Landing Gear Business Operations Placement

Job Description

Start date: 16 August 2027

Location: Filton, Bristol

Duration: 12.5 months

Applications close on 27 September 2026!

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Benefits

• Salary: £24,246
• 35 hours per week
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working options available depending on the role
• Half day Fridays!
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

About Us

Are you looking for the ideal start to your career with an exciting, global company? Are you passionate about business improvement, project management and business operations? If so, joining Landing Gear within the Airbus Internship Programme could be the ideal start to your career.

Landing Gear Engineering is part of the wider Systems Centre of Competence (CoC), providing Airbus Commercial with excellence in Landing Gear definition, integration, industrialisation and in-service support. Landing Gear engineering is a complex and multi-skilled domain with many business interfaces, customers and suppliers to ensure we deliver to programmes on time, on budget and on quality.

What You Will Be Doing

You will be given the opportunity to work alongside an experienced business management team across a broad scope of topics including:

• Financial / Workload Planning
• Resource Management
• Project & Performance Management
• Change Management
• People Development / Competence Development

The role will require strong business or project management and analytical skills to support the Business Operations team. The successful candidate may be required to work with teams across different Airbus functions and will gain a good understanding of the wider business outside of Landing Gear.

You will have the opportunity to collaborate or lead improvement projects, as well as working autonomously throughout your internship.

We look to tailor the work you will be involved in based on your previous experience, interests, and development needs to maximise the value you can add to the business.

Requirements

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the duration of the placement. Please inform your graduation date on your application.

• Operations Management
• Business / Business Management
• Project Management
• Economics / Finance
• Curious and innovative with a willingness to challenge the norm / continuously improve
• Committed, proactive and want to take ownership of projects
• Tenacious, resilient and demonstrate perseverance when faced with adversity
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team

Desirable Skills And Experience

• Project Management experience
• Data analysis

You will be subject to a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) check. You may also need to gain UK SC-level Security Clearance or Export Control, depending on the role.

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

Experience Level

Student

Job Family

Programme & Project Management

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

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.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect, and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.