Distribution Trainee Engineers - September 2024 Intake

Base Locations:

Scotland: Dunoon, Kintyre, Orkney, Shetland, Stornoway

Salary: Circa £21,795 + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time

Start Date: September 2024

What is the Role? 

Our Distribution Trainee Engineer programme lasts for three years and combines academic study with work-based experience. You will have the opportunity to study towards a HNC in Electrical Engineering and a Project Management qualification.

The Distribution Trainee Engineer programme is designed to build the foundation blocks of your electrical engineering career. It provides you with great opportunities to be exposed to engineering excellence across our business whilst developing your academic, theoretical, and practical skills. This will provide you with an excellent opportunity to become the Power Engineer of the future. You will work towards becoming a Low Voltage Switcher and a High Voltage Switcher, making the Network safe to work on and maintaining Network integrity and resilience whilst ensuring safe and reliable supply of electricity to our customers. This combined with your newly developed project management skills will enable you to contribute towards the daily operation, repair and design of the Network whilst supporting the drive towards a Distribution NetZero.

You are provided additional support, training and guidance whilst on your learning journey to help you make a fantastic start to your engineering career within SSEN. On completion of your programme, you will be qualified to work as an Engineer in the field using your qualifications and authorisations to maintain the continuity of Supply to our customers.

What do I need? 

To be considered for this role, we would love you to be: 

- Highly organised and self-driven with the ability to manage your time well.

- Flexible in your approach to work to maximise your chances of success, and you should be happy working alone or as part of a team.

- Comfortable to spend some time living away from home whilst attending college or on placements across SSE. Candidates based in Shetland will regularly work on the Mainland during the programme and will be fully supported with travel and accommodation while away from home. 

For entrance onto the educational aspect of our programme it's important that you have or expect to achieve the below qualifications prior to starting the programme in September 2024:

• 3 Scottish Highers at grade BCC or above including Maths, OR 2 A levels at grade CC or above and including maths
• National 5 Physics or Engineering Science plus English at grade C or above, OR GCSE Physics and English at grade C or above, or equivalent

We are happy to accept applications from candidates with equivalent level engineering.

We are unable to accept a HNC in electrical engineering for our Distribution business area as this will be the qualification that you will be studying on the programme. Please consider applying for the Higher Apprenticeship Electrical Power Networks Engineering role or other programmes if you already hold this qualification.

About our Business

SSEN Distribution powers 3.8 million homes and businesses in communities across central southern England and the north of Scotland. Our team of more than 3,500 people keep customers connected to a safe and reliable supply of electricity whilst developing the flexible networks that are vital to achieving net zero. By enabling a smarter, more resilient electricity network we're ensuring our local communities continue to receive the power they need, both now and in the future. We are consistently investing and innovating to improve network resilience and future-proof power supplies for life's changing demands, from rolling out large scale EV charging schemes to supporting small community generation projects.

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 made online and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

We ask you to complete only one application during the apprentice and trainee recruitment cycle. If we feel there is a more suitable programme for you, we’ll let you know during the application process.

During the recruitment process, we want to get to know you and your strengths. Therefore we expect our candidates to answer questions without the use of AI technology.

We welcome applications from all candidates and during the recruitment process, all candidates are required to prove they have the legal right to live and work in the UK for the full duration of the programme. The apprentice and trainee programmes are not eligible for visa sponsorship as they do not meet the minimum requirements of the Home Office.

If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact apprenticesandtrainees@sse.com

Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

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