Environment Health and Safety 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 holiday

About us:

The Environment Health and Safety (EHS) team is looking for a talented and enthusiastic student who would like to gain experience in this diverse and critical function within Airbus. The role will be based within the EHS team at Broughton with strong interaction with the wider UK  and global EHS organisation.

Airbus includes Environment Health and Safety improvements within its global Top Company Objectives and has an enviable performance in this area. In addition Airbus has made very clear its commitment to sustainability by leading the journey towards clean aerospace, decarbonised aviation, net zero emissions and carbon neutral activities.

This is an exciting time in Airbus for sustainability and covers everything from energy and waste improvements at site level through to the development of greener biofuels and Hydrogen powered flight.

In addition to our involvement in the sustainability journey we also enable and support Airbus in the UK with professional expertise in Safety, Occupational Health and Wellbeing, Environment and Industrial Hygiene. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the deployment of the wider EHS activities in addition to sustainability improvements.

The UK EHS team covers the Filton site in addition to Broughton and the candidate will have the opportunity to work with both sites. The candidate will also have the opportunity to work and engage with transnational colleagues, therefore some travel may be involved.

What you will be doing:

During this placement, the activities you may undertake will include:

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Provide support to and gain experience of all daily aspects of all functions within EHS and its customer base;

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Work with the teams that EHS support to help drive improvements and synergies;

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Engage in the various Multi Functional Teams, such as sustainability, that EHS support or lead;

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Identify and develop improvements to EHS communication channels;

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Support the development, implementation and best use of electronic reporting and monitoring tools;

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Provide support in the research, delivery and evaluation of internal communication campaigns.

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 will be able to demonstrate the following:

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Studying towards a degree in an Environmental field, Geography, or equivalent;

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Basic IT Systems (presentation and graphics);

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Be comfortable to communicate with internal and external audiences;

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Basic awareness of stakeholder, brand and reputation management;

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Be inquisitive, enthusiastic, driven and confident;

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Be able to work well in a team;

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Be self-motivated and know how to use their own initiative;

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Excellent writing skills;

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Be comfortable communicating verbally with stakeholders at all levels.

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:
Support to 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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