Are you the Engineering Undergraduate of the Year?
Open to pre-final year undergraduates, able to undertake a full year placement, studying mechanical or electrical engineering only
Win
A 48 week paid internship with E.ON plus a long-weekend trip for two to visit a key European energy project.
APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED
What are the entry criteria?
We're searching the best universities in the UK to find the outstanding pre-final year engineering undergraduate. We're looking for a winning mix of personal skills, career motivation and an excellent academic record. The rewards are great: the winner will be awarded a 48 week paid placement with E.ON starting in summer 2013 (start date flexible) plus a long-weekend trip for two to visit a key European energy project. Please note that this is a year-long placement, and NOT a summer/short term placement.
He/she will collect the award at a gala event in Canary Wharf, London on 19 April, 2013.
Even if you don’t win, you still stand a chance of making the final shortlist of ten, all of whom will be royally looked after by E.ON and invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards as their guests.
So if you are a pre-final year undergraduate studying mechanical or electrical engineering...
And you are expecting at least a 2.2…
And you are a UK or EU national…
And you think you're the best engineering undergraduate in the UK, click the big button below.
Closing date for entries is 31 January 2013.
How do I win it then?
It’s not easy to win the Undergraduate of the Year Award and competition will be fierce. The process is demanding and only the truly outstanding and committed will make it to the last 10. There are three stages that you’ll have to get through.
Stage One: Register online to submit your personal data and answer three special questions posed by the sponsor of the Award. Complete three or four online tests designed exclusively by our partners SHL, the world’s leading assessment provider. The online assessment will take you around two hours to complete (although you don’t have to complete it in one visit) and somewhere between 30 and 70 candidates will pass through to the next stage. The closing date for entry is 31 January 2013.
Stage Two: The best-matched students (according to the results of the online tests) make it through to the second stage. The sponsor then decides on a shortlist of ten from the undergraduates who pass the first online stage. This will be done in a variety of ways including telephone interviews, assessment centres and further tests (depending on the sponsor).
Stage Three: The final shortlist of ten is invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards in Canary Wharf London on 19 April, 2013 where the winner will be announced.
Last year's winner: Bryony Smith
Bryony’s interest in power engineering began after a Smallpiece course a couple of years ago. She completed a yeary in industry at National Grid, where she was a national finalist in the Contribution to the Business award. She’s now studying General Engineering plus French at Durham University. She hopes to spend her third year at a French Grande École. She is also the co-founder and treasurer of Durham University Gliding Society.
Sponsored by
E.ON and the Engineering Undergraduate of the Year
Undergraduates are the vital first link in our early talent strategy. We want undergraduates to come in to our business, and get real experience from Day 1. We want them to be involved in projects that give them experience and give us commercial advantage. And hopefully, with the support at hand and the inclusive culture at E.ON, we hope they will return to us as a graduate after university to start building their professional careers with us.
Engineering is core to our future success. Without new talented engineers joining the organisation and providing fresh and creative ideas, we’d lose our way. We need the bright sparks and creative thinkers that can challenge how things are done around here. Take Will, our first winner of Undergraduate of the Year, as an example. He joined us for a year after winning the Award, and went on to present an idea that no-one else in our business had – and it saved E.ON close to £1 million. It’s no wonder this sponsorship is vital in supporting future budding engineers to change the future of energy.
What makes an award winner?
We want undergraduates with the whole package. Intelligence, academic success or technical know-how is not enough. Key qualities for us are around motivation, drive, commercial acumen and personal impact. Firstly, we want you to be passionate about a career not just at E.ON, but in energy too. You’ll be spending a lot of time with us, and we need to know you’ve got staying power.
Secondly, we want you to provide evidence of how you have gone above and beyond the usual university lectures and library visits to build your own skill set and drive forward your own development. Have you sought feedback on your development needs? A great candidate will have, and then done something about it.
Thirdly, commercial acumen. Volunteering, reading the broadsheets, work experience or internships, joining a university society – these will all help build your business know-how which is so vital when you join our graduate scheme.
Finally, personal impact. This is where behaviours and attitudes come in. Show us your passion and prove to us that you can act credibly and with integrity. Do all of this, and you’re well on your way to being crowned Engineering Undergraduate of the Year!
Find out more about us and our graduate programmes at: www.eon-uk.com/graduates