About you:

Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

Our purpose and beliefs:

As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG

We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY

We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE

We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us: https://kentplc.com/who-we-are/purpose-beliefs

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

Project Scope:

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference and engineer solutions that make not only the UK’s energy security stronger but actively impact the way in which the world drives towards a net zero future?

Our Process Engineering team work closely with our global clients to understand their problems and opportunities, and imagine, assess, and implement innovative solutions to help them deliver energy in the safest, most sustainable way possible while ensuring security of supply. As a summer placement student, you will be contributing to a variety of technically challenging and exciting projects; from optimising and extending the field life of oil & gas facilities, to helping clients on the net zero journey by reducing their carbon intensity, developing carbon capture and storage solutions and developing low carbon energies such as hydrogen production and waste to fuel facilities. If you would like to apply, please upload your CV and cover letter with your application. Please note that the closing date for applications is 19/02/2025.

During a summer placement you would have the opportunity to support ongoing project work, learning new skills and working with different experts across our global teams to gain experience as an engineer. We strongly encourage our engineers to innovate our approach to engineering studies, so that we continue to deliver as efficiently and effectively to face the ever-changing challenges of the energy industry.

Deliverables:

• You’ll be joining a team, that actively encourage and foster innovative solutions and new approaches to our client’s problems. Your work could involve the following: Assisting team with ongoing projects including concept development and feasibility studies for brownfield and greenfield development projects in the Energy industry and operational support, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Perform general project support tasks including process calculations, report writing and modelling
• Development and running of process simulation models using steady state, flow assurance and dynamic simulation software.
• Participate in innovation projects to continually streamline our toolkits for delivering our assessments.
• Supporting our external markets, business development and work winning activities.

Requirements:

• Working towards a degree in Chemical Engineering.
• A passion for working in a consultancy environment.
• Embracing equality, diversity and inclusion in everything you do.
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions.
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.
• Comfortable to embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process. Please contact us confidentially at [email protected] to find out how we can support you.