Living with Water Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for a Living with Water Engineer to join the Strategy & Regulation team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers.

What we do:

Here in Yorkshire, we ensure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year can rely on our services for clean and safe drinking water and wastewater management. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow, 24/7, 365 days a year.

As a Living with Water Engineer, you will champion our blue green plan and the nature first approach for our Living with Water SuDS schemes by providing technical input and guidance. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams ensuring hydraulic modelling, civil engineering and SuDS design come together to develop flood resilience solutions which deliver the best possible outcomes for customers and the environment.

Where you fit in:

• Attend partnership and core project team meetings with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure hydraulic modelling, civil engineering and SuDS design come together to generate solutions which deliver the best possible outcomes for customers and the environment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders internally and externally on our innovative approach to monitoring and testing to maximize our understanding and the performance of new assets.
• Provide technical support with the SPP (Strategic Planning Partner) and internal experts on SuDS and flood resilience and help push the boundaries of flood risk engineering.
• Ensure the appropriate partnership governance is in place to support the development, delivery, adoption, and maintenance of new assets.
• Develop and utilize your understanding of hydraulic design and modelling to work with the multi-disciplinary design team to quantify the benefits of the solutions that are delivered.
• Liaise with Developer Services, Operations and Asset planning on SUDS planning and adoption challenges.
• Provide technical support with the SPP to senior leaders and partners for scheme and LWW partnership queries.
• Work with SPP to deliver requested information including modelling queries to support partnership opportunities and schemes.
• Responsible for governing and collating data for the LWW PCD and wider benefits that the schemes deliver.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Full UK driving licence.
• Technical knowledge and experience of flood risk management, hydraulic modelling, and SuDS.
• Understanding of the principles of control of works - permits, PoWRA, RAMs.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience of compiling, interpreting and communicating technical information and data.
• Experience of working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to absorb technical information and communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

You will also benefit from having:

• Knowledge and understanding of project management and capital delivery processes.
• Previous experience gained within the flood risk or wastewater sectors or within the broader utilities.
• Civil engineering qualification.

If you’ve got the skills and experience for our Living with Water Engineer role and want to help us deliver great service for our customers whilst looking after the environment, then be sure to apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer you.

Closing date - 17th January 2025

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.

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.

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.