Commercial Contracts Year in Industry Placement 2025-2026

Job Location: UK – Crawley, West Sussex

Employment: full-time, 12month FTC

Overview

Acron Aviation Solutions are ‘Creating Safer Skies’. From our computer-based solutions all the way to our state-of-the-art Full Flight Simulators (FFS), improving the training experience and creating safer skies is at the heart of everything we do. Our Fixed Training Devices (FTD) and FFS feature aircraft-specific flight decks, offering the form, fit, feel, and function of the actual aircraft. Our airline pilot training systems covers the complete training spectrum; whether its systems knowledge, procedure training or jet transition we have the solutions for every airline.

Acron Aviation are seeking an industrial placement who will be responsible for providing support to the global Acron business by joining the commercial Contracts Team, in a challenging fast-paced environment. The Commercial Contracts team collaborates with every aspect of the business, in order to create solutions and respond to customer needs. The Commercial Contracts Industrial Placement will gain insight and exposure to commercial contracts, sales, project management, finance, and marketing to name but a few of the key functions with whom interactions occur on a daily basis.

Other key aspects include but not limited to, reviewing, assisting in drafting and negotiating a wide range commercial customer contracts, influencing key stakeholders, presenting to C-suite to obtain approvals. In addition to the day-to-day activities, the Commercial Contracts Industrial Placement will participate in internal strategic initiatives to drive change and continuous improvement. Other opportunities will potentially be made available to the Commercial Contracts Industrial Placement to increase their organizational awareness, such as providing support to marketing events and tradeshows on behalf of Acron Aviation, representing Acron Aviation with associations and industry bodies, etc.

Our Values are an integral part of who we are. We seek candidates who share our values: Customer First Own It Move Fast Speak Candidly

A Few Of Our Employee Benefits Are

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Staff car park (incl. EV charging stations)
• Subsidised staff restaurant

Day to day responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

• Providing support to the Commercial Contracts teams with the review and drafting of commercial agreement and helping out with various contracts activities such as review of bids and proposals, running reports, and various other adhoc activities
• Work with the existing Commercial Team on drafting contracts, reviewing comments from customers, and generally assisting with the contract negotiation process and the general Commercial Contracts team workload and activities
• Participate in the review process from bid approvals through hand overs of signed contracts to the delivery teams
• Support the governance process to obtain appropriate approvals in a timely manner
• Maintain detailed records of contracts, including keeping documentation up to date as required
• Support for various sales, marketing and Acron Aviation Professional Development Scheme (PDS) outreach activities as needed
• Maintain high ethical standards and perform duties in accordance with all company policies and procedures

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications :

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Affinity to detail, with excellent interpersonal communication skills and writing skills