Data Analysis & System Planner

Southern Water; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utilities provider in Brighton is seeking an Asset Data Analysis & System Planner to join their strategic planning team. This role involves creating a 25-year asset plan and collaborating with various teams to ensure effective investment decisions. Applicants should have experience in asset management and be confident communicators. The position offers a competitive salary starting from £30k with a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Company and performance-related bonus

Generous pension up to 11% company contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance equal to 4x salary

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Health Cash Plan

Study support for job-related qualifications

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in capital investment strategy within a regulated or complex environment.
• Confidence in facilitating workshops and interpreting risk data.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and optimisation of a 25-year asset plan.
• Translate long-term needs into a deliverable programme of investment.
• Work across teams to align maintenance and investment decisions.

Skills

Data analysis

Risk-based planning

Strategic planning

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Experience in asset management or infrastructure planning

Job description

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Southern Water

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Brighton, United Kingdom

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Posted:

01.08.2025

Expiry Date:

15.09.2025

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Closing Date

2025-08-08

Closing Date

2025-08-08

Job Title: Asset Data Analysis & System Planner

Location: Falmer (Hybrid Working)

Salary: from £35k

Are you someone who thrives on solving complex data problems, thinking long-term, and balancing competing priorities in a constantly changing environment? If you’re passionate about sustainable infrastructure, risk-based planning, data analysis, and contributing to the future of essential services, this role could be your next big move.

We're looking for an Asset Data Analysis & System Planner to join our strategic planning team – the people behind the long-term vision for our region’s water and wastewater infrastructure. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that’s not only helping to shape the 25-year asset strategy, but also driving the investment decisions that keep our networks resilient, reliable and future-ready.

Job Overview

Support the creation and optimisation of a 25-year asset plan that aligns with company-wide strategic goals and regulatory requirements like PR24/29.

Translate long-term risks and needs into a deliverable programme of investment, balancing short-term pressures with long-term outcomes.

Apply risk-based decision making within a TOTEX (total expenditure) framework to ensure value for money and resilience of service.

Bring flexibility into strategic planning so we can respond confidently to future uncertainty, whether environmental, economic, or operational.

Work across teams to align maintenance, operations and investment decisions into one seamless, integrated business plan.

Represent Asset Strategy & Planning at key meetings and workshops, building strong relationships with regional teams, risk specialists, delivery leads, and project managers.

Be a passionate advocate for your area’s plan, clearly communicating its goals, priorities and benefits to a wide range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities will include:

Support the articulation of investment Needs driven by regional risk position and seeking to achieve optimal cost asset efficiency from the asset base.

Support Integrated business plan development, management, optimisation, delivery and monitoring for area.

Collaborating with the Heads of Delivery/Function, Programme Manager, Project Managers, Area risk specialists, asset strategy manager and other internal stakeholders on risks and issues that might affect the workstream & Tranche outcomes and benefits

About You

You’re likely to have experience in asset management, infrastructure planning, or capital investment strategy, ideally within a regulated or complex environment. You’re strategic yet pragmatic, analytical yet adaptable — able to think long-term while managing today’s priorities.

You’ll be confident working across functions, facilitating workshops, interpreting risk data, and aligning multiple workstreams around shared outcomes. A background in utilities, engineering, or infrastructure would be advantageous, but it’s your ability to bring people, plans and risks together that matters most.

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday 37 hours a week.

Southern Water operate a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home.

We are offering from £30k per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

• Company and performance-related bonus

• 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

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?

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.

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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 and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

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