Undergraduate Engineer - CDCPK
09/08/2025
Full-time, Fixed-term
Retford
£25,000
Undergraduate Engineer - CDCPK
Your responsibilities
At Uniper, we have an engaging and dynamic opportunity for an Engineering Student Placement to gain valuable hands-on experience based at Cottam Development Centre Power Station. This is an exciting chance to take the step-up into employment and develop both personally and professionally in a challenging but rewarding environment.
- Working within a dynamic engineering team, you will assist with 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
- You 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
- There will be opportunities for you to engage with and work alongside lots of different people, including interaction with our managers and executive team
- You will develop and utilise a range of additional skills beyond your technical capabilities, including safety, contracts, commercial and stakeholder management
This, combined with the business exposure you'll be gaining in an international energy company, will be the foundation to your future career.
Your profile
We're looking for people who can bring a flexible, enthusiastic approach, plenty of self-motivation and lots of ambition. We'll expect a lot from you, but we'll also make sure you have a strong team of experts around you - people who'll be happy to share their deep understanding with you.
An Engineering Student will be:
- Enthusiastic, passionate and inquisitive with the dedication to achieve a career in engineering
- Possessing or working towards a degree level qualification in Engineering or similar
- Confident in using Microsoft packages with good analytical and commercial skills; a knowledge of working with spreadsheets or databases would be useful
- Organised and meticulous in all aspects of work, and able to work to strict deadlines
- There will be a requirement for travel between Cottam Development Centre and Killingholme Power Station on occasions.
Proposed duration of a 48 Week placement beginning September 2025. 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.
Job ID:
87469
Application deadline:
01/01/2025
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail and we will get back to you:
career@uniper.energyPlease note: Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications by e-mail for data protection reasons. We would therefore like to ask you to apply exclusively here via our career page. The process is very simple and only takes a few minutes.
As long as our positions are online here on the career page, the application process is not yet complete and the positions are still vacant.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Your Uniper Talent Acquisition Team
Living diversity, fairness and inclusion (DEI) at Uniper
As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. That's why we encourage applications from suitably qualified and suitable people regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We embrace inclusion and support flexible working.
What makes Uniper stand out as an employer
With a mix of digital and analog learning formats and topic-specific communities, we promote your personal and profossional development and lifelong learning.
Further education
Experienced specialists and managers are happy to support you in strengthening your skills and advancing your career development.
Coachings and Mentoring
Performance discussions, 360-degree feedback and employee surveys will help you and the company move forward, strengthen our collaboration and give you room to contribute your ideas.
Open feedback culture
Safety and well-being are our top priorities. That's why we offer you regular free preventive medical checkups as well as a variety of learning impulses on occupational safety, health and well-being, and support programs.
Health care
With our online exercise courses, sponsorship of your participation costs in central sports events and a large sports community, we offer you a healthy working environment.
Sport and Fitness
You can enjoy a wide range of healthy and balanced meals in our canteen. In addition, you can participate in nutrition programs.
Healthy nutrition
We take care of you and offer you a wide range of coverage beyond the legal requirements with our company pension plan, accident insurance, company health insurance and continued salary payments in the event of illness.
Insurance and coverage
We pay capital-forming benefits and offer you a wide range of financial benefits through our corporate benefits program
Financial benefits
We support you in balancing your private and professional life through flexible working time models, job sharing, sabbaticals and extensive offers in the area of child care and nursing.
Work Life Balance
We provide you with free parking spaces.
Free parking spaces
We are Uniper
At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy and at the same time securing the supply of energy. As a company operating internationally, we work in very diverse teams and offer our employees as much flexibility as is possible. Equity, mutual appreciation and respect are the core of our corporate culture. At our company you will have the opportunity to shape new technologies, work on solutions for a modern and future-oriented energy supply and actively design change processes.
Application process
Online application
Have you found a suitable job posting? Then you can apply online right here. The application process is very simple and only takes a few minutes. Once we have received your application successfully, you will receive confirmation by e-mail immediately afterwards.
