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Project Delivery Industrial Placement

Rolling deadline
Placement
Business & Operations
Pay TBC
Year groups

Not specified

Deadline

Rolling deadline

Field

Business & Operations

Sector

Other

Year groups

Penultimate Year

Key facts
Released
06 Oct 2026

Overview

  • This 12-month placement offers a starting salary of £26,050 and the chance to work on site at #Heysham 1.
  • Taking on a real job at a junior level, you'll gain invaluable hands-on experience while being mentored by highly skilled professionals.
  • You’ll help shape how we deliver projects and be involved with designing, planning and delivering work.
  • Additionally, you’ll further develop Planning & Project Management skills, to build and develop a network to allow successful delivery of work packages.
What you'll do
  • It powers schools, businesses and hospitals, so I knew that if I did my placement within EDF then I would have a really large impact on society, and that made my placement a lot more fulfilling.” Priyanka, Science and Engineering Industrial Placement.
Eligibility
  • To be eligible for this scheme, you need to be on track to achieve, or have already achieved, a 2:2 undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Maths, Physics, Science, Engineering or Project Management.
  • It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK.
  • Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility, we reserve the right in our decisions to give priority to those who already have the right to work in the UK.
  • To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.
  • Should you disclose a disability and meet the minimum criteria (which will include holding a relevant degree discipline/grade and achieving the required pass mark for Stage 1 Testing) for the role you’ll be progressed to the first stage of the selection process.
Funding structure
  • Pay, Benefits and Culture Alongside a starting salary of at least £26,050 per annum and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.
Location
  • Your Work Location You’ll be based on site at #Heysham 1 Power Station, within the Project Delivery team.

Heads up

Dates can shift each year. Always confirm the live deadline on the provider's own page before you apply.