Legal Summer Placement Programme 2025 – Transmission
Start Date: 12 weeks commencing June 2025
Base Locations: Glasgow or Perth
Salary: circa £23,422 per annum (pro-rata) + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances, and wellbeing.
Working Pattern: Fixed Term | Full Time | Flexible First options available
Degree Disciplines: Law
What is the role?
SSEN Transmission’s Legal Team plays a crucial role in delivering key projects and supporting various business areas including commercial and construction, property and planning, and providing regulatory support. We work closely with our colleagues to support the successful delivery of our Network for Net Zero, and the growth required to our network to support a net zero future, reinforcing the SSE Group’s fully funded Net Zero Accelerated Programme.
We are seeking a summer placement student with a passion for the energy industry to join us for a 12-week placement. The paid placement will give you exposure to diverse areas of law in an exciting, fast-paced business.
This opportunity will involve experience within the varied team specialisms including property, commercial and construction and dispute resolution. A typical day in the legal team may include experience of document drafting, negotiation, client meetings and providing advice and support to colleagues across SSEN Transmission, helping them to understand, minimise and mitigate legal risks.
Our summer placement students work collaboratively in a variety of contexts, while also taking ownership of their role by working under their own direction to drive action forward. There will be networking and presentation opportunities, specialist sessions and support from our graduates.
What do I need?
Our opportunities are open to students who are:
- In their 3rd or 4th year of the LLB undergraduate law degree
- In their 1st or 2nd year of the accelerated LLB
- Candidates who have completed the LLB degree and are undertaking, or have completed, the Diploma in Legal Practice (or equivalent).
We'd love you to have some practical work or project experience that reflects your passion for the energy sector, as well as demonstrable experience of working in a team. You'll also be comfortable working to and setting stretching individual targets and using your own initiative to overcome challenges and should have a genuine interest in SSE and the prospect of a long-term future with us.
About our Business
SSEN Transmission owns and operates the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, transporting energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, providing a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities it serves. Home to some of the UK's greatest resources of renewable energy, SSEN Transmission is playing a critical role in the transition to a low carbon future, developing, building, maintaining, and operating a network for net zero.
What's in it for you?
An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.
Next Steps
All applications should be submitted online.
If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact graduates@sse.com by email or you are very welcome to request a call if you would prefer to discuss on the phone.
Before commencing employment with SSE, you’ll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.