A330/A340 UK Chief Engineer’s Team Placement (12.5 months)

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 holidays

About us:

Airbus is a community of engineers who have an effective and sustainable relationship with airlines, committed to engineering excellence incorporated into our aircraft. The A330 Family is the most successful widebody family to date, dominating the widebody short to medium haul market. Highly versatile, it flies efficiently on routes ranging from less than 1 hour to over 17 hours, and has led to the Freighter and Air to air refueling variants and the ever popular Beluga XL. The latest improvements seen in the A330Neo have delivered increased range, improved operating costs and is a leader in sustainable air travel. With new improvements always being assessed to further excite our customers.

The A330/A340 Family Chief Engineer’s Team is looking for a dedicated placement student to join our highly experienced, friendly, motivated, and autonomous team.

As members of the A330 UK Chief Engineer’s team, we lead future development projects to further improve performance and reliability, as well as driving our primary responsibility of the airworthiness and safety of the Wing, Landing Gear, Fuel and Inerting systems. In addition we support the final assembly lines of the aircraft across Europe, and the delivery teams as they hand over the aircraft to airlines around the world.

What you will be doing: 

Success in this role will be largely down to you, but typically you will be:

• Part of the Chief Engineering team involved with product evolution of the A330/A340 family by defining and proposing new aircraft technologies to improve our aircraft;

• Supporting the continuous airworthiness and safety of the fleet;

• Working to understand airline operational requirements and proposing improvements in our aircraft design accordingly;

• Liaising and integrating across a number of teams, e.g. Overall Aircraft Design, Engineering, Airworthiness, Supply management, and more;

• Helping the teams to continuously develop by highlighting inefficiencies in the established ways of working;

• Developing yourself – your confidence, your technical capability, and knowledge, working with many people in a diverse environment;

• Potential opportunity to travel between Airbus sites (if available).

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 must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Studying towards a relevant degree;

• An ability to prioritise tasks to ensure deadlines are met;

• Knowledge of project management principles is desirable;

• Proficient oral and written communication skills with the ability to summarise complex issues and communicate clearly in front of audiences;

• Keen to build relationships, self-reflecting and listening;

• Happy to act in a proactive manner to meet personal and team objectives;

• Prepared to travel between sites, if required.

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:

Chief Engineering & Architecture

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