Technical Safety and Asset Risk Engineering Placement

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Technical Safety and Asset Risk Engineering Placement

Join us at RWE Offshore Wind for a year in industry placement and gain invaluable insight into this truly unique and innovative sector. We’re one of the largest developers of offshore wind globally and we’re on a journey of significant growth driven by our Growing Green investment strategy and commitment to net zero. With 10 operational offshore wind farms across the UK, and multiple development projects in the pipeline, there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

We can offer you:

• A chance to work alongside world-leading experts as a core member of the team
• Real, hands-on experience, assisting us in solving complex problems – we will value your innovative and fresh thinking
• A chance to be embedded in projects from day one, enabling you to apply your knowledge and rapidly acquire new, marketable skills
• An attractive salary (circa £22k pa) and an extensive range of benefits
• Support, training and mentoring to get the most from your time with us – we’ll work with you to understand your career interests and ambitions

Your opportunity

Our Technical Safety and System Assurance team is a critical and integral part of our UK and international operations effort. We keep our offshore wind farms operating safely at maximum efficiency, powering hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the UK - skillfully balancing risk and performance across all of our assets and dealing with major technical threats.

We’re a global team so this is a great opportunity to explore different business cultures whilst gaining an in-depth insight into the technical construction of wind farms. We’ll get you involved in all of our core processes, including management of our organisation wide incident reporting tool, developing safe systems of work and understanding HSE management and reporting. 

You’ll get the opportunity to:

• Assist with asset risk reviews at a number of our operational sites
• Participate in asset and plant safety incident investigations, undertaking root cause analysis
• Take the lead on a detailed investigation and risk assessment for a technical risk that has fleet-wide impact
• Prepare monthly reporting and contribute to the development of new performance indicators and systems
• Visit our operational sites where you’ll be able to learn from a wide range of operational colleagues, and see the impact of your work.

About you

• It’s likely you’ll be studying towards a Meng in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil Engineering - with an option to undertake a full year in industry placement in your penultimate year. We’re looking for people on track to gain a 2.1 or higher
• You’re confident in your communicator – both written and verbal – and feel excited about the opportunity to develop stakeholder communication and influencing skills
• You can demonstrate that you can coordinate your own workload, be highly organised and meet tight deadlines
• You have a good knowledge of basic Microsoft packages (e.g. word, excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• You like getting into the detail and have a diligent approach to your work

About RWE Offshore Wind

Our future is in your hands. Join us at RWE Offshore Wind UK & IRE to gain valuable insights into this rapidly growing, exciting and innovative industry.

You’ll become part of a truly progressive global energy company. A subsidiary of RWE Group, we are leading the way towards a more sustainable future. Already the second largest developer globally of off-shore wind - with 10 operational wind farms in the UK and numerous projects in the pipeline - we plan to increase capacity from 3.3GW to 8GW by 2030, investing several billion euros. There’s never been a more exciting time to consider a career with us and join the race to net zero.

We have placement opportunities across a variety of engineering, environmental and business support roles, but all will offer you a chance to work alongside world leading experts as a core member of the team gaining real, hands-on experience whilst helping us solve complex problems.

You’ll benefit from a chance to be embedded in projects from day one, enabling you to apply your knowledge and rapidly acquire new, marketable skills whilst earning a competitive salary (circa £22k pa). We'll help you to network with graduates and placement students across the globe and access unique learning and development opportunities.

No two days in Offshore Wind are the same, but we will always provide a collaborative feedback-oriented culture with lots of opportunities for growth. Backed by a supportive and diverse team environment, we know we can offer you a truly unique experience.

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