Modelling Data & GIS Technician

at  Yorkshire Water

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 £24,309 - £29,301
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 10% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the Modelling Data & GIS Technician 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: Bradford / Hybrid Working (notionally 2-3 days in the office per week - Bradford)
Work type: This is a permanent opportunity, working full time, 37 hours per week, within our working window of 8:00am-6:00pm, Monday- Friday
We have an exciting opportunity for a Modelling Data & GIS Technician to join the Strategy & Regulation team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our regulators and 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.
Strategy & Regulation are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. Our Modelling and Data team work closely with our Environmental Modelling team and alongside the Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan team to produce high quality models and water quality outputs to enable us to support the wider business to deliver key regulatory outputs.
This is a key strategic role which offers the opportunity to grow the existing team to meet the expanding work load we have in delivering the Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction plan and any outputs of the Water Industry National Environment Plan.
You will have the opportunity to develop and shape our technical guidance documents. You will work with our internal teams as well managing the technical work of our contract partners in delivering a variety of programmes of work.
We work closely with our operational and programme delivery colleagues and across a number of contract partners to ensure we deliver high quality outputs from our models and data for a wide variety of challenges across the business, where you will be able to develop your own area of responsibility and expertise.
Our teams cover both wastewater, river and water quality modelling and are looking to develop individuals which cover the full range of specialisms. We offer support and training to develop on your existing skillsets.

WHAT SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS YOU WILL NEED:

• Educated to A level or Tech level
• Ability to develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience of report and presentation writing and the ability to clearly communicate ideas and concepts
• Self-driven with an ability to identify and source data sets from both inter-nal and external stakeholders to support analysis and decision making
• Strong data manipulation and analytical skills, with an eye for detail
• Proficient in the use of IT systems including excel
• Owns and has a positive attitude to solving problems
• Rigorous attention to detail to ensure ‘right first time’ performance
• An ability to work on your own initiative and manage own workload to support the Modelling and Data and Environmental Modelling teams
  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.

Please refer the Job description for details