Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentice

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

- **Salary & Benefits**
- We offer a competitive salary of £24,309 per annum.
- A company van if required for your job role.
- Annual incentive related bonus.
- Carefully selected training providers to deliver the specialist knowledge related to your role.
- A mentor who is an expert in your field to support you through your apprenticeship.
- Access to the Funded Learning Team who provide specialist support to you throughout your apprenticeship journey.
- Attractive pension scheme (up to 10% company contribution)
- Development opportunities in line with the apprenticeship progression plan along with additional extracurricular activities to enhance your employability skills and personal brand.
- 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**:
We are looking for an apprentice based within Yorkshire to cover the region in which they live.

37 hours per week, Monday - Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentice to join the Water Service Delivery 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. Water Service Delivery are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The Asset Strategy Planning and Investment Team are responsible for providing the company with a plan for the management and care of Yorkshire Water’s clean water Production & distribution asset base. These can be both reactive and proactive, theory or practical based and help to drive the organisation to make better planning decisions to help the environment, local communities, and the overall performance of the organisation.

The role will be specifically within the Clean Water Asset Management Teams and will involve developing, delivering, and implementing new ‘assets’ in the form of Water Mains, Water Pumping Stations, and Service Reservoirs. This will lead to the development of skills in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and hydraulic analysis. The team are at the forefront of long-term decision making and are key in improving not only Yorkshire Water but Yorkshire as a whole.

**Where you fit in**:
Our Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentices are office based however visits to site include asset inspections and the area they are situated, meeting specialist engineers and contractors involved in projects. As our Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentice, you will work to develop competence in:

- Identifying and leading investigations into asset performance shortfalls or opportunities.
- Leading projects to identify issues with assets, source resolutions and work with internal and external stakeholders to bring assets back up to performance.
- Utilising innovative thinking and drawing down on the expertise of the team and stakeholders involved in projects to meet budgets and carbon reduction challenges.
- Identifying and managing risks in relation to asset performance, project performance and project completion utilising project management and engineering techniques.
- Utilising specialist systems and Microsoft Office Packages to deliver projects.

**What apprenticeship will you study**:
Our Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentice’s study the Level 4 Asset Manager Apprenticeship which is equivalent to a HNC. This includes learning about the different types of assets, asset management standards and systems, asset lifecycle activities and asset management project tools and techniques. This is delivered through Watertrain, a leading training provider for the water industry. To find out more click on the link below:
**What you will need**: