Programme Management Widebody Systems Placement

Programme Management Widebody Systems Placement

Start date: 17 August 2026

Location: Filton, Bristol

Duration: 12.5 months

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Benefits:

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

About us:

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

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

The Project Leader will assist in managing a number of projects and tasks within the Landing Gear or Fuel systems areas. This will be achieved by integrating with the various stakeholder functions to ultimately deliver Programme priorities on time, cost, quality and performance.

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 Systems 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 quite technical projects and directly contribute to Airbus' sustainability goals.

What you will be doing:

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 Systems UK (A330 and A350).

Key activities include:

• 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;
• 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.

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 Engineering;
• Strong team-player attitude;
• Self motivation, able to work independently and eagerness to learn;
• Ability to understand specifications, design drawings and technical details;
• Capacity to work in a transnationally managed environment;
• Ability to influence and lead multi-functional teams;
• Nice to have experience in managing projects;
• Preferably have experience in facilitating, coordinating and directing meetings.

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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