Graduate Treatment Process Engineering

SevernTrentLife; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility provider in Coventry is seeking a Graduate Treatment Process Engineer to join their program focused on personal and professional development. As a participant, you'll engage in unique placements, learning key skills in project management, stakeholder engagement, and treatment processes. The ideal candidate holds a STEM degree and possesses a passion for making a difference in customer service. This role includes career progression opportunities and a competitive starting salary.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Annual bonus scheme

Leading pension scheme

ShareSave scheme

Dedicated training and development

Electric vehicle scheme

Family friendly policies

Two paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Passion for providing a vital service to customers.
• Ability to travel across the patch to visit different sites.
• Drive to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Engage in various placements to learn about treatment process engineering.
• Manage and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Evaluate and identify best process solutions.

Skills

Can do attitude

Excellent communication

Analytical skills

Adaptability

Collaboration

Education

STEM degree (preferably chemistry, biology, or engineering)

Job description

Graduate Treatment Process Engineer

LET’S CUT STRAIGHT TO IT

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 graduates 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 and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. With nearly 10,000 dedicated colleagues, we're looking for more brilliant people who are eager to turn challenges into opportunities for a better future.

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

LET’S TELL YOU MORE

Our Treatment Process Engineering Graduate Programme offers the perfect blend of personal and professional development, exposing you to the frontline and the core of our business. The programme will enable you to spend time in different areas of our treatment process engineering teams, where you will learn how to evaluate & identify best solutions that meet requirements, balance process reliability, risk operability, carbonimpactand cost in decision making.

A typical day could be in the office, on site, or a mix of both! You could be working with a number of groups who have expertise in treatment, designing and commissioning for wastewater and clean water. Another day you could be on site carrying out on site tests, taking samples of wastewater, assessing the results and making decisions to progress a live scheme.

You’ll get an insight into our water and wastewater treatment through a number of unique placements across our teams in Asset Planning and Treatment. You’ll 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.

The aim of the programme is to create a pathway and give you the necessary tools to become a valued member of our treatment process engineering teams. Furthermore, the programme is designed to enhance your critical thinking, leadership, and strategic thinking, as well as giving you the opportunity to showcase your creativity and really add value in shaping our future direction.

HOW WILL THE PROGRAMME WORK?

You will be based in Coventry, the heart of our patch. The programme requires you to complete placements throughout your time in the role, gaining exposure in different areas of the department so that you are equipped with the right skills to build your career here at Severn Trent.

Some potential placements are:

• Strategic Asset Planning: Aligning our long‑term plan with short‑term requirements, designing the parameters of our five‑year plan and defining the rules for our in‑AMP Plans and Practice
• Tactical Asset Planning: Learning how to act as the link between the issues and risk we have on a day‑to‑day basis to our long‑term strategy
• Treatment Process Engineering: Making correct system choices for capital solutions that fulfil the outcomes of our short and long‑term asset management plans
• Treatment Process Hub:
• You will have the chance to discuss your development and career ambitions in your 1‑1 meetings with line managers, mentors, and New Talent Team
• In this exciting programme, you will have the chance to discuss your development and career ambitions in your 1‑1 meetings with business leads, mentors, a study buddy, the cohort leader, and the New Talent Team.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

You will expand your knowledge of project management, including learning how to effectively manage and influence stakeholders. You’ll also gain a strong business and commercial acumen, developing your ability to plan strategically with time, cost, and quality in mind, and how to deliver this message successfully to a range of stakeholders.

You’ll gain a deeper understanding of why and how we make sure we deliver with our customers at the heart of what we do, and how we communicate this message across our communities.

You will learn the following either directly from placements, through supplementary training or project work:

• How to evaluate and identify the best process solution that meets our design requirements and is the optimum whole life solution
• How to balance process reliability, risk, operability, carbon impact and cost in our decision making
• How to work with our site teams to ensure that commissioning activities are completed successfully
• You’ll explore innovative technologies and solutions
• The regulation that affects our business and long‑term planning
• How to gather and interpret vital data that can benefit our business

WHAT WE ARE 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.

If you have the passion to succeed that we see in our graduates every day, you’ll be a great match for our programme. We’d love you to be someone with: (skills and behaviours role requires)

• 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
• 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

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

Our New Talent Team will guide you and support you every step of the way. Furthermore, your line manager, mentor and graduate buddy will be there to help you in making sure you reach your full potential here at Severn Trent.

Location

Finham, Coventry, CV3 6SD

Programme Duration

27 months

Starting Salary

£31,500

Entry Criteria

STEM degree preferred, ideally in a chemistry, biology, a science‑based subject or engineering.

Driving Requirements

You will need a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle upon starting the role.

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 are some of our favourites:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,225 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
• Electric vehicle scheme and 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.

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.

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 13th January at Midday (12pm)
• Check your diary – face to face assessments will run from through February and March 2026
• Estimated start date- September 2026

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

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this programme and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate must therefore be able to demonstrate right to work without Severn Trent sponsorship.