Business Industrial Placement

About the Role

At EDF, Success is Personal. That means your journey is unique to you. Join our Business Performance Industrial Placement and you’ll gain hands-on experience, develop key skills, and help Britain achieve net zero – all while shaping a career that’s truly yours.

"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

Are you passionate about data, and excited by the opportunity to blend analytical thinking with creativity? Join us for a progressive 12-month placement where your curiosity and critical thinking will help shape the future of performance in the energy sector.

With a starting salary of £24,500, you'll gain hands-on experience working on-site at Heysham 2 power station, contributing to meaningful projects that have a direct impact on performance and operations.

What You’ll Be Doing

As part of our Business Performance team, you’ll gain practical experience in a large organisation, working in a customer-focused environment, collaborating face to face with stakeholders across the station to drive engagement and performance. Your ability to coordinate, organise, and present diverse data sets will be key to gaining buy-in and delivering results.

You will be involved with meaningful projects that challenge your analytical skills and ignite your creativity. You’ll contribute to initiatives like:

• Analysing performance data to uncover trends identifying opportunities for improvement.

• Assisting with business planning and communications, helping us tell compelling stories with data.

• Producing insightful data packs, ensuring the right data is accurate, accessible and ready to inform real-world decisions. Your attention to detail and dedication to data integrity will help drive meaningful outcomes across the business.

• Collaborating within a cross-functional team – You’ll work alongside experts from various disciplines, bringing your logical thinking, creativity, and coordination skills to solve complex challenges and deliver impactful results.

Your Work Location

You’ll be based on site at our #Heysham 2 Power Station, within the Business Performance Group.

Who You Are

To be eligible for this scheme, you need to be on track to achieve, or have already achieved, a 2:2 undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Business Management, Psychology, Human Factors or any Science and Engineering discipline.

Our selection process is designed to bring out the best in you. We use a strengths-based approach, allowing you to showcase your skills and what truly motivates you. We believe that focusing on individual strengths is key to engagement, motivation and success in the workplace.

At EDF we work hard to maintain a culture where Everyone’s Welcome. We encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work.  It is nevertheless a requirement that successful candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK from the start date.

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a starting salary of £24,500 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 will support applicants requiring adjustments.

We’re proud to share that in our last recruitment cycle, we received nearly 32,000 applications across our early careers programs. While this means the process is highly competitive, please don’t be discouraged if you’re not successful this time. Every single application is carefully reviewed by a real person who values the effort you put in.

We anticipate significant interest in this industrial placement scheme – so please don’t delay, apply today! Join us and find your success at EDF!

At EDF, we offer a wide range of opportunities within the discipline you've applied for. We'll work closely with you to identify the role that best matches your skills and aspirations, which means you may be considered for multiple positions.

Success is personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and we'll help Britain achieve Net Zero together.