Placement Students
Key information:
A placement opportunity is for a student who is looking to undertake an extended period of practical training within Urenco as a formal component of their degree.
Depending on the team and the role, we will be looking to recruit from specific relevant degree courses.
Placement students
Our Paddington office offers various opportunities to join us as a placement student as part of your university studies.
Typically lasting up to 12 months, our placement positions are designed for students undertaking a relevant degree to give you the opportunity to expand on your academic studies and apply your knowledge in a real organisational setting.
We regularly offer placement opportunities in different departments of the business such as Communications and Finance. No prior experience is required; what we look for is a willingness to learn, ask questions and develop your skills through applying your knowledge in practice.
Application process
Typically, our placement opportunities are advertised in the spring; however, this may vary throughout the year based on business need.
You’ll initially be required to submit a CV, with our assessment process involving a combination of online assessments, work-based tasks and interviews.
If applications aren’t currently open, we recommend registering your interest using the form on this page. This allows us to keep you informed about future graduate opportunities and relevant early careers events.
Questions and reasonable adjustments
If you have any further questions or are actively applying to our vacancies and require reasonable adjustments at any stage of our application and assessment process, please contact our early careers team via earlycareers@urenco.com, and we will be happy to support you as best we can.
Meet our past and present placement students
Yahya
Communications, PR and Social Impact Intern
Undergoing many different interviews processes I became familiar with many companies. So why Urenco? An internship is such a short period of time which shifted my focus on locating a healthy working environment which fosters innovation and growth. With Urenco leading the way for sustainability and innovation it was a no brainer for me, and after being at the company for nearly a year I can say with confidence that Urenco lives up to its values, evidently striving to better itself internally and externally annually.
Currently I am interning in communications and I like to think I take up a very supportive role within the team. My work focuses on internal communications, aiding in providing content, while also extending externally as I travel to company events and help coordinate our social impact programme. My favourite line of work has to be creating content for others as it requires a lot of understanding and creativity in order to capture audiences effectively.
After nearly completing my internship at Urenco my advice would be to not get tunnel visioned early on, with regards to meeting expectations and completing some kind of life changing transformation that makes you competent. My original thought process led me to believe that the world of work would be harsh and I would struggle to keep up. However, I now know that learning process will take place naturally, but effectively if the team work in conjunction to help support one another, something I believe my team excels at I am proud to say. The main source of personal growth for me derives from my time networking within Urenco. With many experienced employees giving me a better understanding of the working world. An internship also creates some space between you and the academic world for the first time in a while. This actually helped me transform into a more proactive and social individual as I have come to terms with what I want to achieve in my youth and the importance networking offers to one’s development.
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Register your interest
Placement years at head office are an area we are looking to expand. If you don’t see what you are looking for in our current listings, you can register your interest below so we can get in touch when a suitable opportunity comes up.
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