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Openreach looks after the fibres, wires and cables that connect the country. Whether you’re making calls, video conferencing, sharing files, downloading music, streaming movies, or indulging in a bit of online retail therapy – it’s most likely on our network.
We work on behalf of over 590 service providers (such as Sky, TalkTalk, Gamma, BT and Daisy) to maintain the local access network that’s available to 32 million customers and supports 300 million telephone calls and 350 million internet connections every day.
We’re also investing £3 billion to upgrade the network, in one of the biggest and fastest network upgrade projects in the world. Around 28,400 households are added to our fibre broadband network each week. Thousands of our engineers work every day to make this possible. The scale of our fibre programme is massive. But we know we still have more to do.
That’s where our apprentices come in…
why work with us?
- Competitive salary – starting at £20,000 on our Openreach Trainee Engineer apprenticeship, increasing on completion of a successful first year to £23,650 plus bonuses.
- A guaranteed job as a qualified Openreach engineer on successful completion of your apprenticeship.*
- All the benefits of a full BT employee, including free broadband, BT TV and BT Sport.
- Access to a whole range of products and services that come with great discounts, including gym memberships, and health and dental plans.
- Structured field engineering pathways creating opportunities to progress into higher-graded roles.
- Varied, rewarding work away from the office environment, on the road and meeting new people.
- In addition to your normal holiday entitlement you’ll have the opportunity to buy up to five more days every year.
- The option of taking extra days off each year to be involved with volunteering or charity projects that make a real difference to your community.
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Openreach
Openreach looks after the fibres, wires and cables that connect the country. Whether you’re making calls, video conferencing, sharing files, downloading music, streaming movies, or indulging in a bit of online retail therapy – it’s most likely on our network.
Openreach engineers have diverse backgrounds, with varied experiences. We’re looking for apprentices with an ability to connect with people and a willingness to get stuck in.