Safety Improvement Project Coordinator Placement (12.5 months)

Joinimagine; Broughton; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £24,246 per year

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work options

Half day Fridays

25 days holiday

Job summary

Airbus Operations Limited is offering an internship at the Broughton plant focused on improving safety through project management. You will work with experienced safety professionals to influence safety strategies and deploy improvements across manufacturing teams.

The role involves creating project plans, engaging multiple stakeholders, developing business cases, and reporting progress. Applicants must be undergraduates for the entire placement, with studies in relevant engineering or safety

Qualifications

• Undergraduate status required for the full duration of the placement.
• Degree area includes Manufacturing Eng, Production Eng or Occupational Safety or equivalent.
• CV and Cover Letter outlining motivation and suitability must be included.

Responsibilities

• Work with experienced safety professionals to influence safety strategy across Airbus.
• Develop and deploy project plans with cross-functional teams including Operations, Manufacturing Engineering and Safety.
• Create business cases, manage projects and report status across the Broughton plant.

Skills

Project Management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Team collaboration

Influence

Education

Manufacturing Eng

Production Eng

Occupational Safety

Tools

Google Suite

AI tools

Job description

Start date:

16 August 2027

Location

Broughton, North Wales

Duration

12.5 months

Applications close

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

As a leading aircraft manufacturer at the forefront of the aviation industry, Safety at Work is a Top Company Objective for Airbus. The global project ‘People Safety @ Work’ has teams from all of our plants working on best practices to reduce and eliminate the risks associated with using industrial equipment.

This placement will give the successful candidate the opportunity to influence safety strategy and to practice various aspects of project management including; creating project plans, engaging multi functional teams, developing financial business cases and reporting on project status.

What you will be doing

This role will give the successful candidate the opportunity to work with experienced safety professionals across Airbus and to influence the strategy to improve the safe use of a wide range of industrial equipment for injury prevention. It also includes working with various local production teams made up of Operations, Manufacturing Engineering and Safety to develop and deploy project plans to realise these improvements across the Broughton plant.

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

• Managing improvement projects aimed at optimizing the safety of personnel and the efficiency of machinery;
• Collaborating with transnational teams to identify best practices and implement them at the local level.

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.

• Studying towards a degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Production Engineering, Occupational Safety, or equivalent;
• Nice to have Project Management skills and the ability to think strategically and translate improvement practices into local project plans;
• Ability to build business cases to justify any expenditure required to deliver the improvement projects;
• Collaborates well within a team, including working with a multistakeholder team;
• A good communication style to engage and influence people from different functions;
• Proficiency in the use of AI tools;
• Familiarity with Google Suite.

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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