2021 Engineering Summer Internship Programme

2021 Engineering Summer Internship Programme

Application Deadline: 18 Apr 2021

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 seven-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 (may not be available due to COVID situation), 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.

What you'll need

• HKIE ACE recognised or Washington Accord accredited degree
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and team-leading abilities
• Creativity and strategic thinking
• Right of abode in Hong Kong