Graduate And Technical Trainee – Powergrid

Type: Graduate
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Job Description

Want to help light up the region, power your career and be part of an evolving energy industry?

We’re looking for aspiring and ambitious individuals who are ready to join our highly competitive Graduate and Technical Trainee Programme and want to put learning into practice to take their career to the next level.

Northern Powergrid is the company responsible for the electricity network that powers everyday life for 8 million people across 3.9 million homes and businesses in the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.

The energy industry is advancing with investment in smart technology innovation, and we are delivering a power network that meets the region’s needs now and in the future.

We’re looking to attract a diverse group of high calibre individuals to join our business to help us improve our power network and deliver a low carbon active network for future generations.

If you’d like to be part of this journey, have what it takes to be the best and want to energise your career, this is the opportunity for you.

Our Electrical Power Network Engineer Apprenticeship is a minimum 27-month programme that is open to either Graduates or applicants with 2 years relevant industry work experience plus a minimum level 4 qualification.

This programme will develop the skills you need to progress, enhance your understanding of engineering and give you the best experience. Through a variety of structured placements and personal and professional development, you’ll see different areas of the business across a variety of locations. You’ll be able to take the theory you’ve learned and put it into practice and at the end of the programme you’ll have everything you need to be a brilliant engineer within Northern Powergrid.

You will need to have attained, or expect to attain by Summer 2024, either:

1.A Degree; or2.A Level 4 qualification (plus 2 years relevant industry experience)

Your qualification will be In one of the following appropriate engineering subjects*:

?Physics?Computer Sciences?Mathematics?Engineering and Technology (Electrical, Mechanical or Telecommunications)

Starting salary circa £36,000 (increasing to circa £42,500 on successful completion of the Programme)

* This must be detailed on the qualification framework for higher education covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as being in a relevant STEM subject for the role

For more information on qualifications see gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean.

For other career opportunities visit northernpowergrid.com/careers.

Closing date: 31 January 2024

Successful applicants will receive an invite to our Stage 1 interview late February and, if successful, a stage 2 assessment centre will then be held late March

Expected start date: 16 September 2024

Applicants are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post irrespective of sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, race, age or disability, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

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