Key Takeaways
- Undertake a 12-month industrial placement in Chemistry at Heysham 2 Power Station.
- Earn a starting salary of £26,050 per year.
- Gain hands-on experience in chemical safety, control, data automation, and condition monitoring.
- Must be on track to achieve or have achieved a 2:2 undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Chemistry.
- Requires the right to work in the UK; priority given to those without sponsorship needs.
About the Role
This 12-month placement offers a starting salary of £26,050 and the chance to work at our Heysham 2 Power Station. You’ll join our Chemistry Team, gaining hands-on experience in a junior role while being supported by skilled colleagues.
You’ll apply your academic knowledge to real-world challenges in the energy industry. From chemical safety and control to data automation and condition monitoring, this placement offers a wide range of learning opportunities that will help you grow professionally and personally.
What You’ll Experience
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 the energy industry. Most of your learning will be on the job, supported by your mentor and the teams around you. You’ll have a chance to apply your academic training to genuine industry problems while completing modules that contribute towards your degree.
Previous students on a Chemistry Industrial Placement have been involved in projects such as:
- Supporting improvements to safety through communications campaigns, training, and other improvement projects.
- Controlling system chemistry to achieve our lifetime ambition and support a wide range of industrial lab analytical techniques.
- Building the skills necessary to support a wide range of teams in order to provide advice on chemical control and chemical safety.
- Assisting in running, maintaining, and developing the condition monitoring programme.
- Automation of data acquisition to support improved station efficiencies to maximise our zero-carbon output.
Your Work Location
You’ll be based at our Heysham 2 Power Station, where you’ll work on site and connect with colleagues across the business.
Who You Are
To be eligible for this EDF industrial placement you should be on track to achieve, or have already achieved, a 2:2 undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Chemistry.
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.
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.
Our Recruitment Process
We'll guide you through every stage and keep you updated along the way. You'll be supported by real people, with opportunities to ask questions, learn more and receive feedback where possible.
For our Early Careers Programmes, we use a combination of automated decision-making, assessment technology and human review.