Career Paths: Operations

Keep essential services running every day

Overview

Operations teams maintain treatment works, pumping stations and water networks to deliver services across Scotland. Operators and field teams are at the heart of Scotland's water service delivery.

Explore the career journey below to see how your operations career could develop.

Career Journey

Every operations career is different, but many progress through roles like these as they gain experience, skills and responsibility.

  • Apprentice Operator
  • Treatment Operator
  • Senior Operator
  • Operations Team Leader
  • Operations Manager
  • Regional Manager
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Skills You'll Build

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Engineering

Design the infrastructure that keeps Scotland flowing.

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Business and corporate

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digital and technology
digital and technology

Use digital innovation and data to shape the future of the water industry.

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