Industrial Placements - Material Science

Job Introduction

We’re looking for excellent undergraduates who will help shape the future of our business. If you’re technically minded and your ideas for the future align with ours, we can offer you a world-class opportunity to develop your skills and discover yourself as a future talent in the nuclear industry. We have summer placement opportunities (minimum of 8 weeks) or 12-month industrial placements available. You will work at any of our sites on real projects that make a difference to the industry.

Role Responsibility

Discover Materials Science

We have opportunities for Material Scientists across all of our business areas. As a material scientist you could be involved electrochemistry, research to understand corrosion mechanisms and carrying out corrosion assessments to determine the lifetime of plant.

You could be involved in glass chemistry supporting the vitrification of nuclear waste or studies on the longevity of containers for the long term storage of plutonium. Material Scientists are also involved in the remote characterisation of used nuclear fuel and cladding and experimental  assessments of its degradation behaviour during storage and disposal.

Some of our Materials Graduates provide essential support to operating and future reactors. This is through understanding of the impact of the conditions under which they operate (e.g. temperature, radiation etc.) and the impact this has on the metals and alloys which form vital structural and operational components.

What will you discover?

The Ideal Candidate

Our work is diverse and calls on a number of different skills and disciplines. We’re looking for people studying Chemical Engineering, Materials, Chemistry, Physics & Mechanical Engineering.

We’ll make sure you have the best experience and learning if you join NNL on your industrial experience placement.

Our placements will typically start in Summer 2017 (June/July), usually for a minimum of 8 weeks although durations are negotiable.

We also offer placements in the academic calendar and over the longer term such as 12 months that best suit the requirements of your course. We can tailor your stay to meet the requirements of your degree.

Students will receive a competitive salary whilst on placement with the NNL and could be based at any of our UK locations. We also offer weekly assistance towards accommodation should you need to live away from home.

Placements contribute towards our resourcing strategy. Successful applicants will be strong candidates for eventually joining our graduate programme.

National Nuclear Laboratory