Operations Support Placement

Operations Support Placement

Start date: 17 August 2026

Location: Broughton, North Wales

Duration: 12.5 months

Application: 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: £23,40035 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

About us:

We are the Business Support Team and Health and Safety (H&S) experts on the Airbus commercial wing family, looking for an intern to join us on this journey to ensure we exceed customer safety Quality expectations, on the A350 wing at the Broughton plant near Chester. This is an excellent opportunity for your career development and will give you the knowledge and experience you require to aid your development on your career journey in business and operations management. We are responsible for important daily activities to maintain production within the wing assembly business. We are responsible for a wide range of activities so there will be plenty of opportunities to get involved in all aspects of aircraft production. We are a team of business support team and H&S experts that enable wing manufacturing production on a daily basis and ensure this is achieved in a safe manner to ensure we exceed customer safety & Quality expectations. As well as day-to day operations, we implement longer-term strategies to improve the industrial system to enable flexibility of our production rates.

What you will be doing:

You will be working closely with the H&S Leader and Business Support Team to support the following objectives:

• Accident reduction, risk assessments;
• Accident investigation, identification and implementation of H&S improvement actions;
• Business support will consist of cost saving initiatives and leading strategic improvement projects.

The role requires an understanding of fundamental lean principles and a demonstrated ability to support and implement projects to completion. It is recognised that successful candidates may have differing levels of knowledge of the more technical aspects of Project Management. As such they will be supported with a development programme suitable to their requirements.

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.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Studying towards a degree in Business, Engineering, or equivalent;
• The desire to work in a technical team environment;
• IT skills (Google-Suite);
• Understanding of Health and Safety processes;
• Interest in Lean manufacturing;
• Ability to interface and influence people at all levels within the organization;
• The ability to listen, understand and communicate effectively;
• Team worker with a desire to work in an open and trusting environment;
• Decision making abilities;
• Imagination and creativity to problem-solve with drive and enthusiasm;
• Willingness to learn and take risks.

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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How to apply

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