Anglian Water Services
Water Resources Planning Analyst
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Strategic Planning Analyst (Water Resources & Water Recycling)
Circa £36,000 per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Permanent Full Time / 37 Hours (Flexible working opportunities available)
Location: Flexible Across the Anglian Water Region
Double Matched Pension Scheme (up to 21% combined)
Private Healthcare
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We’re looking for a Strategic Planning Analyst to join Anglian Water’s Strategic Asset Management team and play a key role in shaping the long-term future of both water resources and water recycling services across our region.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of some of the most important planning activities in the water industry, supporting the development of our Water Resources Management Plan and Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan.
Your work will help ensure that strategic decisions are underpinned by robust evidence, reliable data, consistent methodologies, and clear reporting.
What you'll be doing:
- Develop, maintain, and improve datasets, databases, and reporting systems that underpin long-term planning activities.
- Support the delivery of Water Resources Management Plan, Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan, and Annual Performance Review reporting requirements.
- Maintain and enhance demand forecasting and demand management models.
- Build and improve reporting capability using Power BI, GIS, and database platforms.
- Use Python and other analytical tools to improve data management, automation, and reporting processes.
- Manage, interpret, and communicate large datasets relating to water demand, population, leakage, and wider planning metrics.
- Support scenario testing, modelling, and analysis to aid strategic decision-making.
- Work collaboratively with stakeholders across the business and external planning partners.
- Promote data quality, governance, and continuous improvement.
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What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience building, managing, and interpreting datasets and analytical models.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with database systems.
- Experience using Power BI to create meaningful reporting and visualisations.
- Experience working with GIS and spatial datasets.
- Knowledge of or experience writing code using Python.
- Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to interpret trends and communicate insights to different audiences.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
Desirable:
- Experience within the water sector or regulated utilities, regulatory reporting, demand forecasting, or long-term planning.
Why join Anglian Water?
Help shape the long-term future of water resources and water recycling planning, develop sought-after skills in Power BI, GIS, Python, and strategic planning, and influence how we invest, grow, and respond to future environmental and customer challenges.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service & the option to buy or sell 1 week).
- Flexible working options.
- Private health care.
- Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 7%.
- Life assurance at eight times your salary.
- Annual bonus.
- Personal medical assessments.
- Virtual GP service.
- Cancer screening.
- Financial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits.
- Lifestyle savings including discounts on retail, travel, and utilities.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Volunteer days.
Inclusion at Anglian Water
We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We are proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer.
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Closing Date: Monday 27th July 2026
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We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.
We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get in touch with our team at resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk.
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