COO Reporting Team Graduate Programme
Exeter, England
Early Careers – SWW - Graduate /
Graduate Programme /
On-site
Do you want to make a difference in an industry that provides vital services to millions of people every day? Are you passionate about the environment? Are you looking for a rewarding and fulfilling career?
Our Graduate Management Programme offers all this as well as gaining a valuable insight and understanding in to how our business works throughout Operations, Engineering, Projects, People and Performance.
Read on to hear more and apply if you’re up for the challenge!
We are launching our Graduate Management Programme for 2024 where we are recruiting at least 20 Graduates to welcome into the business who will work with us to bring their talents, share their enthusiasm, motivation and become our leaders of the future.
Why join us?
- Joining us at Pennon Group allows you to work across South West Water, Bristol Water and Bournemouth Water, it offers you the chance to help shape the lifestyle of your community and protect our environment. It’s important stuff, so we can ensure you’ll have meaningful responsibility and satisfaction. We will be looking to you to help us innovate, create, and affect change that will positively impact our 1.7 million customers across the South West region.
- If you’re up for the challenge, we can give you a head start by joining this years’ Graduate Management Programme. You will need to be in your final year of your degree or have recently graduated.
- Our people are proactive and harness each other’s diversity of thought, experiences, and perspectives to deliver the best service for our customers. As Graduates on the programme, you will help create a positive culture for our business to thrive and succeed!
How does our Graduate Programme work?
- The Programme will launch on Monday 16th September 2024, it is a full-time, permanent opportunity working in our business based in the South West region. During this time, we help you discover your potential through a range of learning opportunities.
- As part of the two-year programme your functional role will involve daily report creation for CEO, managing timelines for reporting including organising reminders, and liaising with COO to ensure reports meet Board requirements and support development of COO summary.
- Whilst experience is desirable, if you have the passion and are keen to learn and develop, we welcome applicants from all disciplines.
What can you expect:
- A comprehensive week-long induction programme where you will network with colleagues in our business to learn more about us, the Graduate Programme and development opportunities. You will attend site visits and meet our Directors and CEO
- Hands-on experience with varied, challenging projects. You will have the flexibility to choose your career path as you gain exposure to the different areas of our business
- You will receive ongoing training to equip you within your placement throughout the two years. Your manager will support you and give you the tools and training you need on the job. You will spend 1-day a week working towards a professional qualification which will compliment your learning and development, delivered by our college provider
- You will be assigned a buddy and mentor who will support you when you start and throughout the programme. You will be able to build networks with your fellow graduates as well as senior leaders across the business
- Your health, safety, and well-being to be our priority. We respect and value the needs of our people to ensure they have the right work-life balance.
What we need from you:
- We are looking for graduates who are proactive, innovative, creative, and open to new challenges
- Flexible and adaptable to be able to work in different areas of the business to support our business priorities and contribute to making positive improvements
- Able to work accurately, prioritise work and manage time effectively
- Motivated, passionate, and driven to achieve goals and objectives
- Able to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing to colleagues, at all levels, throughout the business
- You should expect to be taken out of your comfort zone and discover something new all the time –a can-do attitude and a willingness to learn will be key.
What's in it for you:
- You will start with a competitive salary of £28,500 a year
- Become a member of the Institute of Water
- Generous holiday allowance (starting at 23 days) plus bank holidays
- A discretionary bonus
- Relocation allowance
- Competitive contributory pension
- Share-save scheme
- Various health benefits
- Well-being support programmes
- A range of Group Discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Financial support services
- Coaching, training, and development opportunities
- And, plenty more!
You will need to click on 'apply for this job' tab below and fill in an online application form and upload your CV. As part of your application, you will be required to record and upload a short video clip of yourself responding to 3 questions which should take no longer than 3 minutes in total.
If your video file is too large to upload, please send a wetransfer link to talent@pennon-group.co.uk.
The questions are:
1. Why do you want to work for South West Water?
2. What does a good workplace culture look like to you?
3. How would your peers describe you?
The closing date for applications is Friday 5th July 2024.
Good Luck!
