Joining one of our award-winning apprentice programmes is a great opportunity to kickstart your career journey with us.

One person who can confirm this is 22-year-old Paddy Kelly, from Kirkham in Lancashire who joined us as an apprentice overhead linesperson straight from school in 2018.

He has now successfully completed his apprenticeship and is looking forward to progressing his career in the business.

Paddy said: “I’d already done work experience with Electricity North West when I was 15, when I was able to try a selection of jobs in the business.

“I thought an apprenticeship would suit me better than further education because I wanted to do something more practical.

“And I wanted to be a linesperson because I love working outdoors in the countryside. I don’t want to be staring at the same four walls every day.

“My job involves working as part of a team to maintain and improve the distribution network, which means lots of climbing ladders and working on overhead lines.”

We’re proud to offer a welcoming, supportive environment for our apprentices, with Paddy adding that colleagues were keen to see him succeed and achieve his full potential.

He said: “People are happy to give you their time and experience and as I learned, I was able to take on more and more responsibility.

“If you’ve got the right attitude, you can have a good career.”

Now Paddy plans to continue learning and earning more qualifications so he can work on a wider range of jobs and achieve a promotion.

Our apprenticeships are open to anyone aged 16 and over and provide on-the-job experience and coaching at our state-of-the-art Training Academy in Blackburn.

Our programme scooped the highly prestigious North West Recruitment Excellence Award at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2021, with judges highlighting its focus on inclusion and diversity, school engagement and career progression.

The programme was also highly commended in the Apprenticeship Large Employer of the year category.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the apprentice programmes we offer, visit: https://www.enwl.co.uk/about-us/working-here/careers/apprenticeships/