Watch the video to hear Shirley and Heather talk about their careers in the energy industry.

On International Women's Day, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is encouraging applications to its 2017 Apprenticeship and Trainee Engineer programmes before the application deadline on Sunday 19 March.

SSEN is looking for apprentices and trainee engineers to be based in its network areas in the north of Scotland and central Southern England.

In this video, Shirley Robertson, Head of Business Sustainability for SSEN's Transmission business and Heather Bain, Transmission Asset Manager talk about their careers in the industry so far.

For more information on the Engineering Craft Apprenticeship and Trainee Engineer programme, please visit ssen.co.uk/careers.