Engineering
What you can expect

At npower you’ll find all the support you need to develop your career, and less of the stuffiness that comes with some big companies. There’s a healthy lack of hierarchy – if you have a good idea then we want to hear about it. This attitude helps us move forward quickly as a company, and helps you become the best that you can be.

Our Activities

Click here to get a flavour of some of the challenging and rewarding activities in which you could get involved with your engineering or science degree.

We own, operate and maintain a diverse portfolio of power generating plant including large coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, cogeneration plant and renewables facilities such as wind farms and hydroelectric plant. We are committed to investing in the technologies needed to thrive in this industry over the coming years.

Within our Generation & Renewables business, the expertise of our in-house engineers and scientists allow us to achieve high reliability and efficiency on a low cost base with high safety and environmental standards. Their technical and commercial expertise enables us to optimise our plant operation to exploit market opportunities.

Our wide range of power plant and technology developments are matched by the broad spectrum of activities in which you could become involved.