Northumbrian Water

Winner of the Queen’s
Award for Enterprise

in the category of
sustainable development

We are proud to provide a sustainable, affordable, clean and safe water supply and to manage and treat the waste water returned to us in a way that protects the environment.

Our approach

NWL is a company you can be proud to work for.  We have an excellent reputation for providing a high standard of service and for our work with the communities we serve.  We help our people to develop and provide opportunity in the workplace for everyone to make a valuable contribution.  This, together with our pay and benefits package, employee volunteering opportunities and above all, a great team of people, make NWL a great place to work.

Our aim is to ensure that our workforce reflects the communities in which we operate.  We are making progress but still have some way to go and therefore particularly welcome job applications from under-represented groups.

Equality and diversity in NWL

Diversity means difference.  We’re all different, we have visible differences such as race, gender, age and sometimes disability and invisible differences such as religious beliefs, work style, sexual orientation etc – everyone is different.

In NWL these differences are recognised and valued and people are treated equally with all decisions being made only on an individual’s ability to do a job well.

Discrimination of any kind is not acceptable in our business.  In all cases, we will appoint and promote the right people for the right jobs.

RIGHT PEOPLE, RIGHT JOBS, RECOGNISING MERIT ALONE

Find out more about our approach to Corporate responsibility.

Find out more about Employee Volunteering.

Find out more about our benefits package.

Find out more about our mission statement and vision.