Industrial Placements - Mechanical Engineering

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 Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineers can fulfil a number of different roles within the NNL. Most of our mechanical engineers work in design, from concept through to detail, either designing experimental rigs to be operated by our scientists in our world-class facilities, or designing modifications to the infrastructure of our facilities as part of multi-million pound enhancement projects.

Mechanical Engineers can expect to use state of the art 3D CAD workstations and be involved in concept design, detail design, manufacture, test, commission and on site deployment.

Mechanical Engineers are also engaged within our Modelling and Simulation capability, developing models to test and analyse how structure or components would behave under impact or seismic conditions.

Our Mechanical Engineers also form an integral part of our Facilities’ Engineering teams, managing Engineering teams and delivering projects to ensure that the plant is correctly maintained and any breakdowns are dealt with promptly.

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