Production Planning & Scheduling Intern Review
at Airbus
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Operations, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Broughton
Review Submitted: June 2025
Overall Rating
4.4 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
The tasks will be varied and require you to use different skills (technical, project management, communication, etc.) in order to complete them successfully. These will include elements of:
- Master Production Scheduling (MPS);
- Planning assumption agreement;
- Refinement and optimisation of the production build plans;
- Tactical planning & work package monitoring;
- Capacity and resource calculations;
- Recovery planning;
- Scenario analysis;
- Compilation of key performance indicators (KPI’s) for reporting and monitoring of the business.
- Master Production Scheduling (MPS);
- Planning assumption agreement;
- Refinement and optimisation of the production build plans;
- Tactical planning & work package monitoring;
- Capacity and resource calculations;
- Recovery planning;
- Scenario analysis;
- Compilation of key performance indicators (KPI’s) for reporting and monitoring of the business.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
The weights of responsibilities varied through out my different placements. However, if you keep looking with a positive attitude for more work and responsibilities you will eventuality find some!
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have a learned a lot of new technical, management and general business skills during this internship!
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
bi-weekly 30 minutes slot with my placement manager for any support and regular chats with my line manager!
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very welcoming and ready to share and pass on the knowledge to next generation. Able to be serious and also to crack on jokes here and there.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I really liked it as I learned a lot about various skills, topics and departments within the business. I enjoyed also my time socially there with amazing people to work daily with and a good cohort of interns and grads that allow you to have a social life outside of work.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Airbus
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Airbus to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Airbus
Apply to as many internships/ placements that interest you. Having past experiences and internships on the CV, ideally in the manufacturing industry, will maximise your chances to land the job.
