Electrical Engineering Summer Internship

by Transport for London

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Deadline: 7th January 2015
Salary: £16,067
Length: Internship (1 Month+)
Roles: Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Engineering
Location: London

About Transport for London

No other city is as defined by its transport system as London, with its red buses, black cabs and Tube trains recognised the world over.

We are responsible for the planning and day-to-day to operation of the capital's public transport network, including the Tube, London Overground, the DLR and buses, as well as managing London's main roads and building new infrastructure.

With around 24 million journeys made across our network daily, we do all we can to keep the city moving and make sure the network is safe, reliable and fit for the future.

It’s a big task and we’re looking for skilled, passion-driven people to join our dedicated team of 27,000 employees.

The Role

Electrical engineering is one of our core functions and reaches out across all areas of our business. These teams work on projects across London Underground and Surface Transport, using state-of-the-art electronic, electrical and mechanical systems, and maintaining or replacing legacy systems.

As an electrical engineering graduate, you could be working to help keep London moving both above and below ground. This could include anything from working on the high voltage, heavy current power supplies running the trains, the signaling and control systems optimising railway capacity and keeping customers safe, to the drive and control systems operating the trains and traffic lights.

You will be joining us at a time of great investment and expected to work on a variety of current projects, which could include:

  • Power supply engineering
  • Signaling and train control
  • Train drives
  • Telecommunications
  • Lift and escalator drives
  • Traffic systems
  • Road tunnel management systems
  • Electrical design

Working on real projects will allow you to begin meeting some of the IET development objectives, while applying your studies to real-life situations.
If you're working towards a career in electrical engineering, then spending time with one of our teams over the summer will allow you to put your theory into practice, improve your CV and earn while you learn.

Benefits

  • Salary - £16,067 (pro rata'd for summer placements)
  • Pension options
  • Holiday - 30 days, as well as standard public holidays (pro rata'd for summer placements)
  • Free travel - A free Oyster card for you, and someone you live with, to use on our entire network

If you buy annual travel tickets to travel outside our network, we'll give you 75% of it back. We can also provide an interest-free loan to buy an annual ticket which we'll then recover from your salary over a period of 10 months

Entry requirement

You must be studying for a BEng or MEng (or equivalent) degree in electrical, electronic engineering, or closely-related subject and on track to graduate in either 2016 or 2017. Your degree should also be accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).*

*If you took your degree outside of the UK and it is recognised by EUR-ACE label or Washington Accord this will be accepted in place of IET accreditation.

Application process

There are five stages to the Year in Industry and summer placement applications:

Stage 1 - Online application

You’ll be asked to complete a short, online application to provide us with all your personal details and other information, including:

  • An outline of your degree subject/level
  • Any relevant modules completed
  • Details of any required accreditation

Once we confirm that your degree meets the requirements for the scheme, your application will progress to the next stage.

Stage 2 – Situational Strengths test

The Situational Strengths test presents you with a series of typical scenarios you may encounter during your programme. We want to know how you would respond in these scenarios and will ask you to select from a list of multiple options. This test gives us a better idea about whether you would enjoy working with us, and have the overall strengths to be successful here.

Stage 3 - Online testing

This stage tests your numerical ability, or in the case of the engineering schemes, your inductive ability. If invited to begin the online testing stage, you should complete the test within five days. If you're successful, you'll move on to the next stage.

Stage 4 - Telephone interview

We will always send you an invite ahead of the interview date so you can prepare. Along with competency- based questions, you may be asked questions about the technical and specialist aspects of the scheme, so prepare for this. If you're successful, you'll move on to the next stage.

Stage 5 - Final stages

You will be invited to complete a competency-based interview for the final stage of the process. We will ask a series of questions to give you the chance to tell us about yourself and how well suited to the role you are. There may be other elements in this final stage which will be confirmed closer to the time.
We'll make decisions following this stage about who will be offered the position.

If you're successful you'll have to pass pre-employment checks before joining. These will include reference checks, qualifications checks, right to work in the UK and in some cases a medical and a Criminal Records Bureau check.

Closing date: The final closing date is 7th January at 23.59, however we will close schemes when we receive sufficient application numbers therefore we recommend that you apply early.

** Please be aware that you can only make one Year in Industry application per season.

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