EDF UK

Environmental Safety Industrial Placement

Rolling deadline

Placement

Science

Pay TBC

Year groups

Not specified

Deadline

Rolling deadline

Field

Science

Sector

Research & Academia

Year groups

Penultimate Year

Key facts

Overview

This 12-month placement offers a starting salary of £26,050 and the chance to work on site at one of our #Heysham 1 and 2 Power Stations.
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 do Environmental Safety, learning the ropes and making a real impact.
You’ll be working with experienced environmental and radiological professionals to help us deliver our technical oversight and compliance activities.

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 Environmental Science, Maths, Physics, Chemistry or Engineering.
This position is also suitable for candidates undertaking a year in industry as part of their degree programme, subject to your university requirements.
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 one of the #Heysham 1 and 2 Power Stations, within the Environmental Safety Group.

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