Functieomschrijving
Looking to gain experience at a leading European energy trading house with real growth potential? Want to work alongside industry experts, building experience and skills that will help you flourish in your early career? Then one of our year-long Industrial Placements could be just what you are looking for.
Join us at the UK headquarters of RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) in Swindon where we currently have opportunities in the following area:
Choose Communications & Events
If you are passionate about storytelling and believe in the power of effective communication, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. As part of our team, you will help shape and deliver creative internal communication initiatives that bring the strategies of RWEST and the wider RWE Group to life for our employees. Working closely with experienced communications professionals, you will contribute to engaging campaigns, content development and employee communications across a range of channels. You will also gain hands-on experience in the planning and delivery of events, supporting the team in creating impactful employee experiences that inform, connect and inspire colleagues across the business.
The team sits within the broader Corporate Affairs function, giving you a unique opportunity to develop a strong understanding of RWEST and gain exposure to a wide variety of business topics, projects and stakeholder groups. This placement offers valuable insight into both strategic communications and event management within a leading international energy trading company.
Job requirements and experiences
As a team, we need creative and flexible thinking that helps us to produce content that will inspire and engage our employees. You will be someone who is organised, solution-oriented, and who finds satisfaction in seeing your hard work come to life as you bring an event from conception to reality.
Your work will have a real impact in uniting a global business and creating a positive company culture, and that's why we need the right person for our team. You will need to be self-motivated, enjoy teamwork, and be willing to step out of your comfort zone to develop both personally and professionally.
We're looking for students who are in the penultimate year of an English, Communications, Media Studies, Event Management or similar degree who are ideally on course to achieve a 2:1 or higher. What you must have is:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with fluent English.
- IT proficiency including the ability to use AI-enabled productivity tools.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Enjoy creative thinking.
- Good collaboration and teamwork skills.
- Self-motivated and comfortable acting on your own initiative.
- A positive mindset and enthusiasm to try new things.
From here, you'll have a community of support
At RWEST we have an energy to be inclusive and believe diversity drives success. Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and being respected for the different opinions, strengths and experiences you bring.
Our industrial placement programme has been designed to give you the chance to gain highly valuable work experience and skills - and potentially secure yourself a place on one of our graduate programmes. From day one, you'll be making a real contribution to your team. A current placement student will be allocated as a Buddy to all new joiners, enhancing the on-boarding process and overlapping your start date to ensure seamless support as you begin your journey.
To help you get the most out of your placement, we provide lots of support and development opportunities, including in-house courses and on-the-job training with everything you need to make the placement a success. Alongside the day-job, you'll be provided with comprehensive behavioural skills training with our expert partner, Cappfinity. This will enable you to harness your strengths from day one and identify new ways to utilise the key Skills That Build Skills. This includes interactive sessions where you can learn from our facilitators and your own peers, and self-led elements to support your application of learning back in your day-to-day role.
RWE is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment - we value your passion, your willingness to learn and your desire to thrive. Even if you don't have all the above skills, need flexible working arrangements or other adjustments not yet listed here, we'd love to hear from you.
Your benefits
We'll do everything we can to help you fulfil your potential with us. We offer a wide variety of initiatives to support you in and out of work, including:
- Competitive salary plus annual discretionary bonus.
- Company pension.
- Discounted employee share scheme.
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays; you can also buy up to an additional 5 days leave per year.
- Two paid annual volunteer days to be used with a charity or initiative of your choice.
- An enhanced maternity scheme and family friendly policies.
- Free on-site healthcare plus access to AXA Private Healthcare Scheme.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health, or life matters.
- Access to a modern office and trading floor with state-of-the-art IT.
- Open and diverse company culture with various clubs and societies - join any of our employee networks for social interaction (including Diversity Ambassador Programme).
- Flexible benefits, including discounts at shops.
Please upload your CV and cover letter in English and as one document. Also, please include your recent university and A-Level (or equivalent) grades.
Keen to discover more? Why not meet #TeamRWE where you can get to know some of our colleagues better through videos, testimonials, interviews, and podcasts. Find out more on https://www.rwe.com/en/rwe-careers-portal or by looking for us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity. #inclusionmatters
As an inclusive employer, we want to support you to perform at your best at each stage of our recruitment process and can make adjustments to ensure this. If you'd like to request any adjustments or know how we can support you better, please contact us confidentially at [email protected].
Salaris en voordelen
Over deze vacature
Over RWE
Bedrijfsprofiel
RWE AG
HoofdkantoorEssen, Duitsland
Opgericht1898
OmvangOngeveer 20.100 medewerkers wereldwijd met een omzet van €26,21 miljard in het boekjaar 2025 (bronnen: wikipedia.org, rwe.com)
Wat Ze Doen
RWE is een toonaangevend Duits energiebedrijf met een breed portfolio dat zich richt op elektriciteitsopwekking en energie-infrastructuurprojecten. Het bedrijf exploiteert offshore- en onshore windparken, zonne-energie-installaties, batterijopslag, flexibele gasgestookte centrales en investeert sterk in waterstoftechnologieën. In 2025 kwam 41% van de elektriciteitsproductie uit hernieuwbare energie, terwijl gas en kolen respectievelijk 31% en 27% uitmaakten (bron: rwe.com). Met een geïnstalleerd vermogen van 46,8 GW eind 2025, waaronder 3,3 GW offshore wind en 1,7 GW batterijopslag, behoort RWE tot de grootste ontwikkelaars wereldwijd in deze sectoren (bron: rwe.com). Het bedrijf richt zich op de ontwikkeling en exploitatie van energie-installaties voor nutsbedrijven, industriële afnemers en marktdeelnemers, en onderscheidt zich door zijn omvang, brede technologische portfolio en sterke positie in de Noordzee en Amerikaanse markten (bron: rwe.com).
Projecten & Ervaring
RWE realiseert talrijke grootschalige projecten op het gebied van hernieuwbare energie, waaronder het offshore windpark Sofia in het Verenigd Koninkrijk met 1.400 MW, Thor in Denemarken met 1.080 MW en de Noordzeeclusters A en B in Duitsland met respectievelijk 660 MW en 900 MW capaciteit (bron: rwe.com). In totaal zijn er vijf grote windparken in de Noordzee in aanbouw, die samen ongeveer 3,1 GW aan opwekkingscapaciteit zullen toevoegen (bron: rwe.com). In de Verenigde Staten heeft RWE in 2025 zes hernieuwbare energieprojecten met een totaal van 999 MW in gebruik genomen, waaronder wind-, zonne- en batterijopslaginstallaties in vier staten (bron: rwe.com). In Lingen, Duitsland, bouwt RWE een 300 MW elektrolyser als onderdeel van het GET H2 Nukleus-project en een 34 MW waterstofcompatibele gasturbine voor de teruglevering van groene waterstof (bron: rwe.com). Daarnaast exploiteert RWE met Megabattery 117+ een van de grootste batterijopslagsystemen van Duitsland, dat wordt ingezet op groothandels- en balanceringsmarkten (bron: rwe.com).
Recente Ontwikkelingen
In 2025 heeft RWE 2,8 GW nieuwe energiecentralecapaciteit in gebruik genomen en daarvoor ongeveer €10,8 miljard bruto geïnvesteerd, waardoor het geïnstalleerde vermogen groeide tot 46,8 GW (bron: rwe.com). Voor de periode 2026 tot 2031 plant het bedrijf netto-investeringen van €35 miljard om de capaciteit aan hernieuwbare energie, batterijopslag en flexibele centrales met 25 GW uit te breiden tot ongeveer 65 GW (bron: rwe.com). Hiervan is €9 miljard bestemd voor flexibele back-up- en grote batterijprojecten en tot 3 GW waterstofgeschikte gascentrales in Duitsland, plus €7 miljard voor onshore wind en zonne-energie in Europa en Australië (bron: rwe.com). De offshore windcapaciteit bereikte eind 2025 3,3 GW pro rata, en vijf Britse projecten ontvingen overheidscontracten met een verwachte capaciteit tot 6,9 GW, waarvan RWE 3,5 GW bezit (bron: rwe.com).
Werken bij RWE
RWE biedt diverse carrièremogelijkheden op het gebied van engineering, operatie, projectontwikkeling, bouw, asset management, handel, financiën, IT, juridische zaken, inkoop en bedrijfsfuncties (bron: rwe.com). De werkcultuur wordt gekenmerkt door internationale samenwerking, continue ontwikkeling en flexibele werkmodellen, ondersteund door uitgebreide voordelen ter bevordering van welzijn en professionele groei (bron: rwe.com). In de Verenigde Staten omvat het aanbod prestatiegerichte bonussen, 401(k)-werkgeversbijdragen, leer- en jobrotatieprogramma's, evenals emotionele ondersteuning en gezinsgerichte voorzieningen (bron: americas.rwe.com). Op de locatie Lingen zijn vooral functies actief op het gebied van waterstof, batterijopslag, gas-naar-waterstof technologieën en netondersteunende installaties, terwijl in de VS de werving voor nieuwe wind-, zonne- en batterijopslagprojecten wordt voortgezet (bronnen: rwe.com, rwe.com).