Engineering Support Undergraduate Placement - Connahs Quay Power Station

Uniper Group; Connah's Quay; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic energy company in Connah's Quay is seeking an Engineering Student for a 48-week placement starting September 1, 2026. This role provides hands-on experience in a variety of engineering teams to maintain and improve plant performance. The ideal candidate will be studying towards a degree in a relevant Engineering field and be eager to develop their skills in an international environment. A range of attractive benefits and development opportunities will also be offered.

Benefits

Attractive salary

Enhanced company pension

26 days annual leave

In-house Occupational Health Services

Company funded Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Studying in a relevant Engineering field.
• Enthusiastic and dedicated to a career in engineering.
• Confident using Microsoft packages and good with spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Part of a dynamic engineering team addressing technical challenges.
• Complete assigned projects with team support.
• Work with various teams to learn about power plant operations.

Skills

Microsoft packages proficiency

Analytical skills

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in Engineering (Electrical/Mechanical)

Job description

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Location: Deeside, GB, CH5 4BP

Country/Region: GB

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Working hours: Full time

At Uniper, we have an engaging and dynamic opportunity for an Engineering Student Placement 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.

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 Support team, through to the end of your placement and will be involved in:

• Working with the Performance, Reliability and Compliance Engineers across a range of day‑to‑day tasks. This will include analysing process data, helping to improve Station reliability and availability whilst ensuring Compliance with relevant company and legal legislation (E.g Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) and Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations(LOLER)).
• The planning, development and safe execution of a range of works in a large complex industrial environment, across a number of technical areas.
• Working with lots of different people, interacting with our managers and executive team.
• Supporting the development of low carbon, sustainable solutions.
• 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.
• 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:

• Studying in a relevant Engineering field (e.g. Electrical/Mechanical Engineering. Other disciplines may also be considered). Working towards a degree level qualification in Engineering.
• Enthusiastic, passionate and inquisitive with the dedication to achieve a career in engineering.
• Confident in using Microsoft packages with good analytical and commercial skills; a knowledge of working with spreadsheets or databases would be useful.
• 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 1^st 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.

Benefits

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:

• Personal development and Learning opportunities
• Enhanced company pension – With up to 12% company contributions
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Electric vehicle charging at our sites
• In house Occupational Health Services
• Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
• Performance related benefits
• 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
• 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!

Your contact

Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact [e-mail]

Please note, any CV’s sent via email would not be taken into consideration. All CV’s must be submitted via the online application process only.

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Start Date: 01/08/2025

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.

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