Waste Treatment Internship
Date: 9 Nov 2024 Company: DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig Welsh Water Plc City: Chester Address:
Chester, Wales, GB, CH4 7QR
#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Job Requisition Number 6849 Work Type Temporary Job Function Operational Salary Range £23,690.00 -£25,976.00 Base Ashgrove Closing date 8th December 2024
Bath-times, half-times, party-times, meeting-times, and cooking-times. Our water brings Wales to life! It helps 3 million people stay healthy and clean every day. It keeps businesses running smoothly and life flowing along.
We’re different. And proud of it. We’re for everyone, not for profit. We’re people from every walk of life. All with an opportunity to develop and grow amazing careers. All sharing the benefits of bringing our whole self to work.
We’re the engineers and scientists, rangers and customer advisors that keep the taps flowing and keep our customers happy.
We’re in every community. And for every community. We’re Welsh Water. The people with the passion to bring futures to life in a business that brings Wales to life!
Discover the difference Welsh Water can bring to your life and your career.
Enough about us, let's hear about you...
We are seeking interested applicants to be studying an Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, Geography or Engineering degree – that’s it!.... no prior experience needed.
Key skills / attributes that we’d be looking for from the successful candidate are;
1. Critical thinking
2. Problem solving
3. Analytical
4. Passion for the environment
Your Graduate scheme
Operations is a business area that has a large variety of different work streams with a number of skills needed making no 2 days the same. This is a great opportunity for someone studying science or engineering that wants to use transferable skills on a practical level working in a team dedicated to Environmental Performance.
This Wastewater Operational Support internship role will see the successful candidate spend time primarily with the operational team but could also spend time with Biosolids and Science and Support as development. Project is dependent on background and business need, but likely be in the area of process improvements, business efficiency and risk reduction linked to Environmental Assessment Performance.
Your Development
As a part of your programme, you may take part in a number of soft skills workshops, including the following:
5. Presentation Skills
6. Effective Team Working
7. Resilience
8. Personal Branding
9. Time Management
10. Problem Solving
11. Managing Difficult Conversations
In addition, you will be given the opportunity to work on a variety of projects with your fellow graduates. These will allow you to develop your interpersonal and leadership skills, whilst working collaboratively with your peers.
You will also be given the opportunity to work on key business projects within your specialised field.
Good to know
Your internship will primarily be based North East Wales. However, on occasions and with notice you may be expected to travel to sites across the whole of Wales and its borders.
Recruitment process - We are running our adverts until 8th December. Should your application meet our criteria, you’ll be sent a short assessment to complete. The second stage of assessment will be an in-person assessment centre, which likely take place at offices near Chester between February/March 2025. Further information will be provided closer to the time.
Benefits
As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
12. Variable pay schemes
13. Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contribution
14. Several internal employee networks including Embrace, LGBT+, Neurodiverse, Disability, Women of Welsh Water, Parents, Wellbeing and many more...
15. Enhanced family friendly policies
16. Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
17. Reduction on high street & online shopping, & gym discounts.
18. Cycle to work scheme/Car-leasing scheme
19. Online GP service
20. Voluntary Private Healthcare
21. Free mortgage brokering service
22. An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
23. Free Headspace App to support your wellbeing.
24. Colleague matched fundraising scheme up to the value of £500 per year for your chosen charity
25. 20% off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
26. Flexible working patterns
27. We also recruit our own volunteer Wellbeing Champions (on an annual basis) - successful recruits will receive full i-act and StRaW training
Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.
INDLP
Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
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