Wastewater Project Technician

Capital Operations Liaison Officer

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, £39,968 - £49,960, depending on experience
• Annual incentive related bonus - £1,000 maximum Bonus Opportunity for the Performance Year
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% with a 6% contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Capital Operations Liaison Officer 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!

Location : Western House (Bradford) or Smithy Wood (Sheffield), hybrid working with YW site visits, covering the South Yorkshire region

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

We have an exciting opportunity for a Capital Operations Liaison Officer to join the Asset Delivery Team (Storm Overflow Alliance) 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 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.

The Asset Delivery team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Yorkshire Water is investing £ billions in one of the most ambitious environmental programmes in the UK — tackling the challenge of storm overflows through our AMP8 investment cycle. At the heart of this is a new, long-term Capital delivery Alliance, and North East Storm Overflow Programme NESOP bringing together top-tier contractors, consultants, in-house teams, and leaders from other industries; delivering major change at pace and scale.

The Capital Operations Liaison Officer will play a key role in these exciting AMP8 capital investment plans— that will coordinate with Yorkshire Water’s Operational and Maintenance colleagues on operational matters that will support with design development and smooth asset integration. These are critical roles for our AMP8 Storm Overflow Programme to ensure alignment across Yorkshire Waters operational business.

This is an internal Yorkshire Water stakeholder-heavy role where your ability to influence, coordinate, and lead across boundaries is critical. With programmes ranging from £5 million to £100 million+, you’ll be working at a scale that’s both challenging and career-defining.

• Project Support & Data Management

  Collect, interpret, and validate data across project phases (design, commissioning, etc.) from various sources (SPP, YW systems, archives).

  Create and present reports to project teams.

  Support permit writing, handovers, and SAA sign-offs.

• Stakeholder Engagement

  Consult with operational, technical, and contract teams.

  Liaise across Yorkshire Storm Alliance and NESOP for coordination and collaboration.

• Design & Engineering Input

  Provide design input for operational and maintenance considerations.

  Attend key lifecycle meetings (ALM, HAZOP, Value Engineering, Technical Challenge, Core Engineering Review).

  Identify opportunities for value engineering and efficiencies.

• Construction & Commissioning

  Attend construction phase meetings (CPT, commissioning,…