Electrical Engineering Placement — Power Plant Outages

RWE AG; Sutton Courtenay; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel expenses covered

Life assurance 4x annual salary

25 days annual leave pro-rata

Flexible benefits package

Volunteer days

Job summary

RWE Generation UK invites applicants to join its Electrical Engineering Placement Programme within the Engineering and Outage team. You will be based at one of several UK sites (Didcot, Pembroke, Staythorpe, Little Barford) and provide essential engineering support to keep power stations safe, efficient, and commercially flexible.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience, data analysis, and active participation in asset integrity processes, outages, and plant investigations, with professional

Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree (BEng/MEng or equivalent) with an industrial placement year.
• Willingness to travel around the UK, with overnight stays; travel expenses covered.
• Interest in developing professional skills through practical training and courses.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support to ensure safe, efficient operation of power stations.
• Undertake data analysis to diagnose issues for long- and short-term projects.
• Support delivery of work packages in large outages and plant investigations.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Data analysis

Engineering knowledge

Education

BEng/MEng in engineering or science with placement year

Job description

RWE Generation UK invites applicants to join its Electrical Engineering Placement Programme within the Engineering and Outage team. You will be based at one of several UK sites (Didcot, Pembroke, Staythorpe, Little Barford) and provide essential engineering support to keep power stations safe, efficient, and commercially flexible.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience, data analysis, and active participation in asset integrity processes, outages, and plant investigations, with professional