Apprentice Data Scientist
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Company: YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
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Location: Leeds, LS10 1AB
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £24,309.00 per year
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Sector: Digital
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Ref: NAS-2000023750
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Application Deadline Date: 12/04/2026
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Start Date: 17/08/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Our apprentices work a standard Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week. The start and finish times of the apprenticeship are to be agreed with the line manager. Please note that upon completion there will be unsociable hours working on a rota.
Brief Description
We have an exciting opportunity an Apprentice Data Scientist to join the Central Control Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?
Training to be Provided
Specialist Tech training provider QA delivers the Level 6 Data Scientist Programme through their virutal platform. This includes live lectures as well as some self-study. You can expect to be spending one day per week of your working time on your Degree.
Future Prospects
Upon completion of the Apprenticeship, the Apprentice will move into an Alarm Optimisation role that has a dedicated progression plan linked to furtrher development opportunities and pay increases.
Vacancy Detail
As a Data Scientist Apprentice working within Central Control you will spend time with a variety of Intelligence Analysts and Optimisation Specialists to monitor, analyse and present data to maintain the safety and optimisation of our sites and processes.
This will include building your competence in:
- Identifying poor performing wastewater assets through analysis of predictive performance indicators, historical data analysis and monitoring data.
- Making performance data available to stakeholders (e.g. River Health, Wastewater Operations, and external contractors and consultants).
- Liaison with compliance and policy teams to help develop and standardise procedure to ensure compliance to procedure and consistency of service to maximise success rate/incidents avoided.
- Engaging internal stakeholders within the organisation to communicate progress, performance and recommendations for improvement.
- Scenario modelling/ forecasting, utilising new systems and technology to improve understanding of risks, building in site knowledge and root cause insights.
- Understanding our central systems and processes so that we can provide a centre of excellence with respect to alarm and SCADA management. To ensure we meet our compliance, pollution and optimisation targets.
- Working closely with Business Team Leaders and other business representatives to ensure that system configurations are optimised and data records are effectively maintained and where appropriate amended in a timely fashion.
Other Information
All apprentices are subject to passing a DBS check.