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Want to be an essential part of your community, make a positive difference to the environment and use your talent for ecology. Then why not think about a career with Southern Water?
We've got an outstanding track record of recruiting high-calibre graduates on to our corporate graduate programme where we support and develop them to become future chartered ecologists and leaders of Southern Water's business. So, an interesting job now, and the chance to lay the foundations for a great long-term career - that's what Southern Water has to offer.
You’ll get to work on a range of different projects and undertake field surveys across our operational area. You’ll be presented with complex technical challenges to be solved while working in multi-discipline engineering and environment teams and interfacing with every area of the business, highlight areas for improvement and helping us to determine, analyse and find solutions. Our project teams work together to provide water and wastewater services to more than 4.6 million people across the South East.
Following successful completion of our graduate scheme you will have the opportunity to continue your career at Southern Water in our Environment team.
Who you are
We are looking for candidates with a 2:1 Masters degree (or predicted) with a full driving license. You will be passionate about your area and have a desire to develop new skills.
Why join us?
- Play a vital role in your community
- Make a difference to ecology and the environment
- Live and work in a region that includes more than 800km of pristine coastline
- Benefit from a programme of formal training, informal on-the-job learning and regular contact with experienced and passionate mentors.
What you'll do
The graduate training programme is a 4 year programme designed to support developing ecologist from newly graduated to chartered level. The content has been selected to align with the competence requirements set by the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management and to develop ecologists that will excel within SW upon completion.
Examples of types of work included in the programme include:
- Wastewater design – working within multi-discipline teams on live engineering projects.
- Water supply design - working within multi-discipline teams on live engineering projects.
- Project management – working with the project management team to deliver engineering solutions, and to undertake studies and investigations with ecological elements.
- Operations – working alongside our operational teams, managing the ecological risks of maintenance and emergency work.
The majority of the graduate training programme will be based in the water supply and wastewater teams.
Working with Southern Water, there are numerous opportunities to attend training with a range of nationally recognised training providers. Formal training is provided by our qualified training and development team or provided externally where more specialist knowledge is required.
You’re the future leaders of Southern Water so why not start your journey now.
Additional information
If you are a current Southern Water employee, please confirm within your application that you have informed your Line Manager that you are applying for this role.
Southern Water is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender or disability; complies with all relevant UK legislation.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), If you do not meet these criteria your application will not be considered.
