Programme Management Widebody Systems Placement

Job Description

Start date:

16 August 2027

Filton, Bristol

12.5 months

Applications close on 27 September 2026!

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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

Two exciting opportunities have arisen to join the Widebody Systems & Wing UK Team as a Project Leader. The aim of the internship is to develop skills in Project and Programme Management within the remit of Widebody Systems (Landing Gear, Fuel) and Wing.

The Widebody Programme UK team (A330 & A350) offers an interesting and challenging environment that covers the spectrum of aircraft activities from new developments, support to aircraft production build and deliveries to customers, supporting an in-service fleet with technical issues, whilst managing a large and ageing aircraft fleet.

The Project Leader will assist in managing a number of projects and tasks within the Landing Gear, Fuel systems or Wing areas. This will be achieved by integrating with the various stakeholder functions to ultimately deliver Programme priorities on time, cost, quality and performance. And as part of these activities, the Project Leader will discover the Configuration Management principles that support the modifications of the aircraft.

This role offers an exciting opportunity for people who would like to expand their knowledge and develop in a Project Leader role and gain Project Leader experience in the Widebody UK Team.

This is an interesting area of the business and successful candidates will be able to develop an understanding of the whole business and how it operates as well as working on some technical projects and directly contribute to Airbus’ sustainability goals.

The Project Leader reports to the Programme Management Team (Filton). You will be expected to demonstrate good communication, facilitation and coordination skills in order to ensure clarity across all stakeholders for given projects within the remit of Widebody UK (A330 and A350).

• Assist in leading some activities within their portfolio, aiming to deliver work packages in line with agreed planning to ensure they achieve challenging time, cost and quality objectives;
• Secure that processes are in place and implemented to ensure clear project direction within the cross functional teams to ultimately deliver to time, cost & quality;
• Follow the Full Change Process to ensure that the Aircraft Configuration is secured for production and in-service;
• Provide regular progress reporting and escalate issues that need to be resolved cross functionally;
• Key end results include ensuring project costs remain within budgets, customer priorities and expectations are managed, and that development and modification projects are delivered to the declared target or Point of Embodiment.

This role might involve some travel for business to visit other Airbus sites in the UK or abroad.

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement.
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