Let’s cut straight to it. Taking care of ‘one of life’s essentials’ – it’s our purpose and we want you to be part of it. Supplying wholesome drinking water, treating wastewater and recycling this back to the environment responsibly is no mean feat. We serve around 8 million people across the Midlands and Wales and unlike other businesses, our delivery is non-negotiable. It’s a matter of life.
Many of our employees are also our customers, so we truly take pride in what we do! Employing people from across our communities and beyond, Severn Trent is an exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be curious, can be ‘Wonderfully You’ and where you can truly make an impact to our environment, now and for future generations.
Let’s tell you more
Our Project Management Year in Industry Programme offers the perfect blend of personal and professional development, exposing you to the frontline and the core of our business. Being part of the programme will enable you to spend time in different areas of our capital delivery and engineering teams. Covering all areas of project management such as the end-to-end process of project and programme life cycles, water/waste networks design and delivery, and water/waste treatment asset design and delivery.
A day in the life of a Project Management Graduate at Severn Trent involves a wide variety of activities.
Focusing on task like;
- Reviewing new project proposals and their deliverability.
- Providing advice in line with PMO guidelines.
- Engaging with the Design, Delivery and Commercial teams to agree the best project delivery route.
- Tracking delivery of the projects/programme and escalating issues as and when required.
- Managing and maintain the reporting process.
You’ll get an insight into our water and wastewater treatment, learn about different aspects of our business whilst working on a range of projects which will help address real life challenges and drive tangible change.
We’re not seeking technical knowledge, we’re after the right people. We’re after those with drive, a get up and go attitude, a willingness to learn, passion, and pro-activeness.
What will you learn?
We want people to get stuck in and grow their capability for the long term. You will be coached and mentored throughout your programme learning how to:
- Demonstrate a pro-active attitude to deliver project outcomes – lead meetings, capture outputs and actions, engage project teams and contractors to deliver outputs as outlined in your project plans and lead from the front
- Identify solutions to problems on your projects - seeking to gain support from management as required
- Proactively progress and close project actions - within the required timeframes to progress projects to completion
- Complete contract actions within timescales stated
- Demonstrate and provide confidence to management – in control of your projects, status and planned actions to deliver positive outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and process technical and non-technical issues, producing plans with clear actions to overcome issues.
- Build a driven mind-set working to overcome challenges seeking solutions - using project stakeholders and your network
- Build personal resilience, robustness and maturity in dealing with unfamiliar or complex situations or with challenging stakeholders. Opportunity to work across multiple projects and programmes within a large capital construction portfolio
- Develop key skills around:
- Project and Programme Management
- Stakeholder and Partnership Management
- Risk and Change Management
- Strategic Thinking
- Critical Thinking
- Managing people
- Schedule and Resource Management
Our New Talent Team will guide you and support you every step of the way. Furthermore, your line manager and mentor will be there to help you in making sure you reach your full potential here at Severn Trent.
Programme Duration: 12 months
Entry criteria
A Project Management, Construction or Engineering degree or similar relevant discipline in an APM (Association for Project Management) accredited course is preferred.
Travel is required with this role as our design teams work from multiple offices and site visits are an important part of the job. Therefore its important you hold a full UK driving license and have access to a vehicle.
Typical contracts are 37 hours per week, however there may be flexibility around the structure of your working hours, team and line manager dependent.
You must be a student who needs to complete a placement as part of their undergraduate degree, this will normally mean you are currently in your 2nd year of a 4 year degree.
What we’re looking for
We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a difference in providing a vital service to our customers, now and for the long-term.
We’d love you to be someone with…
- A ‘can do’ attitude – willing to get stuck in, take accountability for decisions and actions and who takes pride in their work
- A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment
- Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams
- Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences
- Ability to travel freely across our patch to visit different sites and travel to meetings and training days
- Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment
We’d love you to be someone with…
- An interest in protecting the environment
- The desire to work with industry leading technology
- Knowledge in hydraulic analysis, civil design of concrete assets, materials selection and pipework design
- Problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills
- A positive, can-do attitude
Diversity and inclusion
At Severn Trent we are passionate about our people. We want to make sure that we continue to foster a more diverse, inclusive, and cohesive culture that represents the communities and customers we serve. We’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity, who help us with our commitments. Find out more about our commitments to Diversity and Inclusion at Severn Trent.
How we’ll reward and care for you in return
It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.
Here’s some of our favourites:
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Annual bonus scheme maximum £1,500 (pro rata based on your start date, and based on company performance)
- Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
- Family friendly policies
- Two community volunteering days during your placement
Let’s go
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
- Roles close on 31st January 2025
- Check your diary – face to face assessments will run from 17th February-14th March 2025.
- Estimated start date- September 2025
To find out more about working with us, search #LifeatSevernTrent on social media.