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Electrical engineer
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Overview

Yorkshire Water Graduate Scheme - Graduate Electrical Engineer

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

Pension: Up to 12% company contribution

Life assurance: 4x pensionable salary

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.

Permanant substantive role offer upon completion of programme subject to performance

Yorkshire Water Graduate Scheme - Graduate Electrical Engineer

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 5.4 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

Our two-year programme offers you five placements across your allocated business area, complemented by a choice of placements to suit your personal development needs in core functions such as Finance, Health & Safety, People, and Procurement, enabling you to have a balanced understanding of the 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

Engineering is a fundamental, enabling function residing at the heart of the way we manage our operational assets to deliver excellent customer service and protect the environment for the benefit of the people who live within and visitor Yorkshire. With expertise spanning Process, Chemical Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation we support every aspect of the asset lifecycle - from concept through to decommissioning - by creating and managing assets that can last more than 100 years and so, no two days can ever the same.

Our Electrical Engineering team, provides the electrical engineer expertise to provide safe electrical systems and support the business's aspirations for net zero carbon by 2030 and underpins excellent customer service and protects the environment via improved power supply resilience. Through our pursuit of modernisation the team forms a centre of excellence for the promotion and development of zero carbon initiatives, power supply resilience and power system safety and reliability initiatives.

As a member of the Electrical Engineering Team you could be:-

Involved with the company wide Electrical Safety Improvement Projects.

Providing operational and technical support on electrical systems at voltages upto 11,000V.

Developing standards and policies to achieve the company's aspirations for "A thriving Yorkshire right for customers, right for the environment" via the adopt of a mixture of established and emerging technology.

Supporting, and where applicable instigating, projects to support the companies target for net zero, improved power resilience and safety.

Providing technical support and advice to new construction projects throughout the company to ensure the maximum value utilise the most suitably products within the market place.

Ensuring all persons working on Electrical Systems are suitably trained and experienced.

Your Role

As a Graduate Electrical Engineer you will:

Investigate and understand the root cause of asset failure

Identify and promote opportunities for targeted capital investment

Identify safety / environmental hazards and support the engineering design processes to design and develop robust control systems that keep customers & colleagues safe and protect the environment

Design and implement asset improvements that enhance asset security, resilience, performance and reduce operating costs

Assist in the renewal, improvement and expansion of complex control systems

Develop and trial Reliability Centred Maintenance that prolongs the life of Electrical assets

REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum 2:1 Bachelors degree in a Power or Electrical & Electronic Engineering discipline

Enthusiasm and a drive to succeed

UK Driving License and access to own vehicle

If you have an enquiring mind and want to join our business at a time where you can make a difference to our customers, our environment and join our sustainability led efforts - please apply!

Key Dates

Closing date: 9th November 2025

Assessment Centres: between 17th November 2025 to 5th December 2025

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.

What\'s in it for you?

Career enhancement and development, colleague well-being and a genuinely positive work experience for all are key priorities. We are continuously evolving and improving our ways of working and you will support us in achieving our vision of 'taking responsibility for the water environment for good'.

If you feel this opportunity is suitable and you match the skills required, then please apply on line and complete the application process.

The Kelda Group provides water and sewerage services to domestic and business customers across the UK, managing the following subsidiary companies:

Yorkshire Water, is the main subsidiary company providing water and sewerage services to 4.7 million people and 130,000 businesses in the Yorkshire region. Its activities are regulated by the Water Services Regulation Authority, Ofwat Loop Customer Management Ltd specialises in delivering customer service support to Yorkshire Water that includes billing, debt recovery and incident management. Employing more than 600 people, Loop have built up an impressive list of industry awards and achievements since being created in 2000 and is currently listed in the Sunday Times Top 100 list as being one of the best companies to work for.

Kelda Water Services (KWS) manages Kelda's non-regulated water and waste water contract operations. It is now the second biggest player in the UK market for outsourced clean and waste water services.

Kelda Water Services Retail offer quality, integrity and partnership but it is never just about the technologies behind our solutions in water. It is about the structure, delivery and even the financing of those solutions, and about giving our customers a level of convenience they never knew was possible.

KeyLand Developments Limited (KeyLand Developments) is responsible for managing, developing and disposing of the group's surplus property assets, either on its own or in partnership with outside organisations.

Kelda Group values equality, and we believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of, marital status, parental status,, ,, or, ,, or belief and trade union membership.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

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