justin grainge Veolia’s Newhaven and Marchwood Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) teams marked National Careers Week 2025 with a series of Insight Days, providing over 40 local students with the opportunity to explore the diverse career options available at Veolia.
Students were given a comprehensive tour of the ERF facilities, where they observed first-hand the operations behind Veolia’s cutting-edge waste and energy solutions.
Events like these are an important way to offer young people a deeper understanding of the exciting career pathways available in the environmental sector…
They gained insight into the group’s wide-ranging apprenticeship and graduate programmes through interactive sessions led by Veolia’s Emerging Talent team and current apprentices, including a Q&A session with experienced professionals. These sessions provided a platform for students to ask questions, gain practical knowledge, and learn more about how they can apply for opportunities within the organisation.
Adam Gower, Apprentice Engineer at Veolia and Insight Day Speaker, tells FM Magazine: “I was proud to be able to share my journey as an apprentice at Veolia with the students who came to the Insight Day. This essential industry is an exciting place to develop professional skills and environmental awareness, and I hope that the attendees enjoyed connecting with our teams to see how they, like myself, can start their careers with Veolia.”
Amy Thompson, Emerging Talent Manager at Veolia, says: “Events like these are an important way to offer young people a deeper understanding of the exciting career pathways available in the environmental sector, and the diverse range of apprentice and graduate roles available at Veolia, from engineering to communications. We hope that students left the Insight Day inspired about pursuing a career that will help drive ecological transformation forward.”
Jen Diab, Brighton Girls, attendee of Insight Day, adds: “Visiting the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility was an incredibly enriching experience which developed my understanding of different types of waste management. It also opened my eyes to the different measures Veolia takes for sustainability.”
The Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility processes about half the household waste in the South Downs area – approximately 210,000 tonnes of waste per year. The facility converts waste unsuitable for recycling into over 19 Megawatts of electrical energy – enough power to supply 25,000 homes The electricity produced is then supplied to the National Grid.
Operational since December 2004 the Integra South West (Marchwood) Energy Recovery Facility processes non-recyclable waste to supply up to 16MW of electricity to the National Grid – that’s enough for around 22,600 local homes. The design of Marchwood ERF is unique, in that the entire facility is housed under an aluminium-cladded dome that stands 32 metres high. Marchwood ERF is situated on the Southampton Water estuary, opposite Southampton Docks and uses the estuary water as part of the cooling process for the steam which is used to power the turbines that generate the electricity.
Veolia remains committed to supporting the development of emerging talent and looks forward to continuing to offer exciting opportunities for apprentices and graduates in the future.
Visit www.veolia.com/careers.
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