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Your role

Your day-to-day: 

General:

• Assume technical, and engineering responsibility for independently delivering standard engineering design tasks with standard techniques as an independent author, with guidance/review from more senior engineers.
• Work effectively in a team with more senior engineers in the delivery of non-standard engineering design tasks or on tasks concerning the application of standard tools to more complex chemical processes.
• Use effective verbal and written communication to explain problems, solutions and proposals with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain an effective business relationship with Westinghouse customers.

Key responsibilities:

• A personal commitment to maintaining the nuclear safety culture at Westinghouse and compliance with company policies.
• Providing support in the development of technical solutions throughout the project lifecycle. This may include contribution to reviews and discussions and the contribution to, production of and review of a wide range of project documentation.
• Use verbal and written communications to define, progress and report or present back on assigned work packages. This may include communications within the project team, internal Westinghouse stakeholders, suppliers, clients and regulators and others as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with team members, internal stakeholders and clients or partner organizations.

About you

As a successful candidate, you will bring the following to the team: 

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant engineering degree – e.g. those related to Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial, or environmental engineering. Other disciplines will also be considered.
• Should be over 18 years of age.
• Must already be eligible to work in the UK legally.
• Ability to work for a 12-month period starting August-September 2024 (start date flexible).
• Ability to work independently using basic knowledge obtained from core university courses.
• Knowledge using Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Access
• A commitment to personal development.

Personal attributes:

• Ability to quickly learn to evaluate, select and utilize standards, techniques, procedures and criteria for the development of engineering design documents including calculations and specifications.
• Self-motivated, capable of determining required activities, prioritizing, and scheduling tasks whilst progressing towards an agreed project deliverable.
• A commitment to personal development.

Benefits

Westinghouse is committed every day to providing their  people with the benefits and resources they need:

• Healthy work/life balance while delivering the training, development and education
• Employee referral program
• You'll gain countless opportunities
• Supportive, inclusive work environment

Training & development

During your internship or co-op, you will work closely with a mentor and learn more about your fields of interest. Westinghouse's interns typically work during the summer, and co-op assignments are scheduled throughout the year and alternate with time spent in school.

Career progression

No matter how you envision your future, Westinghouse has the projects and resources to create a fulfilling career path for you across the full breadth of engineering fields. Many interns are employed full-time after completing an internship and upon graduation. Many interns also have the option of returning for consecutive summers.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• westinghousenuclear.com/careers/students-new-graduates/internships-co-ops
• westinghousenuclear.com/careers
• careers.westinghousenuclear.com/job/Salwick-Preston-Technical-Support-Intern
• youtube.com/@WestinghouseNuclear