Electrical Engineering Graduate Programme 2025 - Transmission
Start Date: 2 year programme, commencing September 2025
Base Locations: Perth, Glasgow, Aberdeen or Inverness
Salary: circa £33,500 per annum + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances, and wellbeing.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
Degree Disciplines: Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Renewables, or Computer Science.
What is the Role?
Electrical engineering graduates joining SSEN Transmission will be at the forefront of building a better world of energy for future generations. Graduates will follow a specialist pathway, working with specialists in their field to gain a depth of knowledge and exposure to equip them for a substantive post at SSEN Transmission.
We have various commercial positions based across Perth, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness. These positions range across our Investment Planning, Control Centre, and Strategic Energy Planning teams.
About our Teams
1. Investment Planning: A team of power system and investment engineers and industry experts responsible for growth-related capital investment throughout the lifecycle of a project from initial development through to energisation, undertaking power system analysis to specify system requirements and inform detailed engineering designs. They are the technical stakeholder interface for customers looking to connect to our transmission network and undertake power system analysis against industry codes and standards to inform customers' connection offers.
2. Control Centre: The heart of SSEN Transmissions daily operations for the overall secure transmission of electrical energy and for the safety of SSE field engineers working on-site. The team balances various key factors including the availability of electrical components at over 150 substations, planned outages for repairs and maintenance, response to disasters and faults, and accurate data interpretation.
3. Strategic Energy Planning: Responsible for the strategic system planning of the transmission network in the north of Scotland in compliance with the national electricity planning standards, ensuring security and quality of electricity supply to consumers. The team plays a critical role in determining the network requirements and network projects to facilitate the connection of renewable generation and other low carbon technologies to the electricity grid.
What do I need to join?
You will have a minimum of a 2:2 in the desired degree disciplines listed above. Our graduates need to be highly flexible to embrace changes and keep up with the fast-paced evolution of the business. You should be comfortable working to and setting stretching individual targets and using your own initiative to overcome challenges.
Whats 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.
Next Steps
All applications should be submitted online. If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact us here.
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