Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.
Every day, our 8,000+ switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy. We are a collective committed to making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.
Here is how you can be a part of that switch:
Job Description🚀 Launch Your Career with Our Graduate Programme
Your Future Team:
Are you a Mechanical Engineering graduate ready to shape the future of energy? Join our exciting two-year Graduate Programme and be part of something bigger. Get hands-on with live projects, sharpen your technical and professional skills, and gain exposure across the nuclear industry.
🎯 Why join the community of Switchers:
✅ Access to mentors and technical experts 👩🏫👨🔧
✅ Peer-to-peer learning through Graduate Forums 🧠🤝
✅ An upskilling framework tailored to your development 📈🎓
✅ The opportunity to rotate across industries, customers, and locations 🌍🛠️
Your Missions:
Over the two-year self-directed programme, you’ll gain unique insight into the nuclear industry. It all starts with broad exposure across teams and customers, evolving into discipline-focused work that aligns with your career ambitions. You’ll rotate through different teams and projects to grow your knowledge, skills, and behaviours. 🔁✨
Qualifications🎓 Qualifications / Skills to be successful:
We’re looking for graduates who:
📐 Have (or are expecting) a degree in Mechanical Engineering
💡 Are curious about how things are designed and built
🧮 Enjoy applying mathematical principles to solve real-world problems
🛠️ Have an interest in tools like Inventor, SolidWorks, or AutoCAD
🧩 Love tackling challenges and thinking logically
🗣️ Can clearly communicate ideas and work well in a team
🚀 Are self-motivated and eager to learn
Many of our graduates also work towards professional registration or chartership, and we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. 🏅📚
Additional Information🔐 Additional Information:
To join our Graduate Scheme, you must:
🛂 Be a UK sole national and a UK resident
🛂 Be able to obtain at least Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
📦 Be open to relocation or travel within the UK (relocation support is provided!)
More info on vetting: UK Government Security Vetting Info
📝 Recruitment Process:
After submitting your application, here’s what to expect:
1️⃣ Confirmation email with next steps
2️⃣ If successful at screening, a recruitment team member will call to discuss:
Your application and eligibility
Your passion for energy transformation ⚡
Your interest in and knowledge of your chosen discipline
3️⃣ Assessment Centre – you’ll be invited to one of our UK offices for an in-person day to showcase your skills and potential.
🌈 Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and celebrate diversity in all forms. 👥💬
We believe that bringing together people from different backgrounds and perspectives is essential to creating innovative and impactful solutions.
It’s your skills, talent, and bold ideas that matter most — not where you come from. So bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future. 🌍🚀
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.
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What We Do
Assystem, one of the world's leading independent nuclear engineering companies, is committed to accelerating the energy transition. We see ourselves as an activist in the development of nuclear energy, convinced that it is an essential part of the fight against climate change. 7,000 switchers, spread in 12 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East are working every day to make the energy switch by accelerating the development of nuclear and renewable energies, power grids, clean hydrogen projects and low-carbon transport. We design and supervise major projects through our engineering activities and accelerate our customers' digital transformation. We also develop new solutions to build faster and improve the performance of complex infrastructures. 55 years of experience have made Assystem a key partner of the world's largest industrial groups: CEA, EDF, ENEC, Enedis, Engie, Framatome, ITER, K.A. CARE, Naval Group, NICDC, Orano, RATP, Rolls Royce, Royal Commission, Sellafield, SGP, SNCF... Assystem is ranked in the Top 3 companies in the nuclear energy sector.
