Space Project Management Placement (12 months)

Our team of professionals span Project Management, Operations, and PMO, and lead multi-disciplinary teams. They manage schedules, risks and opportunities, and costs. Our work is global: We help to deliver satellite programmes that perform optimally, enabling worldwide connectivity and supporting critical ground services. Based in Stevenage, you will join a dynamic, transnational team, collaborating with colleagues across the UK and Europe to drive the success and delivery of our projects. What you will be doing: You will join our Project Management Team, that leads and manages multi-disciplined, integrated project teams in the design and manufacture of Spacecraft Antenna products and systems. Working alongside experienced project managers, you will support the delivery of high-value projects-often exceeding €20M-ensuring they are on-time, on-cost, and on-quality. In this role, you will gain hands-on experience in the end-to-end management of aerospace projects, helping to enable connectivity from space. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the project management team in day-to-day coordination, including tracking project scope, schedule, budget, and risks.
• Contributing to the preparation of customer-facing reviews and essential project communications.
• Developing a foundational understanding of project management principles, risk management, and supply chain coordination within an aerospace context;
• Collaborating effectively within diverse, multi-disciplinary teams to drive project progress.
• Utilizing industry-standard tools (including Google Suite and Microsoft Office) to prepare high-quality presentations, reports, and documentation.
  
  Studying towards a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautics Engineering, Physics, Business or equivalent;
• Interest in Engineering, Aerospace and Space;
• Experience with engineering projects either in university or in a work experience setting;
• Teamwork, communication and stakeholder management skills., 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.
  
  The Antenna Delivery team sits within the Digital Payload division of Airbus Defence and Space, where we focus on developing sub-systems and equipment for communications satellites. As a team, we manage multi-million pound projects from start to finish, overseeing every aspect-from design and production to testing and final delivery-to ensure we meet our customers' exacting standards., 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 to emsom@airbus.com. 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.

Salary: £24,500 37 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Hybrid working options available depending on the role // Half day Fridays!
• // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays