Strategic Planning Internship – Summer Placement

2 weeks ago

Warrington, Warrington, United Kingdom United Utilities Full time

Strategic Planning Summer Internships

Job ID: UU00486

Location: Warrington, UK (possibility for some hybrid working as well as office based working, to be agreed with line manager during on boarding process)

Duration: 10 weeks

Salary: £23,152 per annum (pro rata based on duration)

Working Hours: 37.00 per week

Introduction

United Utilities provides water and sewage services to seven million people across the North West of England. It's a big job and a lot of work goes on behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly for our customers. From operating our pipes and improving water quality, to embracing new technologies and safeguarding the local environment – whether you're in our head office or out on site, there's always plenty going on. Our internship programmes will give you the opportunity to learn first-hand how we make this happen.

We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background.

Role Overview

In the Asset Management department you will join our Strategic Planning Team, a forward-thinking team working to promote innovative, cost beneficial and resilient solutions to key environmental and Asset Management challenges. The Strategic Planning team are also responsible for producing our Water Resources Management Plan and Drought Plan, Water Quality and Water Trading plans. We are now in the process of making detailed long term County Plans to show our customers the plans for their local areas in the long term.

United Utilities has a long history of leading in these areas and investing in young talent. In this role you will lead in the gathering of data and information from a variety of sources adding analytical support to our teams, support on developing visual graphics to help promote our plans and develop new innovative ideas on how we can develop our plans.

This intern role will specifically support in creating our county plans pulling together a wealth of information such as; Local risks, maintenance issues, asset performance, growth in the area, environmental considerations, future water quality projections, catchment plans etc. We also require support turning these local county plans into our long-term regulatory plans. As part of this fantastic opportunity, we will also provide you with an opportunity to work with several teams across United Utilities to increase your knowledge, confidence, experience and contacts.

This is a great opportunity to get exposure to the water, Asset Management and environmental sector. Skills you will develop include data analysis, business visual design, interpreting data, report writing and internal and external communications. As your internship progress there will be substantial scope to take on additional responsibilities as you gain more experience and gain exposure to other areas of the team.

Don't worry, we won't throw you in at the deep end. You'll have mentors and managers with you as you progress through your placement and support you as you work towards your personal development goals.

You'll be joining a team based at the United Utilities head office in Warrington and an organisation just voted the 19th best place to work in the UK as voted for by users of Glassdoor. You'll enjoy life on our leafy campus surrounded by over 2,000 colleagues who all help to provide great service for our 7 million customers.

What we are looking for

You will be aiming for a minimum of a 2:1 in an visual design or environmentally focussed degree such as Geography, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or Natural Science and a student at least in your penultimate year at university.

You must have a strong and well-developed visual design or analytical skills, with an attention to detail, ability to interpret and analyse data and contribute towards recommendations that consider the needs of the environment, customers and businesses.

You should possess excellent design, written and interpersonal skills and have the ability to communicate and influence across multiple stakeholder groups, including being able to creatively use a range of media and presentation skills for qualitative and quantitative information in a means that can be understood by all.

You must be highly computer literate (in particular word processing, spread sheets and presentations).

You must demonstrate a willingness to learn and genuine interest in/curiosity about Water Asset Management.

You must be motivated and enthusiastic, understand the importance of team work and possess ambition and drive to succeed and make the most out of your internship.

You should be able to be comfortable working flexibly across a range of tasks and activities to deadlines, be able to prioritise your time.

Benefits

When you join our intern scheme you'll receive a good salary, and due to the length of your programme being 10 weeks you will be engaged via our resourcing partner Reed Talent Solutions.

Internship Duration

10 weeks

If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure Scotland / the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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