Yorkshire Water Graduate Scheme – Programme Graduate – Water Network Asset Management
Location: West Yorkshire with requirement for flexible travel across Yorkshire & Humber.
Work type: 37 hours per week between a working window of 8:00am-6:00pm Monday – Friday
Why Yorkshire Water?
Yorkshire Water delivers essential water and wastewater services to over million people. But we’re more than taps and toilets—we protect the environment, support communities, and help shape Yorkshire’s future.
From tackling climate change to planning for droughts and floods, we’re solving some of the biggest challenges facing our region and we need talented graduates to help us do it.
Your Graduate Programme
The Future Leader Graduate programme at Yorkshire Water offers 5 placements across our business, partners and regulators where we will support, develop and utilise your exceptional skill set to tackle our challenges head on and drive our business performance forward. You will play a pivotal role in the continuous improvement activities at Yorkshire Water with exposure across all elements of our business. You’ll gain hands-on experience, technical and leadership training, and support from mentors, managers, graduate alumni, and our Early in Careers team to support you from the day you make the decision to join us.
By the end of the scheme, you’ll be ready to step into a permanent role and make a lasting impact.
Your Team
You will be directly linked to our Executive team via our People function. The placements you undertake, the activities you are involved in and the development journey you go on will all be reviewed and sponsored by our Senior Leaders, who will offer support and guidance throughout. You will be at the heart of our business, in the middle of resolving our challenges and building a foundation to be a senior leader of the future.
Your Role:
As a Future Leader graduate, you will:
1. Develop a robust practical understanding of strategy and regulation requirements, enhanced through placements with our external stakeholders
2. Grow an understanding of our end to end business and the essential roles we play in the environment and striving for excellence for our customer
3. Support the development and effective implementation of key initiatives across strategy and regulation, corporate affairs, company secretary, customer service, finance, People, our frontline operations and asset delivery.
4. Evidence strong data analysis, project and stakeholder engagement throughout your business unit placements
5. Demonstrate a continuous motivation to improve our processes, practices and performance through influencing, problem solving and industry understanding
What you need to be successful:
6. Minimum 2:1 in relative discipline Leadership and Management, Politics, Economics, Sustainability.
7. High level of interpersonal and professional communication skills
8. Driven to develop a deep understanding of the water industry regionally, nationally and internationally and to understand its role in public health, environmental protection, and climate adaptation.
9. Commitment to continous improvement
10. Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for travel across Yorkshire & Humber
Salary & Benefits
Starting salary: £32,000, rising to £37,000 by end of year 2
Extras: £2,000 signing bonus, annual bonus, 25 days holiday + bank holidays + wellness day
11. Pension: Up to 12% company contribution
12. Life assurance: 4x pensionable salary
13. Permanant substantive role offered upon completion of programme subject to performance
14. Flexible Benefits Package -Includes health cash plan, critical illness and dental insurance, life assurance flex (with partner cover), retail discounts, online GP access, cycle-to-work scheme, gym membership savings, and more.
Key Dates
15. Closing date: 9th November 2025
16. Assessment Centres: between 17th November 2025 to 5th December 2025
17. Start date: 14th September 2026
We’re proud to serve Yorkshire and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects our communities. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Successful candidates will undergo pre-employment checks, including a Basic Disclosure via a third-party provider. Some roles may also require Counter Terrorist or Security Check clearance.
Kelda Group reserve the right to close applications early, so we recommend applying as soon as possible.
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