Project Planning Industrial Placement

Ready to explore your passion for project planning and contribute to Britain’s energy future? At EDF, Success is Personal. Here, you’ll learn from experts, develop key skills, and launch your unique career within a business that’s driving Britain’s journey to net zero. 

"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 and Engineering Industrial Placement 

The Opportunity

This 12-month placement offers a starting salary of £26,050 and the chance to work at our #Heysham 2 Power Station in Lancashire. You’ll be part of our Outage Planning department, gaining hands-on experience in a site-based role. 

You’ll contribute to real-world projects and learn from experienced professionals. Supporting project managers with planning, scheduling and commercial aspects – this placement offers a springboard into a career in energy. 

You’ll apply your academic knowledge to genuine industry challenges and develop skills that will set you apart. 

What You’ll Experience

During your Project Planning Industrial Placement, you’ll gain practical experience in a professional environment. Past students have supported front-end engineering, investigated progress management techniques for large programmes, and contributed to technical analysis and justification work. 

You’ll be guided by skilled mentors and work alongside teams who are passionate about delivering safe, efficient and impactful projects. This placement will help you build confidence, broaden your understanding of the energy sector, and grow your career. 

Your Work Location

This is a site-based placement located at #Heysham 2 Power Station in Lancashire. You’ll be part of a close-knit team working on-site, gaining valuable exposure to operational environments and project delivery. 

Who You Are

To be eligible for this EDF industrial placement, you need to be on track to achieve or have already achieved a 2:2 undergraduate degree or 2:2 postgraduate qualification in Project Management or Engineering.  

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. 

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us. 

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. 

As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to creating an accessible recruitment process and encourage candidates to tell us about any support they may need. Should you disclose a disability and meet the minimum criteria (which will include holding a relevant degree discipline/grade and achieving the required pass mark for Stage 1 Testing) for the role you’ll be progressed to the first stage of the selection process. Some of our roles at EDF attract large volumes of applications. When this happens, we’ll apply the Disability Confident scheme’s guidance on taking practical and appropriate steps selecting disabled candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job. 

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. 

Find out more by visiting: https://careers.edfenergy.com/articles/2025-8/AI-and-Automated-Decision-Making-in-Recruitment-at-EDF

Join us and find your success at EDF. 

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