Business Graduate - Ipswich

Sizewell C; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading pension scheme

Electric vehicle leasing

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Job summary

Sizewell C invites applications for a two-year Business Graduate Programme. You will rotate through placements designed to build your business acumen, learn from experts and receive mentorship from a career line manager and placement manager.

The programme supports your progression within Sizewell C after completion. You will join the Workforce Contract Performance team and work with stakeholders across the project and supply chain to embed People Requirements throughout procurement and contract

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (2:2 or higher) in Finance, Business, Economics, Politics, Energy & Sustainability or Data Analytics.
• Interest in nuclear energy and sustainability; able to work in a dynamic project environment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience across placements and develop technical and professional skills.
• Support procurement processes and embed People Requirements in contract awards.
• Contribute to contractor performance management and monthly reviews.
• Assist in contractor mobilisation and introductory briefings for new contractors.
• Analyse performance data and provide feedback for continuous improvement.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (2:2 or higher) in Finance, Business, Economics, Politics, Energy & Sustainability or Data Analytics

Job description

If you are looking to kick start a career that is rewarding, where you can really make a difference, then come join our Business Graduate Programme.

The Opportunity

Launch your business career with our customised 2-year training programme! You will rotate through exciting placements that are designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to succeed.

You will learn from our experts, gain valuable experience, build your confidence and have the support of a career line manager and placement manager, mentor and buddy throughout your time on the programme.

What You Will Be Doing

• As a Nuclear Business Graduate at Sizewell C, you will gain hands‑on experience, develop technical and professional skills, and contribute to meaningful projects that support the UK’s journey to net zero.
• Based within the Workforce Contract Performance team in the Workforce & Skills (EAU) function, you can expect to work with key stakeholders across the project and its supply chain on activities designed to ensure our People Requirements are incorporated into each stage of our procurement processes and embedded in all new contract awards as required.
• Contractors have a detailed understanding of our People Requirements and the level of contribution they will be required to make in support of the project’s People related targets and commitments.
• Contractors develop and maintain adequate plans to deliver against these requirements, commitments and targets.
• Contractor performance against plan is monitored, with variance identified and acted upon as part of regular contractor performance management activity.
• Delivery of planned activity supports the delivery of the wider project People Requirements.
• Working with colleagues in our commercial and sustainability teams to review and score contractor tender responses.
• Joining a Contractor Mobilisation meeting on behalf of the EAU to confirm if a Contractor has met all our pre‑requisites before commencing work on site.
• Supporting colleagues to deliver an introductory briefing to new contractors, introducing the role of the EAU and ensuring shared understanding of contract deliverables.
• Analysing performance data to assess Contractor performance against key metrics in preparation for a monthly contractor performance management review meeting.
• Providing feedback into a regular Process Review meeting to support EAU continuous improvement activity.

At the end of the graduate programme, we’ll support you in deciding how you want to progress your career within Sizewell C.

Your work location

Whilst you will be based at at Orwell Logistics Park, Ipswich with placements of up to 6 months, you may also be required to travel to another location for your placements, to support other business units and to expand your knowledge and experience of the Nuclear Industry.

Who You Are

• To be eligible for this Sizewell C graduate programme, you will need to have achieved, or be expecting to achieve, a Bachelor’s or Masters degree (2:2 or higher) in disciplines such as Finance, Business, Economics, Politics, Energy & Sustainability and Data Analytics.
• We are looking for people with a genuine interest in nuclear energy 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.
• You will also need to have a strategic 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.
• To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting.
• 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.

Power in Diversity

Sizewell C is a great place to work. Our ambition is to have a workforce which reflects and benefits the society we are part of and serve. Everyone working at Sizewell C, wherever they are, should help to create and experience the right environment where everyone on the team understands, respects and embraces diversity with a culture where everyone is treated with equal respect and are all given equal access to opportunities. By valuing the different points of view and experiences that having a diverse team brings, and by fostering an inclusive climate, we will create a great place to work. This aligns to our key values:

Be Your Best - Mastery, learning and standards

• We grow expertise and share knowledge across the programme.
• We uphold standards as a collective commitment, not a compliance exercise.
• We learn from near misses and mistakes and apply those lessons.
• We take quality seriously, even when pace and pressure increase.

Be True - Truth, courage and stewardship

• We surface risks early, including those that are difficult to raise.
• We name trade offs openly rather than smoothing them over.
• We treat bad news as valuable information.
• We make decisions based on long term stewardship, not short term convenience.

Be Together - Partnership, fairness and share ownership

• We listen in ways that lead to visible change.
• We hold accountability fairly and consistently.
• We include others early, before decisions are made.
• We solve problems collectively across boundaries.

Security Vetting

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting.

Pay, Benefits and Culture

• Alongside a starting salary of £35,000 per annum, and a market‑leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days and more.

About the Company

You will work on one of the most exciting and significant sustainable energy projects that our country has ever seen, being at the front‑end 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.

Sizewell C Workforce & Skills (EAU) is a function within the People Directorate that provides leadership, governance and assurance across the project People Requirements, ensuring that we have the people, skills, culture and employment frameworks necessary to achieve safe, productive and successful delivery of the project.

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.

Closing date: Sunday 1st November 2026