GE Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship
GE Grid serves customers globally with over 10,000 employees in approximately 70 countries. Grid Solutions helps enable utilities and industry to effectively manage electricity from the point of generation to the point of consumption, helping to maximize the reliability, efficiency, and resiliency of the National Grid. Worldwide, 90% of the power transmission utilities have been equipped by GE.
GE’s UK-based factory in Stafford is offering the opportunity to join the team, providing an apprenticeship that will result in becoming a highly skilled Engineer, supporting our dynamic and exciting manufacturing operations. Offering Level 4 training and education, whilst supported by GE’s strategic partners, this is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to enter the growing world of renewable energy.
Opportunity:
For the duration of the apprenticeship, you will gain practical experience and develop theoretical knowledge whilst obtaining formal qualifications which are recognised and fully transferable with most other industries.
Have a structured training plan with objectives and measured levels which need to be achieved.
Day release to a local college to acquire an Electrical Engineering qualification.
Gain an excellent understanding of High Voltage products.
Work with and be mentored by experienced Engineers.
Gain an understanding of Lean Manufacturing techniques.
Learn to work cross functionally with other areas of the business including Industrial Engineering, Projects, Quality and Procurement.
Gain an understanding of High Voltage Testing
Behavioural / Skill Requirements:
Be diligent, punctual and behave in a responsible manner in accordance with the requirements of Health and Safety legislation relating to the apprentice’s responsibilities as an individual.
Always promote the Company’s best interests.
Comfortable and willing to learn digital tools and commit to use them in the daily work.
Have an unwavering drive and dedication to achieve and maintain targets.
Excellent communication skills are required, along with the ability to accurately follow work process instructions.
You will have a keen sense of achievement and take pride in the work you undertake and produce.
Be highly self-motivated.
Be able to work as part of a team and independently.
Possess a strong commitment and enthusiasm to the role and the apprenticeship.
Have good problem-solving abilities and an enquiring mind.
High degree of flexibility, extremely motivated with the ability to work under pressure.
Undertake training, attend courses, and carry out such work as may be required.
Education / Professional Experience:
Have a minimum of five GCSE passes at Grade C/4 or above which must include Maths, English and a Science subject.
Language:
English.
Technical knowledge and skills:
Experience of common Microsoft packages
Good IT / Computer skills.
Experience of any design software package, however basic.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy technology company on a mission to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world.
It is made up of three businesses -- Power, Wind, and Electrification -- with focus on accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life.
The world needs more energy, smarter energy. With energy demand expected to grow by more than 50% in the next 20 years, we are continuously innovating to meet the moment…like we have for the past 130 years. The Energy of Change and relentless optimism are what drive us – it’s about never giving up and seeing what’s possible so that we deliver the energy technologies the world needs right now and for generations to come.
GE Vernova’s attitude and edge is embedded in its name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.
Together, we have the energy to change the world.
