Water Production Planning & Cost Optimization Analyst

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC; England; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave (30 after 4 years

Pension scheme up to 14% employer

Bonus up to 7.5%

Healthcare plan

EVolve Car Scheme

Employee Assistance Plan

Best Doctors

Salary Finance

Wealth at Work courses

Flexible benefits

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC is seeking a Production Planning Analyst to join the Production Planning team and support cost and production planning for the regional water system. The role focuses on calculating OPEX for power and chemicals, monitoring budgets, and developing an optimised Water Production Plan within the aqueduct and LDTM system.

You will liaise with Procurement and Energy teams, manage the MISER modelling tool, and contribute to outage planning while delivering monthly variance

Qualifications

• Understanding of water supply operation, including treatment, pumping, hydraulics, water quality standards and QA.
• Knowledge of regulatory framework for the water industry.
• Knowledge of cost drivers for the business.
• Oral and written communication, report and procedure writing, organising and decision making.
• Ability to use a wide range of computer systems.
• Ability to work on own initiative with little supervision but also work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• liaise with Procurement and Energy to obtain up to date costs of power and chemicals used in water treatment and distribution.
• Assist in development and management of Chemical and Power budgets (circa £45Million+).
• Monthly Variance reporting to Finance and Water treatment managers with regard to Chemical and Power budgets.
• Develop and manage systems to monitor continuity of water supply considering water resources, outages and demand.
• Provide technical and analytical input during significant events and incidents.
• Power and Chemicals Budget Preparation and Variance Monitoring.
• Maintain and administer the Production Outage Permit system.
• Maintain and administer the Water Budget and associated tools.
• Develop and embed the MISER modelling tool.
• Assist in future development of Water Production Data.
• Calculate marginal unit rates of operating water treatment works & pumping stations.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Computer systems proficiency

Independent working

Team collaboration

Water supply operation understanding

Regulatory knowledge

Cost drivers awareness

Tools

MISER modelling tool

Job description

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC is seeking a Production Planning Analyst to join the Production Planning team and support cost and production planning for the regional water system. The role focuses on calculating OPEX for power and chemicals, monitoring budgets, and developing an optimised Water Production Plan within the aqueduct and LDTM system.

You will liaise with Procurement and Energy teams, manage the MISER modelling tool, and contribute to outage planning while delivering monthly variance