Wind Engineer- Undergraduate Placement

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Location: Nottingham, GB, NG11 0EE

Country/Region: GB

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Working hours: Full time

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Wind Engineer - Undergraduate Placement

Come and join an international team of Wind Engineers and support the technical development of onshore wind farms across Europe on a 48-52 week undergraduate placement. Being part of Uniper's Wind Engineering team will allow you to work alongside experienced professionals, contribute to real-world challenges, and develop technical, analytical and collaborative skills that will support your future career.

We are Uniper

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

Responsibilities

• You will undertake the monitoring and analysis of measurement data that underpins the forecasted future production at the projects
• You will undertake the analysis & modelling of wind farms in early stages of our development pipeline
• You will undertake project planning, including conceptual design, layout optimisation, and selection of appropriate wind turbines
• You will collaborate with engineers and project managers to identify risks, uncertainties, and improvement opportunities within our projects
• You will support the team through delivering a bespoke improvement topic as part of our continuous improvement programme

Profile

• You will be studying for a STEM degree (predicted to achieve 2:1 or equivalent) and be in your second year at university
• You should have knowledge of and passion for the Wind Industry
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Business fluency in English
• Enthusiasm and a strong interest in developing yourself
• Creative, open-minded individual
• Familiarity with coding and/or data analysis tool (e.g.: Python), although you are not expected to be a "Software Engineer"

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.

Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:

Benefits

• Personal development and Learning opportunities
• Enhanced company pension - With up to 12% company contributions
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Electric vehicle charging at our sites
• In house Occupational Health Services
• Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
• Performance related benefits
• Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Workor buy and sell extra holiday
• Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!

Contact

Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact

Please note, any CV's sent via email would not be taken into consideration. All CV's must be submitted via the online application process only.

Job Information

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Working Hours: filter6

Start Date: 24/08/2026

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As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.