Water Science Graduate

Date: 11 Oct 2024- Company: DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig Welsh Water Plc- City: Cardiff- Address: Cardiff, Wales, GB, CF3 0LT**Job Requisition Number**
- 6826

**Work Type**
- Permanent

**Job Function**
- Scientist

**Salary Range**
- £29,285.00 -£33,277.00

**Base**
- Flexible across Wales

**Closing date**
- 8th December 2024

Bath-times, half-times, party-times, meeting-times, and cooking-times. Our water brings Wales to life It helps 3 million people stay healthy and clean every day. It keeps businesses running smoothly and life flowing along.

We’re different. And proud of it. We’re for everyone, not for profit. We’re people from every walk of life. All with an opportunity to develop and grow amazing careers. All sharing the benefits of bringing our whole self to work.

We’re the engineers and scientists, rangers and customer advisors that keep the taps flowing and keep our customers happy.

We’re in every community. And for every community. We’re Welsh Water. The people with the passion to bring futures to life in a business that brings Wales to life

Discover the difference Welsh Water can bring to your life and your career.

**Enough about us, let's hear about you...**:
We are seeking interested applicants to have achieved or be expected to achieve a chemistry, biology or engineering degree - that’s it.... no prior experience needed.
- Root cause analysis
- Critical thinking
- Data analysis
- Problem solving
- Effective communication skills

**Your Graduate scheme**:
The graduate placement for a Water Services Scientist is designed to provide you with hands-on experience and training in various aspects of water treatment and water quality and environmental protection.

Your Development

Your professional development is at the heart of our offer, expect to attend sessions that will develop your:

- Presentation Skills
- Effective Team Working
- Resilience
- Personal Branding
- Time Management
- Problem Solving
- Managing Difficult Conversations

In addition, you will be given the opportunity to work on a variety of projects with your fellow graduates. These will allow you to develop your interpersonal and leadership skills, whilst working collaboratively with your peers. You will also be given the opportunity to work on key business projects within your specialised field.

Visit our graduate page to find out more information on what we have to offer.

**Good to know**:
Your graduate scheme could be based anywhere across Wales. With notice you may be expected to travel to sites across the whole of Wales and its borders.

**Benefits**:
As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

- Variable pay schemes
- Enhanced employer pension contributions - Up to 11% employer contribution
- Several internal employee networks including Embrace, LGBT+, Neurodiverse, Disability, Women of Welsh Water, Parents, Wellbeing and many more...
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Reduction on high street & online shopping, & gym discounts.
- Cycle to work scheme/Car-leasing scheme
- Online GP service
- Voluntary Private Healthcare
- Free mortgage brokering service
- An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
- Free Headspace App to support your wellbeing.
- Colleague matched fundraising scheme up to the value of £500 per year for your chosen charity
- 20% off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
- Flexible working patterns
- We also recruit our own volunteer Wellbeing Champions (on an annual basis) - successful recruits will receive full i-act and StRaW training

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.

INDLP