Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Process Engineer Apprentice covering the Hull area 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?
Wage
£24,309 a year
Yorkshire Water pays Apprentices the Real Living Wage and this continues and rises as Real Living Wage rises across the Apprenticeship.
Training course
Water industry treatment process technician (level 3)
Hours
The role is 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday whilst on the Apprenticeship Programme. Upon completion there is a requirement for out of normal business hours working including evenings, nights and weekends.
37 hours a week
Start date
Monday 17 August 2026
Duration
2 years
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
As our Process Engineering Apprentice you will:
You will be based at a Water Treatment Works, taking care of and completing operational and plant maintenance activities to provide wholesome water to our customers. Task consist of a proactive planned workbasket that include but not limited too, cleaning and calibrating instrumentation, completing Water Quality laboratory checks, fault finding and diagnoses of treatment issues, integrating trend data, cleaning of process tanks, completing small scale pipework repairs, working with electrical and mechanical colleagues to resolve faults and accepting chemical deliveries, all to ensure compliance with water quality standards, environmental regulations and ensure health and safety, and process safety is achieved and managed across all 4 Leeds and Harrogate Water Treatement Works.
A key element of the role is chemical and process optimisation of the clean water treatment processes to achieve the water production optimal plan and manage cost. You will lead optimisation activities and share best practice, ensuring that water production service outage is minimised at all times. You will manage asset failure, operational recovery from the field and support cost information monitoring.
You will review Risk Assessments and Methods Statements, issue control of work documentation, adhere to safe systems of work, identify hazards and implement mitigation, update reporting systems to ensure H&S compliance across the Water Treatment Works in line with Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Water Quality Requirements (DWI) and the Environment Agency statutory requirements are followed at all times.
* You will also play a vital role in completing operational actions on site and providing support during incidents or operational events and ensure they are escalated and managed appropriately.
* You will embrace Modernisation ways of working and reducing asset failure through Dynamic Asset Maintenance whilst supporting the new operational asset management system (ERP).
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
* Tophill Water Treatment Works, Tophill Low, Cranswick, Driffield, YO25 9RH
* Cottingham Water Treatment Works, Millhouse Woods Lane, Cottingham, Hull, HU16 4HD
* Western House, Halifax Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 2SZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WATERTRAIN LIMITED
Training course
Water industry treatment process technician (level 3)
What you'll learn
Course contents
* Comply with (water or wastewater) industry regulations and procedures.
* Follow alarm intervention procedures. Resolve alarm issues.
* Inspect (planned) and check assets (reactive) and identify action.
* Follow procedures to remove assets for routine maintenance and recommission.
* Carry out validation or instrument checks of online equipment and identify action.
* Monitor first line maintenance of process control equipment and instrumentation.
* Identify issues. Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques: identify root cause. Resolve faults.
* Consider, identify, and promote areas for improvement for example, in relation to quality, cost, time, safety, and impact.
* Interrogate and interpret electronic control systems. For example, HMI or SCADA.
* Use data monitoring and control systems to monitor and control equipment.
* Inspect and check safety equipment: identify and take action.
* Identify and instigate incident escalation procedures.
* Apply site standards for housekeeping.
* Conduct risk assessments: identify and document risks and hazards in the workplace. Apply control measures.
* Comply with health and safety regulations and safe working practices and procedures.
* Follow site security procedures.
* Follow procedures for emergency situations.
* Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and requirements. For example, safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, and efficient use of resources.
* Apply principles of sustainable development. For example, in choice of materials.
* Conduct and assess impact of activity for example, environmental, cost, reputation, safety, and health. Apply control measures.
* Identify and escalate issues.
* Read and interpret written information. For example, work instructions, and service level agreements.
* Complete work records.
* Use information technology. Follow cyber security procedures. Comply with GDPR.
* Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources to complete work tasks.
* Communicate verbally and in writing. For example, with colleagues, stakeholders, or others. Use water industry terminology where appropriate.
* Liaise with, negotiate with, and handle conflict in individual or group environments.
* Select raw water source or blend of sources.
* Monitor and control water abstraction.
* Monitor and control water chemical dosing procedures.
* Operate water process control equipment and instrumentation.
* Take water samples.
* Analyse and interpret on-site laboratory data and check against water process parameters.
* Monitor and control water treatment processes and performance.
* Monitor and control the effectiveness of disinfection.
* Monitor and control waste stream processes and performance.
* Apply procedures to shut-down, isolate, and re-commission water process streams.
* Monitor and control incoming flows.
* Control internal pumping station operations.
* Operate wastewater process control equipment and instrumentation.
* Take wastewater samples.
* Analyse and interpret on-site testing data and monitoring equipment data and check against wastewater process parameters.
* Monitor and maintain grit removal and screening assets.
* Monitor and control the performance of sedimentation, biological and chemical treatment operations.
* Monitor and control wastewater treatment processes and performance.
* Apply procedures to shut-down, isolate and re-commission wastewater process streams.
* Follow wastewater hygiene personal procedures.
* Comply with (water or wastewater) industry regulations and procedures.
* Follow alarm intervention procedures. Resolve alarm issues.
* Inspect (planned) and check assets (reactive) and identify action.
* Follow procedures to remove assets for routine maintenance and recommission.
* Carry out validation or instrument checks of online equipment and identify action.
* Monitor first line maintenance of process control equipment and instrumentation.
* Identify issues. Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques: identify root cause. Resolve faults.
* Consider, identify, and promote areas for improvement for example, in relation to quality, cost, time, safety, and impact.
* Interrogate and interpret electronic control systems. For example, HMI or SCADA.
* Use data monitoring and control systems to monitor and control equipment.
* Inspect and check safety equipment: identify and take action.
* Identify and instigate incident escalation procedures.
* Apply site standards for housekeeping.
* Conduct risk assessments: identify and document risks and hazards in the workplace. Apply control measures.
* Comply with health and safety regulations and safe working practices and procedures.
* Follow site security procedures.
* Follow procedures for emergency situations.
* Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and requirements. For example, safe disposal of waste, re-cycling or re-use of materials, and efficient use of resources.
* Apply principles of sustainable development. For example, in choice of materials.
* Conduct and assess impact of activity for example, environmental, cost, reputation, safety, and health. Apply control measures.
* Identify and escalate issues.
* Read and interpret written information. For example, work instructions, and service level agreements.
* Complete work records.
* Use information technology. Follow cyber security procedures. Comply with GDPR.
* Plan tasks. Identify and organise resources to complete work tasks.
* Communicate verbally and in writing. For example, with colleagues, stakeholders, or others. Use water industry terminology where appropriate.
* Liaise with, negotiate with, and handle conflict in individual or group environments.
Training schedule
Our Process Engineers study the level 3 Water Industry Process Technician apprenticeship standard which is delivered through Watertrain. Watertrain are a leading training provider delivering accredited training and apprenticeships specifically for the Water Industry. The apprenticeship is 36 months in duration plus your end point assessment period and is delivered on a block release basis at one of our Water Treatment sites. To find out more about the apprenticeship please click on the link below:
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* Any 3 other subjects (grade C/4/Pass)
* English (Literature or Language) (grade C/4/Pass)
* Mathematics (grade C/4/Pass)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Problem solving skills
* Analytical skills
* Team working
* Physical fitness
Other requirements
* A full DBS check will be carried out upon appointment
* A Full UK driving liccence is required
* An ability to work at height and in confined spaces after training is required