Senior Engineer; Nature Solutions

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Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience, (3b), £53,167 - £77,179
• A company car benefit – allowance of £310 per month / £3,720 per year
• Up to 10% annual incentive related bonus
• Attractive pension scheme (
  up to 12% company contribution
  )
• Private health care (self only)
• Development opportunities in line with the Senior Engineer progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays –
  plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Buttershaw, Bradford (hybrid working – minimum 1 day per week in the office
). Pending office move to Leeds (LS10) from Summer 2026

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join the Engineering Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers.
Could this be you?

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. 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.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Engineering Team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

• Yorkshire Water is on a mission to transform how we deliver sustainable water and wastewater services. As part of our ambitious AMP8 investment programme, we're embedding nature-based solutions (NbS) and blue-green infrastructure (BGI) at the heart of our engineering strategy.
• We're looking for a visionary, technically exceptional and delivery-focused Senior Engineer to lead the end-to-end design and implementation of NbS and BGI across our capital and operational programmes. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on solving complex engineering challenges using natural systems and wants to shape the future of sustainable infrastructure in the water sector.

• Spearheading the transformation of our approach to sustainable infrastructure, moving from traditional approaches towards nature-first solutions.
• Technical leadership of the full technical lifecycle of nature-based and blue-green infrastructure projects from early feasibility and optioneering through detailed design, construction support, commissioning, and post-implementation review.
• Act as Yorkshire Water's technical authority on SuDS, wetlands, natural flood management, and other NbS interventions ensuring robust, compliant, and innovative design solutions.
• Drive, develop and maintain technical standards, specifications, and design guidance aligned with national best.
• Provide expert input into process engineering, hydrological and hydraulic modelling, catchment assessments, and the integration of ecological and landscape design principles.
• Collaborate with internal teams (e.g. Asset Planning, Capital Delivery, Catchment Management, Innovation) to embed NbS into our Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs), storm overflow reduction programme, and wider environmental improvement initiatives.
• Support regulatory compliance and performance outcomes,…