Sizewell C Quality Industrial Placement

If you are looking to kick-start a rewarding career where you can make a real difference, come and join our Quality team. You will work on one of the most exciting and significant sustainable energy projects the UK has ever seen, helping to ensure the highest standards of quality are maintained across a nationally important infrastructure programme.

Sizewell C is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk. When completed, it will provide reliable low-carbon electricity to 6 million homes for at least 60 years, playing a key role in the UK's energy future.

We have two placements to join our Quality Industrial Placement Programme based at our Suffolk offices.

Taking on a real role at a junior level, you'll have the opportunity to learn through hands‑on experience under the guidance of highly skilled and experienced colleagues. You'll gain valuable insight into how quality assurance and quality control processes are applied across a major infrastructure project, supporting the delivery of safe, compliant, and high‑quality outcomes.

Studying towards a degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, Science, Business, or a related discipline.

A genuine interest in quality, continuous improvement, and delivering excellence.

An interest in working within major nuclear and infrastructure programmes.

A passion for sustainability and contributing to a project that will make a lasting difference.

Open-minded, flexible and adaptable, with the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced project environment.

Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with an eye for detail.

Effective interpersonal skills, demonstrating integrity, professionalism, humility and strong ethical behaviour.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with a variety of stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

Over the course of this 12‑month programme, you'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in hands‑on learning, working on real‑world challenges that directly impact one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects. Most of your learning will take place on the job, supported by your mentor and the wider Quality team.

• Quality assurance and quality control processes.
• Auditing and compliance activities.
• Document and records management.
• Root cause analysis and issue resolution.
• Supporting quality culture and performance across the project.

This placement provides an excellent opportunity to apply your academic knowledge to practical challenges while developing valuable professional skills that will support your future career.

Sizewell C is a great place to work. Our ambition is to have a workforce which reflects and benefits the society we are part of and serve. Everyone working at Sizewell C, wherever they are, should help to create and experience the right environment where everyone on the team understands, respects and embraces diversity with a culture where everyone is treated with equal respect and are all given equal access to opportunities.

By valuing the different points of view and experiences that having a diverse team brings, and by fostering an inclusive climate, we will create a great place to work. This aligns to our key values:

Mastery, learning and standards

We grow expertise and share knowledge across the programme

We uphold standards as a collective commitment, not a compliance exercise

We learn from near misses and mistakes and apply those lessons

We take quality seriously, even when pace and pressure increase

Truth, courage and stewardship

We surface risks early, including those that are difficult to raise

We name trade offs openly rather than smoothing them over

We treat…