Operations Apprentice

Location: The roles will be covering the North, East, South and West Yorkshire regions. Please note the site you will be based at, will be decided by your home location. A full UK driving license (with no more than 6 points) is an essential requirement of this role, with the ability to travel between sites.

• To hold 5 GCSE's grade C and above or grades 4-9 including English, mathematics and a Science subject. (These requirements are to satisfy our training provider)


• Hold a full valid driving licence (with no more than six points) and your own transport for the duration of the apprenticeship to reach sites across the Yorkshire region.


• A willingness to commute across Yorkshire.


• The ability to carry out a wide range of physical tasks mainly outdoors.


• Be self-motivated, always willing to learn new skills and take pride in everything you do.


• This role has a requirement to carry out occasional work in confined spaces so the successful completion of a medical performed by our Occupational Health Department and the relevant training course is essential. The successful candidate must pass strict medical criteria including, BMI, vision, blood pressure, hearing, and Spirometry tests to ensure your full safety when working in hazardous environments.


Although our assets are operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year the company is committed to support flexible work patterns and job share options, where possible, to give you more control over your time and responsibilities. Whether you have child-care responsibilities or are looking for the ideal work-life balance our flexible options can offer work patterns that suit your needs. College dates and times are set in advance.

We have Operations Apprentice opportunities to join our Process & Pumping department at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

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. Process and Pumping, within the wider Wastewater part of the business, plays a key part in how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Salary & Benefits: Salary £23,151.27 Benefits include annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the Operator progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!,
• Learn about the full wastewater process, from collection, to treatment processes, to returning to watercourse.


• Learn how to operate treatment works.


• Learn how to operate pumping stations.


• Understand other parts of the business, and how we are better together.


• Be able to understand and respond to alarms from treatment works and pumping stations.


• Understand and be able to work with numerous corporate systems.