Water Catchment Strategy Lead

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Water Catchment Strategy Lead to join the Water Quality & Asset Planning teams at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers.

What You Will Do

• Work with other teams across the Business to define water catchment and abstraction policy and strategy.
• Build business cases (costed and appropriately resourced) to implement new policy and strategy across the raw water, Water Production business area.
• Collect and analyse operational data to inform strategy and policy decision making for a 10-25 year horizon.
• Liaise with other water company strategy leads, supply chain and consultancies to shape best practice in catchment and abstraction management in YW.
• Work closely with Water Quality, Asset Planning and raw water Water Production teams to create defined, long-term improvement plans for Compliance Risk Index (CRi).
• Liaise closely with Water Resources teams to inform future WRMP strategy and direction.
• Represent Asset Planning on DPC and SRO Schemes, contributing where necessary and appropriately to the successful implementation of these major projects.
• Contribute to the development of robust investment plans for raw water, Water Production for PR29, with a focus on specifying the WQ submission for AMP9.
• Support and liaise where necessary with non-infra Asset Planning sponsors on the development of strategic business cases.
• Support and contribute where necessary to the successful delivery of AMP8 DWI WQ schemes.

What Skills & Qualifications You Will Need

• Degree (or equivalent) level qualification and/or relevant equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in water treatment, resilience planning, and asset management.
• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DWI and WRMP, and their integration into strategic planning.
• Proven ability to align strategic goals with AMP cycles (AMP 8, AMP 9) and PR29 definition.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to engage with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Understanding of CRI and potential improvement methodologies.
• Strong data collation and analysis skills including demonstration of WLC, cost-benefit analysis and Asset Management lifecycles.
• Using an evidential and risk-based approach to decision making and policy/strategy proposals.

Location & Working Arrangements

Location: Hybrid Working (2-3 days in office per week Bradford or alternative Yorkshire Water base).

Work type: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Benefits

• Competitive salary depending on experience (£46,479 – £58,099).
• Company Car Benefit.
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1,000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year).
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
• Development opportunities in line with the Water Catchment Strategy Lead progression plan.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus an extra wellness day.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
• A wide benefits package including health cash plan, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and more.

Other Information

Closing date: 26 September 2025. If successful for the role, pre-employment checks including a Basic Disclosure Check may be required. Depending on the role, security checks may also be required. All roles are subject to a medical questionnaire and further medicals where required. Yorkshire Water is committed to accessibility and adjustments can be made to the recruitment process on request. We reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date if the need occurs.