Job Description

The Opportunity
If you are looking to kick start a career that is rewarding, where you can really make a difference, then come join our Regional External Affairs and Development (READ) Industrial Placement. You will work on one of the most exciting and significant sustainable energy projects that our country has ever seen, being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. Sizewell C is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for at least 60 years.
We're recruiting for students to join our Regional External Affairs and Development Industrial Placement programme at our Sizewell C Offices in Leiston, Suffolk (IP16). There will be the opportunity for some hybrid working in addition to time in the offices in Leiston. Please note there will be a requirement to attend other offices for occasional meetings throughout the programme.
Taking on a real job at a junior level, you'll have the opportunity to learn through hands-on experience under the guidance of highly skilled and experienced colleagues.
What we're looking for

• Disciplines in Stakeholder Management, Project Management, Business Analysis, Environmental Sciences and Geography.
• A genuine interest in the energy industry and a passion for sustainability and being a part of making a difference.
• We will need you to be open minded, flexible and have an agile way of thinking to succeed in a dynamic fast paced project environment.
• Having a strategic and proactive mindset that brings innovative ideas.
• Effective interpersonal skills are key, as well as being able to demonstrate high ethical behaviour, integrity, humility, and character.
• Effective communication skills will be required to manage your stakeholders whilst prioritising competing demands.
• A self-starter with the ability to work autonomously on occasions and support the broader needs of the team.

Over this 12-month programme, you'll gain an understanding of what goes in to constructing of a nuclear power station, the way the business works, the skills required to be successful in a professional career in the energy/nuclear sector and gain a strong insight into a high-profile infrastructure projects.
Some of the tasks you will take part in:

• Support the management of key, local sustainability focussed projects such as Net Zero Leiston, Transport and Hydrogen focussed initiatives.
• Support local engagement on the sustainability projects, identifying and working with current partners for delivery of objectives.
• Identify and support establishment of key external partnership opportunities to help deliver the objectives of the sustainability projects.
• Research, report on and present updates on the sustainability focussed projects to internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide analysis on key topics that are of relevance to the wider Sizewell C programme.
• Create presentation and summary material for projects.
• Support the wider Regional External Affairs and Development (READ) team with local engagement and stakeholder issues management.
• Support the wider Financing and Economic Regulation team in workstreams relating to Environmental, Social, and Governance topics, the development of the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model, liaison with investors and liaison with government, such as preparing materials on multiple topics that support the case for Sizewell C.

Pay, Benefits and Culture
We're dedicated to offering flexible benefits that support our people across all aspects of their lives and we're delighted to offer a range of benefits to support our employees' physical, emotional and financial wellbeing.
In addition to a competitive salary of 24,500, we offer a market-leading company pension scheme, 28 days paid holidays and a range of flexible benefits, such as: health cover, cycle to work scheme, discounts and employee pricing.
Closing date: 26th January 2026.
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Additional Information
Join the team at Sizewell C. Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear.
The Sizewell C team is one of the most exciting and largest new megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. We have begun constructing a 3.2-gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast in the East of England replicating, wherever possible, the design used for Hinkley Point C, another nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
When built, Sizewell C will be one of the largest power stations to operate in the UK. The power station will generate low carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7% of the UK's current electricity needs.
Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. We want Sizewell C to define what good leadership for the nuclear industry and British infrastructure looks like and deliver on it. We understand the feats of organisation, logistics, collaboration and imagination that building nuclear requires. We are building for the next generation for their home-grown energy, energy price stability and ultra-low carbon power in abundance. We also want to set the benchmark for maximising long-lasting social value as we build and demonstrate how smart collaboration can work for the benefit of communities - locally, regionally and nationally.
We are the first nuclear power station in the UK to be funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB). Our largest shareholder is the UK Government, alongside equity partners La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.
Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast-moving stakeholder environment, engaging with a wide range of partners including government bodies, regulators, local communities, supply chain partners, and international collaborators. This makes Sizewell C a uniquely stimulating place to work - where navigating evolving priorities, balancing interests, and building trusted relationships is just as critical as technical excellence. For those who thrive in dynamic, multi-dimensional settings, it offers unmatched professional challenge and growth.
When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.
At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.
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.
By submitting an application to this role, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Sizewell C's employee and EDF's employee . Just to let you know, EDF will be processing and sharing information about your application on behalf of Sizewell C.

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