Workshop Assistant

Workshop Assistant

Hoylake Training Centre

Salary starting from £24,000 to £30,000

Closing Date: 28th of February 2025

Fixed Term Contract

Help us create a better future, quicker!

At ScottishPower our focus is on harnessing technology and innovation to create the Energy System of the future. Our team is building a dynamic system to meet the changing consumer demands in the communities we serve.

At ScottishPower, we know people are central to building a better future, quicker and we are seeking new talent to join our team.

The Workshop Assistant role is essential in supporting trainers and facilitators to deliver craft programs within ScottishPower Technical Training.

This position includes formal training and development to ensure competent supervision, aiding in the training of craft skills across all ScottishPower business units and service partners.

Additionally, the role involves assisting an experienced trainer in supervising trainees within the workshop environment, ensuring all instructions are followed safely and providing guidance for any questions.

What you’ll be doing

• Adhere to the technical standards established by the Business Compliance and Standards departments, ensuring the use of the latest documentation, tooling, equipment, and techniques for specific technical procedures and products.

• Ensure compliance with UK Health & Safety legislation and Group / Business Health & Safety policies, and in particular understanding the health and safety standards for each of the craft disciplines including tooling preparation and workshop audits.

• Achieve training objectives through various delivery and assessment methods.

• Support the management and procurement of tools and equipment required in the Training Centre, in line with the agreed budget.  This includes support with stock orders and stores.

• Understand the process for the preparation of all training materials, both written, and via electronic media and practical demonstration equipment and support where appropriate.

What you’ll bring

• Practical experience working with hand skills.

• Preferable if you have understanding of Cable Jointing, Substation Fitting or Overhead lines 

• Understanding of basic principles of Health, Safety & Environmental compliance and ability to demonstrate this in a workplace environment.

• Ability to articulate complex technical information to different levels of audience

Minimum Criteria

• Full valid driving licence

• Practical hand skills experience

• Experience of working in a healthy & safety focussed environment

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that -  so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

• Payroll giving and charity matched funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes

• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy.

With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

IMPORTANT 

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below

February-28-2025