Environment Health and Safety Placement (12.5 months)

The Environment Health and Safety (EHS) team is looking for a talented and enthusiastic student who would like to gain experience in this diverse and critical function within Airbus. The role will be based within the EHS team at Broughton with strong interaction with the wider UK  and global EHS organisation.

Airbus includes Environment Health and Safety improvements within its global Top Company Objectives and has an enviable performance in this area. In addition Airbus has made very clear its commitment to sustainability by leading the journey towards clean aerospace, decarbonised aviation, net zero emissions and carbon neutral activities.

This is an exciting time in Airbus for sustainability and covers everything from energy and waste improvements at site level through to the development of greener biofuels and Hydrogen powered flight.

In addition to our involvement in the sustainability journey we also enable and support Airbus in the UK with professional expertise in Safety, Occupational Health and Wellbeing, Environment and Industrial Hygiene. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the deployment of the wider EHS activities in addition to sustainability improvements.

The UK EHS team covers the Filton site in addition to Broughton and the candidate will have the opportunity to work with both sites. The candidate will also have the opportunity to work and engage with transnational colleagues, therefore some travel may be involved.

What you will be doing:

During this placement, the activities you may undertake will include:

• Provide support to and gain experience of all daily aspects of all functions within EHS and its customer base;
• Work with the teams that EHS support to help drive improvements and synergies;
• Engage in the various Multi Functional Teams, such as sustainability, that EHS support or lead;
• Identify and develop improvements to EHS communication channels;
• Support the development, implementation and best use of electronic reporting and monitoring tools;
• Provide support in the research, delivery and evaluation of internal communication campaigns.

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.

This role will involve working in areas which require stakeholder, brand and reputation management and involvement with internal and external audiences.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Studying towards a degree in Environment, Geography, but not limited to these ones;
• Basic IT Systems (presentation and graphics);
• Be inquisitive, enthusiastic, driven and confident;
• Be able to work well in a team;
• Be self-motivated and know how to use their own initiative;
• Excellent writing skills;
• Be comfortable communicating verbally with stakeholders at all levels.

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

SECURITY CLEARANCE: 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.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments to allow you to access and participate fully in the recruitment process. If you wish to discuss this further please contact us. 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.

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