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Enterprise - Major Projects Summer Placement
Duration: 12 weeks commencing June 2022
Location: Reading
Salary: £19,100 per annum pro rata
Our summer placements offer you the opportunity not only to play a part in achieving our goals, but to grow with us as well.
Applications are welcomed from students entering their penultimate or final year in September, 2022.
The division offers a full range of services across diverse markets, which contribute to development of smart cities and smart places, in both public and private sectors including; Electric vehicle infrastructure for public mass transportation and vehicle fleets, Electricity networks including building, owning, and adopting private HV networks and Distributed energy systems including renewable and low-carbon generation, energy storage and demand management services. It’s an expanding, exciting and leading Energy business at the forefront of the UK’s transition to net zero.
What is the role?
Our summer placement opportunity offers you the opportunity not only to play a part in achieving our goals, but to grow with us as well.
During the placement you'll be embedded in one of our key projects - it could be a Gigafactory or an EV project. You'll support the project teams and be the right hand person for the Project Director to get things done. You'll learn how a major project works, how a Project Director manages the complexity, workstream planning, governance and how we solution the commercials and technicals.
What do I need?
For this programme, you'll be studying maths, economics, finance, quantity surveying, STEM subject, marketing, business, business information management, business management, electrical engineering, engineering, project management, legal, strategy, data analytics, data science, environmental or energy efficiency and will be entering your penultimate or final year of study in September, 2022.
What’s in it for you?
An excellent salary, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.
Next Steps
All applications should be submitted online. The deadline to submit your application is Sunday, 17th April.
If you would like a confidential informal discussion about this role before applying, to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require, please contact graduates@sse.com. to arrange a call.
EXTERNAL: Before commencing employment with SSE, you’ll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.
INTERNAL: As a courtesy, please let your current line manager know you are applying.
