Job Description

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 Permanent substantive role offer upon completion of programme subject to performance

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.

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:

The variety within the programme will see you working across our business and undertaking activities alongside your colleagues to meet the challenges faced by our industry ranging from how to achieve net zero carbon emissions through to how we plan for drought or flood events.

The Reservoir Safety function

covers a number of connected, yet discrete areas, with the opportunity to work across exciting areas, such as identifying and delivering innovation opportunities, championing nature based solutions, through to contributing to strategies central to Yorkshire Water achieving our vision.

Reservoir Safety

is a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.





The role of a

Graduate Reservoir Safety Engineer

is a vital one as you will help ensure that Yorkshire Water manages its reservoir assets to comply with legislation and ensure the ongoing safety of the public and customers whilst ensuring that we provide our customers with a wholesome water supply that everyone can enjoy.

Your Role:

As a

Graduate Reservoir Safety Engineer

:


You will optimise, assets, systems, processes, and procedures in line with continuous improvement in reservoir safety performance and protection of the public through compliance with the Reservoirs Act 1975 at all times, and to help deliver our vision of taking responsibility for the water environment for good. You will lead a co-ordinated, planned and effective response to incidents across the business, and to ensure that processes, procedures are followed and agreed actions or requirements are implemented. You will prepare reports for submission to our regulator/Senior Managers and investigatory reports, and review of exception reports provided by the team of Supervising Engineers. You will ensure compliance with our Performance Commitments - specifically compliance with the Reservoirs Act 1975 and also the annual Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) You will undertake the role of sponsor within the Reservoir Team and help deliver capital projects working with Programme Delivery and across the business and to external stakeholders. You will support and deliver key initiatives and projects in relation to Reservoir Safety. Once fully trained you will be part of the Reservoir Safety team providing expert support and advice on behalf of the Reservoir Safety Manager to field, Asset Management, the Duty Manager and the wider business as required.

Recruitment Process -

Closing date: 9th November 2025

Assessment Centres:

between 17th November 2025 to 5th December 2025

Start date:

14th September 2026





We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.





If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.





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.