Street Lighting Apprentice

FM Conway is looking to recruit a Street Lighting Apprentice to join the Street Lighting division working on our City of London contract. This is a full time, permanent role, offering full training and a clear career pathway.

Why you should join our family…

FM Conway’s Lighting Division are a fast growing and successful team who specialise in the design, installation refurbishment maintenance of lighting systems. With 60 years of experience working on high-profile projects, we have implemented a wide range of cost and energy efficient lighting systems to illuminate bridges, buildings, parks, highways, subways, statues and monuments.

As our Street Lighting Apprentice, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform.

The Street Lighting Apprentice role

During your apprenticeship you will benefit from an external training programme, which includes a full weeks’ worth of accredited training each quarter, at our training partner’s centre in Acle Norfolk. During this time your overnight stay, accommodation and expenses are all covered!

You will be working towards a Level 2 apprenticeship and a Level 2 National Vocational Qualification in Highways Electrical. At the end of your 2 years training and after gaining competence on-site, you will have the potential to enhance your career by moving on to the level 3 qualification.

Other responsibilities include:

• Working within a small team on street lighting infrastructure in various London Boroughs

• Gaining valuable experience and skills working as an Apprentice alongside an approved mentor, who is registered under the HEA / HERS Electrical Registration Scheme or equivalent

• Learning electrical industry accredited knowledge, receiving training and guidance to achieve on the job experience, with regular site assessments captured via your management team.

• Gaining awareness of all aspects of the installation/removal process of electrical supplies, electrical components, street furniture and the dangers it presents

• Experiencing how registered and competent operatives, use scaled drawings of basic electrical installations and detailed drawings of underground cabling systems

• Working outside and training in all weather conditions, experiencing the requirement to carry out electrical installations, using insulated hand tools, infrastructure installations which requires essential use of digging tools

• Gaining knowledge and experience working at height, using mobile elevated working platforms, steps, ladders and mobile scaffold towers

• Receiving 6–8-weekly review consultations from an approved manager on overall commitment & progression

What we are looking for in our Street Lighting Apprentice

To be considered for this role you must have GCSE’s or equivalent in Maths and English. You will be reliable, hardworking with an interest in the electrical and construction industries. You will have strong communication skills and the enthusiasm to learn and develop.

So, if this role sounds like your next career move, click apply today!

Closing Date: 01/07/2023

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

At our heart we are a family that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We look forward to receiving your application!