Human Resources Industrial Placement 2021

A career that will deliver change. Together, we can help Britain achieve net zero.

During your placement you’ll be looking to make an impact – using your skills, knowledge and passion to achieve great things. So how about taking on the challenge of beating climate change?

Being Britain’s biggest generator of low carbon electricity, EDF are not only talking about climate change, we’re doing something about it. We’re committed to reducing carbon emissions to zero, generating power from clean sources like wind, nuclear and solar, leading the charge for electric vehicles and investing in new carbon cutting technologies. We proudly work together to champion a low carbon lifestyle and collaborate widely in our search for innovations to achieve more.  

Build your future with us. Share our vision. Together we’ll help Britain achieve net zero.

The Opportunity

Working at our offices in Gloucester, you’ll be supporting our HR Systems Support Team who bridge the gap between business and technology by providing governance, oversight and support to maximise the value of our HR IT systems. The team investigates and resolves problems, provides information about the systems, monitors systems performance and usage, conducts testing, manages access control and seeks continuous improvement through business and technical liaison and stakeholder management.

During your placement you’ll log, investigate and resolve problems, provide information about the systems, monitor systems performance and seek continuous improvement. You’ll also conduct system testing, work on continuous improvement projects and maintain access control using the agreed company framework and processes.

The Future

After you’ve completed your industrial placement, you should know for sure whether you want to be part of the UK’s energy future. If all goes well, we hope to see you back at EDF after university, on one of our graduate programmes.

The Skills

• Studying towards a business, IT  or related degree 
• On track to achieve or will have already achieved a 2:1 undergraduate degree or 2:2 postgraduate qualification 
• Technical and analytical skills 
• Business acumen 
• Lots of initiative and good people skills 
• Desire to learn and develop 
• Willingness to locate 

Compensation & Benefits

• £16,500 salary
• Generous holiday allowance 
• Product and service discounts 
• Wellbeing and support services

Why EDF?

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. It’s a powerful statement of our intent to make sure we’re about the people who work with us – a rich and unique mix of backgrounds and experiences that’s vital to shaping a strong and fresh-thinking organisation like ours. Whoever you are and wherever you come from, we’ll embrace the difference you bring and give you opportunities to thrive and succeed.

Build your future. Share our vision. Together, we can help Britain achieve net zero.