Asset Planning Lead – Data & Catchment Strategy (Hybrid)

Yorkshire Water; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or cash allowance

Pension up to 12% company contribution

Health cash plan

Life assurance 4x pensionable salary

Retail savings scheme

Online GP service

Cycle to work scheme

Gym membership discounts

Wellness days

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is hiring an Asset Planning Sponsor within the Integrated Catchment Team. You will lead programmes to investigate, diagnose, and develop solutions for catchment and compliance risks, ensuring cost-effective asset planning and regulatory alignment.

You will collaborate with Tactical Asset Planners and wider Asset Planning teams to define investment needs, articulate expected outcomes, and deliver data-driven decisions that support Yorkshire Water’s strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience with data platforms and analytics in asset management or water/wastewater sectors.
• Develop data-driven strategies to improve asset performance and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to interpret multiple datasets and translate insights into investment decisions.
• Strong communication to explain data insights to stakeholders.
• Experience with data governance and data assurance practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive End-to-End Catchment Investigations across the asset data programme.
• Define investment needs and articulate data risks impacting long-term planning.
• Oversee contractor scope and align with project teams and stakeholders.
• Develop data-driven solutions to support asset planning decisions.
• Develop business cases and articulate data improvement needs to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure post-delivery data validation and identify risks for future cycles.
• Identify, assess and manage project-level risks in the data portfolio.

Skills

Strong Data Management

Analytical Mindset

Performance Reporting & Insight

Wastewater & Catchment understanding

Stakeholder Management & Communication

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Python

PySpark

Job description

Yorkshire Water is hiring an Asset Planning Sponsor within the Integrated Catchment Team. You will lead programmes to investigate, diagnose, and develop solutions for catchment and compliance risks, ensuring cost-effective asset planning and regulatory alignment.

You will collaborate with Tactical Asset Planners and wider Asset Planning teams to define investment needs, articulate expected outcomes, and deliver data-driven decisions that support Yorkshire Water’s strategic objectives.