Commercial Management Industrial Placement

Sizewell C Company; West of England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

28 days holidays

Flex benefits

Job summary

Sizewell C is offering a Commercial Management Industrial Placement in Bristol. The 12-month programme lets you gain real, hands-on experience in procurement, quantity surveying and contract management under experienced mentors.

You'll apply your academic training to genuine industry challenges within the energy sector, while learning on the job and contributing to key commercial decisions that support major infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Discipline in Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying or Procurement.
• Interest in energy industry, sustainability and making a difference.
• Open minded, flexible and agile to succeed in a dynamic fast paced project environment.
• Strong ethics and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Immerse in hands-on learning on real-world challenges in the energy industry.
• Learn on the job with mentor support.
• Apply academic training to genuine industry problems while completing degree modules.

Skills

Commercial Management

Procurement

Quantity Surveying

Stakeholder management

Agile mindset

Strategic thinking

Interpersonal skills

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 Commercial Management Industrial Placement programme.

At Sizewell C, Commercial Management covers a range of career paths, including Procurement, Quantity Surveying and Contract Management, giving you the opportunity to develop your skills and discover where your future could take you.

We’re recruiting for a Commercial Management Industrial Placement in our Bristol office.

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:

• Discipline in Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying or Procurement.
• A genuine interest in the energy industry and a passion for sustainability and being a part of making a difference.
• An interest in working in major nuclear and infrastructure programmes.
• 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 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.

The Role

• Over the course of this 12-month programme, you'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in hands‑on learning, working on real-world challenges that directly impact the energy industry.
• Most of your learning will be on the job, supported by your mentor and the teams around you.
• You’ll have a chance to apply your academic training to genuine industry problems while completing modules that contribute towards your degree.

Previous students on a Commercial Management Industrial Placement have been involved in projects such as:

• Supporting procurement processes from expression of interest to contract award.
• Supporting the contract management of projects in a portfolio of work, undertaking activities such as the assessment of applications for payments and change control.
• Providing commercial support to the project management team in the effective delivery of contracts. Reporting commercial data to senior leaders in the business.

Security Vetting

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

Competitive Salary and Benefits

• Competitive salary of £26,050
• Market‑leading company pension scheme
• 28 days paid holidays
• A range of flexible benefits, such as: a company incentive bonus plan, health cover, cycle to work scheme, discounts and employee pricing.

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