Salary & Benefits: Salary range £28,875 - £33,875 per annum dependant on experience, company car (through a contributory company car lease scheme), annual bonus, attractive pension scheme Up to 10% (rising to 12% from Apr 2025) company contribution, life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the Graduate Development Programme.
We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!
Location: Bradford + Hybrid Working
Work type:Permanent. 37 hours per week between a working window of 8:00am-6:00pm Monday – Friday
We have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate position in the Engineering team at Yorkshire Water.
What we do:
Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year.
The Engineering Team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate position in the Engineering function at Yorkshire Water. We greatly value the skills and knowledge that our Graduate community bring to our business and the continued contribution they make as they embark on their varied careers across all our operational and support areas.
With opportunities to build and further develop technical skills in your chosen area of study, our Graduate programme will nurture and support the growth and development of knowledge, skills and behaviours to become our technical, process and people leaders of the future.
THE ROLE:
The Graduate Programme is a two-year programme offering five structured placements within your business area, with selective placements in other areas, including our core functions, such as Finance, Health & Safety, People, Procurement.
The variety within the programme will see you working across our business and undertaking activities alongside your colleagues to meet the challenges faced by our industry. The Engineering function covers a number of connected, yet discrete areas, with the opportunity to work across exciting areas, such as identifying and delivering innovation opportunities, championing nature-based solutions, contributing to strategies central to Yorkshire Water achieving our vision.
As a Graduate Engineer, you will:
* Inspect & survey assets to quantify asset health and performance
* Investigate and understand the root cause of a business risk
* Quantify the risk and assessment regulatory compliance
* Identify and promote opportunities for targeted capital investment
* Identify safety / environmental hazards and support the engineering design processes
* Develop standard products, technical specifications and improve working procedures/practices
* Identify and implement asset improvements that enhance asset security, resilience, performance and reduce operating costs
* Validate that assets are constructed to accepted designs and standards
* Monitor asset health/performance and intervene to improve and protect Health, Safety, Wellbeing and environmental protection
REQUIREMENTS:
* Minimum 2:1 M.Eng or B.Eng degree in the relevant Engineering discipline
* Full UK driving licence (maximum 6 points)
* Enthusiasm and a drive to succeed
If you have an enquiring mind and want to join our business at a time where you can make a difference to our customers, please apply!
Recruitment Process –
The Assessment Centre will take place on week commencing 24th February 2025 to the 28th February 2025 with final decisions communicated by the 22nd March 2025.
The information session for successful candidates will be held on the morning of the 4th September 2025.
We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.
If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment.
Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
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