Sizewell C Quality Industrial Placement

Cooper & Hall Limited; England; Remote; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Job summary

Cooper & Hall Limited invites applicants to join our Quality Industrial Placement Programme at Sizewell C in Suffolk for a 12-month period. You will learn hands-on under a mentor, gaining insight into quality assurance and control across a major infrastructure project.

Ideal candidates are pursuing a related degree, with a keen interest in quality, sustainability and stakeholder engagement. The role offers learning in auditing, documentation, and continuous improvement in a challenging

Qualifications

• Studying towards a degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, Science, Business, or related discipline.
• Genuine interest in quality, continuous improvement, and delivering excellence.
• Interest in working within major nuclear and infrastructure programmes.
• Passion for sustainability and contributing to a project with lasting impact.
• Open-minded, flexible and adaptable to a fast-paced project environment.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with good attention to detail.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support quality assurance and quality control activities on the Sizewell C project.
• Assist auditing and compliance activities to ensure safe, compliant delivery.
• Contribute to document and records management and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Adaptability

Interest in quality

Education

Engineering/Quality related degree

Job description

The Opportunity

If you are looking to kick-start a rewarding career where you can make a real difference, come and join our Quality team. You will work on one of the most exciting and significant sustainable energy projects the UK has ever seen, helping to ensure the highest standards of quality are maintained across a nationally important infrastructure programme.

Sizewell C is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk. When completed, it will provide reliable low-carbon electricity to 6 million homes for at least 60 years, playing a key role in the UK's energy future.

We have two placements to join our Quality Industrial Placement Programme based at our Suffolk offices.

Taking on a real role at a junior level, you'll have the opportunity to learn through hands‑on experience under the guidance of highly skilled and experienced colleagues. You'll gain valuable insight into how quality assurance and quality control processes are applied across a major infrastructure project, supporting the delivery of safe, compliant, and high-quality outcomes.

What We’re Looking For:

• Studying towards a degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, Science, Business, or a related discipline.
• A genuine interest in quality, continuous improvement, and delivering excellence.
• An interest in working within major nuclear and infrastructure programmes.
• A passion for sustainability and contributing to a project that will make a lasting difference.
• Open-minded, flexible and adaptable, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced project environment.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with an eye for detail.
• Effective interpersonal skills, demonstrating integrity, professionalism, humility and strong ethical behaviour.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with a variety of stakeholders and manage competing priorities.

What You’ll Gain

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 one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects. Most of your learning will take place on the job, supported by your mentor and the wider Quality team.

You’ll gain experience in areas such as:

• Quality assurance and quality control processes.
• Auditing and compliance activities.
• Document and records management.
• Continuous improvement initiatives.
• Root cause analysis and issue resolution.
• Supporting quality culture and performance across the project.

This placement provides an excellent opportunity to apply your academic knowledge to practical challenges while developing valuable professional skills that will support your future career.

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

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