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.