Technical Specialist; WQ Strategy

Technical Specialist – Water Quality Strategy

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

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience from £48,454 - £60,568
• 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 Technical Specialist progression plan.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 extra wellness days!
• 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!

Location: Bradford BD6 moving to Leeds Vally Park in Summer this year where you will be based going forward / Hybrid Working with 2-3 days in the office.

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

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

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.

As a key member of our Drainage and Wastewater team, you’ll help shape the future of how Yorkshire Water protects and enhances river water quality across our region. This role sits at the heart of our environmental ambition and offers an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of water quality science, regulation, and long‑term strategic planning. Your work will directly influence how we improve outcomes for our rivers, our customers, and the communities we serve.

In this role, you will lead the development of Yorkshire Water’s long‑term strategy for continuous discharge water quality modelling, ensuring our approach keeps pace with both current and emerging environmental legislation. You will also play a central role in driving catchment‑scale planning, identifying opportunities to deliver innovative and robust catchment solutions that enhance environmental outcomes and support the improvements required through the periodic review process.

Your technical expertise will enable you to influence and negotiate on key matters related to our WwTW discharges such as environmental regulation, investment in river water quality, modelling strategy, AMP8 scheme delivery and wider policy development. As the company’s recognised expert in river modelling relating to wastewater treatment modelling tools such as SAGIS‑SIMCAT—you will provide insight and guidance across a range of strategic challenges.

• Lead the development of Yorkshire Water’s long‑term water quality modelling strategy in line with evolving environmental legislation.
• Drive catchment‑scale planning to identify innovative, robust solutions that deliver enhanced environmental outcomes.
• Use technical expertise to influence environmental regulation, river WQ modelling approaches, and investment decisions.
• Support Asset Delivery in scheme matters relating to continuous discharge water quality modelling.
• Act as the company’s expert in surface water modelling relating to…