Placement
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TL;DR
Key Takeaways
- 12.5-month placement for undergraduates studying relevant engineering or safety degrees.
- Work on safety improvement projects, influencing strategy and practicing project management.
- Salary of £24,246 per year, with flexible and hybrid working options.
- Applications close on 25 October 2026.
- Based in Broughton, North Wales.
About the Role
About the Placement
This placement offers the opportunity to influence safety strategy and practice various aspects of project management, including creating project plans, engaging multi-functional teams, developing financial business cases, and reporting on project status.
You will work with experienced safety professionals across Airbus to improve the safe use of industrial equipment for injury prevention. You will also collaborate with local production teams (Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, and Safety) to develop and deploy project plans for improvements at the Broughton plant.
Key activities include:
- Managing improvement projects to optimize personnel safety and machinery efficiency.
- Collaborating with transnational teams to identify and implement best practices locally.
Requirements
- Must be an undergraduate for the entire duration of the placement.
- Studying towards a degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Production Engineering, Occupational Safety, or equivalent.
- Project management skills and the ability to think strategically to translate improvement practices into local project plans (desirable).
- Ability to build business cases to justify expenditure for improvement projects.
- Strong collaboration skills, including working with multi-stakeholder teams.
- Good communication style to engage and influence people from different functions.
- Proficiency in the use of AI tools.
- Familiarity with Google Suite.
Further Information
- Start Date: 16 August 2027
- Location: Broughton, North Wales
- Duration: 12.5 months
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Working Hours: Flexible working hours, with hybrid working options available depending on the role and half-day Fridays.
- Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays.
- Salary: £24,246 per year.
- Security Clearance: BPSS check required. May require UK SC-level Security Clearance or Export Control.