Project Planning Industrial Placement

A career that will deliver change. Together, we can help Britain achieve net zero. 
 
Join one of our Project Management & Planning Industrial Placements and you can make an immediate impact, powering the nation today, whilst helping to build a sustainable energy future for tomorrow. 
 
"Electricity is such a vital component in everyone’s 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 & Engineering Industrial Placement 
 
What is the Industrial Placement Programme? 

We’re recruiting for students to join us our project and outage departments, working at our Heysham Power Stations. This is a site-based position. 

Taking on an Industrial Placement, you'll have the opportunity to learn through hands-on experience under the guidance of highly skilled and experienced colleagues. 
 
What salary and benefits are we offering you?

•    Starting salary of £23,250 
•    28 days’ annual leave 
•    Flexible benefits package 
•    Wellbeing, physical and mental health support services 
 
At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself.  We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.  We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  
 
We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.    
   
We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.   
 
Training, development and support for you
 
Over this 12-month programme, most of what you learn will be on the job, with support from your mentor and the teams you work in. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your academic training to genuine problems that are faced in the energy industry and complete modules that contribute to your degree. 
 
Previous students on a Project Management & Planning Placement have been involved in projects such as: 
 
•    Front end engineering and development of new projects – understanding requirements capture and business risk
•    Supporting experienced Project Managers in planning, scheduling and cost estimating small and medium sized projects
•    Getting involved with safety case work, justification and substantiation – largely technical for example calculations & analysis  
•    Investigating techniques useful to help manage progress for large programmes of work 
•    Producing documents and reports for project preparation milestones

Head to https://www.edfenergy.com/careers for more information about life at EDF. 
 
 
 What you’ll need to join the team
 
•    On track to achieve or will have already achieved a 2:2 undergraduate degree or 2:2 postgraduate qualification in Project Management 
•    Technical and analytical skills 
•    Desire to learn and develop new skills 
•    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 3 of the last 5 years. 
 
Our selection process is designed to bring out the best in you! We use a strengths-based approach to let you shine and showcase your skills and what truly brings you joy. We believe that embracing our   individual strengths lies at the heart of engagement and the motivation to succeed and excel at work. We’re here to guide you and you’ll find helpful tips and advice about the application process and assessment centre dates on our graduate web pages. 
 
This advert will close for applications at midnight on 20 January 2025. 
 
Join us. Together, we’ll help Britain achieve net zero. 

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