Engineering Undergraduate

About the role

An engaging and dynamic Engineering Student Placement opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience at Enfield, Grain, and Taylors Lane Power Stations. This is a chance to step into employment and develop both personally and professionally in a challenging but rewarding environment.

Responsibilities

• Join a dynamic engineering team to meet the technical challenges of maintaining and improving plant performance by combining theoretical knowledge with hands-on, practical experience.
• Complete assigned projects to a high standard with support from the team during your placement.
• Spend time with different teams on site to understand their contributions to the power station’s success:
  • Maintenance Team: Gain experience in day-to-day maintenance across several engineering disciplines, delivered to the highest technical and safety standards.
  • Engineering Team: Participate in planning long-term strategic engineering activities, including major planned outages, shutdowns, and projects.
  • Production Team: Learn how the power station is operated and how all systems interconnect.
• Form part of the Engineering Support Team for the remainder of your placement, involved in planning, developing, and safely executing a range of works in a large, complex industrial environment across multiple technical areas.
• Collaborate with diverse teams, interact with managers and the executive team, and support the development of low-carbon, sustainable solutions.
• Develop additional skills beyond technical capabilities, including safety, contractor management, commercial awareness, management of change processes, and stakeholder management.

Requirements

• Studying a relevant Engineering field (e.g., Electrical/Mechanical Engineering; other disciplines may also be considered).
• Working toward a degree-level qualification in Engineering.
• Enthusiastic, passionate, and inquisitive with a dedication to pursuing a career in engineering.
• Confident in using Microsoft packages with strong analytical and commercial skills; experience with spreadsheets or databases is beneficial.
• Organized with good time management skills and the ability to work to strict deadlines.

Schedule

48-week placement beginning September 1, 2026.