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Southern Water

Asset Data Specialist

Hybrid

Worthing, United kingdom

Mid level

Full Time

22-09-2025

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Skills

Communication Python Tableau SQL Statistical Analysis Data Governance Decision-making Training Machine Learning power bi Azure AWS cloud platforms Agile Analytics Snowflake Databricks

Job Specifications

Closing Date

28/09/2025

Job Title: Senior Data Analyst

Location: Remote in the UK with occasional visits to Durrington or Falmer offices when required.

Contract Type: Perm

Hours: 37

Salary: PS48,000 per annum

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

Job Overview

We're looking for a proactive and technically skilled Senior Data Analyst to join our Health, Safety, Security and Wellbeing (HSSW) team. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate across the business to design and deliver analytical products that unlock high-value insights and drive strategic decision-making.

You'll lead the development of dashboards, reports, and predictive models that reveal trends, detect anomalies, and uncover opportunities for performance improvement. With a strong grasp of business processes and a passion for data storytelling, you'll help shape our data strategy, drive innovation, and elevate analytics maturity across the organisation.

This role offers the chance to lead small project teams, mentor analysts, and influence best practices in data governance, visualisation, and cloud analytics. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and want to make a meaningful impact through data, we'd love to hear from you.

About You

You're a curious, solutions-focused analyst with a knack for turning complex data into clear, actionable insights. You're comfortable working across teams, translating business needs into data-driven solutions, and championing a culture of continuous learning.

You Bring

5+ years of experience in a Data Analyst or Senior Data Analyst role
Expertise in SQL, Python or R, and data visualisation tools like Power BI, QlikSense or Tableau
Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Databricks or Snowflake
Strong understanding of statistical analysis, forecasting and machine learning
A proactive mindset for identifying opportunities and driving data-led improvements
Excellent communication skills and a talent for data storytelling
Knowledge of Data Governance, Data Security and compliance frameworks (e.g. GDPR)
A collaborative spirit and experience working cross-functionally

Bonus Points If You Have

Experience with EcoOnline, FYLD or other H&S data systems
Worked in Agile environments or regulated industries
A passion for mentoring and upskilling others in data literacy

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a remote first approach with occasional visits to the Durrington or Falmer office when required.

Benefits

We are offering a salary of up to PS48K per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
25 days annual leave
Life assurance equal to 4x salary
Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
Health Cash Plan
Full funded eye tests
Two paid volunteering days a year
Occupational health service
Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
Digital GP service
Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Cycle to work scheme

Join our team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

If this role isn't quite what you're looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate

About the Company

We are one of the largest water and wastewater companies in the South East of England and thrive on the passion and hard work of more than 2,000 employees. Together we supply 532 million litres of drinking water every day to more than two million customers and treat and recycle 717 million litres of wastewater for more than four million customers in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Water is essential to every aspect of our lives and we're proud to be at the heart of managing water and wastewater services. W... Know more