Engineering Student Placement: Power Plant Experience

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.

Interested?

Then we will look forward to meeting you!

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.

If you are keen on joining this exciting, forward‑thinking company and taking the next step in your career, then please click the apply now button to find out more.

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