Computer Sciences and Engineering

Hi Chloe,

You are absolutely right in seeing the digital shift within the engineering sector and we are particularly passionate about how we can improve our water and waste water services by utilsing technology.

You can study for a Digital Degree Apprenticeship with Severn Trent in Coventry (applications open end of Nov 2017) which I have outlined here:

DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS
SALARY: Circ. £15,000 | LOCATION: Coventry

This new Apprentice Scheme is an opportunity for you to be at the forefront of changes across our FTSE 100 business. You’ll be involved in creating innovative technologies that deliver an unbeatable customer experience, building key digital skills from coding to business analysis.

Drive industry transformation

You’ll get exposure to different teams across the business as you work on a combination of big budget transformation programmes and fast-moving, agile delivery projects. These could include anything from working with Developers and Analysts in our App Squad to deliver applications for our colleagues’ smart devices, to developing new systems that allow us to identify and prevent network failures. It’s fast-paced and consistently challenging work – but it’s also hugely rewarding."

As for future trends in engineering, I'll pull together and post some of the big ideas that have impacted Severn Trent over the last year so you can see what we've been up to.

Great question!
Mark - Severn Trent - New Talent

Hi Chloe,

For your second question "The Technology era has affected the Engineering history a lot, what do you think about the trend in the future?" I have pulled together some interesting projects and some highlights around how new technology is helping Severn Trent become a digitally-led company, with customers at its heart! Technology really is changing the way we work.

There are too many to fit here so here are some of my personal favorites:

>Customer shift to digital - [link removed] more customers using our digital service inc. Over 950k customers now using online billing – saving £300k per year in printing and postage

>New Fieldworker app improves productivity and reduces training timescales by 50% - Greater efficiency - saves technicians 30 minutes per day, equating to over £500k per yea

>Severn Trent has pledged to replace its 2,200 vans, cars and tankers with alternative fuel vehicles as soon as possible as the water and waste water company continues to embrace green energy.
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> Using Drones - We estimate we save £300,000 per year in inspection costs by using drones and are currently exploring other uses for the technology, such as checking that treatment processes are optimised. We now hire 2 full-time drone pilots at Severn Trent.
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For load more info on where technology is taking us as a company in the future you can find a summary of the Severn Trent Digital, Innovation & Technology showcase event we hosted in London back in March 2017 on our website.

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Hope this helps give you an insight!

Mark - Severn Trent - New Talent

this looks awesome!

The gap between traditional engineering skills and IT has been closing for several years. In Freightliner, our locomotive and cranes are now all driven by computer controlled technology and signalling systems are migrating to cyber-based technology. This transition is one of the biggest technology changes that the industry has seen since its inception. Increasingly, we are looking for people with the right analytical and IT literacy in partnership with the fundamental core principles of traditional engineering.

We sponsor capable undergraduates to complete their university education but our selection speaks more to attitude, aptitude and a willingness to learn than to a specific engineering discipline as our requirements are so broad. Similarly, we recruit graduate engineers and enrol them on fast-track routes to chartered engineering status. We also support apprenticeships at every level to encourage the best candidates to an engineering career.