Engineering Industrial Placement - Site

At EDF, success is personal. We dont define it you do. Join our Engineering Industrial Placement and youll shape your future, your way while helping Britain achieve net zero. This is your chance to learn from experts, grow your skills and make a real impact.

"Electricity is such a vital component in everyones lives. 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

This 12-month placement offers a starting salary of 26,050 and the chance to work at one of our key nuclear sites. Youll be part of a team thats driving innovation and safety in the energy sector.

Youll gain hands-on experience in engineering 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.

During your Engineering Industrial Placement, youll work within the Engineering Department at either Heysham 1 or 2. Past students have led projects to simplify operations, delivered mitigations in support of nuclear safety cases and worked with engineers to troubleshoot a number of live issues. Theyve also helped maintain condition monitoring programmes and produced reports underpinning equipment reliability.

This placement offers practical learning in a professional environment, supported by experienced teams and mentors. Youll apply academic knowledge to real industry contexts, with the opportunity to put your overalls on and go and have a look at the plant yourself, while completing degree-relevant modules and gaining insight into engineering within the energy sector.

Youll be based on site at either Heysham 1 or 2 Power Station (Lancashire), within the Engineering Department.

To be eligible for this EDF industrial placement, you need to be on track to achieve, or have already achieved, a bachelors degree (2:2 or higher) in 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.

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.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. Thats why we offer you the freedom to develop a career thats unique to you. Here, Success is Personal its your journey, powered by us.

Everyone is welcome at EDF; were committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to creating an accessible recruitment process and encourage candidates to tell us about any support they may need. 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 youll be…