At Uniper, we have an engaging and dynamic opportunity for an Engineering Student Placement who has an Electrical or Controls and Instrumentation bias, 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.
We are Uniper
At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!
Your responsibilities
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.
If given the role, several suitable projects will be assigned to you, and it will be your responsibility to complete these, with support from the team, to a high standard during your placement at Connah’s Quay Power Station.
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 time with the different teams on site to develop an understanding of each team’s contribution to the success of the power station. This will include:
Maintenance Team: Ensuring the day-to-day maintenance is delivered to the highest technical and safety standards which will provide you with experience of several different engineering disciplines.
Engineering Team: Planning for long term strategic engineering activities including major planned outages/shutdowns and projects.
Production Team: Understanding how the power Station is operated and how all the systems link together.
Following these initial introductions, you will form part of the Engineering team, through to the end of your placement and will be involved in:
1. The planning, development and safe execution of a range of works in a large complex industrial environment, across a number of technical areas.
2. Working with lots of different people, interacting with our managers and executive team.
3. Supporting the development of low carbon, sustainable solutions.
4. Utilising and developing a range of additional skills beyond your current technical capabilities, including safety, contractor management, commercial awareness, management of change processes and stakeholder management.
5. Please note this role is based on-site Mon-Fri 08:30-16:30.
This, combined with the business exposure you'll be gaining in an international energy company, will help build a solid foundation for your future career.
Your profile
An Engineering Student will be:
6. Studying in an Electrical / Electrical, Control & Instrumentation field. Working towards a degree level qualification in Engineering.
7. Knowledge of high and low voltage distribution systems and/or DCS/PLC control systems would be advantageous.
8. Enthusiastic, passionate and inquisitive with the dedication to achieve a career in engineering
9. Confident in using Microsoft packages with good analytical and commercial skills; a knowledge of working with spreadsheets or databases would be useful.
10. An organised individual with good time management and able to work to strict deadlines.
The duration of your placement will be 48 Weeks beginning September 1st, 2026. 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.
Your qualities
At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment. Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:
11. Competitive salary
12. Personal development and Learning opportunities
13. Enhanced company pension – With up to 12% company contributions
14. 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
15. Electric vehicle charging at our sites
16. In house Occupational Health Services
17. Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
18. Performance related benefits
19. Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work or buy and sell extra holiday
20. Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!