Business Graduate Programme 2025
Are you ready to play a significant part in the UK's sustainable nuclear future?
Join our Graduate Development Programme and be a part of Sellafield Ltd's mission of creating a clean and safe environment for future generations. Experience two years of comprehensive support, providing you with a unique place to grow your career and reach your unparalleled potential. We are committed to nurturing your talents, building your confidence, and enriching your expertise.
Our commitment doesn't stop after two years. On successful completion of the Graduate scheme you can be offered a permanent contract with us. We will be there to support you through chartership, with a dedicated chartership mentor and likeminded colleagues that will be with you every step of the way.
Who are we?
We are delivering against national safety, security and energy needs. In operating, developing, and decommissioning the Sellafield site, we are also delivering the largest environmental restoration project in Europe.
In short, we solve complex nuclear, engineering, and infrastructure challenges for the UK every single day. In the past, we have been responsible for breakthroughs such as the world's first full-scale commercial nuclear power station, and today we are helping to keep lights on across the UK by safely receiving and storing spent nuclear fuel from the UK's fleet of power stations.
Sellafield is the only site in the country that can safely manage all forms of nuclear waste, with our teams finding new ways to ensure it is kept safe until a permanent disposal facility is ready. We are also guardians of the UK's largest stockpile of nuclear materials.
Our world-class engineers and nuclear professionals tackle these challenges with the same spirit of innovation that has always run through our organisation. All our activities are driven by a single purpose: to create a clean and safe environment for future generations. We deliver on that purpose while providing value to:
* Our people - helping them to grow, develop and flourish;
* Our communities - creating a positive social impact in West Cumbria, Warrington and beyond; and
* Our industry - supporting the nation's nuclear infrastructure, completing our decommissioning mission, and shaping best-practice standards.
The Graduate Programme:
The Graduate development programme is a two-year continuous professional development scheme, providing you with a unique place to grow your career and empower the next generation of nuclear professionals. The scheme aim is to enable, develop and shape early career professionals into innovative specialists to support the delivery of Sellafield's mission. Whatever your aspiration, the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme equips you for success as a nuclear professional and delivers the start of a career in lifelong learning.
Structured Support: Our dedicated Graduate development team will provide guidance and resources to make a meaningful difference to your learning journey in development days and outward bound, plus many more. As well as support from your technical pathways, who can offer discipline specific advice and guide you in your future career development.
Diverse Placements: Gain exposure to various business areas through strategically designed placements. This experience will help broaden your perspective on the wider nuclear industry and enhance your skill set by exposing you to challenges related to safely remediating the Sellafield site. Allowing you to contribute to a sustainable future.
Personalised Growth: We believe in holistic growth. Our programme is designed to bolster not only your technical proficiency within your discipline but also your understanding of the broader business landscape. Throughout the two-year programme, we will guide you towards achieving chartered status and develop you into a diverse, multi skilled professional.
Skills Development: Enhance your professional conduct by focusing on the development of fundamental skills. These skills are crucial in enabling you to thrive in a dynamic work environment and enhance the longevity of your career.
Connected Community: Our thriving graduate community, overseen by elected representatives, fosters a sense of belonging. Engage in regular social activities that complement your hard work, develop your social impact with charities and fundraising or climb a wainwright, all as part of the graduate community. Whatever your interests there is a social event for it, if not, you've got an opportunity to get involved and set one up.
Business: Sellafield, Cumbria
Would you like to contribute to the success of safe delivery of operations on Europe's largest nuclear site? Would you like to be a part of vital support functions, enabling our site to run?
Our Business profession is fundamental to our success. At Sellafield Ltd we're delivering over £2billion of work per year, working on over 400 different projects and deploying ~12,000 members of staff in a complex, challenging environment. It is critical that we make the best use of our funding and resources to help us achieve our Enterprise Strategy. There are many roles across the business profession, all sharing a common goal of driving successful delivery against our strategy. You could be working in one of our Value Streams business offices, supporting the delivery of high hazard risk reduction in our legacy facilities, or you could be driving change initiatives in the Office of the CEO. There are over 20 teams across Sellafield Ltd with placement opportunities for Business Graduates, and we tailor these placements to fit the skills and aspirations of each individual to ensure we - and you - get the most out of your 2 year scheme.
Sellafield Ltd spends over £2billion per annum and the Finance area has the responsibility for ensuring that Sellafield maintains value for money and sound cost control principles while complying with statutory requirements and maintaining appropriate governance. The team also provides analysis and insight to aid decision making, supporting the delivery of work in line with schedule and funding. Whilst on the programme graduates undertake 6 month placements in various finance teams, giving them exposure to all aspects of finance within Sellafield Ltd. Finance graduates are given responsibilities such as preparing key reports, leading and attending meetings with business teams, analysing financial data, compiling and processing financial data for period-end among a range of other things, so that they can identify their strengths and develop a fulfilling career.
Our Commercial area performs an integral role in delivery of Site Operations, Projects and Programmes; be it via strategic procurement activities, supplier relationship management or commercial contract management. Typical graduate roles consist of being part of a close knit Supply Chain/Quantity Surveyor team that provides assistance and support to not only the Commercial/Supply Chain area, but also the project team it forms part of. Supply Chain graduates follow a structured graduate scheme and receive the experience and training to enhance their career. Graduates will undertake professional training/qualifications aligned to either, the Charted Institute of Purchase and Supply (CIPS) to gain MCIPS or Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to gain MRICS Chartership.
The meaningful work that our Business areas produce play a significant part to the success of Sellafield Ltd. The support provided allows the Sellafield Ltd to create a clean and safe environment for future generations to come. This is chance to support some of the biggest challenges in the nuclear and engineering world. To learn more about our different professions visit our profession pages on our website.
We are looking for:
For our Business programmes, we're interested in undergraduates from a range of degrees:
Business
* While a Business Management or Finance degree is an advantage, we are interested in undergraduates from a range of degrees, including humanities, politics, history, law, economics, sciences and psychology etc, provided candidates are looking towards Business Management and Strategy as their preferred area of expertise.
Finance
* Accountancy / Finance / Business / Economics / Mathematics
Commercial
* Quantity Surveying, Law Related Degrees If that's you and you achieved at least a 2:2 classification or above in your degree, then hit apply now. Please note: Working at Sellafield Ltd requires you to achieve both security and medical clearance throughout the on-boarding process.
What you will receive in return:
* Our graduates start off with a 24-month fixed term contract, with an excellent starting salary of £40,802, rising to £41,721 in your second year with us. Following successful completion of your graduate programme and subject to there being a suitable vacancy you will be retained on permanent basis with us.
* On top your annual salary, you'll have the opportunity to benefit from an annual bonus, linked to company performance, of up to £4000*
* If you're relocating here from more than 30 miles away, we'll support you with a relocation allowance of £1,400 and give you plenty of information on the best areas to live and how to find a place too. £1,400 can provide you with rent cover for up to 3-months in some areas of West Cumbria.
* We know that moving on from university isn't always easy. That's why all our graduates can also apply for an interest free loan of £2,000 which you pay back through your monthly salary over your 24-month contract.
* We aim to strike a good work/life balance by offering 30 days annual leave with statutory public holidays on top. There is also the ability to purchase an additional 2.5 days leave on top.
* We also offer an attractive defined contribution pension scheme - the company will match up to 13.5% for a 7% employee contribution!
* All of our employees can benefit from our 18 support networks, including the Nuclear Autism Support Network, oneLGBTQ+ Network and Gender Balance Networks, to name a few.
* Other benefits include paid sick leave scheme, cycle to work scheme, family friendly policies, welfare & employee assistance programme, employee savings & discounts, plus many others.
Key Information:
* Applications for our graduate programmes will close on 27th October 2024.
* You will be issued an assessment to complete, the date you receive this will depend on when you apply. You will be given a deadline to complete this by and will find out the result of your assessment mid-November.
* Video interviews will take place from 11th November to 1st December 2024.
* For Cumbria based schemes, face to face assessment centres will take place in Workington, Cumbria on 3rd, 4th, 5th & 9th February 2025.
* For Warrington based schemes, face to face assessment centres will take place in Risley, Warrington on 11th & 12th February 2025.
* We don't want you to worry about getting to our assessment centre locations, financial support is available to those who may struggle to front the cost of travel upfront.
* *Please note, if you are unable to attend an assessment during these months you may be unable to complete our application process.
* Expected start date: 29th September 2025
* Sellafield has a proud vision of Diversity & Inclusion that aims to attract candidates into an inclusive and supportive workplace. We are honoured to be recognised as a Level 3 Disability Confident Employer. As users of the Disability Confident Scheme, you will be able to declare a disability when completing our application form or have the option to contact us directly should you require any assistance completing our application process.
* You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post, including assessment or interview invitations and any other type of correspondence relating to your application.
