Hydraulic Modelling Graduate
Date: 9 Nov 2024 Company: DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig Welsh Water Plc City: Cardiff Address:
Cardiff, Wales, GB, CF3 0LT
#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Job Requisition Number 6830 Work Type Permanent Job Function Operational Salary Range £29,285.00 -£33,277.00 Base South East Hub 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 have achieved or be expected to achieve a minimum of a 2:2 in an Engineering, Science or any analytical related degree – that’s it!.... no prior experience needed.
Key skills / attributes that we’d be looking for from the successful candidate are;
1. General IT skills
2. Analytical and strong attention to detail
3. Strong written and oral communication skills and an open communication style
Your Graduate scheme
You will have the opportunity for training as part of our Hydraulic Modelling Academy, and once you have developed hydraulic knowledge and modelling skills you will work with the wider business to support practical problem solving.
You will develop the skills and knowledge to use hydraulic models to support our operation. This includes using models to help in understanding the operation of assets, potential impacts on customers or the environment, and ways to mitigate issues like supply loss and water quality.
Your Development
Your professional development is at the heart of our offer, expect to attend sessions that will develop your:
4. Presentation Skills
5. Effective Team Working
6. Resilience
7. Personal Branding
8. Time Management
9. Problem Solving
10. 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.
Visit our graduate page to find out more information on what we have to offer.
Good to know
Your graduate scheme will primarily be based South-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 December 8th. 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 our head office (Cardiff) between February/March 2025. Further information will be provided closer to the time. We are looking for a CV and cover letter that shows off how you will make a difference and add value. Hear what previous successful graduates have to say here.
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:
11. Variable pay schemes
12. Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
13. Several internal employee networks including Embrace, LGBT+, Neurodiverse, Disability, Women of Welsh Water, Parents, Wellbeing and many more...
14. Enhanced family friendly policies
15. Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
16. Reduction on high street & online shopping
17. Cycle to work scheme/Car-leasing scheme
18. Online GP service
19. Voluntary private healthcare
20. Free mortgage brokering service
21. An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
22. Free Headspace App to support your wellbeing
23. Colleague matched fundraising scheme up to the value of £500 per year for your chosen charity
24. 20% off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
25. Flexible working patterns
26. 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
© Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.
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