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Programme Graduate – Water Production (Water and Hydraulics)

 

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

 

The supply system engineering team are responsible for the clean water supply and demand balance across the region. They will manage the water strategic storage, planned and unplanned events on the network to ensure that, reviewing previous day performance and looking ahead to plan for the future. The supply system engineering team are responsible for the clean water supply and demand balance across the region. They will manage the water strategic storage, planned and unplanned events on the network to ensure that customer supply is not compromised. They are also heavily involved in incident support, both at a control room, production, networks and wider business perspective during periods of escalation.  

 

Your Role

 

As a Graduate – Water Engineer, you will:

 

  • Manage the Water Supply Systems in your area to deliver current and future performance requirements.
  • Use Technical Expertise to plan and manage the operation of the water supply system to deliver out performance through the optimal plan (i.e. cheapest water production)
  • Ensure that robust financial management and commercial awareness form the foundation of all business decisions and also act as a company expert for the development of Water Supply System Strategy.
  • Analyse regional demand to identify local and regional anomalies to help target leakage activities.
  • Ensure outage, headroom, production and transmission constraints are visible and understood within Central Control.

 

What you’ll need to be successful

 

  • Educated to relevant degree level – Engineering degree (e.g. Civils, Hydraulics, Water or Geography)
  • Knowledge of water & hydraulics
  • Self-motivated, enthusiastic team player with excellent organisational and planning skills
  • Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle Shape

 

Recruitment Process –

 

Closing date: 3rd November 2025 

 

Assessment Centres: 17th November 2025 

 

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 Production (Water and Hydraulics)

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