Engineering Undergraduate (Electrical) - Enfield, Grain and Taylors Lane Power Stations

At Uniper, we have an engaging and dynamic opportunity for an Engineering Student Placement to gain valuable hands‑on experience at Enfield, Grain and Taylors Lane Power Stations. This is an exciting chance to take the step‑up into employment and develop both personally and professionally in a challenging but rewarding environment.

We are Uniper. At Uniper, we are pro‑actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future‑oriented energy supply as well as pro‑actively help to shape changes.

Your responsibilities:

• Part of a dynamic engineering team meeting the technical challenges of maintaining and improving plant performance, through utilising theoretical knowledge you've gained in your studies with hands‑on, practical experience.
• Several suitable projects will be assigned to you, and it will be your responsibility to complete these, with support from the team to a high standard during your placement at Enfield, Grain and Taylors Lane Power Stations.
• Your initial activities will include spending time with the different teams on site to develop an understanding of each team’s contribution to the success of the power station. This will include:
• Maintenance Team: Ensuring the day‑to‑day maintenance is delivered to the highest technical and safety standards which will provide you with experience of several different engineering disciplines.
• Engineering Team: Planning for long term strategic engineering activities including major planned outages/shutdowns and projects.
• Production Team: Understanding how the power Station is operated and how all the systems link together.
• Following these initial introductions, you will form part of the Engineering Support team, through to the end of your placement and will be involved in:
• The planning, development and safe execution of a range of works in a large complex industrial environment, across a number of technical areas.
• Working with lots of different people, interacting with our managers and executive team.
• Supporting the development of low carbon, sustainable solutions.
• Utilising and developing a range of additional skills beyond your current technical capabilities, including safety, contractor management, commercial awareness, management of change processes and stakeholder management.

Your profile:

• Studying in a relevant Engineering field (e.g. Electrical/Mechanical Engineering. Other disciplines may also be considered).
• Working towards a degree level qualification in Engineering.
• Enthusiastic, passionate and inquisitive with the dedication to achieve a career in engineering.
• Confident in using Microsoft packages with good analytical and commercial skills; a knowledge of working with spreadsheets or databases would be useful.
• An organised individual with good time management and able to work to strict deadlines.

The duration of your placement will be 48 Weeks beginning September 1st, 2026.

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.

Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries.

As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:

• Personal development and Learning opportunities
• Enhanced company pension – With up to 12% company contributions
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Electric vehicle charging at our sites
• In house Occupational Health Services
• Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
• Performance related benefits
• Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work, or buy and sell extra holiday
• Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!

Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact the UK Talent Acquisition Manager at dominic.lindsey@uniper.energy.

Contract type: Fixed Term
Working Hours: Full Time
Start Date: ASAP
Deadline: 04/08/2026

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.