Filton Plant Operations Placement (12.5 monhts)

Airbus; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday + BH

Hybrid or remote options depending on/

Job summary

Airbus is offering an exciting internship within the Operations team at Filton Plant. You will support the head of production to deliver initiatives with shopfloor leaders and other support functions, aiming to boost Operational Performance.

The role is open to undergraduates for the entire placement, with a focus on Business, Engineering or technical fields, and includes hybrid working options and core responsibilities across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate students are eligible for the placement.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to collate robust and informative presentations.
• Confidence to lead sessions and present accordingly.
• Interest in coding and digital tools.
• Strong interest in self-development.
• Desire to work in an open, trusting environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support on day-to-day shop floor activities and changeovers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (procurement, logistics, quality, design) to improve production efficiencies.
• Assist safety projects and drive Health, Safety and Environmental improvements.
• Identify performance trends and support delivery of improvement plans.
• Support digitisation efforts of manufacturing tools and upskill the workforce.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Coding interest

Digital tools

Self-development

Education

Undergraduate degree in Business/Engineering or technical field

Job description

Job Description

Start date: 16 August 2027

Location: Filton, Bristol

Duration: 12.5 months

Applications close on 25 October 2026 !

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Benefits

Salary: £24,246

• 35 hours per week
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working options available depending on the role
• Half day Fridays!
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

About us

Are you passionate about working on strategic projects that support both short and long-term business needs? Do you want to help our Operations teams adopt best practices and innovative solutions to drive on time delivery? If you are looking to gain experience in a leading aerospace industrial environment, then this internship is for you!

An exciting internship has become available within the Operations team at Airbus Filton Plant. Our department is dedicated to providing the manufacture and assembly of A400M Wing, the A350 Equipped Gear Beam, and the operations within the Wing Technology Development Centre at Filton. Our purpose is to make it fly, on time, cost and quality.

As an operations intern, you will be supporting the head of production to help deliver key initiatives through collaboration with Shopfloor leaders and other support functions in order to increase and maximise the Operational Performance of the plant.

What you will be doing

• Operational Support: Assist with day-to-day shop floor activities, rate changes, and operator involvement schemes;
• Project Management: Work with cross-functional teams (procurement, logistics, quality, and design) to improve production efficiencies;
• Supports shop floor managers to deliver safety projects and routines and assist controllers in driving and documenting Health, Safety, and Environmental improvement projects;
• Help operations integration managers to identify trends in performance and support the delivery of improvement plans to maximise build through key Safety & Quality factors that impact operations;
• Digitalisation of Operations: Supporting the toll out of digitisation of tracking tools for manufacturing (e.g., A400M work content trackers) to upskill the workforce on digital tools.

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.

• Studying towards a degree in Business, Engineering, a Technical field, or equivalent;
• The ability to communicate effectively;
• The ability to collate robust and informative presentations;
• The confidence to lead key sessions and present accordingly;
• An interest in coding and digital tools;
• A strong interest in self-development;
• The desire to work in an open and trusting environment.

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: Improvement & Performance Management

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