Drax 2024 Work Experience

3 weeks ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom Drax Group Full time

Drax 2024 Work Experience - Ipswich
- Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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- **Drax 2024 Work Experience**
**Location: 32 The Havens, Ransomes Industrial Estate, Ipswich IP3 9SJ**
**Dates: 15-19th July 2024 (only available on these dates)**
**Closing date - 8/01/2024**

At Drax, work experience is all about discovering the ins and outs of the working world. It's an incredible chance for you to gain valuable experience and add some impressive skills to your CV This way, you'll have the opportunity to get an idea of the various roles available and what it's really like to work here at Drax. We totally get it - choosing a career path can be overwhelming with so many options out there. But fear not, we're here to help you navigate through the exciting world of work

**What will you do?**

If successful, you’ll be offered a five-day placement at the location above. The week will mostly consist of time in your placement team, though we’ll weave in an induction to get you started, a short project to work on with others and some careers skills workshops. On the Friday you’ll have the chance to do a mock interview with your manager and present your project to the work experience team and get feedback. Finally on successful completion of the week you’ll be awarded a £100 bursary and a certificate.

At the Drax Energy Solutions office in Ipswich, we have placement opportunities such as the following. Wherever we’ve put a ‘*’ next to the position, this means there are paid apprenticeship opportunities here starting August 2024:

- ** Operations and customer service* (4)**, understanding business performance indicators and measures, people management and risk management. There will be some elements of customer service and regulations which will give you an overview of how an energy industry serves its customers.
- ** Cyber Security* (1) **placement learning about the Security enterprise which is physical security (camera analytics), cyber security (attack and defence), information security (risk analysis) and business resilience (crisis management). We help Drax build a defence against modern day technological threats, and this placement would suit someone with a mature outlook, and interest in technology and STEM.
- ** Operational excellence and business services (2)** learning how we unpick processes and implement small improvements that lead to impactful changes, often saving the business money. This placement links with the quality assurance, credit risk, optimisation, data analytics and health and safety teams. This would suit anyone with an interest in business management and continuous improvement.
- ** Sales front and back of house (2)**, shadowing our admin, pricing and sales team on their day-to-day world of acquiring new business and interacting with third parties. You’ll get access to a laptop and will be able to assist in tasks. This is a great placement for anyone interested in growing and managing a business / sales.
- ** Data governance and business reporting (1)**, learning about the preparation and visualisation of data and the governance of enterprise wide data. This is a placement suitable for anyone with an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) or data and how we manage this within a business.
- ** Energy Services - electric vehicles (1) **is an evolving industry and growth area within the business, making this a great placement for someone with an interest in STEM and emerging technologies.You’ll learn about the planning and installation of Electric Vehicle charge points, project management, and pricing / technical design. There is potential for offsite travel to view an EV survey or EV install.
- ** Energy Services - Products and innovation (1),** learning about EV chargers, sourcing hardware and software and how we bring this altogether into a product we sell to our customers. Our customers are companies with fleets of fossil fuel cars they’re looking to replace with electric. This is perfect for someone with an interest in emerging technologies, STEM and renewable energy.
- ** Group property and facilities (1) **with the goal of understanding what it takes to operate and manage an office, including inspections and services to staff on site. This would suit anyone who’s interested to learn more about facilities management and corporate environments.
- ** Creative team (1) **honing your Graphic design, photography, illustration and video skills to serve our business and customers better. This is a great placement for anyone with an interest or experience in Graphic design, media or art.

**How do I apply?**

Secondly we’re going to get you to do a short video for us. We will ask you three questions, and you will record your answers to these no longer than 2 minutes each. We’re doing this because we want to get to know the real you, your background and your passions. There will be a link to the video portal, SOVA, and clear instructions on



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