What you’ll be doing
as an Asset Planning Level 4 Apprentice:
1. Assist in developing asset plans for treatment works, pumping stations, and networks in line with AMP8 priorities.
2. Analyse asset performance data to identify risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
3. Support capital maintenance planning and project prioritisation to meet regulatory and sustainability goals.
4. Contribute to risk-based decision-making for asset interventions.
5. Prepare reports and presentations using Microsoft Office and Thames Water’s asset management systems.
6. Take part in site visits, inspections, and planning meetings.
7. Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
Where you will work:
Location: Clearwater Court, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8DB Hybrid
Hours: 36 hours a week across four working days plus one off-the-job training day
Start date: September 2026
Training and qualification: You’ll study with Teesside University, one of the UK’s leading Asset Management training providers. Your training will include modules delivered through weekly online tutorials, supported by pre-session learning materials such as recorded videos, lecture notes, and case studies.
Qualification: Asset manager, Level 4 Asset Management Standard- Certificate of Higher Education in Asset Management included.
Duration: Permanent contract with a 24-month structured programme.
What you should bring to the role:
8. GCSE Maths and English (grade 9-4 / A-C) or equivalent.
9. 64 points from any combination of acceptable level 3 qualifications.
10. Ability to travel to Thames Water sites throughout the programme.
What’s in it for you?
11. Excellent salary: £22,500 per annum.
12. Annual Leave: 24 days of holiday per year, increasing to 28 with length of service. (plus bank holidays)
13. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
14. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
15. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.