YORKSHIRE WATER
EUROPE them Tuesday mornings to work on solving a problem in the business . There is a maximum of six people on the Hotseat scheme , they get assigned a mentor , and it works in six month periods . As directors of the business we meet every week and any individual on the Hotseat scheme gets the chance to sit in on all the leadership meetings to understand what is going on ; then they move on to another department .
“ They all vote and decide what problem they are going to work on and how . It really is an opportunity to work on something and build their network within the business , getting exposure to people they wouldn ’ t normally interact with daily . We introduced this in 2013 and are now going through the third Hotseat scheme .”
Yorkshire Water also has a robust graduate scheme ; some even travelled to Israel in January in conjunction with the respective embassies to work on company performance commitments .
The first Hotseat scheme came up with ‘ ChemVision ’, which was around optimising chemicals and it manifested itself in a £ 250,000 saving per annum on the procurement practice and interaction surrounding chemicals and chemical companies .
The project manager for ChemVision went on to become a full-time project manager in Asset Management . Another participant was able to highlight her skills in value chain engineering when she worked with firms such as Lafarge Tarmac by completing benchmarking
The company is proud of its Hotseat scheme
A Yorkshire Water colleague jetting a sewer in Gargrave
www . yorkshirewater . com 57