Cost Intelligence Analyst

awg; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Double Matched Pension Scheme (up to 6

Private Healthcare

Annual bonus scheme

Volunteer opportunities

25 days leave + BHs

Life Cover at 8x salary

Personal Accident cover

Flexible benefits

20% off EE mobile contracts

Cycle2Work

Free parking

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking a Cost Intelligence Analyst to join the Strategic Investment Management team in Peterborough. The role is full-time, 37 hours per week, hybrid working, with a salary of £40,000–£45,000 depending on skills and experience.

You will focus on ensuring accurate cost data from service providers, support TOTEX estimations, develop cost relationships, and build relationships across internal and external stakeholders to deliver value-added services in the water industry.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Ensure cost data from service providers is accurate and timely.
• Support Cost Engineers in developing cost relationships for TOTEX estimates.
• Become expert on cost collection systems and asset cost benchmarking.
• Build strong internal and external relationships to deliver a value-added service.

Skills

Customer service

Stakeholder mgmt

Asset management

Cost data

Water industry

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Windows Operating Systems

Costing systems

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

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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