Structural Engineering Graduate

Bath-times, half-times, party-times, meeting-times, and cooking-times. Our water brings Wales to life! It helps 3 million people stay healthy and clean every day. It keeps businesses running smoothly and life flowing along. 

We’re different. And proud of it. We’re for everyone, not for profit. We’re people from every walk of life. All with an opportunity to develop and grow amazing careers. All sharing the benefits of bringing our whole self to work. 

We’re the engineers and scientists, rangers and customer advisors that keep the taps flowing and keep our customers happy. 

We’re in every community. And for every community. We’re Welsh Water. The people with the passion to bring futures to life in a business that brings Wales to life! 

Discover the difference Welsh Water can bring to your life and your career.

Enough about us, let's hear about you...

We are seeking interested applicants to have achieved a 2:2 or higher in a Structural or Structural & Civil combined, or Water Engineering related degree by September 2026 – that’s it!.... no prior experience needed. 

 
Key skills / attributes that we’d be looking for from the successful candidate are:

 
•    The drive to produce excellent results and to continually find ways of improving relationships, outputs, and processes.
•    Being adaptable within different environments.
•    Able to analyse, understand and produce detailed information accurately
•    Creative and innovative
•    Team player and a great communicator. 

Your Graduate Scheme

You’ll be joining the Engineering Department as part of the Assets function that will provide engineering expertise across the Business including our major investment programme for AMP8 and beyond. The projects included within the programme vary in scale and complexity, encompassing maintenance and improvement works to all of Welsh Water’s assets. This could include dams, pipelines, treatment works, pumping stations, and various others within our ownership throughout Wales providing a varied range of projects in the water industry.   

 
Your role will include:

 
•    Provide support on projects to ensure they will be designed safely and on time, within budget and to the desired quality, working closely with other members of the Engineering team and with other business stakeholders.
•    Complete engineering design activities to the appropriate DCWW standard specifications, under close supervision of experienced Engineers to ensure the appropriate level of quality is attained.
•    Provide support on projects through a design assurance process of technical proposals, 3rd party designs linked to the Build Quality Assurance Strategy.
•    Active involvement as part of the NEC Supervision, with this being linked to the Build Quality Assurance Strategy.
•    Work with our Framework providers and wider supply chain to deliver projects.

Your Development

 
Our technical graduate programme has been designed to kickstart your early career, empower you to take ownership of your future, grow your skills and show your impact. Through leadership, high impact habits, connection, growth, innovation and experience, you’ll be integral to shaping a better future for our customers, communities and our environment. 

Your professional development is at the heart of our offer, expect to attend sessions that will develop your high-impact habits, including:

•    Communicate with impact
•    Resilience
•    Personal Branding
•    Time Management
 

In addition, you will be given the opportunity to work on a variety of projects with your fellow graduates. These will allow you to develop your interpersonal and leadership skills, whilst working collaboratively with your peers. You will also be given the opportunity to work on key business projects within your specialised field. You will be encouraged to join professional bodies to hone your technical skills and optional project management qualifications.

 
Visit our graduate page to find out more information on what we have to offer - https://www.dwrcymru.com/en/careers/early-careers/graduates

Good to know

Your graduate scheme will primarily be based North Wales. However, on occasions and with notice you may be expected to travel to sites across the whole of Wales and its borders.

 
Recruitment process: we are running our adverts until May 3rd 2026. Should your application meet our criteria, you’ll be sent a short assessment to complete. The second stage of assessment will be an in-person assessment centre, which likely take place at a location in North East Wales around June 2026. Further information will be provided closer to the time. We are looking for a CV and cover letter that shows us how you will make a difference and add value. Hear what previous successful graduates have to say here.

What do we bring to the table?

As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

•    Variable pay schemes 
•    Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
•    Several internal employee networks including Embrace, LGBT+, Neurodiverse, Disability, Women of Welsh Water, Parents, Wellbeing and many more...
•    Enhanced family friendly policies
•    Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
•    Reduction on high street & online shopping
•    Cycle to work scheme/Car-leasing scheme
•    Online GP service
•    Voluntary private healthcare
•    Free mortgage brokering service
•    An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
•    Free Headspace App to support your wellbeing
•    Colleague matched fundraising scheme up to the value of £500 per year for your chosen charity
•    20% off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
•    Flexible working patterns
•    We also recruit our own volunteer Wellbeing Champions (on an annual basis) - successful recruits will receive full i-act and StRaW training
 

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.