Outage Intern

Location: Heysham 1 Power Station
Closing Date: Friday 21st April

**Salary**: £21,100

**A career that will deliver change. Together, we can help Britain achieve net zero.**

EDF is the UK’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain and the largest supplier to British businesses.

**What is the Internship Placement?**

In your intern placement here at EDF you will working within the Heysham 1 Power Station Outage function with a particular focus on supporting the team during the planning and preparation phase.

During the summer Heysham 1 power station will be preparing for a Reactor Shutdown Outage which is scheduled to start on Monday 2nd October. This is a £20m+ project with resources totalling 1000+ carrying out a range of maintenance and inspection activities.

The start date for this internship is to be confirmed.

**What you can expect**:
To help successfully prepare for this project you will be able to:

- Conduct plant walk downs and prepare work packages ahead of the maintenance.
- Engage with contract partners to discuss finances, safety strategy and supply chain capability.
- Support the risk management strategy by developing risks and mitigations.
- Help to co-ordinate readiness reviews to ensure work packages can be delivered safely and efficiently with no delays.

You will benefit from working on a nuclear facility gaining first-hand experience of plant and process engineering.

**Where you’ll work**:
This opportunity will be based on-site at Heysham 1 Power Station.

**What you’ll need to apply**:

- Expected final grade of 2:2 or above in your degree discipline, project management, risk management / project engineering
- A highly organised and proactive individual with an ability to work both part of a team and independently.
- Ability to identify risks and propose effective solutions to resolve problems.
- Prioritising and working to tight timescales.
- Excellent communication, influencing and organisational skills.

Our work placements are designed to help you identify your strengths and develop your skills within a real-world organisation, an experience which is invaluable for your future career.

**What salary and benefits are we offering you?**
- Starting salary of £21,100
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Flexible benefits package
- Wellbeing and 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’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

If you’re passionate about tackling climate change, our Intern programme offers you the opportunity to develop an exciting career whilst helping progress the UK towards a Net Zero future.

**Join us. Together, we’ll help Britain achieve net zero.