Graduate Asset Management Engineer

The Programme

The 2-year structured graduate programme will offer you the opportunity of 9 months rotational placements, relevant to your role, helping you better understand the role of UK Power Networks and its directorates. The second year will see you placed in your first supported role. Working towards the roles and responsibilities outline below, you will start contributing to your team's success and meeting objectives. Throughout the programme you will develop the knowledge, competencies and leadership skills through embedded training sessions to help you excel at UK Power Networks, along with mentorship from a senior leader.

The Job

We are offering an amazing opportunity for learning and development across multiple areas of our business to help you acquire the skills needed to excel in our industry.

As an engineering graduate you will work on a variety of projects and help provide engineering solutions to industry leading innovation projects such as decarbonising the electricity network.

You'll embark on a 2-year programme, where you'll experience different areas of the business across several assignments. You'll learn from our experts, gain valuable experience, and have the support of your line manager, mentor and buddy throughout the programme.

We're passionate about your development and we offer graduates a tailored training plan based on your discipline to help develop your skills and behaviours.

Responsibilities:

• Learn to review and assess the electrical network, identifying the point of connection and design associated reinforcement requirements for new load and generation enquiries.
• Lead the sponsorship of projects through the asset lifecycle, starting by identifying scope and costs to implementation and verifying benefits are delivered. These may be small housing developments or major EV charging points.
• Understand and analyse the network to identify issues and performance problems, proposing improvements to improve the service we offer to customers and that we remain compliant.
• Visit sites with operational and construction colleagues to understand site conditions ensuring our plans reflect what needs to be delivered.

What you'll need

• Bachelor degree in an Engineering or Maths based subject.

We're also looking for:

• Analytical and data minded individuals with some experience in assessing data or models.
• Driven individuals who are eager to learn, willing to adapt and are good at forming relationships
• The ability to understand complex concepts, apply new approaches and communicate them at different levels with impact.

Key areas of interest

Occasional business travel will be required across our region (East Anglia, London and the South East of England).