Powering up for jobs
Published by Leona Seaton on Fri 10 Feb 12 @ 11:18
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce hosted an event for employability practitioners in the city who work with unemployed young people. The event promoted the range of exciting opportunities on offer at Scottish Power. Paul Cormack and Tracy Buchannan from Scottish Power presented on their up coming recruitment drives and encouraged those present to promote to their clients. Advisors from Jobcentre Plus; the Wise Group; Skills Development Scotland and a number of other agencies were told that Scottish Power is commitment to recruiting and training people to have careers within the organization.
Scottish Power currently employs 8500 people across the UK and as part of the Iberdrola group is the 5th largest utility provider in the world. The power sector in the UK employs over 90,000 people and with most of the skilled workforce expected to retire in the next 15 years the drive for new talent has never been more crucial. Scottish Power are committed to developing that talent in house and for the last two years have added a foundation programme to try and support young people on to their apprenticeship programme.
Information on the programmes on offer;
Engineering Foundation Programme
Our Engineering Foundation Programme, a partnership between local colleges and ScottishPower, is designed to equip school leavers with the skills, opportunities and qualifications to support progression onto an Engineering Apprenticeship.
Over an academic year it combines a blend of academic and technical skills training allowing the individuals to achieve a qualification that focuses on electrical engineering at level two
Graduates
Our graduates are vital to the future success of ScottishPower as we aim to become the UK's best energy provider. We run an annual Graduate recruitment campaign across all our business areas. Primarily we recruit Engineers but also supplement our talent pipeline with Graduates of other disciplines to support our business growth. We look for talented, ambitious, hard working and flexible individuals regardless of gender or race.
Over a two year period our graduates receive the excellent training and support they need to realise their full potential and progress to the very highest levels of our organisation.
Apprentices
Our modern apprenticeship programmes provide individuals with a fantastic way to realise their potential and get their career off to the best possible start. This programme aims to bring learning and earning together, studying towards recognised qualifications, while earning a good salary
Lasting for two years, it combines a blend of academic and technical skills training with work based learning and assessment and can lead to further development opportunities through a multi-skilling option or later progression onto a Trainee Engineering Programme.
How to apply: Applicants can apply by accessing www.scottishpower.jobs searching on vacancy reference IRC43420 and uploading their CV
