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Thames Water Industrial Placement 2027

Pays £23,000 a year in Reading and Swindon.

No published policyIndustrial Placement (1 year)

Unconfirmed. Thames Water publishes no sponsorship policy for its industrial placement, so we cannot state a firm answer. Thames Water is currently advertising several named one-year Industrial Placements, including Business Readiness, Process Compliance, Engineering Project Manager and Architecture Modelling, each paying £23,000 and running September 2026 to August 2027. Its careers help and support page only states a general right-to-work check applies to every role and does not say whether sponsorship is or is not available for placement students specifically.

Sponsors grads?
Not published
Pay vs threshold
Not published
Opportunity
placement
Pay
£23,000
2027 cycle
No published date as of 1 October 2026
Confidence
medium

Thames Water Industrial Placement: at a glance

Locations
Reading, SwindonSource
Degree requirement
not stated on the listings reviewedSource

How Thames Water recruits

not stated. 3 stages, from Thames Water's own careers pages, checked 2026-10-09. Test providers are named only where Thames Water names them.

  1. Application form

    Application form

    Answer application questions and upload CV.

    “answer some questions in our application form and upload your CV”
    Source

  2. Pre-screen assessment

    Online tests

    Online assessment covering values, personality, situational judgement and reasoning tasks.

    “After submitting your application, you'll receive an email inviting you to complete an online assessment”
    Source

  3. Final assessment

    Assessment centre

    Group discussion, interview and presentation activities.

    “We'll invite you to the final stage of the process - our online assessment”
    Source

Every programme and stage at Thames Water

“you'll need to prove your right to work in the UK, verify your identity and provide at least two references from recent employment, training or activity for the past three years”
Thames Water, from its own careers pages
The catch: The generic right-to-work line on the help and support page is a pre-employment check, not a sponsorship statement, so do not read it either way.
Thames Water early careersVerify on gov.ukSee the licence record

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What Thames Water publishes about this programme

Checked against Thames Water's own careers pages on 2026-10-01. Anything not published is worth asking the early careers team before you apply.

  • Visa sponsorship policy: not published
  • Application dates: not published
  • Programme description: not published
  • Duration and start date: not published
  • Who can apply: not published
  • Pay: published
  • Locations: published
  • Degree requirement: published
  • Recruitment stages: published

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Sources

Verdict last checked 2026-09-21. Application dates last checked 2026-10-01. How we check programme verdicts

Common questions

Does Thames Water sponsor visas for its industrial placement?

Unconfirmed. Thames Water publishes no sponsorship policy for its industrial placement, so we cannot state a firm answer. Thames Water is currently advertising several named one-year Industrial Placements, including Business Readiness, Process Compliance, Engineering Project Manager and Architecture Modelling, each paying £23,000 and running September 2026 to August 2027. Its careers help and support page only states a general right-to-work check applies to every role and does not say whether sponsorship is or is not available for placement students specifically.

Does the pay clear the UK Skilled Worker salary threshold?

The pay for this scheme is not published clearly enough to judge against the threshold.

What is the catch international students miss with Thames Water?

The generic right-to-work line on the help and support page is a pre-employment check, not a sponsorship statement, so do not read it either way.

When do applications open for the Thames Water industrial placement?

No published date as of 1 October 2026. Checked on 2026-10-01 against Thames Water's own site.

Where is the Thames Water industrial placement based?

Reading, Swindon, according to Thames Water's own careers information.

What degree do you need for the Thames Water industrial placement?

not stated on the listings reviewed, according to Thames Water's own careers information.

How should I confirm Thames Water's sponsorship before applying?

Read the specific vacancy on Thames Water's careers site, ask its early-careers team directly, and check the employer on the gov.uk Register of Licensed Sponsors. Policies and thresholds change, so treat this page as a starting point and confirm for the exact role and cycle.

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