Process Engineer Apprentice

Location: We currently have Process Engineer Apprentice opportunities to join our Water Production department covering sites in the North, East, South and West Yorkshire areas. Applicants should live within a reasonable commuting distance of Doncaster, Selby, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Halifax, Ripon and the Scarborough areas. A full UK driving licence (with no more than 6 points) is an essential requirement of this role, with the ability to travel between sites.,

• Ensuring compliance with water quality standards, environmental regulations and ensuring health and safety, and process safety is achieved and managed through spending time visiting water production operational sites & assets.


• Leading site operational and maintenance activities to achieve effective asset control and performance to maintain our regulatory requirements and provide wholesome water to the customers of Yorkshire.


• The implementation of the water production optimal plan and managing cost reductions. Assisting with optimisation activities and sharing best practice, ensuring that service outage is always minimised, managing asset failure, operational recovery from the field and support cost information monitoring.


• Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements such as Health, Safety & Environment, Water Quality Requirements (DWI) and the Environment Agency are always followed., Our assets are operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, upon completion of your apprenticeship, you would be required to work unsociable hours on a rota basis.
  
  5 GCSE's grade A-C or 4-9 including English and mathematics.


• Full UK driving licence and own method of transport to report to a Clean Water site which are often rural locations.


• The ability to carry out a wide range of physical tasks and activities mainly outdoors (demonstrated in work experience and/or hobbies).


• Be self-motivated, always willing to learn new skills and take pride in everything you do.


• This role has a requirement to carry out occasional work in confined spaces so the successful completion of a medical performed by our Occupational Health Department and the relevant training course is essential. The successful candidate must pass strict medical criteria including, BMI, vision, blood pressure, hearing, and Spirometry tests to ensure your full safety when working in hazardous environments.
  
  We have opportunities for Process Engineer Apprentices to join the Clean Water 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. Clean Water are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

In Water Production we ensure that our customers are supplied with clean wholesome drinking water. To do this we work with other teams to ensure our assets are always operated safely and optimally. We are open to change, technology and ensure that we work safely and within compliance in all aspect of the work we carry out. We are resourceful and often must think outside of the box. We understand that we are a 24/7 service and live up to our responsibilities.

Salary & Benefits: Salary £23,151.27. Benefits include annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the Process Engineer progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!