Project/Commercial Management Intern

The Edinburgh Airport Capital Projects team manage the capital investment programme for the wider business. The team is split into 3 disciplines, Development, Project and Commercial Management. A team of 24 people co-ordinate, implement and control all aspects of capital projects, from requirements gathering, optioneering, design, construction and commissioning.

The team are responsible for all aspects of procurement and contract administration. The Capital portfolio is approximately £250m over 5 years and consists of circa 450 different projects.

A sample of our portfolio of projects range from upgrading and maintaining our runway, protecting the environment through controlling our water discharges, expanding our retail offers, developing self-generation energy sources through both solar and ground source heat and improving our security, check-in and baggage systems.

You can find out more about the team here, and read about our internships FAQ here, our internships will last for 10-12 weeks during summer and will be full time (40 hours).

The recruitment process for this role will be a two stage process, with an initial Teams interview, followed by an in person interview where you will prepare a short presentation and answer some competency based questions. Your interview panel will include our Heads of Department, depending on your application and preferred discipline.

• You will be deployed onto 2-3 projects, supporting the wider project team. Dependant on your area of interest this may be concentrated in more than one of the 3 departmental disciplines. The intention will be to give the candidate a wide experience of projects across the entire project life cycle.
• This could involve helping the Development Managers in gathering requirements across the airports many stakeholders, assisting the Project Management team in the deployment and management of contractors on site, to assisting the Commercial Management team with the preparing of tender documents and analysis.

A student who is currently enrolled at College or University, and is studying for a either a project management or quantity surveying qualification, or another relevant subject (e.g. building, architecture or engineering discipline (electrical, mechanical, civil engineering etc)

Candidates who have an interest in developing the following skills will be ideally suited

• Project and commercial management in a construction or IT environment
• Stakeholder and customer management
• Inter-personal skills with the ability to communicate effectively
• Decision making
• Issue resolution

If your experience looks slightly different to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to still apply. You could add something we didn’t know we needed.

• Exposure to a busy client-side capital projects environment
• Understanding and behind-the-scenes experience of airport operations and an insight into how capital change is integrated into the day-to-day business.
• Networking opportunities with other interns on campus, Leadership and Executive teams
• Flexible working- whether that’s hybrid or flexible hours, we’ll help you find an option that suits you
• Pension scheme- employer contributions can be up to 7%
• Supporting your health and wellbeing - access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
• 256 hours holiday, pro rata
• Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
• We offer a range of other benefits, find out more here

Why EDI?

We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.

Building a diverse workforce that is inclusive and accessible to all is a priority for our business. As part of this journey, we are proud to be the first UK airport to be endorsed by WORK180. They only recognise great employers for all women. Find out about our policies on our WORK180 employer page.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.