Power firm is on hunt for 30 new workers in North East

Northern Powergrid is recruiting new engineers.

Northern Powergrid, the company responsible for supplying power to 3.9 million homes and businesses across the region, is recruiting a new generation of engineers.

The electricity distribution company is looking for up to 30 people to join its 2017 graduate and technical staff trainee engineer programme and trainee engineer (foundation degree) programme.

The vacancies form part of the company’s ongoing commitment to recruit, train and develop the people needed to deliver its £3billion, eight-year investment programme, which started in 2015.