Inspector – Construction Assurance Team (Multiple Engineering Disciplines) – Civil / Mechanical / Electrical
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Location: Mobile Worker, regular travel throughout the Yorkshire region will be required.
Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday
At Yorkshire Water, we deliver and maintain the infrastructure that provides clean drinking water and wastewater services to millions of customers across Yorkshire.
As part of our Capital Programme and Construction Assurance Team, our Inspectors play a critical role in ensuring new assets are delivered safely, compliantly and to the required engineering standards. Working across major investment programmes, Inspectors provide independent technical assurance throughout construction, helping to ensure assets are built in accordance with approved designs, specifications, regulatory requirements and industry standards.
We are recruiting several Inspectors and are keen to hear from experienced professionals across multiple engineering disciplines, including:
Rather than recruiting separate discipline-specific vacancies, we are seeking experienced engineering professionals who can bring specialist technical expertise whilst working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary inspection and assurance environment.
You will undertake field-based inspections across Yorkshire Water's capital programme, helping to drive quality, compliance, safety and continuous improvement across our delivery partners and supply chain.
As an Inspector, you will:
Depending on your area of specialism, you may undertake inspections relating to:
These technical requirements will be assessed according to the relevant discipline rather than being expected of all applicants.
The Electrical Inspector role requires sufficient competencies and qualifications to ensure internal YW electrical authorisation sign-off:
Although much of the role is site-based, we understand the importance of balancing work and home life. Flexible working arrangements will be considered where operational requirements allow.
Do we sound like your cup of tea?
Whether your background is in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, this is an exciting opportunity to influence the quality and safety of Yorkshire Water's capital programme and help ensure that new infrastructure is delivered right first time.
Join us and play a key role in improving engineering quality, driving continuous improvement and helping deliver essential services for customers across Yorkshire.
We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.
If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.
Just a heads-up! We might soon start interviewing and close the position based on the response. To make sure you’re considered, please send in your application as soon as you can.
If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.
All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.
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We’re Yorkshire Water. The people trusted to take care of Yorkshire’s most valuable natural resource. On the surface, it sounds simple. We manage and look after the region’s water. But water is not quite like anything else. We’re not like any other business – and nowhere is quite like Yorkshire. Our work means much more than just supplying clean drinking water, taking away wastewater and looking after the region’s coast and countryside. We’re an integral part of Yorkshire life and millions of people who live and work here rely upon us, every single day.
We look after communities, protect the environment and plan ahead to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow, always. 24/7, 365, 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. That means over 5 million customers, and the millions of people who visit Yorkshire each year rely on us, every day. 140,000 businesses also depend upon the water we supply and the wastewater we take away to provide goods and services that support the economy – not only in Yorkshire, but across the United Kingdom and beyond.
