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Performance Improvement 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
Function
Other
Released
06 Oct 2026

Overview

  • This placement offers a salary of £26,050 per annum and the chance to work at one of our key nuclear sites.
  • You’ll apply academic knowledge to real industry contexts while completing degree-relevant modules and gaining insight into business operations within the energy sector.
  • What You’ll Experience During your Performance Improvement Industrial Placement, you’ll work at #Heysham 1 within the Performance Improvement department.
  • Your Work Location You’ll be based on site at #Heysham 2 Power Station, within the Performance Improvement Department.
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).
  • 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 2 Power Station, within the Performance Improvement Department.

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