Apprentice Electro-Mechanical Engineer

At Severn Trent, we believe everyone deserves more. More care for the environment, more sustainable initiatives, and more support for the communities we serve. That’s why we’re on a mission to deliver bigger and better things, and we need passionate apprentices like you to help us achieve our goals.

Our people and culture are the heart of our success. We’re proud to be in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement. With nearly 10,000 dedicated colleagues, we’re looking for more brilliant people eager to turn challenges into opportunities.

If you’re excited to learn, and ready to make a real impact, we want you on our team!

LET’S TELL YOU MORE

Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn! Our Electro-Mechanical Engineer Apprentice Programme offers the perfect blend of learning whilst doing. Entering an apprenticeship scheme with us involves working towards the role of a fully-fledged professional, earning a salary, whilst also being able to maintain a sense of academic achievement. At Severn Trent we provide the perfect mix between hands-on experience and a formal qualification, enabling our apprentices to make a real lasting difference to our customers and communities, not just for now, but far into the future.

As an Apprentice Electro-Mechanical Engineer, you’ll be exposed to a wide range of opportunities through working with the Engineering and Project teams. You’ll learn how to assess the performance of our assets and to make recommendations which ensure they are operated in the most effective and efficient way. You will work collaboratively across our teams in the development and delivery of improvement activities which will be completed within defined timescales and to budget. Supported by our teams, you will learn to apply our stringent quality, environmental and safety standards which are vital to success.

You’ll be supporting colleagues to help create a fair and equitable working environment where everyone can succeed by:

• Interacting with stakeholders
• Interacting with the project manager, engineering team members, technical specialists, laboratory and site-based technicians, senior managers, plus other internal teams such as customer services, production, finance, health and safety, quality
• Designing or redesigning electro-mechanical products or systems to fulfil customer and technical requirements. The design must consider the interface between the mechanical and electrical elements of the product
• Identifying technical requirements for electro-mechanical projects or systems
• Developing, defining and executing testing of products
• Communicating information, progress, risks and issues at all levels of the business

For this Apprenticeship Programme (Level 6) we require all candidates to have:

1. At least Grade B in A level Mathematics (or equivalent), and two additional A levels at Grade B (or equivalent). The following A levels are not accepted: Citizenship Skills, General Studies and Critical Thinking.
2. Relevant engineering BTEC qualification, preceding level apprenticeship or equivalent demonstrable work experience in the occupational area.

ROLE EXPECTATIONS POST APPRENTICESHIP

By the end of this programme, you will take up a role as an Assistant Electrical or Mechanical Design Engineer.

TRAVEL/LICENCE REQUIREMENT

The Programme may require you to work in different locations throughout our region. Some of our sites cannot be reached directly by public transport. Mobility is hugely important as a regional employer and the need to travel to our other business sites will be required at times and help to enhance the learning you’ll have on programme. You will need to have a full UK driving licence with access to your own vehicle upon starting your apprenticeship.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

• You will learn programming skills
• You will identify risks and how these can be resolved
• You will develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours, working on engineering challenges in the workplace

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a difference in providing a vital service to our customers, now and for the long-term.

We’d love you to be someone with…

• A ‘can do’ attitude – willing to get stuck in, take accountability for decisions and actions and who takes pride in their work
• A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment
• Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams
• Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences
• Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment

HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN

It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £1,500, which is subject to eligibility)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our Academy
• Retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two paid volunteering days per year

As if that isn’t enough, you’ll receive an annual salary increase whilst you’re on programme and you’ll also get an increase when you move into your first job.

LET’S GO

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

Please note, we don’t require a CV or cover letter to complete your application, the system will ask you for this, but you can just upload a blank document.

• Roles close on 14th March 2025
• Check your diary – face to face assessments will run from 31st March- 30th May 2025.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeatSevernTrent on social media.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At Severn Trent we are passionate about our people. We want to make sure that we continue to foster a more diverse, inclusive, and cohesive culture that represents the communities and customers we serve. We’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity, who help us with our commitments. Find out more about our commitments to Diversity and Inclusion at Severn Trent. Click here to find out more

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