Laboratory Informatics Degree Level Apprenticeship

Laboratory Informatics Degree Level Apprenticeship

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week

Fixed term Contract – 3 years, starting in September 2026

Salary £25,878 per year (Real Living Wage)

Location Howdon Laboratories, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear

About the role

Are you interested in Science and Technology? Do you love variety in your work and trying new things? Are you excited by working on a range of projects that have the opportunity to make a real difference?

As a Laboratory Informatics Apprentice, you will spend three years in our Laboratory Informatics Department, learning to support our laboratory and sampling team and maintain and develop laboratory applications and digital tools that underpin scientific operations.

To support your business awareness, you will also spend time with teams in various areas of the laboratory and sampling teams to get an understanding and appreciation of how IT can support them in their day-to-day roles. You will also have the opportunity to learn about the wider business through Northumbrian Water Group’s Mentor and Apprenticeship Programme.

Getting experience can be challenging and we’ve designed this opportunity so you can contribute and bring your ideas to real projects, whilst working in collaboration with your colleagues. This role offers broad experience across a wide range of specialisms and areas of practice.

One day a week will be spent at University completing a Level 6 Digital Apprenticeship Degree.

About you

Attitude, how you work with others, research skills, using data and the ability to seek out fresh thinking is more important than prior experience. We are looking for people passionate about creating positive, healthy, high-performance workplaces who have enquiring minds capable of innovative solutions.

You will be over 18 and have 112 UCAS points, ideally having studied both computer science and a scientific subject at A Level and have Maths and English GCSE at grade C/4 or above and must be willing to travel to Sunderland for 1 day a week to study a Digital Technology Solutions Professional Apprenticeship.

You must have an analytical approach to problem solving and the ability to work both to a supplied specification and be creative enough to develop your own solutions. You will be the person that has a passion for digital technology and be willing to turn you hand to whatever needs doing.

You will be highly motivated to learn and develop new skills, with a strong focus on health and safety and be an excellent communicator. 

**The successful candidate for this role will not be employed directly by Northumbrian Water, but by our apprenticeship partner ATA. **

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. 

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

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.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. 

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.