Project Management Office & Project Manager Assistant Placement (12 months)

Job description

Job Description:

Start date: 21st July 2025

Location: Portsmouth

Duration : 12 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: £22,250

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

*subject to completing full hours prior to this

About us: 

You will join the Airbus Digital Payload Delivery department and in specific the Industrial Delivery group which is responsible for the development and implementation of communication products (either digital processors or radio frequency RF).

You will be part of the Project Management team (Product Industrial Delivery TSEDD5) which is responsible for the telecoms satellites equipment deliveries by leading multifunctional project teams through the various project phases to achieve project objectives (time, scope, cost, quality) to the satisfaction of the customer. 

Digital Payload Product Industrial Delivery Group is based in Stevenage and Portsmouth in the UK and Ottobrunn Germany.

Within Airbus Defence and Space (ADS) Systems, the main aim of Digital Payload Industrial Delivery is to develop and manufacture products that are strategically important for Telecommunication Systems (TST) satellite payloads.

Airbus is a world-leader in digital signal processors and control systems for modern communications satellites. Our products connect ground stations, user terminals and satellite constellations for an expanding list of global operators. We work with European colleagues and suppliers around the world, leveraging the most advanced electronic and optical technologies to deliver the best performance for our customers.

Our purpose is to:

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Deliver our current generation of products on-quality, on-time, on cost (OQOTOC);

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Reshape the business to enable the products to be more competitive, using subcontracting and also lean approaches;

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Deliver the next generation of products to support the rapidly evolving market with the major focus on Cost per Bit.

What you will be doing:

The activities you may undertake during the placement year will vary between:

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Work together in the project management office (PMO) with PMO manager assisting with project activities;

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Report general day to day support activities;

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Coordinate with all necessary teams and third parties to ensure the projects tasks are moving forward;

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Highlight timely issues to the Head of Industrial Product Delivery so that governance is followed for all projects;

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Once you will gain confidence in the Industrial Product Delivery project management processes and tools you will also support PMs in the day to day activities.

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*

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

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Studying towards a degree that includes modules like Project Management, and Electronics (hardware and software); 

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Able to demonstrate Leadership and management skills.

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Keen to learn new things.

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 Defence and Space Limited

Employment Type:
Internship

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Experience Level:
Student

Job Family:
Programme & Project Management

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