GIS Analyst

Thames Water; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK water and wastewater company is seeking a GIS Analyst to analyze complex operational data to improve performance in the Waste Water Regional Delivery teams. This hybrid role requires a strong analytical background and experience with tools like ESRI ArcGIS, Power BI, and FME. Responsibilities include collaborating with delivery teams, maintaining reports, and developing geospatial asset risk models. The position offers a competitive salary between £45,940 and £49,000, with numerous benefits including a generous pension scheme and health support.

Benefits

Competitive salary

26 days holiday, increasing to 30

Performance-related pay plan

Generous Pension Scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Strong geospatial analytical background.
• Experience with ESRI ArcGIS and Power BI.
• Knowledge in wastewater industry is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with delivery teams to share insights.
• Maintain and deploy operational performance reports.
• Interpret asset data to identify trends and insights.
• Develop geospatial asset risk models for interventions.
• Monitor key data quality metrics across processes.

Skills

Geospatial analysis

ESRI ArcGIS

Power BI

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Data management

Tools

FME

Excel

Python

SQL

Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Role Overview

As a GIS Analyst, you’ll play a key role in turning complex operational data into clear, actionable insight that directly impacts the performance of Thames Water’s Waste Water Regional Delivery teams. This is a highly analytical role where you’ll help shape decisions on asset performance, operational optimisation, and risk management. The internal title of the role is Performance and Risk Analyst.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with delivery teams and other stakeholders across the company, sharing performance and risk insights to aid the delivery of asset health performance commitments.
• Maintain and deploy operational performance reports and regulatory reporting, delivering accurate and trusted reports and insights with appropriate commentary.
• Undertake performance and behavioural analysis on waste network assets, interpreting asset and operational data to identify trends and risk insights, and disseminate findings with appropriate visualisations and commentary.
• Develop and maintain geospatial asset risk models to create planned intervention work packs for operational delivery teams, actively tracking the delivery and benefits of interventions against planned outcomes.
• Maintain existing data management processes, monitor key data quality metrics and proactively liaise with company-wide functional experts and data engineers to resolve any process failures or data quality issues.

Location & Hours

Base Location: Clearwater Court, Reading – hybrid (minimum of 1 day in the office, usually Fridays). Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm.

Qualifications

• Strong geospatial analytical background, including experience with ESRI ArcGIS, Power BI, FME, and Excel.
• Knowledge of wastewater industry and capability in additional geospatial tools, analytical tools and data management (e.g. Python, SQL, Databricks, Azure Data Factory) will be beneficial.
• Proven ability to produce detailed management reports.
• High attention to detail with the ability to understand the wider business context.
• Strong communication skills and a self-driven approach to work.
• Excellent IT skills, including MS Office and relevant industry-specific tools.

Benefits

• Competitive salary from £45,940 – £49,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Performance-related pay plan up to 10% of salary directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of yourself and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Who are we

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive.

Join us

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.