Apprentice Trade Effluent Technician

Severn Trent Water; Derby; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate apprentices to join their Trade Effluent Technician Programme. This unique opportunity blends hands-on experience with formal qualifications, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the environment and local communities. As part of this dynamic team, you will develop essential skills in data collection, stakeholder management, and problem-solving, all while enjoying a supportive and engaging work culture. With a commitment to employee development and a range of attractive benefits, this apprenticeship is the perfect starting point for a rewarding career in the utility sector. If you're ready to learn and grow, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Annual bonus scheme

Leading pension scheme

Sharesave scheme

Dedicated training and development

Retail offers

Family friendly policies

Two paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Candidates must have GCSE Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support colleagues in creating a fair working environment.
• Gain practical experience in Trade Effluent processes.

Skills

Data collection

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Communication

Adaptability

Education

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

Job description

At Severn Trent, we believe everyone deserves more. More care for the environment, more sustainable initiatives, and more support for the communities we serve. That's why we're on a mission to deliver bigger and better things, and we need passionate apprentices like you to help us achieve our goals.

Our people and culture are the heart of our success. We're proud to be in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement. With nearly 10,000 dedicated colleagues, we're looking for more brilliant people eager to turn challenges into opportunities.

If you're excited to learn, and ready to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

LET’S TELL YOU MORE

Apprenticeship Programmes are a great way to earn and learn! Our Trade Effluent Technician Apprentice Programme offers the perfect blend of operational and stakeholder management exposures whilst also featuring admin activity required to ensure internal and external targets are met. Entering an apprenticeship scheme with us involves working towards the role of a fully-fledged professional, earning a salary, whilst also being able to maintain a sense of academic achievement. At Severn Trent, we provide the perfect mix between hands-on experience and a formal qualification, enabling our apprentices to make a real lasting difference to our customers and communities, not just for now, but far into the future.

As an apprentice Trade Effluent Technician, you’ll be exposed to a wide range of opportunities.

You'll be supporting colleagues to help create a fair and equitable working environment where everyone can succeed. Your role will be to gain practical experience in the Bip Resources team and in particular Trade Effluent. You’ll be developing your knowledge and understanding of Severn Trent and the Wastewater and Trade Effluent processes. All of this will allow you to further develop your data collection, analysis, stakeholder and problem-solving skills so you can communicate effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders.

For this Apprenticeship Programme (Level 3), we require all candidates to have Maths and English GCSE (Grade C/4 or above).

DRIVING REQUIREMENTS

If you are successful, you will require a full UK licence and access to your own vehicle upon beginning your role.

ROLE EXPECTATIONS POST APPRENTICESHIP

By the end of this programme, you will take up a role as a Trade Effluent Technician.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

• You’ll learn skills around mitigation of risks from trade effluent and unauthorised discharges through effective management and sampling of allocated customers and catchments.
• You’ll learn to effectively manage and coordinate sample plans for the timely collection of data and trade effluent samples, to enable control and billing of customers within a geographical area.
• You’ll be involved with providing front line assistance working with Infra and Non-Infra Waste teams learning about how to protect the assets and reputation of Severn Trent. Alongside this you’ll be exposed to Environmental and Health and Safety of STW personnel, from pollution incidents arising from known Trade Effluent discharges and unknown non-domestic discharges into the sewer system.

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.
• No two days are the same on the front line and not every day goes to plan, so you’ll need to be quick on your feet to respond!
• 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.
• Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment.

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.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite perks that you’ll get being part of the Severn Trent family:

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year).
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £1,500, which is subject to eligibility).
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%).
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate.
• Dedicated training and development with our Academy.
• Retail offers.
• Family friendly policies.
• Two paid volunteering days per year.

As if that isn’t enough, you’ll receive an annual salary increase whilst you’re on programme and you’ll also get an increase when you move into your first job.

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.

Please note, we don’t require a CV or cover letter to complete your application; the system will ask you for this, but you can just upload a blank document.

• Roles close on 14th March 2025.
• Check your diary – face to face assessments will run from 31st March - 30th May 2025.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeatSevernTrent on social media.

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. Click here to find out more.