Apprenticeships

Your route into Europe’s
largest energy trading company

Our apprenticeships have earned us the award for best employer in the UK for apprentices.

You can start these programmes at our site in Swindon (UK) and from day one you will be right at the heart of our day-to-day business, taking on your own tasks and contributing your ideas to a variety of projects.

This is a unique opportunity to learn from those around you, gain professional qualifications, and grow your career. With your state-approved qualification, all doors will be open to you when you complete your training.

This year, we will offer different apprenticeships in the fields of IT as well as in Finance and Accounting.

Duration: Two years

Start date: July 2022

Location: Swindon

Our various apprenticeships

The perfect start to your career in IT or Finance

IT Apprenticeships

What you can look forward to

Individual IT apprenticeship roles vary from DevOps Engineers to Associate Project Managers, Application Support Leads to Information Communications Cloud Technicians.
Our approx. 400 IT and Infrastructure & Provider Management specialists make up around a quarter of the entire workforce and work closely together in globally networked teams.
You will quickly grow to take on responsibility and work independently, with tasks that have high visibility towards senior management across the entire company.
We work with multiple technologies including cloud-based platforms and infrastructure that include the very latest tech, to support the real-time energy trading business where every second counts.

What you can offer

At least a grade 4/5 (C grade) in GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
Motivation to learn and develop a career within the IT and Digital world
Ability to work in a developing agile IT world, with other IT professionals from many different teams, companies and countries
Adequate written and verbal communication skills
Ability to build trusting working relationships
Good IT skills and experience with MS Office
Ability to balance work, study and other life commitments

Professional Accounting Technician Apprenticeships

What you can look forward to

You will study towards the Level 4 Professional Accounting Technician Apprenticeship Standard, including studying towards professional qualifications in either AAT or CIMA.
You will join a dynamic international environment with the team located in both Germany and the UK.
The team has a great team atmosphere with easy-going and experienced people to support your development on a daily basis.
You will quickly grow to take on responsibility and work independently, with tasks that have high visibility towards senior management across the entire company.
Tasks will include quarterly forecasting, annual budgeting, cost allocations, purchase requisitions and other reports and analysis that add value to our financial business.

What you can offer

At least a grade 4/5 (C grade) in GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)
Motivation to learn and develop a career within the Finance and Accounting sector
Affinity with numbers
Adequate written and verbal communication skills
Ability to build trusting working relationships
Good IT skills and experience with MS Office – Excel in particular
Ability to balance work, study and other life commitments