EDF UK

Outage Industrial Placement

Rolling deadline

Placement

Other

Pay TBC

Year groups

Not specified

Deadline

Rolling deadline

Field

Other

Sector

Other

Year groups

Penultimate Year

Key facts

Overview

This 12-month placement offers a starting salary of £26,050 and the chance to work at one of our key nuclear sites.
You’ll apply academic knowledge to real industry contexts, with put your overalls on and go and have a look at the plant yourself, while completing degree-relevant modules and gaining insight into engineering and outage management within the energy sector.
What You’ll Experience During your Industrial Placement, you’ll work within the Outage Management Department at our Sizewell B Power Station.
You’ll be part of a team that’s driving innovation and safety in the energy sector.
You’ll gain hands-on experience in outage projects that support nuclear safety and operations.
With opportunities to get involved with various different groups, this placement offers a springboard into a rewarding career in energy.
You will be supporting Project Leads with outage preparation and planning 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 EDF industrial placement, you need to be on track to achieve, or have already achieved, a bachelor’s degree (2:2 or higher) in Project Management, Planning or Engineering.
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

Hybrid working may be available outside of outage periods, subject to business requirements, however, a minimum of three days per week on site will be required.
During outage periods and the final stages of outage preparation, you will be expected to work full-time.

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