Cost Intelligence Analyst

Anglian Water Services; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

25 days leave

Free parking

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Anglian Water Services is recruiting a Cost Intelligence Analyst in Peterborough on a full-time basis. The role focuses on collecting and validating capital and operational cost data, benchmarking, and supporting TOTEX estimation for assets and projects.

You will work within the Strategic Investment Management team, developing cost relationships and ensuring timely data delivery while collaborating with internal teams and external service providers. Hybrid working in Peterborough is available.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Proven experience in customer service and support.
• Experience with IT systems, e.g. Windows OS.
• Well-developed stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of asset management capabilities, preferably within the water industry, would be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure service providers provide accurate and timely capital and operational cost data.
• Support the development of cost relationships to ensure TOTEX estimates for all activities.
• Build strong internal and external relationships to deliver a value-added service.
• Grow knowledge within water industry processes and asset types.

Skills

Customer service

IT systems

Stakeholder management

Cost data analysis

Water industry knowledge

Education

Degree level

Tools

Windows OS

Job description

Circa £40,000 - £45,000 (dependent On Skills & Experience)

Permanent

Full Time / 37 hours per week

(Flexible working options are available & can be discussed at interview)

Peterborough - Hybrid

Private Healthcare

Make every drop of your potential count! As our region flourishes and grows at one of the fastest rates in the UK, it is essential we have assets and investments which have the capacity to provide clean and safe running water.

Circa £40,000 - £45,000 (dependent On Skills & Experience)

Permanent

Full Time / 37 hours per week

(Flexible working options are available & can be discussed at interview)

Peterborough - Hybrid

Double Matched Pension Scheme (up to 21% combined)

Private Healthcare

Make every drop of your potential count! As our region flourishes and grows at one of the fastest rates in the UK, it is essential we have assets and investments which have the capacity to provide clean and safe running water.

Essential to achieving our commitment to safe and quality water is our Strategic Investment Management team who are responsible for defining and implementing an industry leading asset management approach and developing forward investment plans with a value of £6.5bn.

To help the Strategic Investment Management team with these aims and objectives, we have an exciting opportunity for a Cost Intelligence Analyst to join us on a full‑time basis, based out of our Peterborough office.

What will you be doing?

The Cost Intelligence Analyst role is a great opportunity for a professional who is looking to thrive in an open and challenging environment. Focused on ensuring that service providers provide accurate and timely capital and operational cost data, in addition you will support the Cost Engineers in the development of cost relationships to ensure Total Expenditure (TOTEX) estimates are provided for all activities.

This role will see you become an expert on cost collection systems, cost assessment of constructions of assets, benchmarking and support to estimations whilst building strong relationships internally and externally to deliver a value‑added service. You will have the support and opportunity to growth your knowledge within the Water Industry processes and its associated construction activities and asset types.

What does it take to be a Cost Intelligence Analyst?

• Educated to degree level or working at an equivalent level
• Proven experience of customer service and support
• Demonstrable experience in IT systems eg Windows Operating Systems
• Well‑developed stakeholder management skills
• An understanding of asset management capabilities, preferably within the water industry, would be desirable

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double‑matches your contributions up to 6%
• Personal private health care
• Annual bonus scheme
• Opportunity to volunteer do unpaid work in the community
• 25 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
• Life Cover at 8x your salary
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme
• Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community’s Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer and we play a leading part in the Women’s Utility Network.

Closing Date: 1st September 2026

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