Power Engineering Higher Skills Apprentice - Energy Networks -Kilmarnock

Duration : 3-Year Programme

Location : Kilmarnock

Salary & Benefits - Year 1 - £20,000 | Year 2 - £25,925 | Year 3 - £31,850

Location - Central & Southern Scotland, North West England & Mid / North Wales

Applications - Up to 10th March 2024

Start Date - 26th August 2024

Minimum Criteria
2 Highers or A levels at grades A-C (or equivalent), including Maths.

Course
HNC in Electrical Engineering

What you’ll be doing

Working alongside our craft and engineering workforce, you’ll assist them in the operation, maintenance and construction of our network. You’ll have the opportunity to get involved in some of our most exciting projects such as new substation builds, transformer upgrades, major connections, large construction (new residential, commercial and industrial builds) and vegetation projects.

Right now, we’re working hard to upgrade our network to make it more efficient and sustainable for our customers, communities and stakeholders as we strive to achieve Net Zero. You’ll be involved in delivering connections and upgrades to the network to support electrification of transport and heat and renewable generation. From Smart Grids to renewables connections, our industry is going through unprecedented levels of innovation and change so there’s never been a better time to join us.

Once you have completed your training you will be required to carry out emergency standby duties therefore it is essential you live in one of our districts or within close proximity to our disctricts. You can find a list of the disctricts we are recruiting for below.

Central & Southern ScotlandNorthwest England & Mid / North WalesAyrshire & Clyde SouthMerseysideCentral & FifeMid CheshireDumfries & StranraerDee Valley and Mid WalesEdinburgh & BordersNorth WalesGlasgow & Cyde NorthWirralLanarkshire What’s in it for you

As a Power Engineering Apprentice, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Starting salary of £20,000
• During the programme, you’ll achieve an HNC in Electrical Engineering
• A generous pension scheme where we’ll double match your contributions up to 10%
• A broad range of flexible benefits including share incentive plans, employee discounts, charity-matched funding and many, many more.
• On completion of your programme, you’ll continue your development as a Project Coordinator, while you build your experience to progress to become a Project Engineer.

What you’ll bring

You’ll need two Highers or A levels at grades A-C (or equivalent), including Maths. We’ll also consider relevant BTEC at Level 3 or National Certificate SCQF Level 6.

Ideally, you’ll also have a driving licence or be working towards it as you’ll need to get to different sites both during and after your training period.

Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Salary: £20,000.00-£31,850.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Work Location: In person