Project Management Intern
Projects
- Vacancy type: Internship
- Closing date: 30/03/2026
- Salary: £13.45/hour, 40 hours, 12 week internship
About the role
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.
This internship will focus on the development and delivery of Edinburgh Airports Capital infrastructure projects.
About the recruitment process
The recruitment process for this role will be comprised of two stages. The first stage will be a Teams interview, to discuss your experience and interest in applying for the internship. For successful applicants, the second stage interview will be in person, with a task on campus to give you a feel for what Project Management is like at Edinburgh Airport.
Please note, our interview process may be adjusted depending on the volume of candidates. We are committed to supporting diverse ways of thinking and working, so if you require adjustments in the recruitment process, please let us know on your application. You can find out more about our interview process and the types of questions we ask here.
What you’ll be doing
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’ll be supporting on the following:
- Preparation of a detailed business requirements document (BRD) which should be developed in conjunction with the wider business but owned by the project sponsor.
- You will then be responsible to translate the BRD into possible options, developing with the project sponsor a preferred option to take forward to the detailed design stage.
- You will be tasked with preparing business case reports to enable the project to progress each of the project tollgates (TG1 – TG3).
- Following development, you will may be asked to support the delivery stages
- Maintaining an efficient and timely implementation of the project timeline, using project controls where necessary to ensure key project metrics (time, cost and quality) are met
- Collaborating with assigned project sponsors to ensure they are supported throughout the project lifecycle and expectations are managed
You must be currently enrolled in college or university, studying a relevant discipline such as Project Management, Business Management, Continuous Improvement or Construction Management
Candidates who have an interest in developing the following skills will be ideally suited
- Knowledge of project management principles gained either through university modules or work-place experience – including project set-up, planning, risk analysis, financial control
- Must be detailed oriented
- Must have solid MS office suite experience
- Excellent report writing skills
- Strong interpersonal, communication, organisational and presentational skills
- 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
- Free on-site car parking (for both when you are working and when you go on holiday)
- Discounted shopping in the various retail and catering outlets within the Terminal
- Access to EAL Rewards, our benefits platform for discounts with high street names, gyms, cinemas, fuel and supermarkets
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. We offer in-house and external training, both role specific and based on your objectives.
As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We will ask questions based on our values during your interview, as 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.
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.
We work with Inclusive Employers, who are a leading organisation for employers committed to prioritising inclusion. We are supported by them through leadership workshops, a variety of resources and webinars, demonstrating our commitment to an inclusive workplace and ensuring all our employees feel valued. This partnership is part of our wider Diversity and Inclusion strategy, and you can find out more here.
We give colleagues the opportunity to engage with different people and projects, within our business and beyond. You can get involved in a variety of different employee groups, including Diversity, STEM, Wellbeing, or create your own community – it’s important to us that you can share your interests and be yourself at work.