Data Technician​/GIS

Position: Data Technician/GIS Support

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Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell yo u about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience (£25,524 - £33,963)
• 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 Data & GIS Technician progression plan
• 25 days annua l 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
• O nline GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location:

West Yorkshire / Hybrid Working (1-2 days in the office a week – Bradford – Relocating to Leeds Summer 2026) Work type:
Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data & GIS Technician to join the Asset Management team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

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.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Our Asset Management function are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The Modelling Data & GIS Technician is responsible for supporting the delivery of wastewater network and river water quality modelling. The technician will support the team to collate, analyse and present data from multiple internal and external sources. It is expected that this will include organising the data in a manner that can be used to support decision making by internal and external colleagues, and as part of this will develop and document a robust auditable methodology for the sharing of information.

Where

you fit in:
As our Data & GIS Technician you will:

• To identify, collate, visualise and share data required to support the delivery and implementation of wastewater sewer and river water quality models.
• Support the team in identifying improvements to the modelling policies and processes.
• Support model development and scoping exercises to define investigation needs.
• Collate and analyse data and be responsible for making it available in a GIS format.
• Analysis of complex datasets to identify trends and communicate outcomes both internally and externally.
• Supply/facilitate the supply of the base data required from Yorkshire Water to enable specialist modelling consultants to carry out environmental modelling work.
• Provide support to specialist modelling consultants regarding understanding and use of base data provided from Yorkshire Water or Yorkshire Water systems.
• Check the data returned by the monitoring contractor and ensure it is fit for purpose; work with the contractor to rectify any issues that arise during the monitoring programme.
• Contribute towards technical innovation.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Educated to A level or Tech level
• Ability to develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience of report and presentation writing and the ability to clearly communicate ideas and concepts
• Self-driven with an ability to identify and source data…