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Commercial Intern

Clearance Level
BPSS
Salary Range
Competitive
Employment Type
FULL TIME
Work Style
onsite

// Role Summary

An exciting Commercial Intern opportunity with Boeing Defence United Kingdom, offering hands-on experience in contract negotiation, administration, and stakeholder engagement.

// Key Responsibilities

  • Gain practical experience in commercial roles supporting UK MoD programmes.
  • Support proposal development, contract change proposals, and administration.
  • Engage with internal stakeholders and external customers through meetings and shadowing.
  • Develop problem-solving, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
  • Opportunity for professional growth within a supportive team environment.

// Role Specification

Commercial Intern - Gosport

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

We are looking for a Commercial Intern to start in July 2027 within the Boeing Defence United Kingdom Commercial Team. The position is based in Gosport, reporting to the Head of Commercial. In this role, you will work closely with appointed Commercial team members to experience a variety of aspects of their role, initially through job shadowing before taking on responsibilities to support the commercial role through a mix of supervised activities and independent responsibilities.

The business areas comprise a mixture of proposals and contracted programmes to support our UKMoD customer. Here you will work with teams who support frontline operations in a challenging but exciting environment.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Support proposal development and negotiation for contract change proposals.
  • Manage administration of the change process.
  • Shadow meetings with the external customer.
  • Attend routine and ad-hoc meetings with internal programme stakeholders to address contract deliverables, manage progress of activities, and resolve issues as they arise.
  • Maintain excellent record-keeping and commercial administration of all aspects of contracts.
  • Learn various approaches to problem-solving under contract, from evaluating and stating contractual positions to creating innovative commercial solutions.
  • Build excellent working relationships and develop good business judgment to protect the business, support customer needs, and deliver value-for-money solutions.
  • Review, interpret, negotiate, and apply contractual terms in relation to programme activities.
  • Supported by other members of the Commercial team, identify risks, opportunities, and improvement initiatives, and work with stakeholders to leverage best outcomes.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Right to work in the UK. We do not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
  • Studying a degree course or have graduated a degree course within the last 2 years.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Studying at degree level or have graduated a degree course within the last 2 years in Business, Law, Finance, or similar. No minimum degree grade or GPA score required.
  • Confidence and willingness to present and host meetings.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders of all levels.
  • Forward-thinking mindset and self-motivated.
  • Effective communication skills.
  • Attention to detail and high focus on quality outputs.
  • Inclusive and enthusiastic.

Additional Information:

This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorization to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing will not attempt to obtain Immigration and labour sponsorship for any applicants. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S. based payroll.

Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 31, 2026.

This is not an Export Control position.

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom).

The position is contingent upon program award.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law. We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.