The UK Government has recently legislated their ambition to move to ‘Net Zero’ emissions by 2050, with an interim target to connect 40GW of offshore wind in GB by 2030. Given currently there is c. 10GW of wind connected on the system, this is a significant increase and requires a significant increase in transmission system capacity. Being part of this critical engineering team will allow you to support the identification, design and delivery of critical projects to enable the decarbonisation of the UK economy.
You’ll develop an understanding of the England and Wales power network and how it is designed, covering a number of areas across network planning, system access, detailed power quality analysis and network modelling.
When you join as a Network Development Power System Engineer - Higher Apprentice, you will spend your time equally between Aston University, studying for a Foundation Degree in Electrical Engineering, our National Training Academy in Eakring, Nottinghamshire, completing a variety of in-house, specialist training, and our office headquarters in Warwick.
Your academic studies will take up a significant proportion of your time. However, when you’re in the office you’ll be given exposure to the whole department and be encouraged to network extensively to really immerse yourself in the business. You’ll carry out various projects and assignments to help you develop your knowledge, build your skills and provide value to the business.
You’ll also have the opportunity to spend some time in the field, so you can see for yourself the work that our Operations teams do in substations up and down the country. You’ll receive hands on experience and will develop practical skills which will support your academic studies and on-the-job learning.
On completion of the programme, you could be placed in any of the teams within Network Development and your post-scheme role will depend on business need and availability. We will, however, do our very best to take your preferences into account; wherever you end up we will provide an exciting and rewarding future.