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Are you aged 16-21 and living in Suffolk or Norfolk?

The Young Sizewell C programme helps connect young people to in-demand career and apprenticeship opportunities in the region. This includes jobs in Suffolk and Norfolk, as well as providing information and updates on the future Sizewell C project.

Whether you’re still at school or college, in or out of the workplace, or not sure about what you want to be, we want to help you fast-track your future. Learn more from our apprentices, graduates and employees on what it’s like to work at a nuclear power station in our employment prospectus.

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Visit Our Careers Portal

Visit our careers portal

Take a look at the range of opportunities that will be available at Sizewell C and find out where you can study to learn the skills we need.

Join Our Young SZC Programme

Join the Young SZC programme

Find out about our events and online skills programmes to enable you to work out what you enjoy doing and help you make decisions on your future career.

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Beth's story

Meet Beth Gant, a fourth-year mechanical maintenance apprentice at the Sizewell B nuclear power plant. In this video, Beth talks us through Sizewell B’s positive legacy on herself and her family, as well as on the wider East of England community.

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What is Sizewell C?

Watch this video to get some quick facts on what Sizewell C is and what its construction will mean for the UK’s energy security, Net Zero targets and much more.

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Take a tour of Sizewell B power station

Ever wondered what it’s like to work inside a nuclear power station? Watch this video to see how we safely and securely generate electricity at Sizewell B power station.

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Check out our podcast!

We’ve teamed up with Take Your Place – Neaco for another interesting podcast episode. This time, we hear from Cerise an apprentice at Hinkley Point C and Poppy an apprentice at Sizewell B, and get an insight into what it’s really like to do degree apprenticeships in nuclear engineering and commercial management.

You can catch our previous podcast with Head of HR Rachel Kerry here to learn about how we aim to create 1,500 apprentices during the construction of Sizewell C.

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Sizewell C: Giving people, "the chance to stay local but still have those successful careers."

Stuart Rimmer, Chief Executive of East Coast College in Suffolk, sat down with us to share his hopes for young people in the East of England and the role Sizewell C will play in accelerating and amplifying opportunities.

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How our sister project is upskilling young people in Somerset

Meet Jacob, an apprentice joiner with Bylor and resident of Bridgwater, Somerset. In this video, he talks about the positive legacy of Sizewell C’s sister project, Hinkley Point C (HPC), and how an apprenticeship at HPC has improved his career opportunities.

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Still unsure about what you want to be?

In this video, we catch up with Love Island’s Wes Nelson – a former nuclear engineer himself – to hear what he has to say on careers and training at Sizewell C.

There are loads of great resources for young people to learn more about careers in nuclear. ‘The Source’ for Young People in Suffolk provides helpful information, advice and support for young people in Suffolk on learning choices, finding work or training, health, relationships, finance and much more.

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