Water, Engineering, Science and Technology (WEST) Placement

You’ll work within our Water, Engineering, Science & Technology (WEST) profession, contributing to a range of projects that will stretch your thinking and broaden your skillset. Some of the projects could include:

• Developing policy and monitoring company performance in the field of asset management maturity and companies long term resilience;
• Water resource management planning, performance commitment assessments and innovation competition creation;
• Assessing company submissions for water resource management plans, contributing to innovation challenge design, or analyse data to support resilience planning
Your work will help ensure safe, reliable, and sustainable water services for millions of customers, directly influencing how water companies plan and respond to environmental challenges. You’ll play a vital role in protecting the environment and securing resilient water supplies for generations to come.

Professional requirements - Essential criteria
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications, essential attributes, experience, skills and knowledge.

Eligibility - Qualifications  
You should have, or be on track to achieve, at least a 2:2 degree in Maths, Science, Geography, Environmental studies, Data, or Engineering-based degrees from a UK university.
We also welcome applicants who have completed a Level 3, 4, or 5 apprenticeships in any of the areas listed above, as well as applicants with a relevant postgraduate qualification.  
As this is a placement programme, you must either be studying on a degree that includes a sandwich year or be a recent graduate/ apprentice with no more than three years of post-graduation work experience. 

Experience, skills and knowledge
• Lead Criterion- A good understanding of various technical and engineering concepts, with a particular motivation for working in a regulatory utility environment.  
• An ability to think critically and apply technical and engineering knowledge to solve problems for customers and the environment.
• An understanding of the water sector and how it operates in England and Wales
• Good interpersonal skills, demonstrated by influencing and building strong relationships with a range of stakeholders.