Project Manager - Single Aisle New Generation

Job Description:

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check)

TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional travel within UK and international

LOCATION: Filton (60% of your working week must be office based)

TYPE: Full time

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more

Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday

Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities

Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation

Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and caregiving and purpose built maternity rooms on site

Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

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Job Summary

An Exciting role has become available for a Project Manager In the Airbus Single Aisle New Generation Department.

The successful candidate will orchestrate complex, high-impact programs end-to-end. The focus will be on the deliverables for Single Aisle New Generation while driving broader- initiatives, such as the Catia R33 test management & automation. You will ensure all objectives—time, scope, cost, and quality—are met to the highest level of customer satisfaction, providing visible leadership from initial setup through to final closure.

This role requires a disciplined approach to project management, including precise resource allocation and rigorous budget monitoring for technical milestones. By maintaining strict compliance with both internal and external regulations and also safeguarding project integrity while fostering transparent relationships with stakeholders and customers across the digital landscape.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

You will define and lead multi-disciplinary teams within a matrix environment.

You are expected to be the primary decision-maker when deviations from the plan occur, possessing the authority to renegotiate objectives with sponsors and implement corrective actions.

Your leadership will feature effective communication and team engagement, ensuring that lessons learned from complex engineering and IT integrations are captured for future workflows.

Manage external partners and suppliers with precision.

Initially supporting Catia upgrade programs

Ensure a seamless flow of operations and maintain the program's strategic alignment with long-term digital and manufacturing goals.

ABOUT YOU

Preferably Degree Educated

Project management Experience (including budget management & Agile methodologies)

Catia/PLM knowledge

Aerospace/engineering preferable

Supplier management Experience

Experience and comfort working transnationally with a distributed team

Flexible, collaborative mindset

Comfortable working autonomously in an empowered team

Great communication skill and stakeholder management

Comfortable defining & clarifying scope (typically projects don't come to us fully formed!)

How we can support you.

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To opt in, just select the option during your application submission and our Talent Acquisition team will contact you.

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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:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Programme & Project Management

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