Summary
Do you want to be part of building a greener, healthier, and stronger North West? Come and join us! With a range of award-winning roles on offer, you’re sure to find your perfect career here at United Utilities. We’ll provide you with industry-leading skills and the experience you need to succeed in your chosen field.
Annual wage
£19,000 a year
Annual increase
Training course
Utilities engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, working hours TBC
37 hours a week
Possible start date
Wednesday 3 September
Duration
4 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
As an Apprentice Network Asset Engineer (Electrical), you’ll learn what goes into refurbishing and replacing our equipment across our wastewater treatment works and pumping stations and how to:
* Install, repair and maintain our electrical equipment, as well as discover what goes into refurbishing and replacing our Wastewater Network assets, ensuring they are available and working correctly to keep services running smoothly for our customers
* work as part of a dedicated team focussed on ensuring our plants continue to operate at maximum efficiency
* work with a wide range of equipment, be able to identify any electrical faults and carry out electrical maintenance and repairs, following the company's rigorous health and safety standards
* schedule maintenance activity and organise your workload effectively
Where you’ll work
Stodday
Lancaster
LA2 0AG
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
Your training course
Utilities engineering technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
Your apprenticeship will last 48 months, and successful apprentices will achieve a Utilities Engineering Technician, Level: 3 standard, endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships.
More training information
During your first year, you'll spend 8 months working from Bolton Technical Training Centre during the working week (Monday - Wednesday). If you're from outside of the area, accommodation will be provided by United Utilities during this period, excluding weekends.
Once you've completed your apprenticeship you'll be asked to join part of a formal standby rota, which may require you to do some out of hours work. Don't worry your training will prepare you for this, but we do advise that you apply for a vacancy that's relatively easy for you to get to, as we would need you to travel to the site quickly during standby.
You will need to be mobile in this role, we’ll contribute up to £500 towards driving lessons and tests to help to get you on the road!
*As long as you meet all necessary standards and behaviour criteria throughout the programme.
We need fantastic people to help us deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community, supporting our employees to achieve their full potential, and ensuring everyone feels valued and included, regardless of gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation, or social background.
Important Notes:
If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks will need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory report from the Disclosure Scotland/the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please only apply for one apprenticeship; as part of the assessment process, you will be asked to detail why you have applied for the apprenticeship vacancy.
Please note that we are unable to offer Visa sponsorship for this role.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
* Must include Maths, English and Science or Tech (grade 5 GCSEs, grades A-C or 9-4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Number skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience