Engineering Internship 2019 - Summer

How would you like to spend your vacation getting your hands on one of the youngest and most sophisticated air fleets in the world? If you're an Engineering undergraduate who is enthusiastic about aviation and curious to learn what a career in aircraft engineering is all about, an internship with a multi-award winning airline is an opportunity that you won't want to miss!

What you'll learn

Our eight-week summer internship programme offers you the chance to gain invaluable exposure to the aviation industry that can give you a competitive edge and help get your career off to a flying start. With us you will get a taste of how the Engineering Department of a world-class airline carrier operates, as well as the chance to tour exciting aircraft and learn how aircraft flight systems work. Visits to our 24-hour Integrated Operations Centre and HAECO, our maintenance and repair organisation, will ensure that you gain a good understanding of what it takes to deliver safe, compliant and reliable aircraft. During the programme, you will receive a series of briefings from Cathay Pacific engineers on a range of topics such as ground safety, maintenance control and support, reliability, and aircraft theory of flight and aircraft systems.

Who you'll learn from

Our programme will assign you to an engineering team, where experienced senior engineers will share their experience and knowledge and give you an up-close look at their daily life as part of the Cathay Pacific Engineering. You'll also have the opportunity to meet lots of passionate engineering students like yourself - some of whom may even become future colleagues.

To better fit with your vacation schedule, our 8-week internship programmes will commence in late June to August 2019.

What you'll need

To be considered for a place in our internship program, you'll need to possess:

• The right of abode in Hong Kong
• HKIE ACE recognised or Washington Accord accredited degree
• Proficiency in both written and spoken English and Chinese
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and team-leading abilities
• Creativity and strategic thinking
• Availability and commitment to work the full 8 weeks to complete the internship

Shortlisted candidates must be present for the Hong Kong Assessment Centre in April - June 2019.

Application deadline: 19 February 2019

Cathay Pacific is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our personal data policy and for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within eight weeks may consider their application unsuccessful. All related information will be kept in our file for up to 24 months. A copy of our Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request by contacting our Data Protection Officer.