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We have an exciting opportunity to join our Embedded Generation apprenticeship fitting programme within the Distribution business in Isle of Islay

This is an operational field based role, which means you will be required to work outside in all weathers at all times of day and night as you will be an integral part of the team who ensure electricity supplies are maintained.

The Embedded Generation Fitter is an exciting and extremely varied role, which may include inspecting and maintaining the low voltage/high voltage electricity equipment in your power station or making a repair to the low/high voltage equipment providing the supply to a whole town. You will be gaining invaluable mechanical reasoning and problem-solving skills and will use your hand skills to practically maintain, install and repair the equipment.

The programme will be completed over 3 years and is in two parts. The first part is academic study of approximately 18 months. During this time, you will be in residential attendance at Fife College where you will learn about Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, including an award in Performing Engineering Operations (PEO).

The second stage will be work-based learning with training linked directly to the job and implementing the academic study learned at college into daily working practice. By the end of the programme, you'll have gained valuable on-the job experience, learned new skills and gained an industry recognised qualification. This will enable you to have the opportunity to build a rewarding and successful career in the energy sector and contributing to the delivery of NETZERO.

As an apprentice you will attend Fife college during the first 18 months which will involve time away from home. You should be prepared to live away from home for extended periods of time. There will be opportunities for travel home during this time, however due the distance and time involved this may be limited during term holidays. You will be fully supported during this time with travel and accommodation being provided.

Be able to demonstrate an ability to use your initiative, be resilient to the continual changes within our sector and always focussed on delivering great results.

- You'll have a thirst for knowledge and be able to pick up new skills quickly, working with others to achieve common goals and adjusting your behaviour to reflect the diversity of our workforce and customer base.

- Naturally, you'll have a focus on safety and will adhere to our company motto "if it's not safe, we don't do it."

- For this role there is a requirement for a good level of Mathematics and English as you will be expected to completed modules in Engineering Mathematics and also report writing.

- All of these roles may require you to work outside in all weather conditions, demonstrating a hands on approach to keep the lights on for our customers.

SSEN Distribution powers 3.8 million homes and businesses in communities across central southern England and the north of Scotland. Our team of more than 3,500 people keep customers connected to a safe and reliable supply of electricity whilst developing the flexible networks that are vital to achieving net zero. By enabling a smarter, more resilient electricity network we're ensuring our local communities continue to receive the power they need, both now and in the future. We are consistently investing and innovating to improve network resilience and future-proof power supplies for life's changing demands, from rolling out large scale EV charging schemes to supporting small community generation projects.