AddressApprenticeship – Logistic/Warehouse - Renewables (August 2024 Intake)
Base Location: Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd, Operations & Maintenance Hub, Wick
Salary: circa £12,000 + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances, and wellbeing.
Start Date: August 2024
Working Pattern: Full Time
About the Role
In alignment with our growth plans, we are looking for a Logistic/Warehouse Apprentice within our Offshore Asset Management Department. Offshore Asset Management focuses on delivery of production and delivery targets across the portfolio of operating assets and those in the development and construction stages. You will join our team to support our £2.5 Bn Beatrice offshore windfarm in Wick. Beatrice consists of 84 Turbines which can provide power for 450,000 homes. The Operations and Maintenance for the site is run from our £12million state of the art facility at Wick harbour.
Warehouse tasks include but not limited to assisting with deliveries, Forklift Operations, Keeping the warehouse tidy, Ordering and Maintaining of Warehouse Stock, Liaising with Offshore personnel to ensure they have the tools and spares required ready to be loaded onto the Vessel when it returns to Port. In Addition, the successful candidate will also be given the opportunity to attain skills/qualifications to carry out routine facilities maintenance tasks and be able to transfer to, and access, offshore wind turbine structures in support of service teams.
This is a Level 2 Apprenticeship and will be Logistics/Warehouse based on the current skillset of the successful candidate. During this programme, you will receive comprehensive on- and off-the-job-training which will enable you to develop your skills and technical knowledge, allowing you to achieve formal accreditations. Your training will be delivered by one of our training partners and will be delivered over 12 months via a hybrid model of both virtual and face to face delivery. Whilst on this apprenticeship programme you will develop:
- Interpersonal and people skills through collaboration and teamwork
- Communication skills through a wide range of stakeholder engagement
- Organisational skills such as monitoring storage and distribution of goods
- Technology skills through the use of MS applications
- Attention to detail by completing tasks accurately and consistently
Whilst at work, you will get the opportunity to put your training into practice. Throughout your time at SSE, you will be trained and mentored by dedicated Business Mentor and supported by our experienced and friendly team.
What do I need?
We are looking for the right candidates to help our team build a future that’s more sustainable and inclusive. If you want to be a part of our team, we’d be keen to hear from you. We know it’s not all about qualifications, we’re more interested in your innate strengths and the qualities you can bring to SSE. To apply, you will need to be:-
- Strong communication skills – confidence in speaking to new people
- Team working skills – that can be from working on projects within school
- Intuitive – able to question things
- Have an appreciation of our core values, particularly safety and the desire to do well
- Enjoy working as part of an offshore team
- Be interested in engineering and how things work
- Enjoy working outside and with your hands
About our Business
SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £12.5 billion in low carbon projects over the next 5 years, our SSE Renewables (SSER) business continues to be at the forefront of our growth plans, and our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come. We are proud to be playing a critical role in the net zero transition, as we aim to more than treble the net capacity in operation to 13GW and grow renewable energy output five-fold to over 50TWh over the next 10 years
What's in it for you?
An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more
Next Steps
All applications should be submitted online. The closing date for applications is Sunday, 10th March at 11pm.
If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact apprenticesandtrainees@sse.com by email or you are very welcome to request a call if you would prefer to discuss on the phone.
Before commencing employment with SSE, you’ll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check. Please note that SSE are unable to sponsor any candidates for our apprentice, trainee engineer and summer placement opportunities as these roles would not meet the Home Office eligibility criteria for sponsorship.
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