Heathrow Engineering
British Airways Engineering is one of the world's leading aircraft maintenance businesses. Not only do we
provide full support for the entire British Airways fleet which has over 300 aircraft, we also serve a number
of other international airlines including many of our alliance partners. This means that the 1,000 flights that
are operated each day will be ready for flying. The different areas of engineering below have opportunities
for work experience.
British Airways Component Engineering
Engineers at BACE workshops provide repair and overhaul capability to
a broad range of components to support the fleet of British Airways
Aircraft. Capability ranges include complex Power generation units, Fuel
components, Pneumatics components, Hydraulics components and
Wheels and Brakes. There are also specialist processes that take place
in the workshops, which include welding, machining and painting.
In this placement work experience students, will have the opportunity
to shadow engineers in the workshop, many of who are world experts
in their field whilst they repair and overhaul components. You will be exposed to a variety of daily
occurrences, whether this is repairing a small fuel pump or the testing a complex Integrated Drive Generator.
You will get to see first-hand how the functions of this department contribute towards BA's excellent safety
record.
Fleet Support Unit
Fleet Support Unit are equipped to maintain B767 and Airbus
319/320/321 aircraft, both in minor and casualty tasks, with the
additional capability to take on most heavy maintenance tasks and
structural repairs. We recover aircraft and move damaged or incident
involved aircraft quickly and efficiently to enable normal airport
operations to resume as soon as possible.
In this placement, you will have the opportunity to shadow engineers in
the hangar, and see first-hand how important day-to-day operations are.
As the repairs are not planned, you will be exposed to a variety of daily occurrences and will support the
team to enable our aircraft to carry out their routes.
British Airways Distribution Centre
All aircraft materials have to be checked before going into storage. Our
warehouse inspects all aircraft materials to make sure they are
airworthy and compliant to regulatory standards. The warehouse is also
responsible for distributing aircraft components worldwide to BA
hangars to ensure that planes can be serviced and fixed when they reach
their destination.
You will gain a great understanding of Airworthiness regulations and
procedures, an overview of dangerous goods processing and general
warehouse management. This includes receipting, binning and issuing of aircraft components. You will get
the chance to shadow our colleagues in the warehouse, and will learn about the different components of a
plane.
British Airways Inventory Management
Inventory Management are responsible for managing the supply of
aircraft spares required to maintain our various fleets. Working to our
planned regular maintenance checks and some unforeseen
requirements, it is our role to ensure that any spares that are required
are available to ensure the punctual operation of our fleet.
In this placement, you will be working alongside our expediting team,
gaining valuable experience of how to manage internal and external
suppliers in a professional and assertive manner, in order to maintain
availability to BA's high standards. You will learn how to think on your feet and look at many different
solutions to one problem, and make an informed choice of the best option available. This posting will also
give you the experience interacting with other internal areas of BA Engineering and Fleet Planning.
New Aircraft Group Base Operations
Engineers in the New aircraft Group in TBA provide operational
maintenance support for both Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner
aircraft. Capability ranges include engine changes, structural repairs,
component changes, modifications, servicing and entry into service
inputs. Our staff are highly motivated and fully committed to providing a
fully serviceable fleet of aircraft to support our worldwide operation.
In this placement you will have the opportunity to shadow engineers in
both our hangar facility and base ramp areas whilst they maintain our state of the art fleet of aircraft. On
any one day you could walk into an engine change, a structural repair, a trouble shooting procedure or
maintenance clear up input, or in fact just about any maintenance activity applicable to the aircraft type! We
pride ourselves on our commitment to safety, quality and delivery.
Fleet Support Facility
A new opportunity to spend time in a workshop that looks after repairing and maintaining components.
To apply, you must have a relative that works in British Airways or attend a partnership school or college
which has one of these postcodes:
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Any UB postcode
Any TW postcode
NW10, HA0, HA1, HA2, HA4, HA5, HA6, HA9
SL0, SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4, SL5
KT1, KT2, KT13, KT16
W3, W4, W5, W6, W7, W12, W13, W14
SW1, SW3, SW5, SW6, SW7, SW10
SE1, SE4, SE13, SE14, SE16, SE17
This is a 5 day placement during the Autumn 2017 (September-December 2017). British Airways is only able
to offer official school supported work experience placements, and placements are only available during the
term time. Before applying, you will need to have the support of your school or college to attend the
placement.