You will spend a week with Welsh Water colleagues at one of our locations across Wales and Herefordshire (you will need to have your own transport to get you to the location stated). There you will have the opportunity to learn about Welsh Water, what we do, how we do it and our values. These opportunities are open to everyone – any age or education level, whether you are still in school or have worked for decades but fancy a change.
We have 5 different work experience pathways depending on which jobs and business areas you are interested in.
Our 5 work experience pathways are:
Engineering and Operations
We maintain and improve our treatment works and pipelines to make sure water and wastewater is treated safely and efficiently. Jobs include electricians, mechanical fitters, operators and inspectors.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: North East - Five Fords WwTW, Cefn Road, Marchwiel, Wrexham, LL13 0PA
You will work with our craft team, experiencing mechanical, electrical and instrumentation skills. Five Fords, operates the very latest technology within the wastewater treatment field. We maintain some of the largest positive displacement pumps in Europe. A thermal hydrolysis plant, which kills 99.9 % of the pathogens, centrifuges, boilers, advanced digesters, and a gas to grid plant, which at present is the only one in service within Wales.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: North East - Five Fords WwTW, Cefn Road, Marchwiel, Wrexham, LL13 0PA
You will experience how we take samples, monitor and adjust process setpoints, using the latest technology, thus always ensuring safe operations and maximum energy output. You will learn about our renewable energy initiatives, solar panels, combined heat & power engines, and our process of removing the biogas from the sludge then removing the impurities that are produced from the waste and putting it back into the gas network.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: South East - Tŷ Awen Office, Spooner Close, Coedkernew, Newport, NP10 8FZ
You will have the opportunity to shadow our capital engineering team who are responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of all capital schemes. The team manages the design, quality and costing of engineering projects to ensure they are delivered on time and in budget. You will learn about the refurbishment of older assets as well as the building of new ones; environmental considerations and the importance of health & safety.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: South West - Clydach Depot, Players Industrial Estate, Clydach, SA6 5BQ
You will have the opportunity to shadow our capital engineering team who are responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of all capital schemes. The team manages the design, quality and costing of engineering projects to ensure they are delivered on time and in budget. You will learn about the refurbishment of older assets as well as the building of new ones; environmental considerations and the importance of health & safety.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: Herefordshire – Broomy Hill WTW, Breinton Road, Hereford, HR4 0JS
You will gain an insight into how we distribute and look after the journey of potable water from treatment to tap. You will learn about how we proactively look after the network; the science and technology involved and our responsibility to ensure the health and wellbeing of our customers through the provision of safe, clean drinking water.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: South East - Welsh Water Transport, Unit 1 Hepworth Business Park, Pontyclun, CF72 9FQ
We operate one of the largest and most complex fleets in the country. Come and explore how our Transport team carry out essential maintenance work keeping our vehicles safe, efficient and on the road supporting the delivery of our water and wastewater services.
Customer
We provide service and support to customers, ensuring their needs are met whilst promoting a positive user experience. Jobs include customer advisors, meter readers, retail team leaders.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: South East - Linea Office, Fortran Road, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0LT
This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about how we interact with our customers. You will experience a rotation through the departments within Retail from the billing team, customer services, vulnerable customer team and revenue, plus spend time with our emergency teams in the operations contact centre. You will also meet our customer insight teams who look at customer behaviour, and how we continuously improve our services.
Data and Transformation
We analyse data and drive digital innovation to improve operational efficiency, customer service and resource management. Jobs include data scientists, test analysts, cyber security analysts.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: South East - Linea Office, Fortran Road, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0LT
Are you interested about data and eager to explore its impact on business? Our data team is offering a work experience placement where you’ll gain exposure to a range of data-driven fields, including business intelligence, data science, automation, data governance and data engineering. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your technical understanding, learn from experienced professionals and make meaningful contributions.
Business and Corporate
We manage financial, administrative, and strategic functions to support Welsh Water’s vision and sustainable growth. Jobs include administrators, human resources advisors, accountants, health & safety advisors.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: South East - Linea Office, Fortran Road, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0LT
This experience will give you a flavour of our ITS (Integrated Technology Services) and HR (Human Resources) functions. You will work with our teams, gaining knowledge in customer service and IT support by shadowing our first line support agents and desktop engineering team. You will then have an opportunity to learn about day-to-day HR operations including how we recruit and onboard new employees and how we develop them to carry out their jobs safely and effectively. Finally, you will round off your week by understanding how we implement improvements in our business by changing the way that we work to reach positive outcomes that are supported by our fantastic workforce.
Science and Environment
We monitor water quality and environmental impact, ensuring compliance with regulations and promoting ecological sustainability. Jobs include laboratory technicians, river quality liaison managers, process scientists.
Date: 7-11 July
Location: North East - Five Fords WwTW, Cefn Road, Marchwiel, Wrexham, LL13 0PA
You will learn how we keep within compliance of our regulatory parameters also our Bio-solids Assurance Scheme regulations (BAS), and internal/external auditors. Studying the different chemical processes within the conventional wastewater treatment works, either filtration or aeration. Also, our thermal hydrolysis plant, our advanced anaerobic digesters, the gas to grid plant and our liquor treatment plant (advanced biological treatment) using the latest technology. A fantastic opportunity to see the various biological microscopic chemical processes in action.
