Yorkshire Water announces 35 new engineering hire roles

Newly created roles include process safety engineering, solution development engineers, project managers and reliability engineers spanning control and instrumentation, mechanical and electrical disciplines, as well as statutory compliance technicians.

The positions reflect the firm’s incread focus on asset design, performance and reliability data to exapand the use of intelligent systems to manage company assets such as pumping stations and treatment works.  

Manager of engineering at Yorkshire Water Ian Robinson said: “Our assets play a crucial role in the day-to-day lives of our customers, much of which they may never see. All our assets around the region need to be designed, built, repaired and maintained efficiently.

“[This] is part of a strategic plan to centralise our engineering function. The new roles will expand our technical resources and enable targeted interventions to maintain, repair and redesign assets.

“Ultimately, our aim is to further enhance our asset management processes and ensure we maximise the efficiency of our assets so we can protect our environment and deliver increased value for money for customers.”