Control and Instrumentation Degree Apprentice

Provider:
Aston University

Join us and help be the energy behind the change.

National Gas is the backbone of Britain's energy system. We're responsible for securing the UK's energy, whilst leading the way to a net-zero future.

Based in Warwick

Course:
Degree Apprenticeship BEng Hons

Programme Length: 4 years

We keep gas moving safely and reliably to power stations, industry and over 23 million homes. As the UK transitions toward a net-zero future, we’re also pioneering new solutions such as hydrogen transmission to help decarbonise the energy sector.

As a Control & Instrumentation Degree Apprentice in our Major Programmes team, you’ll be based in our Warwick office while travelling to sites across the country to see major engineering projects in action. You’ll study for your degree at Aston University while gaining hands on experience supporting the upgrades, construction and innovation that keep our network running. It’s an environment where your work will directly contribute to keeping the nation’s energy secure today and shaping a cleaner, more sustainable system for tomorrow.

A degree apprenticeship is a great choice if you want to earn a degree while gaining real experience on major engineering projects. As a Control & Instrumentation Degree Apprentice, you’ll split your time between studying at Aston University and working within our Major Programmes team, where you’ll get involved in some of the UK’s biggest and most important energy projects.

Instead of being based on one operational site, you’ll work from our Warwick office and travel to different project locations across the country. You’ll be supporting the planning and delivery of large scale work such as new compressor stations, control system upgrades, pipeline diversions and future focused projects like hydrogen and carbon capture infrastructure. This means your work will play a part in helping the UK move towards a cleaner, net zero energy system.

Alongside experienced engineers and project specialists, you’ll learn how complex control and instrumentation systems are designed, installed and upgraded on major infrastructure projects. You’ll gain insight into how new technology is brought into the gas network, how big engineering programmes are delivered safely, and how decisions are made on projects worth millions of pounds.

Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll build a wide range of skills, from technical engineering knowledge to project management, planning, problem solving and communication. At university you’ll study subjects like:

• Professional engineering practice and engineering management
• Digital engineering
• Engineering mathematics and mathematical methods in engineering
• Industrial plant engineering
• Computer Aided Design
• Thermo-fluid sciences
• Sustainable Engineering
• Control systems and instrumentation
• Elective modules specific to Control & Instrumentation

We’ll work closely with Aston University to review your progress regularly, give you feedback and support your development. You’ll follow a personalised training plan, combining on the job learning, dedicated training days and one to one coaching. Your apprenticeship will finish with a dissertation and an End Point Assessment, giving you a professionally recognised qualification and real experience to launch your career.

This apprenticeship is a great fit for someone who’s motivated, enjoys learning new things and isn’t afraid to get stuck in. You’ll need to be comfortable speaking to different people across the business, as you’ll be working with a mix of engineers, project teams and specialists on real projects.

To thrive on the programme, you’ll need to be curious and keen to understand how things work, asking questions, wanting to understand the “why” behind what we do, whilst also enjoying the problem-solving aspect of the role.

This is a 4-year fixed-term degree apprenticeship. To be considered for this scheme, you’ll need:

• Three A Levels at CCC or above including a Mathematics based subject and a STEM subject, or equivalent BTECs.
• Have a minimum of five GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Mathematics, English and a science, technology or…