Your day to day role may be working within our Customer Experience Team, but your contribution will be far wider as you help us to deliver clean, safe drinking water to all our 3.6 million customers every single day.

Your next role….

Affinity Water have taken a placement student to cover the placement position for over 23 years.  Placements run from late July to the end of August the following year, as this allows a handover from one student to another.  It is a paid position within the Water Strategy department, based at our Head Office in Tamblin Way, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

What you’ll be doing….

• Environmental monitoring of river flows, lake levels, rainfall and groundwater levels within the Affinity Water supply area
• Collation and analysis of environmental data from both internal and external sources e.g. Met Office and Environment Agency.
• The screening of planning applications for potential impact on the Company.
• Water quality sampling from various sites in our supply area, including lakes, boreholes, rivers and in-situ analysis.
• The taking of river photos at set locations around our supply area.
• Support to other team members on data collection where required.
• Data analysis and interpretation, including use of GIS.
• A placement project report is completed by end of placement, on a subject of the placement student’s and Company interest.

Got what it takes to succeed?

Here at Affinity Water, we attract and nurture the top talent. It’s the pride we take in our delivery and performance. In order to excel in this role, You will have:

• A full driving licence valid in the UK.
• Awareness of health and safety procedures.
• Awareness of environmental standards and how changing water levels may affect the company and the environment.
• Competent computer literacy in the use of word processing and spreadsheet software (MS Office and preferentially GIS).
• Willingness to work outside in the field.
• Accurate updating of databases, analysis of river flows, groundwater, and rainfall to produce monthly reports.
• Ability to produce concise, clear and accurate interpretations and report on them.
• Effective communication with colleagues.
• The willingness to see jobs through to completion.
• Patience when jobs take a long time, or when data is not retrievable for certain periods.
• The ability to work both as part of a team and independently, to meet deadlines.

Benefits of doing a placement at Affinity Water:

• Opportunities for networking with a possible future employer
• Gain experience of working in an office environment
• Gain experience of environmental data collection in the field
• Finish university with a years’ relevant work experience

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be based in our modern and spacious offices within the heart of Hatfield Business Park with on-site bistro and parking facilities. If you fancy a walk or a bite to eat at lunch off-site, you won’t be short of choices.

In return for all your excellent work, we’ll provide you with a double-matching pension scheme and a holiday allowance that increases with length of service, which means that the longer you stay, the more you gain!

We are also committed to developing your career progression. and will support the cost of your professional fees to help you get to where you want to be.

As a further thank you, we will give you access to a wide range of shopping and entertainment discounts. Who wouldn’t want money off their weekly shop or night out at the cinema? If that wasn’t enough, we’ll give you access to support of your wellbeing with tips such as healthy eating recipes and mindfulness techniques.

Thirsty for more?

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site where our staff have been talking on video about their roles and sharing their career development stories.

Don’t forget to look at all the good work that we do at Affinity Water through our social media channels. You too can join our #WhyNotWater campaign and make sure that there is enough water for the future.

Tell us how you would be a great fit for this role by following our quick and simple application process and we will respond back to you shortly after the deadline.