Inspector; Process & Commissioning

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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, (4a), £48,250 - £60,313
• A company car benefit
• Up to £1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the Performance Year (i.e. from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026).
• Attractive pension scheme (
  up to 12% company contribution
  )
• Development opportunities in line with the Inspector - Process & Commissioning 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: Yorkshire region base with regular regional travel, 1-2 days in the office / site per week

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

We have an exciting opportunity for an Inspector - Process & Commissioning to join the Asset Delivery & Engineering team 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. The Engineering Team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

As part of the Construction and Commissioning Assurance team
, you will oversee site inspections across the capital programme to ensure effective project delivery. You will bridge the gap between design acceptance and execution by collaborating with Design Process Engineers and Contract Partners to maintain consistent standards.

Quality Assurance: Conduct site inspections to ensure Contract Partners adhere to Engineering Specifications and regulatory requirements.

Commissioning Leadership: Lead commissioning planning and execution, attending key project stages to mitigate business risks.

Documentation & Approval: Review and approve partner completion documentation.

Continuous Improvement: Provide technical feedback and "lessons learned" to Design and Project Management teams to refine future engineering standards.

• Provide technical inspection services for assets ensuring that the Installation is in line with the Design, Yorkshire Water Engineering Specification, and statutory documents. including Performance and reliability witness testing.
• YWS require a consistent and thorough approach to process commissioning across all projects. A key accountability will be ensuring that the drawing submissions and process commissioning plans are sufficiently developed to allow them to proceed and that the actual meetings consider operation and maintenance in the detail required.
• Ensuring the Contract partners organisations have a robust ‘as built’ drawing process for all assets.
• Feedback into the design team of both good and bad examples of Design for Maintenance.
• Progressively review Supplier’s and Contractor’s quality records.
• Reviews partner completion documentation complies with Engineering Specification requirements before granting approval on behalf of YW.
• Contribute to YW’s Design for Manufacture and Assembly…