Safety & Environment Internship - Starting Summer 2027

Do you share our passion of renewable energy for a greener and sustainable future?

Nordex UK have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Safety & Environment Intern starting in Summer 2027. 

Contract Type:  12 month Internship starting in August 2027

Location: Didsbury, Manchester

Hours: Our people work a 37 hour week which includes a 3pm finish on Fridays.

Please be aware successful candidates are required to commit to a 12 month full-time placement

How can you make a difference?

The Safety & Environment Intern will work with the HSE team here at Nordex UK & Ireland to support with the delivery of safety and environmental initiatives across the Nordex UK & Ireland region.

This is a 12-month internship for a placement student who is looking to gain hands on experience in a busy environment to develop their skills in Safety, compliance and sustainability or a recent graduate

What will you be doing? 

• Supporting the Health, Safety and Environment team with hazard identification and audits
• Supporting risk assessments, safety briefings and toolbox talks
• Contributing to incident investigations by gathering information and document finding
• Supporting compliance activities related to environmental legislation and company policies
• Help the team with environmental awareness campaigns
• Updating HSE dashboards, monthly reports and trackers
• Conducting research on best practice, emerging regulations and sustainability initiatives
• Helping to promote a positive safety culture
• Supporting business improvement projects
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders
• Supporting with ad hoc tasks to support the wider Nordex team

What are we looking for? 

You will either be:

• Studying an Environmental, Health & Safety or Sustainability degree and be looking to undertake a placement as part of your degree
• A recent graduate with an Environmental, Health & Safety or Sustainability degree who is looking for some work experience in this role.

Other skills and behaviours required for this role include: 

• Strong organisational and attention to detail skills
• Strong interest in Safety, Health and Environmental management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• AI knowledge and how it can be used to improve efficiency
• High level of competency in using MS Office packages
• Ability to prioritise tasks and work to tight deadlines
• Positive attitude with a willingness to learn

What we can offer you?

Time Off  - Our teams receive 25 days annual leave plus an extra day off for your birthday.

Health & Wellbeing – Health and Wellbeing is incredibly important at Nordex, which is why we have different benefits for our employees including:

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme (offering therapy sessions)

Bike2Work Scheme

Paid Eye tests & contribution towards Glasses

Volunteering - All our employees can use 2 paid working days per calendar year to carry out volunteering activities in your local community.

Family friendly  -  Our family friendly policies include, Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave. Compassionate Leave, and Life Insurance.

Memberships - Nordex will reimburse the cost of one annual professional subscription fee to one professional institution relevant to your work.

Recruitment Process

The closing date for this role is Friday 20th November 2026, however, please be aware that this role could close early if we receive an overwhelming response.

The first stage of the recruitment process requires you to submit your CV via the Apply Now button.  The recruitment team will then review your application and be in touch to confirm if you have been successful in reaching the next stage of the process. 

We appreciate all the applications we receive and will be in touch with you as soon as we can, so please watch out for our emails or phone calls (which maybe from a withheld number)

1st Stage     Like what you’ve heard and want to apply?   You will need to submit your CV and answer some questions about yourself via the Apply Now button on this advert.
We need to receive your application by Friday 20th November 2026, however, please be aware that we may close our application process if we receive an overwhelming response.

Stage 2    We will review each application we receive and will let you know by the end of November 2026 if we will be proceeding with your application

Stage 3    If your application is successful in reaching stage 3, you will be invited to attend one of our assessment centres.  We appreciate Assessment centres may sound scary, but our assessment centres are designed to be fun and to give you an opportunity to show us how amazing you will be as an intern at Nordex.  

Our assessment centres will take place in Manchester in December 2026.

Stage 4    Successful candidates will be notified by the beginning of January 2027  

Stage 5    Successful candidates will join our team in August 2027

Want to find out more?

 As well as attending some university careers fairs we will also be running a number of on-line sessions for you to meet the team and find out more about the internships on offer.   To register to join a session, click on the link below and we will then send you joining instructions for the session. 

2027 Internships at Nordex Information Session

These sessions will be on:  
Tuesday 27th October 2026 at 4pm

Thursday 29th October at 12pm

Monday 9th November at 10am

Wednesday 18th November at 2pm

Nordex Values, Diversity & Inclusion

Here at Nordex we interact with a variety of people and cultures. Our values of Integrity, Respect, Colleagueship, and Ownership are the unifying force for all departments and regions around the world, these are the standards we walk by. 

Our mission is to offer cutting edge, reliable products, and services, generating value for our customers and stakeholders​ …. All whilst protecting the environment.

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