Yorkshire Water

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

At Yorkshire Water, people are at the heart of everything we do, and we recognise the value of veterans and military families bring to our business. We are totally committed to working with, supporting, and positively encouraging our veterans and their families into employment.

Signing the Armed Forces Covenant in 2020, the Company has continued to incorporate the standards and some of goals outlined in the Armed Forces Covenant.

• Promoting that we are an armed forces-friendly organisation; Our Recruitment team display the covenant logo on their email signatures
• Seeking to support the employment of veterans young and old; by advertising vacancies through the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to establish a tailored employment pathway for Service Leavers. When shortlisting applicants, any serving military personnel will be fast-tracked to interview, if they meet the essential requirements.
• We have created an internal network via Yammer for Armed Forces Leavers, Reservists and Family members to interact and share information and advice
• Yorkshire Water regularly attend CTP recruitment fares on a regular basis to actively champion the benefits of employing ex and current military personnel.

About us 

We’re Yorkshire Water. The people trusted to take care of Yorkshire’s most valuable natural resource. We manage and look after the region’s water. But water is not quite like anything else. We’re not like any other business – and nowhere is quite like Yorkshire. Our work means much more than just supplying clean drinking water, taking away wastewater and looking after the region’s coast and countryside. We’re an integral part of Yorkshire life and millions of people who live and work here rely upon us, every single day. 

We look after communities, protect the environment, we provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity. That means over 5 million customers, and the millions of people who visit Yorkshire each year rely on us, every day. 140,000 businesses also depend upon the water we supply and the wastewater we take away to provide goods and services that support the economy.