Process Engineering Placement

Job Details

Process Engineering Placement

We are seeking an undergraduate to join our Energy Cables Business Unit based in Wrexham. The position will be a 12 month industrial placement commencing mid 2025, within the Process Engineering department.

Working as part of the Process Engineering team, you will be given practical hands-on experience from day one. You will gain a great insight into the industry whilst developing your theoretical and practical skills. In aid of your personal development and in helping you achieve your full potential, we will assign an experienced Process Engineer as a mentor, who will provide support and advice whilst overseeing your progress. There are a multitude of tasks and duties that you will undertake within the role, many of which will incorporate team work and interdepartmental communication.

Typical tasks would include:

• Undertaking various individual projects and assisting in project team management.
• Conducting mechanical and material tests individually or in teams within the factory and laboratory..
• Implementing, developing and maintaining processes.
• Working with the company’s internal IT system and software packages.

Location

This role is based at our Wrexham site, the address of which is Oak Road, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham, LL13 9PH. We are able to offer free car parking next to the site.

Prysmian , as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are. 

All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognizing and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

About Prysmian Group

Come and join the world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry where your talents and enthusiasm can make a difference.

 28,000+ employees. 52 Countries. 100+ plants worldwide. One mission: making our mark in the energy transition and digitalisation of our communities around the world. This is what unites our people across teams and geographies – we are all striving to build a more sustainable future.

Prysmian in the UK

With over 100 years of history in the UK, we have an established headquarters in Eastleigh near Southampton, 3 additional manufacturing sites in Wrexham, Aberdare and Washington to help better serve our UK and export markets and a further site in Middlesbrough. Prysmian supplies cables and systems to a wide range of customers in the UK, including utilities, telecom operators, and the construction industry.

In the UK, Prysmian manufactures energy cables from low voltage to extremely high voltage for land applications. Additionally, it is able to offer a comprehensive range of cable accessories for these cables all designed with the cable in mind and therefore offering a robust system.

Prysmian UK can offer turnkey submarine cables and installation services as well as a comprehensive range of industrial cables for such applications as: mining, cranes, wind turbines and rail applications. At lower voltages, Prysmian's comprehensive range of building wires and power cables are available through a first-class network of wholesalers and distributors.

Prysmian ranks as one of the world's leading producers of Optical Fibres and Telecommunication Cables. With multiple production facilities worldwide Prysmian supplies a comprehensive portfolio of state-of-the-art products in the telecoms industry including Fibre Systems, Copper Cable, Premises/Data Cable & Connectivity Hardware.

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