Our Graduate Programme is designed to give you broad real-life exposure, you’ll gain valuable hands-on experience that will help shape your future career and enable the UK’s transition to a low-carbon future.
As you develop your knowledge and skills, you'll benefit from increased responsibility in preparation for the next stage of your professional journey.
You will receive expert guidance from experienced colleagues and have structured development opportunities to equip you with the knowledge, experience, and capabilities required to build a successful career and progress into your permanent position within ScottishPower.
SP Energy Networks keeps the electricity flowing to homes and businesses throughout Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales, Merseyside, Cheshire, and North Shropshire. The energy landscape is changing rapidly as the way our customers and communities generate, consume, and interact with energy evolves. Our role is to decarbonise our network through technology and innovation and to facilitate the UK's journey to Net Zero through electrification.
Our Transmission network transports large volumes of electricity over long distances from generators, including renewable energy sources such as offshore and onshore wind farms, to the wider electricity system. Transmission infrastructure includes substations, overhead line routes and major network assets that are essential for achieving the UK's Net Zero goals.
Our Distribution network delivers electricity directly to homes, businesses, and local communities. As demand for electric vehicles, heat pumps and low-carbon technologies continues to grow, our Distribution teams are modernising and expanding the network to ensure it remains reliable, resilient and ready for the future.
Our Transmission and Distribution teams are investing in major infrastructure projects that will help deliver a cleaner energy future for generations to come.
As an Engineering Graduate, you'll contribute to the planning, design, delivery and maintenance of critical electricity infrastructure projects across our Transmission and Distribution networks. Working alongside experienced engineers and industry specialists, you'll gain practical experience while building the technical and professional skills needed for a successful engineering career.
We are recruiting for a range of Engineering Graduate opportunities across SP Energy Networks. Candidates will submit one application to the Engineering Graduate Programme. During the application process, you will be asked to identify your preferred engineering discipline(s) and areas of interest. Roles available include:
Graduate Distribution System Operation Engineer - Help design, develop and maintain the local electricity network that supplies power to homes, businesses and communities while enabling the integration of low-carbon technologies.
Graduate Network Planning Engineer - Review network performance, forecast future demand and develop solutions that ensure our network can accommodate future growth, electrification and renewable energy integration.
Graduate Transmission Network Engineer - Work on high-voltage infrastructure projects that transport electricity across the country, delivering major investments that integrate renewable generation and strengthen the electricity system.
During the programme, you can expect to:
You'll demonstrate:
This is more than just a graduate role—it's a launchpad for a rewarding career in Engineering. You'll benefit from:
You must have the right to work in the UK by September 2027.
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