your application should include a CV along with a Cover Letter outlining your motivation and suitability for the role.*

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Studying towards a degree in Environmental Science or Health, Business, or equivalent;
• Good sense of humour or have a pragmatic approach to problem solving;
• Be inquisitive, enthusiastic, driven and confident;
• Be able to work well in a team;
• Be self-motivated and know how to;
• Able to take initiative;
• Excellent writing skills;
• Be comfortable communicating verbally with stakeholders at all levels.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) check. You may also need to gain UK SC-level Security Clearance or Export Control, depending on the role.

Contact

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Company: Airbus Operations Limited

Employment Type: Internship

Experience Level: Student

Job Family: Support to Management

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