Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentice

Summary

Yorkshire Water offer a comprehensive apprenticeship programme enabling our apprentices to develop their competence to the best of their ability. Our programme includes dedicated mentorship from experts in the field, employability skills sessions, social events along with a dedicated team of Apprenticeship experts monitoring programmes.

Wage

£24,309 a year

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A company incentive bonus is on top of the salary

Training course

Asset manager (level 4)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week, a typical working day can be 8am to 4pm

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 8 September

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Our Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentices are office based however visits to site include asset inspections and the area they are situated, meeting specialist engineers and contractors involved in projects. As our Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentice, you will work to develop competence in:

Identifying and leading investigations into asset performance shortfalls or opportunities.
Leading projects to identify issues with assets, source resolutions and work with internal and external stakeholders to bring assets back up to performance.
Utilising innovative thinking and drawing down on the expertise of the team and stakeholders involved in projects to meet budgets and carbon reduction challenges.
Identifying and managing risks in relation to asset performance, project performance and project completion utilising project management and engineering techniques.
Utilising specialist systems and Microsoft Office Packages to deliver projects.

Where you’ll work

Elvington Water Treatment Works

Kexby Lane, Elvington

York

YO41 4BA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

WATERTRAIN LIMITED

Your training course

Asset manager (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Identify the organisation’s context and constraints that affect asset management.
Identify asset service and performance requirements.
Estimate and calculate Life Cycle Cost (LCC) or Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for assets/asset systems.
Use techniques to identify interventions for assets/asset system and estimate benefits.
Apply multi criteria decision making methods to proposed intervention options.
Select and use decision support tools to make asset management recommendations.
Develop asset life-cycle plans including performance monitoring and business case.
Classify assets, asset systems, life cycle stages and activities.
Plan and manage projects.
Assess asset health; condition and performance.
Select and apply fault finding technique(s) to identify causes and effects of assets/asset system failures.
Apply continuous improvement techniques.
Assess and quantify asset, asset system and asset management activity-related risks; identify mitigation options.
Comply with legislation, asset management standards and company policies.
Use information technology systems and processes: for example, asset registers, work management systems, word processing, spreadsheets, email, presentation.
Collate and analyse asset/asset system data and information.
Interpret and present data - qualitative and/or quantitative.
Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders – verbal, written and presentation.
Identify the organisation’s context and constraints that affect asset management.
Identify asset service and performance requirements.
Estimate and calculate Life Cycle Cost (LCC) or Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for assets/asset systems.
Use techniques to identify interventions for assets/asset system and estimate benefits.
Apply multi criteria decision making methods to proposed intervention options.
Select and use decision support tools to make asset management recommendations.
Develop asset life-cycle plans including performance monitoring and business case.
Classify assets, asset systems, life cycle stages and activities.
Plan and manage projects.
Assess asset health; condition and performance.
Select and apply fault finding technique(s) to identify causes and effects of assets/asset system failures.
Apply continuous improvement techniques.
Assess and quantify asset, asset system and asset management activity-related risks; identify mitigation options.
Comply with legislation, asset management standards and company policies.
Use information technology systems and processes: for example, asset registers, work management systems, word processing, spreadsheets, email, presentation.
Collate and analyse asset/asset system data and information.
Interpret and present data - qualitative and/or quantitative.
Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders – verbal, written and presentation.

Your training plan

Watertrain deliver this apprenticeship to Yorkshire Water apprentices on a block release basis at a Yorkshire Water Academy site. This includes attending 3 consecutive days every 4 to 6 weeks.

More training information

Watertrain are a leading training provider dedicated to the Water Industry. Their tutors are industry experts and take the time to understand Yorkshire Water assets.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade C/4)
Mathematics (grade C/4)
Science (grade C/4)

A Level in:

3 A-levels in any subject (grade C/Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Organisation skills
Team working
Driving licence

Other requirements

This role requires travel across the Yorkshire region and not just to Elvington Water Treatment Works.

About this company

Our Funded Learning team work closely with teams across the business to offer as many quality opportunities as possible to support the building of knowledge, skills and behaviours for our learners to use in the workplace. Each apprentice will benefit from a support network including former apprentices who have been on similar journeys and a central support team who will make sure your training provider delivers a quality programme. Complemented by employability workshops, experiential team building sessions and social activities, our apprentice remain strong as a cohort throughout their career at Yorkshire Water.

https://www.yorkshirewater.com/careers/early-careers-and-work-experience/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Attractive pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus an extra wellness day! Life assurance cover Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

After this apprenticeship

The role comes with a career progression plan that links to pay increases. Progression can be expansion on technical specialisms or into leadership roles.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

Lucy Parr

lucy.parr@yorkshirewater.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000300026.

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Closes in 30 days (Friday 7 March)

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Company’s application instructions

Applicants need to upload a C.V. and covering letter. Successful candidates will then need to be available to attend an assessment centre between 24th Match and 3rd April.

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