Join our operational team as an apprentice and be part of a team that's making a difference every day. Our people and culture are the heartbeat of our success, and we're proud to be in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement. With nearly 10,000 dedicated colleagues, we're looking for more brilliant individuals ready to tackle challenges head-on and turn them into opportunities.
If you're excited to learn, love working outdoors, and are ready to make a real impact, we want you on our team!
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Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn! Our Waste Network Technician Apprentice Programme offers the perfect blend of learning and doing. Entering an apprenticeship scheme with us involves working towards the role of a fully-fledged professional, earning a salary, whilst also being able to maintain a sense of academic achievement. At Severn Trent, we provide the perfect mix between hands-on experience and a formal qualification, enabling our apprentices to make a real lasting difference to our customers and communities, not just for now, but far into the future. As an apprentice Waste Network Technician, you’ll be exposed to a wide range of opportunities through getting hands-on with our teams. Key Responsibilities
You'll be supporting colleagues to help create a fair and equitable working environment where everyone can succeed by: Learning how we maintain and repair our wastewater network. Ensuring our system is working efficiently and effectively so that we don’t cause any nasty blockages! Working with customers to educate them on the impact pouring fats, oils and greases down the drain can have on our system and will take pro-active surveys and actions to keep our network well maintained. Understanding how we respond and investigate pollution incidents, with a real care for our environment and customers. This apprenticeship standard is at Level 3 (equivalent to 2 A-Level qualifications). If you don't already have GCSEs in English and Maths, you will need to take functional skills as part of the apprenticeship, which is an alternative to GCSEs and achieve a Level 2. You will need to achieve this prior to completion of your apprenticeship. TRAVEL/LICENCE REQUIREMENT
You will be required to have a Driving Licence & access to your own vehicle before completing your apprenticeship as driving is mandatory for your off-scheme role. ROLE EXPECTATIONS POST APPRENTICESHIP
By the end of this programme, you will take up a role similar to that of a Network Technician, Senior Technician or Jetting Operative. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a difference in providing a vital service to our customers, now and for the long-term. We’d love you to be someone with: A ‘can do’ attitude – willing to get stuck in, take accountability for decisions and actions and who takes pride in their work. A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment. Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving. Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams. Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences. Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment. HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN
It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live. With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family: 25 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year). Annual bonus scheme (of up to £1,500, which is subject to eligibility). Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%). Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate. Dedicated training and development with our Academy. Retail offers. Family friendly policies. Two paid volunteering days per year. As if that isn’t enough, you’ll receive an annual salary increase whilst you’re on programme and you’ll also get an increase when you move into your first job. LET’S GO
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you. Please note, we don’t require a CV or cover letter to complete your application, the system will ask you for this, but you can just upload a blank document. Roles close on 14th March 2025. Check your diary – face-to-face assessments will run from 31st March - 30th May 2025. To find out more about working with us, search
#LifeatSevernTrent
on social media. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
At Severn Trent we are passionate about our people. We want to make sure that we continue to foster a more diverse, inclusive, and cohesive culture that represents the communities and customers we serve. We’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity, who help us with our commitments. Find out more about our commitments to Diversity and Inclusion at Severn Trent.
Click here to find out more.
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Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn! Our Waste Network Technician Apprentice Programme offers the perfect blend of learning and doing. Entering an apprenticeship scheme with us involves working towards the role of a fully-fledged professional, earning a salary, whilst also being able to maintain a sense of academic achievement. At Severn Trent, we provide the perfect mix between hands-on experience and a formal qualification, enabling our apprentices to make a real lasting difference to our customers and communities, not just for now, but far into the future. As an apprentice Waste Network Technician, you’ll be exposed to a wide range of opportunities through getting hands-on with our teams. Key Responsibilities
You'll be supporting colleagues to help create a fair and equitable working environment where everyone can succeed by: Learning how we maintain and repair our wastewater network. Ensuring our system is working efficiently and effectively so that we don’t cause any nasty blockages! Working with customers to educate them on the impact pouring fats, oils and greases down the drain can have on our system and will take pro-active surveys and actions to keep our network well maintained. Understanding how we respond and investigate pollution incidents, with a real care for our environment and customers. This apprenticeship standard is at Level 3 (equivalent to 2 A-Level qualifications). If you don't already have GCSEs in English and Maths, you will need to take functional skills as part of the apprenticeship, which is an alternative to GCSEs and achieve a Level 2. You will need to achieve this prior to completion of your apprenticeship. TRAVEL/LICENCE REQUIREMENT
You will be required to have a Driving Licence & access to your own vehicle before completing your apprenticeship as driving is mandatory for your off-scheme role. ROLE EXPECTATIONS POST APPRENTICESHIP
By the end of this programme, you will take up a role similar to that of a Network Technician, Senior Technician or Jetting Operative. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a difference in providing a vital service to our customers, now and for the long-term. We’d love you to be someone with: A ‘can do’ attitude – willing to get stuck in, take accountability for decisions and actions and who takes pride in their work. A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment. Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving. Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams. Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences. Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment. HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN
It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live. With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family: 25 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year). Annual bonus scheme (of up to £1,500, which is subject to eligibility). Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%). Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate. Dedicated training and development with our Academy. Retail offers. Family friendly policies. Two paid volunteering days per year. As if that isn’t enough, you’ll receive an annual salary increase whilst you’re on programme and you’ll also get an increase when you move into your first job. LET’S GO
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you. Please note, we don’t require a CV or cover letter to complete your application, the system will ask you for this, but you can just upload a blank document. Roles close on 14th March 2025. Check your diary – face-to-face assessments will run from 31st March - 30th May 2025. To find out more about working with us, search
#LifeatSevernTrent
on social media. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
At Severn Trent we are passionate about our people. We want to make sure that we continue to foster a more diverse, inclusive, and cohesive culture that represents the communities and customers we serve. We’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity, who help us with our commitments. Find out more about our commitments to Diversity and Inclusion at Severn Trent.
Click here to find out more.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
