Project Management Placement (12.5 months)

Airbus; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary

Hours per week

Hybrid options

Half-day Fridays

Holidays

Job summary

Airbus Operations Limited in the United Kingdom offers an undergraduate internship in Programme & Project Management with hybrid working options. The role focuses on learning and applying best practice project management methods across agile and waterfall environments.

You will support schedule planning, governance, risk management, and digital monitoring while gaining practical experience in budgets and cross-functional collaboration. Applicants must be undergraduates for the full placement.

Qualifications

• Undergraduates only; must remain an undergraduate for the placement.
• Currently studying towards an undergraduate degree in relevant disciplines.
• Any programming languages with practical aspects.

Responsibilities

• Learn to deploy project management methods and tools.
• Participate in Agile and waterfall project set up.
• Support integrated schedule planning and governance.
• Assist in risk and opportunity management.
• Maintain digital project monitoring and control processes.
• Support finance monitoring and control.

Skills

Project management

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Proactive learning

Education

Undergraduate student

Job description

Job Description

Start date: 16 August 2027

Location: Broughton

Duration: 12.5 months

Applications close on 25 October 2026 !

We love your interest in joining Airbus! There is no limit on the number of positions you can apply for, however, please be aware that you can only progress in the selection process for one position at a time . We recommend reviewing all available opportunities and applying to those that best match your experience and aspirations.

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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

Every year we look for undergraduates from around the world to join Airbus. We need people with the aspiration, enthusiasm and the talent to help us move forward and to change the future by delivering our vision to pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world.

We believe in welcoming ground breaking ideas and putting them into actions and the power of internal and external intelligence. We believe in inspiring our community to make our people grow.

Programme Management is at the heart of delivering real added value to the Airbus business. It is essential in delivering innovative products to our customers in an agreed timescale, within an allocated budget, and to the highest of quality standards.

This role is within the Project Management office supporting our Value Stream Management teams, working alongside our programme leaders.

The Value Stream Management teams in Broughton are currently in the midst of the most exciting ramp up phase and associated projects of a generation! The VSMs are responsible for maintaining the flow of method, man and materials from the supply chain all the way through to Final Operational Test on the Final Assembly Lines.

We offer a very strong early careers community, a fully supportive & inclusive team environment and a beautiful location to live.

What you will be doing

You will learn to deploy Best Practice project management methods and tools within our programmes, projects and functions. This could include:

• Agile and waterfall project set up;
• Project maturity and governance including lessons learnt;
• Integrated schedule planning;
• Baselining projects and identifying critical path activities;
• Risk and opportunity management;
• Creating and maintaining digital project monitoring and control processes (digital data analysis etc.);
• Finance monitoring and control.

You will be working alongside multi functional team members on a day to day basis, ensuring all team members are delivering on time, on cost and on quality as well as understanding how each function contributes to project success.

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.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Currently studying towards an undergraduate degree in Project Management, Business Management, IT & Information Systems, Engineering, Manufacturing, Economics, or any Science discipline;
• Prior experience working within project teams (advantageous);
• Any Programming languages with practical aspects;
• Demonstrate strong self-motivation, enthusiasm, and a drive to seek out new opportunities;
• Exhibit an eagerness to learn, grow, and acquire new skill sets;
• Take initiative independently and adapt smoothly to changing workplace challenges.

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.

Company

Airbus Operations Limited

Employment Type

Internship

Experience Level

Student

Job Family

Programme & Project Management

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [e-mail] .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.