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EDF UK
Nuclear Safety Industrial Placement
Rolling deadline
Placement
Engineering
Pay TBCYear groups
Not specified
Deadline
Rolling deadline
Field
Engineering
Sector
Manufacturing & Engineering
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 one of our #Heysham Power Stations.
- Your Work Location You’ll be based on site at one of the #Heysham Power Stations, within the Nuclear Safety Group.
- You’ll be part of a team that plays a vital role in ensuring safe reactor operations and compliance with nuclear safety cases.
- What You’ll Experience During your Nuclear Safety Group Industrial Placement, you’ll support the daily operations of our Nuclear Safety Team.
- Past students have contributed to safety case reviews, supported compliance assessments, and worked on initiatives that ensure safe and reliable generation.
- You’ll be immersed in the world of nuclear safety, learning from experts and applying your skills to meaningful challenges.
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 a relevant field (maths, physics, engineering or other science/engineering disciplines).
- 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.
Heads up
Dates can shift each year. Always confirm the live deadline on the provider's own page before you apply.
