About the role
Are you interested in a 13 month engineering placement starting June 2026 with one of the UK’s largest energy producers? Our Outage Planning and Delivery Team has an exciting industrial placement opportunity and is looking for a motivated team member with excellent interpersonal skills!
RWE Generation Gas Group Project Planning and Commercial Management group supports our portfolio of gas fired power stations across Europe. Our Outage Support Engineer placement will allow you to work within this dynamic international team. The placement will be based at one of our generating assets and will support the Project Manager with delivery of a programme of high value Outage Projects. You would be involved in all stages of the project lifecycle including planning, preparation, delivery, and close-out.
During your placement, you will:
1. Undertake project preparation planning
2. Coordinate specified activities
3. Support site establishment
4. Coordinate resources mobilising to site
5. Establish Health, Safety, Environment, and Wellbeing documentation
6. Support Project Risk, Change & Continuous Improvement Management processes
7. Be a contributor in Project meetings
During the project there is opportunity to work alongside the operations, maintenance and engineering teams, contractors and service providers. This may require visiting regional offices and working some extended hours to meet the demands of the project.
Job Requirements and Experience
8. Ideally, you should be studying a BEng or MEng Mechanical Engineering degree at an undergraduate level.
9. If your degree is in a similar Engineering, Maths or Science discipline and you have an interest in the energy industry, we’d love to hear from you!
10. Please include both a CV and a cover letter when applying.
Your Benefits
11. A salary of £25,250 per annum
12. A personal retirement savings plan – if you put in 5% we will top up by a further 10% and you will get life assurance worth 4 x annual salary
13. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pro-rata
14. Access to flexible benefits such as Critical Illness, Dental Plan, Health Cash Plan, Share Incentive Plan, Cycle2Work, Electric Car Lease Scheme, Buy Additional Annual Leave and retail savings scheme
15. Occupational Health support services for your wellbeing
16. Access to our employee assistance programme in times of need
To view a preview of our benefits site ‘YourHub’ and see some of the other benefits we have on offer please visit https://www.edenred.co.uk/campaigns/rwe-yourhub/index.html
Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 90921. application period: 31.10.2025 or sooner if we receive sufficient applications. Any questions? Lee.clark@