Sizewell C Commercial & Procurement Industrial Placement

If you are looking to kick start a career that is rewarding, where you can really make a difference, then come join our Commercial & Procurement Industrial Placement programme. At Sizewell C, Commercial & Procurement covers a range of career paths, including Procurement, Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management, giving you the opportunity to develop your skills and discover where your future could take you.

You will work on one of the most exciting and significant sustainable energy projects that our country has ever seen, being at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy. Sizewell C is a nuclear new build project in Suffolk. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for at least 60 years.

We’re recruiting for a Commercial & Procurement Industrial Placement in our Suffolk offices.

Taking on a real job at a junior level, you'll have the opportunity to learn through hands-on experience under the guidance of highly skilled and experienced colleagues.

What we’re looking for:

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Discipline in Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying or Procurement (Business, finance, economics).

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A genuine interest in the energy industry and a passion for sustainability and being a part of making a difference.

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An interest in working in major nuclear and infrastructure programmes.

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We will need you to be open minded, flexible and have an agile way of thinking to succeed in a dynamic fast paced project environment.

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Having a strategic mindset that brings innovative ideas.

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Effective interpersonal skills are key, as well as being able to demonstrate high ethical behaviour, integrity, humility, and character.

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Effective communication skills will be required to manage your stakeholders whilst prioritising competing demands.

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 the energy industry. Most of your learning will be on the job, supported by your mentor and the teams around you. You’ll have a chance to apply your academic training to genuine industry problems while completing modules that contribute towards your degree.

Previous students on a Commercial & Procurement Industrial Placement have been involved in projects such as:

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Supporting procurement processes from expression of interest to contract award.

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Supporting the contract management of projects in a portfolio of work, undertaking activities such as the assessment of applications for payments and change control.

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Providing commercial support to the project management team in the effective delivery of contracts. Reporting commercial data to senior leaders in the business.

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

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We grow expertise and share knowledge across the programme

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We uphold standards as a collective commitment, not a compliance exercise

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We learn from near misses and mistakes and apply those lessons

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We take quality seriously, even when pace and pressure increase

Be True - Truth, courage and stewardship

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We surface risks early, including those that are difficult to raise

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We name trade offs openly rather than smoothing them over

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We treat bad news as valuable information

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We make decisions based on long term stewardship, not short term convenience

Be Together - Partnership, fairness and share ownership

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We listen in ways that lead to visible change

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We hold accountability fairly and consistently

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We include others early, before decisions are made

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We solve problems collectively across boundaries

Security Vetting

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting.

Competitive Salary And Benefits

Alongside a competitive salary of £26,050, you’ll benefit from a market-leading company pension scheme and 28 days’ paid holiday. You’ll gain valuable experience, develop new skills and build a professional network that can support you throughout your career.

Closing Date: Sunday 8th November 2026

We’ll close this advert when we’ve received interest from the desired number and calibre of candidates.

#EarlyCareers

When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.

At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.