About OCU Group

OCU Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing companies, delivering complex projects across power, utilities, water, and digital infrastructure. With sales growing five-fold to £1.1bn over the last five years, we are expanding both organically and through acquisitions, including recent growth in Australia and New Zealand.

For experienced professionals, OCU offers meaningful responsibility, the chance to influence delivery, and career progression in a business that invests in capability, autonomy, and high performance.

For those starting their careers, we provide structured routes through apprenticeships, graduate programmes, and training academies, with hands-on experience on real projects and supportive mentors to help you learn and progress.

We value safety, integrity, collaboration, and doing things properly and we support people who want to make a tangible impact.

What you'll do

You’ll help construct, maintain, and repair overhead and underground power lines while learning to work safely at heights, use specialist tools, and follow strict safety standards. You’ll also support fault‑finding, inspections, and essential network maintenance, all while working towards a Level 3 Power Industry Distribution Cable Jointer Apprenticeship that blends hands‑on experience with classroom learning.

Perfect for

School leavers, early career individuals, or anyone looking to build a career in several highly skilled roles within the utilities construction and engineering sectors.

What we're looking for

For our Level 3/SCQF 6-7 Apprenticeship, you’ll need 5 GCSEs/Nat 5 or equivalent at passing grades. This programme offers a mix of practical experience and theoretical learning, with a focus on more technical or specialized roles to help you build expertise.

You will be enrolled on the Level 3/SCQF 6/7 Power Industry Distribution Cable Jointer Apprenticeship. A structured programme lasting approximately 30 months.

Our commitment to inclusion

At OCU Group, we believe that diversity and inclusion are fundamental to building a workplace where people feel valued, supported and able to do their best work. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, we may ask candidates to complete an equal opportunity monitoring form. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in selection decisions.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. This means we are committed to offering an interview to candidates with a long-term health condition or disability who meet the essential criteria for the role. If this applies to you, please contact us at recruitment@ocugroup.com.

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