Development Analyst Higher Apprentice – Warwick

Best Apprenticeships; Coventry; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the UK is seeking a Development Engineer Higher Apprentice to join their Customer Network Development team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in connecting customers to the energy network and will gain valuable hands-on experience through various projects. Responsibilities include supporting design efforts, analyzing data, and collaborating closely with customers and industry partners. A full UK driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• You must already have a full, valid UK driving licence.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support the design of energy network connections.
• Analyse data and assess project feasibility.
• Collaborate with customers and project teams.
• Gain hands-on engineering experience through site visits.

Skills

Hands-on experience

Analytical skills

Project collaboration

Technical problem-solving

Job description

National Grid is at the heart of the energy future, and our people are at the heart of National Grid. We’re 30,000 colleagues strong. In the UK, National Grid don’t generate or sell energy; we join the dots to get energy from A to B.

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands‑on experience.

What you’ll do at work

As a Development Engineer Higher Apprentice at National Grid, you’ll be part of our Customer Network Development (CND) team, playing a key role in connecting homes, businesses, and communities to the energy network.

Being a part of this team, you will contribute to National Grid’s mission to enable the energy transition and support a more sustainable future. CND is actively redesigning how customers are connected to energy to looking at how to reduce lead times and improve customer satisfaction, as a Development Engineer Higher Apprentice you will be part of that innovation.

Within this role, you help design and deliver technical solutions, working closely with industry partners and customers to ensure everything runs smoothly and meets the highest standards. This will include:

• Support the design of energy network connections, including electrical layouts and infrastructure planning, to meet customer needs.
• Analyse data and assess project feasibility, helping inform smart decisions about network capacity and connection options.
  Collaborate with customers, project teams, and regulators to gather requirements and ensure projects stay aligned and on track.
• Gain hands‑on experience through site visits, inspections, and solving technical challenges during the development process.
  Play a key role in connecting new customers to the energy network, while learning essential engineering and project delivery skills.
• You must already have a full, valid UK driving licence in place at the point you make your application.