Senior Analyst

Severn Trent

Senior Analyst at Severn Trent Water leading data-driven insights for environmental strategies. Managing technical authority and pioneering analysis tools to inform strategic investment decisions.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeCoventry • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £47,781 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Transform complex data into critical insights guiding a multi-million-pound strategic programme
Act as the technical authority for the programme, shaping the approach from the ground up
Lead data, monitoring, and analytics roadmap, architecting systems as the single source of truth for infiltration
Pioneering advanced analytical capabilities using machine learning, statistical modelling, and GIS to predict and pinpoint infiltration hotspots
Act as the primary owner and technical lead for the Infiltration Detection Analysis Tool (IDAT)
Design, build, and champion the programme's central Infiltration Dashboard
Own the benefit realisation methodology translating physical outcomes into auditable financial and regulatory benefits
Act as the internal advocate for analytical rigour, bridging the gap between raw technical data and operational delivery teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive analytical experience within a complex, asset-intensive organisation
Proven track record of extracting actionable insights from disparate datasets
Experience in a technical leadership capacity, with the ability to oversee task allocation, conduct peer reviews, and mentor junior or mid-level team members
Advanced proficiency in relational databases and programming or querying languages such as SQL, Python or R
Experience with enterprise visualisation platforms like Power BI or Tableau
Strong practical understanding of data science methodologies, including predictive modelling and spatial mapping/GIS software
Demonstrate a strategic mindset, with the capability to design long-term data architecture and translate complex findings into clear, compelling narratives for non-technical senior stakeholders
Experience in the utilities, environmental science, hydrogeology, or engineering sectors
Familiarity with telemetry data, environmental monitoring networks, and catchment-level asset performance tracking
Supported by a degree in a highly quantitative discipline, such as Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics.

Benefits

Comp & perks

28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (up to £2,250 based on company performance and subject to eligibility)
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Two paid volunteering days per year

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningstatistical modellingGISSQLPythonRdata science methodologiespredictive modellingdata architecturedata visualisation

Soft Skills

analytical experiencetechnical leadershiptask allocationpeer reviewsmentoringstrategic mindsetcommunicationbridging technical and operational teamsnarrative developmentadvocacy for analytical rigour