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Yorkshire Water Graduate Scheme – Graduate ICA Engineer

 

 

 


Salary & Benefits

 


Starting salary: £32,000, rising to £37,000 by end of year 2 


Extras: £2,000 signing bonus, annual bonus, 25 days holiday + bank holidays + wellness day 


Pension: Up to 12% company contribution 


Life assurance: 4x pensionable salary 


Permanant substantive role offer upon completion of programme subject to performance 


Flexible Benefits Package 


Includes health cash plan, critical illness and dental insurance, life assurance flex (with partner cover), retail discounts, online GP access, cycle-to-work scheme, gym membership savings, and more. 

 


Location: West Yorkshire with requirement for flexible travel across Yorkshire & Humber. 

 


Work type:  37 hours per week between a working window of 8:00am-6:00pm Monday – Friday 

 


Why Yorkshire Water? 

 


Yorkshire Water delivers essential water and wastewater services to over 5.4 million people. But we’re more than taps and toilets—we protect the environment, support communities, and help shape Yorkshire’s future. 


From tackling climate change to planning for droughts and floods, we’re solving some of the biggest challenges facing our region and we need talented graduates to help us do it. 

 


Your Graduate Programme 

 


Our two-year programme offers you five placements across your allocated business area, complemented by a choice of placements to suit your personal development needs in core functions such as Finance, Health & Safety, People, and Procurement, enabling you to have a balanced understanding of the business. You’ll gain hands-on experience, technical and leadership training, and support from mentors, managers, graduate alumni, and our Early in Careers team to support you from the day you make the decision to join us. 


By the end of the scheme, you’ll be ready to step into a permanent role and make a lasting impact. 

 


Your Team 

 


Engineering is a fundamental, enabling function residing at the heart of the way we manage our operational assets to deliver excellent customer service and protect the environment for the benefit of the people who live within and visitor Yorkshire. With expertise spanning  Process, Chemical Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation we support every aspect of the asset lifecycle - from concept through to decommissioning – by creating and managing assets that can last more than 100 years and so, no two days can ever the same. 


Our Instrumentation, Control and Automation (ICA) Engineering team designs, creates, upgrades, improves and modifies and embeds mission-critical operational assets that truly underpin excellent customer service and protects the environment. Through our pursuit of modernization we are building and embedding the foundations for our Industry 4.0 future by: 


Increasing both the depth and breadth of asset health and performance monitoring 


Implementing and integrating ever-more connected automation technologies 


Reinforcing the resilience and security of ICA assets 


Expanding, enhancing and renewing our ICA estate 


Unlocking and embedding the potential that Machine Learning systems and eventually, Artificial Intelligence offers the business. 

 

 


Your Role: 

 


As a Graduate ICA Engineer you will: 


Investigate and understand the root cause of asset failure 


Identify and promote opportunities for targeted capital investment 


Identify safety / environmental hazards and support the engineering design processes to design and develop robust control systems that keep customers & colleagues safe and protect the environment 


Design and implement asset improvements that enhance asset security, resilience, performance and reduce operating costs 


Assist in the renewal, improvement and expansion of complex control systems 


Develop and trial Reliability Centred Maintenance that prolongs the life of ICA assets 

 

 


What you’ll need to be successful: 

 


Minimum 2:1 Bachelors degree in a Control and Automation or Electrical & Electronic Engineering discipline 

 


Enthusiasm and a drive to succeed


UK Driving License and Access to own vehicle 


If you have an enquiring mind and want to join our business at a time where you can make a difference to our customers, our environment and join our sustainability led efforts – please apply! 

 

 


Key Dates


Closing date: 9th November 2025  


Assessment Centres:  between 17th November 2025 to 5th December 2025  


Start date:  14th September 2026 

 


We’re proud to serve Yorkshire and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects our communities. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

 


Successful candidates will undergo pre-employment checks, including a Basic Disclosure via a third-party provider. Some roles may also require Counter Terrorist or Security Check clearance.

 

Kelda Group reserve the right to close applications early, so we recommend applying as soon as possible.

What's in it for you?

Career enhancement and development, colleague well-being and a genuinely positive work experience for all are key priorities. We are continuously evolving and improving our ways of working and you will support us in achieving our vision of 'taking responsibility for the water environment for good'.

If you feel this opportunity is suitable and you match the skills required, then please apply on line and complete the application process.

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.

The Kelda Group provides water and sewerage services to domestic and business customers across the UK, managing the following subsidiary companies: - 

Yorkshire Water, is the main subsidiary company providing water and sewerage services to 4.7 million people and 130,000 businesses in the Yorkshire region. Its activities are regulated by the Water Services Regulation Authority, Ofwat Loop Customer Management Ltd specialises in delivering customer service support to Yorkshire Water that includes billing, debt recovery and incident management. Employing more than 600 people, Loop have built up an impressive list of industry awards and achievements since being created in 2000 and is currently listed in the Sunday Times Top 100 list as being one of the best companies to work for.

Kelda Water Services (KWS) manages Kelda's non-regulated water and waste water contract operations. It is now the second biggest player in the UK market for outsourced clean and waste water services.

Kelda Water Services Retail offer quality, integrity and partnership but it is never just about the technologies behind our solutions in water. It is about the structure, delivery and even the financing of those solutions, and about giving our customers a level of convenience they never knew was possible.

KeyLand Developments Limited (KeyLand Developments) is responsible for managing, developing and disposing of the group's surplus property assets, either on its own or in partnership with outside organisations.

Kelda Group values equality, diversity and inclusion we believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, religion or belief and trade union membership.

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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