Building Futures - Asset Graduate Scheme

Building Futures – Asset Graduate Scheme

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week

Fixed term 24 month Contract

Salary £27,000 per year

Location Chelmsford, Essex, with site visits around the region

About the role

At Northumbrian Water Group (covering the North East, Essex & Suffolk), we’re preparing for a £6 billion investment programme running from 2025 to 2030, aiming to increase the resilience of our water and wastewater services while restoring and regenerating our environment.

To help achieve this we’re seeking graduates to join our Building Futures Graduate Scheme, an exciting two-year opportunity to embark on a structured career path with us.

You will gain valuable experience, training, and mentorship as you embark on four rotational placements within our Assets Directorate [who are responsible for designing, constructing & maintaining NWG’s incredible breadth & depth of assets, facilities & equipment] across teams like Integrated Delivery Services, PMO, Capital Delivery, Asset Intelligence, Maintenance, Engineering, and Transformation.

To help further your development you will take on stretching assignments during placements where you will be accountable for impactful projects. Regular workshops will be delivered to allow you to develop a variety of transferrable skills and you will have an opportunity to network throughout the programme by attending industry events.

We live water. Every one of our customers depends upon us every day, and we pride ourselves on making this a place where the best people come to make a positive difference.

As a company with a strong One Team ethos, we work together to achieve goals that deliver not only for us, but for our people, and for the communities we serve.

We believe that when you work hard you should be rewarded so we offer a wide range of benefits and discounts that our people can tap into that help create a healthy workplace and supports the needs of diverse colleagues.

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

About you

You will be studying an Engineering, Environmental, Project Management, Business or Science degree and be on track to achieve a 2:1 or above, and are looking for a great organisation to launch your career, where you can learn, are valued and where you can make a positive difference to the environment.

Those studying degrees in wider fields will also be considered, we’re looking for you to demonstrate a passion towards learning, this includes taking on challenges and seeking feedback to improve.

As you will be working within a team, we’re looking for you to be able to work collaboratively, using your proven communication skills to engage. You will also participate in assignments, structured training, and other opportunities across the organisation.

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, which means we would love you to bring new ideas and ways of working to help us improve. This will help contribute to our vision to be national leader.

It would be useful if you had a manual driving licence for this role.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.