Technical Specialist - Investigations

Asset Technical Specialist
- Investigations

We have an exciting opportunity for a Asset Technical Specialist
- Investigations to join the Asset Management – Wastewater team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience £44,200.00 - £55,250.00.
• This role has been classified as a Business Needs Users (BNU) and eligible for a Company Car or Cash Allowance subject to company criteria.
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year).
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
• Development opportunities in line with the Asset Technical Specialist
  - Investigations progression plan.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, 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 many more!

Regional / Hybrid Working / 2 days in the office a week – Bradford before moving to our new premises in Summer 2026 at Leeds Valley Park.

Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure 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, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

• Lead and drive excellent standards and behaviours in health and safety, risk management and the control of work activities.
• To develop sustainable solutions to operational shortfalls across the pumping asset base.
• Work closely with operational and other technical teams to ensure the correct TOTEX solutions are identified.
• Creating action plans for failing assets to reduce harm on the environment.
• Utilise performance data to track performance and demonstrate benefits to Interventions.
• Works with operational teams to ensure that unfunded risks are appropriately mitigated.
• Maintain the view of progress for each risk through the investment cycle, communicating this to stakeholders and ensuring that operational risks are mitigated.
• Work closely with Asset planning teams to ensure all available data is used to optimise the performance of the asset.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements or use of innovative techniques to reduce shortfalls.
• Gain a greater understanding of the impact of proactive intervention on Pumping Stations and Rising Mains and work to influence future interventions.
• Lead on collating technical information for root cause reviews.
• Creates a clear team identity that motivates and gains commitment and trust whilst involving others from outside immediate area in projects, comfortable working across boundaries.
• Proactively manages personal and team energy to build trust and improve performance.

• Understands Health and Safety legislation, policies, and requirements in relation to the sewerage pumping systems.
• Expert knowledge of sewerage system assets, common failure modes and solutions.
• Knowledge of company Quality systems.
• Recognised qualification or proven technical experience in relation to Wastewater Operations.
• Demonstrable experience of influencing the performance of operational teams.
• Proven ability to prepare successful business cases for investment.
• Evidence of providing exceptional customer service.
• Understanding and experience of financial and cost centre management.
• Ability to acquire, understand, interpret, and disseminate information, both technical and financial.
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