Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric provides energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability around the world. As one Schneider Graduate Trainee says “If you look around you, anything that has electricity in it, Schneider is probably involved somewhere along the line.”
Schneider’s product range is so varied and vast, you’ll find Schneider’s work everywhere including in commercial buildings, data centres, transport infrastructure, factories and probably your own home.Take a look at the thermostatic controls for the heating around your home – they may be branded Drayton or Wiser – Drayton is one of the UK’s leading heating control brands and is part of Schneider Electric. Drayton products are manufactured at the Schneider Electric site in Plymouth.
Award-winning Apprenticeships and Graduate Programmes: Schneider’s motto is “Great people make Schneider Electric a great company” . At the Plymouth site, the company usually takes on at least one Apprentice each year and offers Graduate placements through Plymouth University.
Work Experience Opportunities: In Plymouth, they usually have 5 or more schools work experience placements each year, normally for one week at a time.
Did you know?
Schneider Electric's Plymouth production plant is in the middle of a residential housing estate in Southway where it has been manufacturing products there for 58 years.
In fact over 78 million products have been designed and built from Plymouth over the last 15 years.
At this Plymouth factory, there is also a team of over 40 Research and Development staff who continuously make innovations and product enhancements - additionally they have introduced 13 new products to the market over the last 5 years.
Each month, over 250,000 Drayton controls are fitted each month, from nearly 30 product ranges.
Top Facts
240 Employees at the Plymouth, Southway site.
160,000 Employees Globally
Instead of just one HQ - Schneider has 3 Hubs located in Paris, Boston and HongKong
Schneider has a presence in over 100 countries around the world.
