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      Great opportunities for career progression - Control & Instrumentation Industrial Placement EDF Employee Review

      5.0
      Sep 16, 2020
      Control & instrumentation industrial placement
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - great learning and professional development opportunities - good care for employees - friendly office environment

      Cons

      - steep learning curve for new-comers to the industry, meaning you have limited usefulness across your first year - work progression often slow

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      EDF Response
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      Thank you for sharing that you felt cared for as an employee and that you experienced opportunities for learning and development. We also appreciate your feedback about your initial learning curve being steep. We'd be grateful if you would contact us and tell us more about your first year, we're open to hearing ideas which could help support future new recruits: EDFEmployeeExperience@edfenergy.com

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      5.0
      May 14, 2026
      Real time trader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company is a great place to work

      Cons

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      5.0
      Apr 27, 2026
      Scada systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Real opportunities to grow into more technical roles (Control Center Operator → Systems Engineer paths exist and aren't just on paper). You get hands-on experience with industrial systems most people only read about — OSI PI, SCADA, OMS integrations, cloud telemetry — which is hard to get elsewhere. Management generally supports continued education and certifications.

      Cons

      Decisions move slowly. Getting tooling, software, or process changes approved often involves multiple layers, including approvals that flow up to the French parent company. Procurement and IT requests can take weeks for things that would take a day at a smaller company. Some legacy systems and processes haven't been modernized — you'll find yourself working around quirks instead of fixing them.

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