Electrical Engineer Industrial Placement - Gloucester

About the Role

Ready to power your future and make a real impact? At EDF, success is personal. Join our Electrical Engineering Industrial Placement and help Britain achieve net zero while building your unique career in the energy sector.

"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 & Engineering Industrial Placement

The Opportunity

This 12-month placement offers a starting salary of £24,500 and the chance to work at #Gloucester Business Park within our Nuclear Services division.

You’ll take on a real job at a junior level, gaining hands-on experience while being supported by skilled colleagues and mentors.

This placement helps you apply your academic knowledge to real-world challenges, build technical and analytical skills, and explore your future career path in the energy sector.

What You’ll Be Doing

During your Electrical Engineering Industrial Placement, you’ll gain practical experience in a professional environment.

Past students have supported safety improvements through communications campaigns and training, explored radiation protection in new power stations, and helped maintain condition monitoring programmes across operational sites.

You’ll be immersed in meaningful work, contributing to projects that support the energy industry. With guidance from experienced teams, you’ll complete degree-relevant modules and develop a deeper understanding of electrical engineering in a nuclear context.

Your Work Location

Your placement will be based at #Gloucester Business Park (GL3 4AE), where you’ll work within our office and collaborate with teams across Nuclear Services.

Who You Are

To be eligible for this EDF industrial placement, you need to be on track to achieve – or have already achieved – a bachelor’s or postgraduate degree (2:2 or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Electronics or Instrumentation & Control.

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.

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 £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.