Business Management Placement (12.5 months)

Job description

Job Description:

Start date: 18th August 2025

Location: Filton, Bristol

Duration: 12.5 months

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

Benefits:

Salary: £21,900

35 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

About us:

Do you want to make a real difference during a year in industry? To be involved in engineering, project and performance management, implementing strategic and operational change that brings significant value to the business?  Would you like to develop your leadership skills through facilitation and coaching of individuals and teams?

If your answers are YES to all of the above, WE are definitely looking for YOU.

The Business Management Team is an energised and engaged team with a diverse and flexible workload. It supports Engineering teams planning and delivering on time. We offer a flexible approach to working, for us the key to success is all about the delivery!

What you will be doing:

As an intern, you will:

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Support the robust planning of activities;

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Support the governing of the offload;

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Learn to understanding the practical, financial and resource implications of decisions;

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Coordinating with other teams, partners and stakeholders;

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Manage ad-hoc projects;

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Data analysis and implementation of findings;

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Coaching and steering people.

You will spend time working closely with teams in order to fully understand the challenges they face and the activities you lead and support will directly contribute to the success of the organisation.

You will have the opportunity to rapidly develop your knowledge in these areas through facilitating and participating in projects, business activities and training sessions. You will gain hands-on experience in supporting the existing business strategy on topics such as empowerment of teams, anticipation of issues, and agility in our ways of working.

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.

Please ensure you include your CV and a cover letter for your application to be considered.

Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate the following:

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Studying towards a degree in Business, or equivalent;

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Interest in project management and the less technical aspects of work in an engineering organisation;

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Find creative solutions to complex problems;

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Take the initiative and get things moving;

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Constantly seek improvement in what you do;

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Comfortable at communicating with diverse groups of people – from designers to analysts to senior managers.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

Contact:

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments. Examples of this may include (but is not exclusive to) accessible facilities; additional time for written exercises; auxiliary aids; room layout; dietary requirements etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Operations Limited

Employment Type:
Internship

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Experience Level:
Student

Job Family:
Improvement & Performance Management

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Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to  emsom@airbus.com .

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