Scientific Services Modern Apprentice

**Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland.**

Scientific Services Modern Apprentice (Inverness)

**Learning. **Earning. **Growing. **Developing.**

As an apprentice at Scottish Water you’ll be joining one of Scotland’s most critical businesses and be part of the team who deliver essential water and waste water services to the people of Scotland.

We’re passionate about developing our people and we’ll help you make the most of your skills and abilities with first-class training, support, hands-on work experience and a huge investment in your development. You’ll have t he chance to challenge and stretch yourself and build opportunities for your future as your career grows and develops. We’re a team that respects and values peoples’ differences, where you can be yourself - and where you can flourish.

**What will you **be **doing?**

During this 5 year programme, y ou’ll be learning everything you need t o know about how we provide our customers with high quality and safe drinking water, protecting public health and the environment in the process. You’ll be mainly working in our laboratories as part of an expert and experienced team who will support you to develop your skills and knowledge and achieve a nationally recognised qualification. This is your chance to learn as you earn, working with industry-leading teams to help deliver services that are essential to the daily lives of the people of Scotland.

**Who are we looking for?**

We’ re looking for people who are self-motivated, team pl ayer s who are practical, well organised and good problem solver s with a positive attitude and the ability to work on your own initiative. You’ll have five National 4 or 5 Qualifications ( three of which should be English, Maths and Science). Ideally you’ll also have two Highers (or equivalent) or a relevant technical qualification or relevant technical experience (min of 1 year) and hold a full current UK driving licence ( or currently be working to achieve this ).

**Starting Salary is £18,772**

**Further Information**

**Working at Scottish Water**

Scottish Water is one of the UK's leading water companies, the quality of drinking water and satisfaction with the service we provide our customers has never been higher - but we want to be even better - and you could help play an important part

We take employee engagement very seriously and have an inclusive and collaborative work environment where we respect people’s differences. We are committed to creating an engaging environment and a positive experience for our employees.

We were recently recognised as a Top 10 Flexible Employer in Scotland at the Flexibility Works Awards 2021 and by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women in 2019.

In 2019 we also won the Age Inclusive Award at The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Awards and were winners of the Best Public Sector Employer at the Family Friendly Working Scotland Awards 2020.

We have Carers Positive Exemplary Status and were Silver Award 2019 & Gold Award winners 2020 of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

We aim for work to be an energising and fulfilling experience and everyone plays their part to ensure that Scottish Water is trusted to serve our customers and communities.

We are passionate about creating opportunities for young people and are proud to have achieved the Gold standard in the Investors in Young People accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to creating rewarding opportunities for young people.

You will have access to a host of benefits which include 38 days holiday a year, a defined benefit pension scheme, a discounted medical cash plan and cycle to work, plus a variety of agile working arrangements and family-friendly policies designed to support your wellbeing.

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