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Programme Graduate – Water Catchment and Production Asset Management (Engineering)  

 

 

 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  

  • Permanent 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: This role can accomodate any Yorkshire Based Graduate (please note there will be regular required travel across the region)

 

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 core function placement outside of your business unit, 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:  

 

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 ranging from how to achieve net zero carbon emissions through to how we plan for drought or flood events. The Catchment and Production Asset Management 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, through to contributing to strategies central to Yorkshire Water achieving our vision.  

  

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.    

  

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.  

  

  

Water Catchment and Production Asset Management is a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.     

  

  

Your Role  

  

As a Water Catchment and Production Asset Management Graduate you will:  

  • Identify and mitigate risks related to raw water sources, reservoirs, and water treatment assets.  

  • Identify and lead investigations into asset performance shortfalls or opportunities.  

  • Identify a notional solution where appropriate.  

  • Lead projects through the definition phase, ensuring that potential solutions to asset performance shortfalls are fully investigated, utilising expert and partner resources as required.  

  • Support environmental compliance, including WRMP (Water Resource Management Plan), WINEP (Water Industry National Environment Programme) and pollution risk management for water assets.  

  • Undertake detailed investigations and reports for incidents on Water Treatment Work performance; supporting Root Cause Analysis and DWI Drinking Water Safety Plans development and support investigations following performance issues.  

  • Influence funding decisions for AMP cycles (e.g., AMP8 and AMP9) to meet performance commitments such as CRI (Compliance Risk Index) and UPO (Unplanned Outage) and regulatory obligations in alignment with the business strategy. 

  • Provide asset management support and coaching to other colleagues in the team and the wider business.  

  
  

  

What you’ll need to be successful:  
  
Minimum 2:1 Bachelors degree in Chemical/Mechanical or Process Engineering or STEM discipline.  

  • Enthusiasm and a drive to succeed  

  • UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle  due to a requirement to travel across the Yorkshire and Humber region. 

  

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!  

  

Please click on the button to apply and complete out graduate application form.  

  

  

Key Dates 

  

Closing date: 6th December 2025 

  

Assessment Centres:   w/c 19th January 2026 

  

Start date:  21st September 2026  

  

  

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. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.    

  

  

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.  

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.

Programme Graduate - Water Catchment and Production Asset Management (Engineering)

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