Engineering Undergraduate Placement - Connahs Quay Power Station

at  Uniper

At Uniper, we have an engaging and dynamic opportunity for an Engineering Student Placement to gain valuable hands-on experience at Connah’s Quay 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.

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
• 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.

The duration of your placement will be 48 Weeks beginning September 3rd 2024. 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.

Part of a dynamic engineering team 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

• Post employment you will be fully onboarded and introduced to your new colleagues to make you feel part of the team.
• Your initial activities will include spending a number of weeks with the different teams on site

Part of a dynamic engineering team 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

• Post employment you will be fully onboarded and introduced to your new colleagues to make you feel part of the team.
• Your initial activities will include spending a number of weeks with the different teams on site.

Including:
Maintenance Delivery Team, ensuring the day to day maintenance is delivered to the highest engineering and safety standards which will provide you with experience of a number of different engineering disciplines.
Engineering Team: Planning for long term strategic engineering activities including outages/shutdowns and projects.

Production Team: Understanding how the power Station is operated and all the systems link together.

• 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
• Working with lots of different people, interacting with our managers and executive team
• Supporting the development of low carbon, sustainable solutions
• Utilising and developing a range of additional skills beyond your technical capabilities, including safety, contract management, commercial awareness, management of change processes 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.