"The best thing about working in EDF is being part of a company that cares about securing our energy future" Antonia, Design Engineering Graduate
Wherever you spend your placement year, you'll contribute towards our goal of helping Britain achieve Net Zero.
Learn from engineering experts, gain hands-on experience and apply your academic training to real-world challenges facing the energy industry.
Put your Project Management studies into practice and gain real-world experience with our paid, 12-month placement.
Get involved in the development of digital content, work on a range of platforms and technologies and gain an overview of how communications contribute to the success of a company.
Design and build reporting solutions to deliver key, company-wide HR information, whilst developing your skills in Excel, SAP SuccessFactors and Tableau.
Hone your commercial skills as part of our team of HR Resourcing experts, working alongside our HR partners and business stakeholders to recruit a range of talented people.
Join our HR Shared Services team and get an insight into how our HR experts support our employees across a range of topics, from payroll to systems improvement.
A unique placement that enables you to apply your skills within a nuclear environment.
Join our R&D team and help us explore and develop innovative solutions for the energy industry.
Develop your software engineering skills within our unique and exciting industry.
Experience the critical role that procurement plays in the safe and efficient operation of a nuclear power station and gain an insight into commercial and supply chain management.
We check your eligibility against the qualification criteria for the programme.
This explores your strengths: what you can do, as well as what you enjoy doing.
You’ll be presented with a range of job-related situations that involve numerical calculations.
A strengths-based interview with one of our Recruiters.
An interview with the hiring team offers you the opportunity to meet the team and ask more questions about the placement.
What does day-to-day working life at EDF on a placement really look like?
Find out why James chose to complete his Creative Content placement with EDF and what Duwane is enjoying most about his HR Resourcing placement.
Learn about the skills they're developing and the support offered by our teams.
You’ll discover what it’s like to work in your area of expertise and what’s expected of you in return! It’s a chance to trial a career, discover jobs you didn’t know existed and decide if it’s the future for you.
You’ll be involved in projects that make a real impact to our business and, whatever your skills area, you’ll be contributing towards EDF’s goal to help Britain achieve Net Zero.
“EDF was the only placement opportunity I found where Net Zero targets are at the centre of everything, not just as a side project or a single page on their website. On this placement, I’m not just helping to sell another product. I feel like I’m helping towards a wider purpose to help Britain decarbonise.”
Melissa Cobb, Communications Placement
You’ll finish your studies with a better understanding of your subject and the energy sector, and experience of applying your theoretical knowledge in a practical work environment – a marketable attribute with employers. You might even apply to work at EDF after you graduate!
Going through a recruitment process offers the opportunity to refine your CV, think about your transferable skills and identify areas of development for future selection processes.
"I completed an Engineering Placement with EDF in 2018 and I really enjoyed my year. I knew it would be the perfect avenue to gain first-hand information about electricity generation and I gained so much knowledge, it was a no-brainer to apply for the Graduate scheme."
Ayomide Ukpong, Science & Engineering Graduate
As well as building a network of helpful contacts among industry experts and peers, you’ll have the opportunity to socialise with colleagues or join one of our employee Diversity Networks. You might even relocate to a new area and experience a different way of life.
At EDF, everyone’s welcome. It’s a powerful statement of our intent to make sure we’re about the people who work with us – a rich and unique mix of backgrounds and experiences that’s vital to shaping a strong and fresh-thinking organisation like ours.
At EDF we will not tolerate any behaviour that does not uphold our Everyone’s Welcome vision.
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