Health & Safety Operations Support Placement (12.5 months)

at  Airbus Operations Limited

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Start date: 18th August 2025
Location: Broughton, North Wales
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.

ABOUT US:

The opportunity to work alongside our Business Support team and Health & Safety (H&S) experts on the latest product in the Airbus commercial wing family, the A350 wing at the Broughton plant near Chester. This is an excellent opportunity for your career development and will give you the knowledge and experience you require to aid your development on your career journey in business and operations management. These teams are responsible for important daily activities to maintain production within the wing assembly business. We are responsible for a wide range of activities so there will be plenty of opportunities to get involved in all aspects of aircraft production.
We are a team of Business Support team and Health & Safety experts that enable wing manufacturing production on a daily basis and ensure this is achieved in a safe manner to ensure we exceed customer safety & Quality expectations. As well as day-to day operations, we implement longer-term strategies to improve the industrial system to enable flexibility of our production rates.

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:

• Studying towards a degree in Engineering, Business, or equivalent;
• The desire to work in a technical team environment;
• Excellent IT skills (Google Suite);
• Interest in Health and Safety topics;
• Ability to interface and influence people at all levels within the organisation, and support their decision making;
• The ability to listen, understand and communicate effectively;
• Team worker with a desire to work in an open and trusting environment;
• Imagination and creativity to problem-solve with drive and enthusiasm;
• Willingness to learn and take risks.

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

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Student

You will be working closely with the Health & Safety Leader and Operations Support Team to support the following objectives:

• Accident investigation and reduction, risk assessments, H&S improvement actions in a manufacturing environment;
• Business support will consist of cost saving initiatives and leading strategic improvement projects.

The role requires an understanding of fundamental lean principles and a demonstrated ability to support and implement projects to completion.
It is recognised that successful candidates may have differing levels of knowledge of the more technical aspects of Project Management. As such they will be supported with a development programme suitable to their requirements.