SSE’s IT graduate development programme offers you the flexibility to learn and grow throughout your learning journey, with support every step of the way. Across the two years of the programme, you’ll gain real hands-on experience, build an invaluable network and develop a unique set of skills that will shape your career.
Once you complete the programme, many graduates choose to continue their career at SSE as Data Engineers, Scrum Masters, Demand Managers, Service Co-ordinators, Software Engineers and Business Analysts as well as many other challenging and fulfilling roles.
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Thinking about applying? Here's what you need to know.
We offer both Generalist and Specialist two-year programmes.
Each Generalist Graduate who joins will embark on a programme with SSE IT, comprising of four placements. You'll be involved in planning the ongoing development of your programme, with our specialist guidance. You can pick from a wide variety of areas including Security, Data and Analytics, Agile and Dev Ops, Service Delivery, Emerging Technology, Business Analysis, Software Engineering across all the Business Units within Corporate IT. There is also the opportunity to work outside of IT within the wider SSE businesses. Our Generalists had almost 50 different opportunities to choose from in our last placement round.
Our Specialist Graduates will spend their programme embedded into one specific Business Unit gaining an in-depth knowledge there as they move between different roles and teams within that Business Unit.
Currently we offer Specialist opportunities in the following areas:
Renewables IT – Working day to day with our Engineers and Renewables colleagues to drive value and help meet our ambitious targets across UK and Ireland and our growing International business. You will have opportunities to work in various roles in our various teams – Digital Innovation, Data Science and Platform, Operational Technology, Information Management and Service Operations. We offer specialist roles and experience in areas such as Data Science, Analyst, Cyber Security, Dev Ops Engineers, Service Management, testing & Quality Assurance, Architecture and Delivery roles. If you want a career to deliver our Renewables IT ambitions as well as having the support of the wider IT Graduate community, this will be the place for you.
Distribution OT and IT DevOps – Real Time Systems engineering and maintenance, SCADA systems, Control and Automation, Cyber, Application and Infrastructure product development, maintenance, and deployment.
Data and Analytics (DnA) – Working in the DnA Centre for Enablement (C4E) you will gain hands on experience helping to deliver SSE’s strategy to be an industry leading data driven organisation – where data is managed as an asset, to create trusted data products, that are readily accessible and used to drive innovation and business performance. You will have the opportunity to experience Data Engineering, Data Management, Data Quality, , Data Analysis, Data Architecture and Power BI development roles. The DnA C4E supports all business units (BU) to deliver their BU Data strategies, so you will have great exposure to all parts of the business.
DSTC - An exciting opportunity to develop your career in the Digital, Strategy, Transformation, and Commercial team, working at the heart of our IT business on enterprise-wide initiatives. Disciplines available throughout this placement include Strategy, Commercial, Agile Centre of Excellence, Finance Cost Management, and Change and Transformation.
After two placements in first year, our IT Grads have developed lots of new skills and built strong networks. In the second year you’ll build on the skills gained in your first year or develop new ones.
Expect to have plenty of support such as:
Access to a mentor
Weekly cohort catch-up’s
Individual Learning and Development Plan with ongoing training and development opportunities
Cross-Business Graduate events and socials.
You’ll also get the opportunity to meet and present to colleagues across SSE from the CEO downwards, with multi-disciplinary project opportunities. And at the end of your programme, there are a variety of different career pathways you can take depending on your interests and skillset. It’s a truly exciting opportunity.
The end of the IT Graduate programme is only the beginning. Depending on the business unit you work in, there are a variety of roles that you could end up in. Some of the roles that recent graduates have moved into include Data Engineers, Software Engineers, Cyber Security specialists, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, and more. Beyond leaving the programme, we’ll continue to look after you with regular reviews to ensure that there are no barriers to your success and that you continue to reach your potential.
SSE are leading the way to provide the energy needed now, while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. Working within Corporate IT gives lots of opportunity to positively contribute to our net zero ambitions. For example, you could find yourself in Renewables or Thermal supporting sustainable methods of electricity generation. Or within SSE Distribution, helping to ensure energy supply and demand are always balanced. You could even find yourself in our Emerging Technologies team exploring exciting, new and greener technologies. As a trusted business partner that helps SSE lead in a low carbon world, we are proud of our service. Working for SSE IT is all about equipping SSE for now and the future.
Meet our IT graduates
What’s it like to work at SSE? Well, we could tell you about the training opportunities, the exciting projects, career progression routes, our commitment to your personal wellbeing, fantastic benefit packages, and the opportunities to socialise at work.
But life at SSE is all about our people, so let’s hear straight from our rising stars.
Catch up with some of our graduates talking about how they’re making an impact with SSE – and imagine what you career could look like with the UK and Ireland’s green energy champion.
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