Graduate Electrical Engineer
- Employer
- The Environment Agency
- Location
- Preston, Warrington, Thames Barrier
- Salary
- Starting salary: £27,919
- Closing date
- 7 Jan 2023
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- Discipline
- Civil & Structural, Electrical, Electro-Mechanical, Maintenance & Service, Project Engineering
- Sector
- Construction & Building Services, Environment, Industrial, Sciences
- Job Type
- Graduate, Early Career
Job Details
Environmental change is having a major impact on people’s lives. But so can you.
The challenge
We are the Environment Agency. We protect and improve the environment and make it a better place for people and wildlife. Adapting to climate change is integral to everything we do, and we operate at the place where environmental change has its greatest impact on people’s lives. We work closely with a wide range of partners to make sure we are reducing the risk from flooding to communities and that there is enough water for people and wildlife. We also apply the environmental standards within which industry can operate.
The role
We are looking for graduate Electrical Engineers to join our well established and highly experienced MEICA teams (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation). As an Electrical Engineering graduate with the Environment Agency, you can have a major impact on reducing the risks to people, households, and businesses from flooding.
Our MEICA teams also lead on environmental management and in particularly, energy efficiency therefore you will bring innovation and passion to make a difference and be part of the solution and contributing to our challenge of becoming a carbon net zero organisation by 2030.
You’ll follow a structured and well supported training programme that satisfies the requirements of the engineering council and Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) to become a Chartered Engineer (CEng). Once completed, you will be in a great position to apply for a wide range of suitable professionally qualified roles in the Environment Agency. Our structured graduate programme lasts between four to five years, it offers you a mix of internal and external placements, allowing you to build skills in everything from asset management to project feasibility, planning and design to project management, and site supervision to incident response. Spending between three months and a year in each placement gives you plenty of time to get to grips with the real issues, gain the necessary experience and make your mark on a project.
The person
We’re looking for graduates with the innovation and passion to make a difference. To join us, you'll need to hold a MEng or BEng in an accredited Electrical Engineering degree. Please visit the IET website to check that your degree is eligible before applying.
Keen to learn, you will be ready to make the most of all the placements. You’ll already show some evidence of the skills you’ll need to develop during the programme including leadership, collaboration, people skills and problem-solving.
The benefits
Our benefits package includes generous annual leave, an excellent pension and flexible working arrangements. We’ll also look after your wellbeing through our employee assistance programme, shopping and leisure discounts, and interest-free loans for bikes and season tickets.
The Environment Agency is committed to having an inclusive workforce that reflects the full diversity of the communities we serve and welcomes applications from individuals of any age, gender or background.
For more information about the benefits of working at the Environment Agency, have a look at our careers webpage here www.environmentagencycareers.co.uk/working-here
Apply
For more information and to apply, please click: Graduate Electrical Engineer - 24832 - Environment Agency Jobs, Take a look at the candidate pack for more information about the scheme including a case study from a graduate.
If you have any questions about the scheme, please feel free to email gradengineers@environment-agency.gov.uk using ‘Graduate Electrical Engineers’ as the subject title of your email.
We'll be hosting an information session open to all interested in applying on Thursday 8th December at 14:00 – 15:00. Please email gradengineers@environment-agency.gov.uk for joining instructions.
Closing date for applications: 7 January 2023.
Interviews will be held in February/March 2023. We expect successful candidates to start in September 2023.
Diversity: it’s in our nature
Company
The Environment Agency work to create better places for people and wildlife and support sustainable development. We are an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
We are inspiring the people we work with to help the country to not only survive but thrive through the challenges of a changing climate. We want to keep people safe and protect the things that matter to us all – our natural spaces, our wildlife and our future.
Climate Change is the biggest challenge we face. Our Climate Ambition is to create a net zero nation that is resilient to climate change. Putting it at the heart of all we do will help us and the country become better prepared for the impacts of climate change whilst taking action to prevent further climate change from happening. t to action to prevent further climate change from happening.
We are committed to making our organisation as diverse as the environment and represents the communities we serve. Our society and environment are changing, bringing us new challenges all the time. We know we need a diverse workforce to help us deliver better for the different communities we serve.
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