Teams at Scottish Water

Three-year graduate programme supporting water and wastewater infrastructure projects across Scotland. Responsibilities include project delivery, stakeholder engagement, milestone tracking, partner coordination, progress monitoring, senior reporting, and maintaining safe, timely, high-quality delivery. Rotational placements will develop technical and project management skills, leading to a permanent Project Manager role. Projects may involve housing developments, hydrogen production, data centres, sustainability, and greenhouse gas reduction initiatives.

Manage a team conducting cost, compliance, and commercial audits across Scottish Water operations and framework partners. Ensure contractual, policy, and governance compliance; validate costs; identify risks and disallowed expenditure; and recommend improvements. Act as a subject matter expert on contracts, estimating, costing, and audit matters. Lead negotiations, resolve commercial disputes, and develop team performance through coaching, recruitment, training, and people management.

Process monthly salaries, overtime, and expense claims accurately and on time for approximately 5,000 employees. Analyze pay variances, investigate payroll anomalies, ensure compliance with HMRC, Scottish Water policies, and pension regulations, and resolve issues before payment. Respond professionally to employee payroll queries while meeting strict deadlines. The role requires numerical confidence, Excel proficiency, strong organization, communication, customer service, analytical ability, attention to detail, and accuracy under pressure.