Asset Technical Specialist

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

•    We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience £42,398 to £52,998.

•    Company car or cash allowance.

•    Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year).

•    Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).

•    Development opportunities in line with the Asset Technical Specialist progression plan.

•    25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!

•    Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.

•    A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.

•    Retail savings scheme.

•    Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Regionally based across Yorkshire.

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for three Asset Technical Specialists to join the Asset Management – Wastewater team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do!

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

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.  Our newly established team in Asset Management – Wastewater are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Our Asset Technical Specialist will play a critical role in safeguarding and enhancing the performance of Yorkshire Water’s sewerage pumping stations and rising mains across the region. With full accountability for asset performance, you will ensure compliance with permits and design standards while proactively identifying opportunities to reduce the frequency and impact of rising main failures.

You will lead the investigation of all sites that exceed defined performance thresholds, using insight driven analysis to identify root causes and develop effective operational and capital solutions that significantly reduce environmental risk. Working in close partnership with Operations and Maintenance teams, you will ensure assets operate within design parameters and support the delivery of strong performance against our ODI commitments.

This is a highly influential role, central to delivering Yorkshire Water’s vision of a thriving Yorkshire—right for customers, right for the environment—by driving resilience, protecting the environment, and enabling long term, sustainable performance of our wastewater infrastructure.

Where you fit in!

As our Asset Technical Specialist you will;

•    Lead and drive excellent standards and behaviours in health and safety, risk management and the control of work activities.

•    To develop sustainable solutions to operational shortfalls across the pumping asset base.

•    Work closely with operational and other technical teams to ensure the correct TOTEX solutions are identified.

•    Creating action plans for failing assets to reduce harm on the environment.

•    Utilise performance data to track performance and demonstrate benefits to Interventions.

•    Works with operational teams to ensure that unfunded risks are appropriately mitigated.

•    Maintain the view of progress for each risk through the investment cycle, communicating this to stakeholders and ensuring that operational risks are mitigated.

•    Work closely with Asset planning teams to ensure all available data is used to optimise the performance of the asset.

•    Identify opportunities for process improvements or use of innovative techniques to reduce shortfalls.

•    Gain a greater understanding of the impact of proactive intervention on Pumping Stations and Rising Mains and work to influence future interventions.

•    Lead on collating technical information for root cause reviews.

•    Creates a clear team identity that motivates and gains commitment and trust whilst involving others from outside immediate area in projects, comfortable working across boundaries.

•    Proactively manages personal and team energy to build trust and improve performance.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

•    Understands Health and Safety legislation, policies, and requirements in relation to the sewerage pumping systems.

•    Expert knowledge of sewerage system assets, common failure modes and solutions.

•    Knowledge of company Quality systems.

•    Recognised qualification or proven technical experience in relation to Wastewater Operations.

•    Demonstrable experience of influencing the performance of operational teams.

•    Proven ability to prepare successful business cases for investment.

•    Evidence of providing exceptional customer service.

•    Understanding and experience of financial and cost centre management.

•    Ability to acquire, understand, interpret, and disseminate information, both technical and financial.

•    Proven planning ability - identifying priorities and actions to assist in delivering results.

•    Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex issues to others.

•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, IT literate.

•    Ability to build and maintain a network of working relationships with internally and external stakeholders.

•    Clearly demonstrates the Yorkshire Water company values and behaviours.

•    In-depth knowledge of Microsoft applications, YW telemetry and SAP systems.

•    A full valid EU driving licence and use of a car.

You will also benefit from having:

•    Outline understanding or the E&M aspects of a pumping system.

•    Outline understanding of the hydraulics of a pumping system.

•    H&S trained - minimum IOSH qualified.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy!

Do we sound like your cup of tea?

If you’ve got experience as an Asset Technical Specialist and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.

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.

All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

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.

No agencies please.