Description

Our Onshore Apprentice programmes blend academic and technical skills training with work-based learning and assessment. Bringing learning and earning together, not only will you study towards a nationally recognised qualification, you’ll earn a competitive salary, develop new skills and gain invaluable knowledge and experience. 

As the UK strives to improve its renewables mix, the importance of wind energy is increasing exponentially. Our programme will kick start your career in an enduring industry, allowing you to cement the foundations of your career. 

As a ScottishPower Apprentice, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits as well as a varied and interesting career path, including: 

• Starting salary of £18,500 

• A generous pension scheme where we’ll double match your contributions up to 10%; 
• A broad range of flexible benefits including share incentive plans, employee discounts, charity matched funding and many, many more. 

What will you be doing? 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE APPRENTICESHIP 

Start Date – August 2022 

Work Location – Whitelee Windfarm 

Course and College – HNC Electrical Power Engineering – Wind Turbine Maintenance and HNC Electrical Engineering @ Ayrshire College in Ayr 

Our four-year Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Apprenticeship programme offers the opportunity for on-the-job learning and unique work experiences. Throughout your course, you’ll see how your studies relate to real life Renewables operations scenarios, from the principals of Wind Energy and Power Engineering to Electrical, Mechanical and Hydraulic theory. You’ll develop your hand skills through practical work tasks on our fleet of onshore wind turbines, helping bring your learning to life. 

Throughout your course, you’ll see how your studies relate to both traditional and current engineering methods, building the foundations of your career as a technician. And at the end of the programme you’ll be ready to become an Operations Technician. 

You’ll need two Highers at grades A-C (or equivalent) including Maths and either English or Physics. You’ll be working on our turbines which can be up to 90 metres high, so you’ll need to be comfortable operating at heights. Most of our windfarms aren’t accessible by public transport, including Whitelee, so you must have a driving licence to get to and around the site.