Armed Forces

Powering action with our employee-led communities

Over 600 of our SSE colleagues are directly connected to the Armed Forces, whether it be as a Veteran, a Reservist, part of the Cadet Forces or a Forces Family. Our community offers support, guidance and resources for colleagues, alongside raising awareness of pathways to service leavers to join SSE.

Our Action Plan

Here's some of the many initiatives that the Armed Forces belonging community have been driving forward in the last year.

Working towards gold standard Armed Covenant award

Our community is leading on the planning and implementation of the activities and processes required for SSE to achievthe the the gold standard Armed Covenant award.

Promoting opportunities

We're actively promoting roles on specific forces groups on social media.

Education and development

We're working with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to find new ways that we can educate service leavers on the the different careers available within SSE, including looking at short-term work experience.

Rachel, an SSE employee, who was previously a member of the armed forces

A female apprentice in the navy

Rachael Green began her Royal Navy career as a electrical engineering apprentice and was one of very few females in her role.

She became a Weapons Engineer and, over her 14 year Navy career, she had the opportunity to travel, learn new skills and work with some great teams.

Rachael is now a Offshore Commissioning Engineer with SSE, working on the Dogger Bank Project.

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