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More than ever before we need inspiring talent to join us and make the North West stronger, greener and healthier. You will have seen the focus in the media on river water quality, within the Environmental Performance team you will see first-hand how we work to reduce pollutions and protect the environment in the North West.
At United Utilities, we're not only essential service providers to over 7 million customers across the region but we're also at the forefront of tackling some of the biggest climate and environmental challenges in a generation. All our people are essential in achieving our net zero and environmental protection targets and creating a more resilient North West.
It's a big job and a lot of work goes on behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly for our customers. From operating our pipes and improving water quality, to embracing new technologies and safeguarding the local environment – whether you're in our head office or out on site, there's always plenty going on. Our internship programmes will give you the opportunity to learn first-hand how we make this happen.
In 2020 we were awarded the Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award Best Places to Work based solely on feedback from our colleagues.
About the role
The purpose of the Environmental Performance team is to ensure the business complies with all of its permitted and reporting regulatory requirements, whilst supporting the business with governance, management information and data insights to operational performance allowing continuous improvement across all areas of the operational business.
Your placement with Environmental Performance could cover a variety of projects across different teams depending on your skills and interests and the needs of the business at the time. Examples of the kinds of things we're working on are:
- Pollution performance – help turn our strategic Pollution Incident Reduction Plan into action to see our frontier performance continue, work on projects designed to make us more resilient to power outages and help operational teams visualise their performance so they can make better intervention decisions.
- Clean Water – taking water from the environment for drinking water is vital for life, but we need to make sure we don't take too much. Working in this area you will learn about abstraction and compensation regulations and help us improve our performance in this area.
During your placement, under the guidance of your buddy and manager, you will gain an overview of the type of work undertaken, moving around the team to gain experience of all relevant aspects.
Who you are
United Utilities is looking for undergraduate with digital & analytical skills, an interest in the environment and a passion for learning. The successful applicant will have an interest in planning and project management and an awareness of United Utilities and the wider water industry.
To apply you need to:
- Be working towards at least a 2:2 in a degree
- Have researched and have knowledge of United Utilities' activities.
- Have varied technical knowledge, not only through academic experience, but also through social and professional experience.
- Have a strong foundation at A-level.
- Have good computer skills particularly in Microsoft Office /Tableau.
- Be motivated and enthusiastic, an excellent team player, possessing ambition and drive.
- Possess good written, presentation and interpersonal skills and have the ability to communicate and influence across all levels.
- Be comfortable working flexibly across a range of tasks and activities to set deadlines, as well as being able to prioritise your time.
If you want to join an FTSE 100 company that wants to disrupt the water industry and you want to make a positive change in the world we would like to hear from you.
We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.
Due to the length of your programme you will be engaged via our resourcing partner Rullion.
Internship duration
- 3 months
How to apply
All roles will be advertised on our United Utilities Career Page. Roles will be advertised on selected University portals to encourage applications. All applications will need to be completed online through the United Utilities Careers Page.
We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background. If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure Scotland / the Disclosure and Barring Service.
