Principal Engineer (Process)

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 VERY competitive salary, depending on experience
• A company car lease scheme or a £2,510 cash allowance
• Annual incentive related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary)
• Private health care (self only but family members can be added at cost to the employee)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution if the employee contributes 6% of their salary from April 2025)
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!
• 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!

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 Treatment Engineering is a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.
Our teams of in-house, professionally qualified engineers focus on maximising the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of assets that we procure and then operate throughout their entire life cycle. With an asset base that is large, distributed and very varied, we maximise available performance and improve the health of structures, machinery, pipelines and buildings; things that could have originated in the Victorian era all the way through to process plant that being constructed today.
The problems we face and the solutions we deliver can be complex and we cannot do this on or own. We collaboratively specify, design, deploy and manage technologies spanning civil structures, pipelines, chemical & biological treatment processes, mechanical machinery, HV & LV electrical distribution, control & automation, AI, machine-learning and IOT technologies. We strive to create a sustainable legacy of assets, processes and talent that can serve the needs and meet the expectations of customers now and in the future.

WHAT SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS YOU WILL NEED TO BE / HAVE:

• Chartered Engineer with membership of a UK engineering institute such as the IChemE.
• Degree qualified (level 6 or higher) in Chemical Engineering / Process Treatment field.
• Proven people leader with extensive experience of effectively working with Operators, Contractors, Business Leaders, Operational Managers and Senior Leaders/Directors.
• Knowledge and previous application of Process Safety Management principles
• Proven experience in leading studies covering risk assessment, Emergency Planning, Layer of Protection Analysis, Consequence Analysis, Hazard Study 1 to 6 and FMEA.
• Significant, proven industry relevant engineering/process experience which will include familiarity with high hazard plant
• A working understanding of COMAH, DSEAR & COSHH regulations and associated obligations
• Experience of managing and leading a team with a proven track record of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets.
• Experience of business planning, resource and budget management.
• Experience of strategic thinking, establishing clear strategic direction and implementing plans to deliver.
• Clearly demonstrates the Yorkshire Water company values and behaviours.

• UK regulators (EA, H&SE, DWI, OFWAT etc) & other external authorities
• Relevant Engineering institutions
• Recognised working groups