Apprentice Highways Electrician EC2-1

About us

Want to build an extraordinary career? With Amey, you can do just that.

Our Opportunity:

Salary: £19,760.00

Location: Darlaston

Start Date: September 2023

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join or established team as part of the Walsall Streetlighting PFI. Our PFI is very successful and has been for over 20 years, this is largely due to our excellent client relationship.

From day one you’ll be given real responsibility, gaining invaluable experience and exposure working alongside our industry experts and across your team. As an Apprentice, you will working alongside the team to deliver the following:

• Maintenance of existing highway lighting
• Installation and commissioning of new street furniture.
• Electrical testing and inspection
• Rectification of cable faults
• Street lighting works on new developments.

The role

As part of your Apprenticeship, you will be enrolled onto a nationally recognised qualification via our training partner. Your Apprenticeship is fully supported through a combination of regular online lessons, e-learning materials, and access to their team of experts for 1-2-1 advice and support.

Within Amey, you’ll be partnered with a “buddy” to assist you as you settle into your new role within our Walsall PFI team, helping answer all those initial questions you may have. Once you’ve settled in, you will be allocated a mentor who will support you throughout your Apprenticeship, helping you develop the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed.

When you complete your Apprenticeship, your development does not stop! You’ll be given lots of opportunities to progress further within Amey as well as being encouraged to gain additional qualifications as you continue your career.

Key accountabilities

What will you bring?

One of the best things about an Apprenticeship with us is that you don’t need to have experience or any prior qualifications in this area!

We treat people as individuals. We want a range of abilities, from practicality and problem-solving to precision and creativity. That goes for diversity too. We want a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve and value the experiences that you bring to our business.

We therefore keep our list of essential requirements to a minimum, but there are a few things needed to qualify for our programme:

• The apprenticeship entry requirements will be determined by Amey in collaboration with the academic delivery partner. England based applicants will typically require at least 5 GCSEs at Grades A*-C / 9-4 including Maths (Grade B / 5 or 6), English and Science or their equivalent. Applicants based in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland should expect to demonstrate an equivalent level of academic qualifications to those required in England

• Available to commence employment with Amey in September 2023
• The commitment and drive to complete your Apprenticeship and final assessment

Skills & experience

Amey Transport Infrastructure make journeys better and exploring easier – by helping to make roads safer, railways smoother and our streets and green spaces clean. Working through locally-based teams, we support communities by helping to create better, safer and more pleasant places through the provision of integrated highway design, well-designed streets, well-maintained grounds, modern public lighting and efficient winter maintenance solutions.

And with 4.8 million journeys a day on UK railways, we are also hard at work day and night maintaining the railways with the latest signalling systems, upgraded track and overhead lines and regular asset inspections. Ultimately, investing to create well-functioning, safe spaces which minimise disruption, keep people moving and support thriving communities.