Ready to kick-start your future in engineering?
Join us as an Electrical Engineer Apprentice and you’ll gain hands-on experience supporting the UK’s largest water and wastewater provider. Work with skilled engineers on plant design, environmental considerations, and risk identification, investigation, and mitigation, while earning a Level 6 Product Design Development in Engineering qualification to launch your long-term career.
What you’ll be doing as an Electrical Engineering Apprentice:
1. Shape Project Definition Briefs by defining key technical requirements
2. Play a vital role in ensuring Electrical assets meet regulatory and compliance standards
3. Gain hands-on experience in the engineering and environmental aspects of plant design and delivery
4. Tackle real-world challenges in risk identification, investigation, and mitigation
5. Be part of Electrical teams driving Thames Water’s AMP8 ambitions to 2030 and beyond
6. Learn on the job with tailored training and mentorship from senior engineers
Where you’ll work:
Location: Clearwater Court Reading RG1 8DB- Hybrid
Hours: 36-hour week over four working days plus one training day
Start date: September 2026
Training and qualification: You’ll study with Newbury University, a leading UK engineering training provider, with one day per week of on-campus learning.
Qualification achieved: Level 6 Apprenticeship Standard in Product Design Development in Engineering- HNC/HND & BSc (Hons) or BEng (Hons) in Engineering
Duration: Permanent contract with a 48 month structured programme
What you should bring to the role
7. 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English (grade 9-4 / A-C)
8. 3 A-Levels grade C or above including a Technical or Engineering subject
9. Travel required across Thames Water sites
10. Good time management and communication skills
11. Able to work well in a team and independently
What’sin it for you?
12. Excellentsalary: £23,500 annum
13. Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
14. Performance-related pay plandirectly linkedto company performance measures and targets
15. Generous Pension Scheme through AON
16. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shoppingvouchersand life assurance.