Careers in the energy industry

For those working within power generation and transmission, the coming decade is shaping up to be a very exciting time. While the government’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and so increase the proportion of energy generated from low carbon sources has meant renewable energy  and nuclear power are both hot topics, readying the country’s transmission system to cope with this change is also creating new challenges. As a result, demand for skilled engineers able to innovate in these areas is growing.

EDF Energy is part of EDF Group, one of Europe’s largest power companies. Following the integration with British Energy in 2009, the company employs nearly 20,000 people at locations across the UK. It already produces around one-fifth of the nation’s electricity from its nuclear, coal and gas power stations, as well as combined heat and power plants and wind farms. The company provides power to a quarter of the UK’s population via its electricity distribution networks and supplies gas and electricity to more than 5.5 million business and residential customers. EDF Energy now intends to recruit around 100 civil and nuclear engineers, project management and construction specialists this year, with a view to growing this number to about 300 in the next 2 years.