Water Resources Planning Analyst

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

Make every drop of your potential count!

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.

Working across the Demand Forecasting and Decision Making functions, you will help deliver strategic planning programmes while supporting business planning, annual reporting and regulatory submissions.

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

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.

Closing Date: Monday 27th July 2026

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