Clean Water Asset Planning Apprentice

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

West Yorkshire, BD6 2SZ

Closes in 12 days (Friday 7 March)

Posted on 5 February 2025


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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There is a company incentive bonus paid on top of the salary

Training course
Asset manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday, a typical working day could be 8.00am - 4.00pm.

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

Western House

Halifax Road

Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD6 2SZ

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

Asset Manager Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard:

  • The apprenticeship will be delivered by Watertrain on a block release basis with some self study
  • Watertrain deliver this at a Yorkshire Water Academy site

More training information

  • Watertrain are a leading training provider for the Water Industry

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Driving licence

Other requirements

This role can be based anywhere across the Yorkshire region at one of our sites. It's not essential that the apprentice lives in Bradford. It does include travel across the Yorkshire region.

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 progression plan that is linked to pay increases
  • Opportunities to progress can include expanding on your 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 VAC1000300021.

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Closes in 12 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.