As the nation's flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
It's something we've been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world's first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.
Since then, British Airways has gone on to deliver game-changing achievements. First we broke the record for the fastest transatlantic flight with Concorde. Then we became the very first airline to introduce fully lie-flat seats on board.
It was our exceptional engineering teams that brought these pioneering and original ideas to life.
This is your chance to join one of the most diverse and innovative departments at British Airways, at a time when we're re-imagining the way we fly the skies.
The role:
Project Manager - Cabin
Great journeys require first-class aircraft. That's why our world-class engineering function is so important to the British Airways customer experience. In our team, you get to work in wonderful facilities on one of the most diverse fleets in the aviation industry. Get ready to push your technical and people skills to ensure our customers fly in the most advanced, safest and reliable aircraft in the skies. As the Engineering Cabin Project Manager, you deliver end-to-end product development, from concept to production within all categories and cabins from initial concept to final embodiment onto the aircraft.
Key responsibilities include forging strategic partnerships, supporting business case creation, and managing a project aligned with business goals and budget constraints.
What you'll do:
Responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of cabin interior projects including tracking and reporting on project milestones
- Co-ordination and management of aircraft modification programmes with the on-board product sponsors, ensuring agreed timescales are met, expenditure is within approved limits and the required quality and performance levels are delivered.
- Responsible for the relationship between Engineering and the aircraft modification sponsors including all Engineering departments, Customer Experience, Fleet planning, MRO's and others as required.
- Holding quarterly reviews of sponsors' comprehensive programmes ensuring the relationship remains open, including communication the current program status, sharing forward plans and the inclusion of relevant Engineering colleagues.
- Financial status of programmes reviewed monthly and as required, with the sponsors
What you'll bring to British Airways:
- Excellent prioritisation, planning and organisational skills in cross functional roles or projects with the ability to forecast the future impact of current information
- Understanding of financial management processes and able to control programme finances
- Commercial and business awareness
- Pro-active management of risk
- Able to interpret technical and commercial context to make sound project decisions
- Delivering to Customer and Business requirements
- Practiced influencing and collaboration skills, able to assimilate diverse groups conflicting objectives to achieve consensus agreement
Your experience:
- Project Management qualification or equivalent experience
- Degree qualification is advantageous but not essential
- Business understanding (Essential)
- Understanding of aviation regulatory frameworks
What we offer:
As an airline, we never want to stand still. The same goes for our people.
We're committed to upskilling our engineers and providing professional development training so you can progress in your area of expertise. That way, you'll attain the highest levels of professional achievement as we continue to invest in new technology, equipment, and aircraft.
Training modules are offered through self-study courses, or structured learning programmes, and delivered at our state-of-the-art Learning Academy at London Heathrow.
When you work in an engineering role at British Airways, you'll be joining a high-performance culture. It's a time-pressured environment too, but the challenges here are exciting and diverse, and you'll be part of projects you won't find anywhere else. That's what keeps our exceptional colleagues inspired to do their best work. We also offer fantastic rewards, including great staff travel benefits.
Inclusion & Diversity
At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.
Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we're committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We're looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.