Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
United Kingdom
West Cumbria
Overview
Sellafield Ltd is a global centre for nuclear engineering management. As a Sellafield graduate, you’ll be at the heart of a smart community - a network of ambitious, team-spirited graduates who will shape the future of an entire sector. Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation with unique heritage. The Sellafield site has been operational since the 1940s, when it was used to support the Second World War effort. It became a fully functional nuclear power station in the 1950s and successfully generated power until 2003. Today is the decommissioning and reprocessing era for the Sellafield site. For our graduates it’s the opportunity to be part of a 100-year mission – offering engineering, technical, business and environmental challenges of fascinating complexity and sophistication.
Details
Join the new era of pioneers on our 24-month graduate programme
At Sellafield Ltd, innovation is in our DNA. It’s the platform for our rich and vibrant future. Building on the unique heritage in nuclear power production, we’re now striding into a pioneering new era. One where we’ll transform the environment, local society, the regional economy and the global nuclear industry. And that is where you come in.
We have opportunities for ambitious, curious, open-minded graduates from the most diverse range of backgrounds. Whichever profession you join us, you’ve got so much to look forward to. Complex challenges, global-first achievements, technological leaps, high-performance thinking and the opportunity to learn from industry – sometimes world – experts.
Here, innovation is forever. Click here to learn more about our graduate programme.
About The Programme
Our graduate programme will maximise your skills, confidence and experience. Get real ‘on the job’ experience and significant responsibilities from day one.
Future Leaders & Technical Specialists
Our graduate programme is all about developing you to become a future business leader or vital technical/business specialist. There are three key elements to this:
- Specialist technical knowledge and professional development
- Understanding of the business
- Behavioural skills
Your technical and professional development will be driven by your experiences in-role, the various assignments you undertake and your discipline-specific training.
An influential professional
We want you to grow in every sense. Our future, as well as yours depends on you hitting the peak of your potential. We’ll invest significant resources developing your personal and behavioural skills so that you become an influential all-round professional.
Setting the industry standard
Your understanding of our unique organisation matters too. We lead the world in nuclear high hazard reduction and that world is watching. You’ll become an expert in Sellafield in order to develop the bespoke solutions that set the standard for an entire industry.
Accreditation
Our range of individual programmes have been accredited by many professional bodies including the IET, ICE, IChemE, IMechE, IMA, IoP, RSC, IOM3, IEMA, ACostE, PMI, APM, CIPS, CIMA plus more. We’re there for you every step of the way too, with finely honed performance management processes in place to help you realise your career goals and push you closer to being chartered.
Support Network
Starting a new career and moving to a new area can seem like a daunting prospect but we want to make the process as smooth and enjoyable as possible.
Personal Network
We have a thriving graduate community run by an elected group of representatives who organise frequent social activities ensuring you play as hard as you work. You will also be assigned a graduate buddy who will be more of a peer support and will help you move smoothly from student to professional life.
Professional Network
On a more developmental level we’ll provide you with a mentor, line manager, and senior co-ordinator. Together they will be there to ensure that you are getting the most appropriate experience on the graduate scheme and fulfilling the standards expected by professional institutions.
Extra Curricular
During the graduate programme there will also be an opportunity to be involved with a number of graduate related activities outside of your day job. We’ll encourage you to become a STEM ambassador and attend STEM events in local schools alongside the annual Big Bang event. You can also get involved in the graduate support group (GSG) which helps attract and recruit new graduates alongside being a steering group for improvements to the scheme.
These activities aren’t mandatory, but they underpin some of the behavioural skills required for chartership, and will help you develop your professional network.
Our locations
Our graduate programme requires graduates to be flexible when it comes to location. You could be based in West Cumbria, at Sellafield itself or in one of the surrounding offices, or at our Risley office based in Warrington. During the 24-month programme you may be required to complete a secondment at either location.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
We’re a rapidly evolving organisation, so you’ll need to be hungry to learn, with plenty of drive and ambition. You’ll be ready to take responsibility for key projects too, shaping the way they develop and solving complex problems – some that no one has ever faced before. This is what we’re looking for from you.
Our entry requirements
- We accept applications from graduates who have studied a diverse range of degree disciplines. This includes (but is not limited to) engineering, business, science, maths and technology based disciplines.
- You’ll need at least a 2.1 in your subject and will have graduated within three years of the scheme start date.
- For engineering based disciplines, a Masters level degree is preferred and for some disciplines essential.
- Visit our programme areas page to understand which professions within our business your degree discipline is suitable for.
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
Your Reward
Sellafield Ltd has one of the most competitive graduate packages around. A competitive starting salary, attractive holiday entitlements and much more.
- Our impressive graduate rewards: Our graduates start off with a 24-month fixed term contract, with an excellent starting salary of £33,294. This is reviewed every year to keep it competitive. Following successful completion of your graduate programme and subject to there being a suitable vacancy you will be retained on permanent basis.
Other rewards and benefits include:
- Holiday: It’s not all work and no play at Sellafield Ltd. We aim to strike a good work/life balance by offering 25.5 days’ annual leave with statutory public holidays on top.
- Annual Bonus: You’ll have the opportunity to benefit from an annual bonus, linked to company performance, of up to £4000* *The company reserves the right to review or withdraw the bonus schemes at any time.
- Pension: You’ll automatically become a member of the Combined Nuclear Pension Plan. See cnpp.org.uk/dc.
- Relocation: If you’re relocating here from more than 30 miles away, we’ll support you with a relocation allowance and give you plenty of information on the best areas to live and how to find a place too.
- Interest Free Loan: Moving on from university isn’t always easy. That’s why all our graduates can apply for an interest free loan of £2,000 which you pay back through your monthly salary.
This is a brief glimpse at the Graduate rewards package. For the full list of what Sellafield Ltd has to offer its employees, visit our Rewards & Benefits page.
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