Your role
Year in Industry - 1 year placement
Ready to put your studies into practice and gain valuable real-world experience? Join Edwards Vacuum in Clevedon for a one-year Year in Industry placement and turn your knowledge into experience.
Throughout your placement, you will work alongside experienced colleagues, take on real responsibilities and contribute to meaningful projects that complement your academic studies. With hands-on experience, ongoing support and opportunities to develop your professional and technical skills, you will gain valuable insight into working in industry and build experience that will help you stand out as you take the next steps in your career.
Main responsibilities
- The role requires an ability to work in an industrial lab environment and observe Edwards EHS rules and guidelines.
- Analytical chemistry skills including: instillation of test gases, leak checking of test equipment, analysis of gases using equipment including FTIR, mass spec, electrochemical cells, and analysis and write-up of data.
- Ability to contribute to innovative technology development or product improvement.
- Carry out risk assessments on prototype equipment or lab test rigs and operate them safely.
- Ability to interact with other members of the team.
- Collect accurate data and write up detailed and accurate reports on experimental work.
- Ability to present and convey the results of this work in a concise and clear way.
To succeed, you will need
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.
- Design, build and operate experiments in an experimental lab environment; collect data, analyse, write up and report results (with support from more experienced staff).
- Be confident discussing process, chemical and abatement issues within the team and, when needed, with other teams.
- Use available resources on site to perform basic analysis of flow conditions and abatement performance.
- Be mechanically adept and able to upgrade and modify systems when setting up experimental conditions.
- Follow and participate in writing relevant safety documentation and procedures for experimental work.
- Self-motivate and work independently in a safe and efficient way.
In return, we offer
- Culture of trust and accountability
- Lifelong learning and career growth
- Innovation powered by people
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits
- Health and well-being
Job location
This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB). You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.
