Software Engineer

Salary

£46,880 - £58,600 (depending on expeirence)

Location

Pity Me, Durham, County Durham

About the role

Software Engineer

Working hours 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered))

Permanent

Salary from £46,880 - £58,600

Location Pity Me, Durham / Hybrid working

We're open to discussing flexible working

About the role

We have a new opportunity to join our software development team, working initially within our Governance, Risk & Compliance product area. This is a diverse cross-functional role where you'll contribute to the design and development of core business applications across the organisation.

Your work will range from building new features and fixing bugs to supporting testing, resolving technical issues and identifying opportunities to streamline processes.

You'll help to keep us at the forefront of best practice and innovation over our wide-ranging IT estate. This includes embracing opportunities in ever-evolving digital technology. While the role has a strong focus on application development, it also involves working across the wider IT landscape, supporting continuous integration and deployment of pipelines and contributing to business-critical projects.

Daily activities include designing and developing business critical applications, placing a focus on enhancing our system performance to automate manual processes. You'll work within an agile environment which includes contributing to daily stand-ups that support testing and deployment through CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities also include creating and maintaining technical documentation, estimating development work, and providing ongoing support for both applications and automation tools.

About you

If you are enthusiastic about software development with a solid understanding of good development practices, then we want to hear from you.

Collaboration is at the heart of how we work, so we're looking for someone who thrives in large, cross-functional teams and brings a proactive attitude to learning new tools and technologies.

Your ability to translate complex technical challenges into practical, business-friendly solutions will make you a valued partner in driving digital progress across the organisation.

You'll demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, using your experience to analyse issues to develop effective solutions that support business needs. Your ability to work with precision in coding and debugging will ensure the reliability of our systems.

Success in this role will also rely on your experience working in Agile environments, where you'll manage your time effectively across multiple tasks and priorities. You'll be comfortable engaging with stakeholders across the business, explaining technical concepts in ways that are easily understood by non-technical colleagues.

Essential skills include:

• Proficiency in C# / .NET
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, SQL, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with development tools such as VS Code (or other IDEs), GitHub, Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles.

We welcome applications with varied experience and qualifications. However, to be successful in the role you will need a good background in the technology sector, either from a relevant IT degree, plus some work experience or from previous experience in an IT role (e.g., software/web development etc.).

If this sounds like the opportunity for you apply today

First stage interviews will take place 6-13 November via MS Teams

If successful at first stage you will be invited to a face to face interview at our office 19th and 27th November and 9th December.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we're committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We're aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We're a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our 'Tap Into' benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. There's also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we'll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning 'Living Well' wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we'll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you'll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:

Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

Colleague benefits

We're the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Computer

Loans

Award winning wellbeing site

NWG savings scheme

Company pension scheme

Pre-retirement workshops

Life assurance

Discounts & cashback offers

Qualification loan

Documents

Business Plan Essex & Suffolk Water - Download

Business Plan Main Report - Download

Business Plan Northumbrian Water - Download

Restore and Regenerate - Our Environment Strategy to 2050 - Download

Software Engineer - - Download