Wastewater Data Analyst

Job Requisition Number                              7210                                                                               Work Type Permanent Job Function Engineer Salary Range £29,285.00 -£33,277.00  (Newport)

Base

Closing Date

South East Hub (Hybrid Working)

23:59 on 06 Feb 2025

 

What you’ll be responsible for

 

Support the Wastewater Assets Regulatory & Performance Reporting team, in developing and implementing leading edge data to support the delivery of performance and serviceability improvement measures. Analyse data quality and recommend areas for potential improvement, innovation and governance processes. 

Work with the wider Wastewater Assets Team, Operations and Asset Planning to gain a holistic view of asset performance generally to support achievement of our outcomes of safeguarding the environment, reducing our carbon footprint, maintaining our assets and operating efficiently.
Complete regulatory reporting and collate Environment Information Request responses for Wastewater Assets, whilst delivering on our values and striving to earn the trust of our customers. This will include;

1.    Providing support to team by dealing with data requests (both internal and external), undertaking analysis, collating and issuing formal responses.

2.    Ensuring that data requests and responses are tracked, compliant with EIR and GDPR requirements and reviewed with management.

3.    Producing routine reports and dashboards with actionable insights as necessary, to satisfy regulatory, asset management and operational requirements.

4.    Providing data and analytical support to help produce annual regulatory returns.

5.    Supporting the Data Governance team as a designated Data Steward, contributing to data strategies, documentation and quality improvements.

6.    Identifying and implementing Quality Assurance procedures, producing and maintaining user documentation, defining and maintaining data quality standards, monitoring compliance and recommending actions.

7.    Supporting/contributing to the continuous improvement and development of data analysis and reporting.

8.    Identifying issues with monitoring data and liaising appropriately with relevant departments and data owners.

9.    Supporting Operational and Asset teams by identifying poorly-performing assets, validating data and notifying assets for investigation.

10.    Supporting investment planning (including Price Reviews) through the analysis and provision of data to help assess risks to compliance and performance.

11.    Developing and maintaining good, consistent, working relationships with internal stakeholders.
 

 

 

Who you’ll work with

 

Internal
•    Wastewater Assets Team
•    Wastewater Environment Team
•    Operations
•    Governance
•    EIR team
•    ITS
•    Statutory Maintenance 
•    Asset Planning

 

External
•    NRW/EA or DWI
•    Stakeholders eg customer groups
•    DCWW partners and consultants
 

 

About you

 

Experience

• Experience of handling and summarising large amounts of data to provide business intelligence and expressing this visually in a clear, logical and structured manner.
• Highly organised approach with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple requests simultaneously.

 

Knowledge and Skills

• Enthusiastic about putting our customers first every day
• IT literate and sound knowledge of IT systems specifically in relation to wastewater asset data
• The ability to effectively communicate to different audiences at different levels
• The ability to demonstrate good problem solving skills and process understanding
• The ability to influence using clear presentation of ideas and/or facts both verbally and in writing to gain agreement or acceptance of proposals
• The ability to develop positive working relationships and to be seen as a credible member of the team

Good to know

 

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: Willow.Smallbone@dwrcymru.com

 

Interviews to take place on 6th March 2025.

Benefits

 

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

 

•             Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
•             Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
•             Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
•             Free Mortgage Brokering Services 
•             Enhanced family friendly policies
•             Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
•             Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
•             Cycle to work scheme
•             Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
•             Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
•             Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
•             An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
•             Many more can be found here!  

 

 

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

 

 

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

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