Risk Analyst

Risk Analyst

Salary: £32,500 - £41,000 (depending on skills and experience)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37 hours per week)
Location: Ideally based in the central Anglian region (Peterborough, Huntingdon, Cambridge), with flexibility to work from home and Anglian Water offices, plus regular travel across the region.

We offer a wide range of benefits including private health care, virtual GP service for you and your household, and a generous pension scheme - we double-match your contributions, up to 6%, giving you an 18% combined contribution.

Shape the future of water recycling - join us as a Risk Analyst!

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Water Recycling Networks (WRN) team in a new role as a Risk Analyst.

As a Risk Analyst, your primary focus will be on proactively assessing and managing operational risk across the region, with a specific focus on rising mains. While reporting to WRN, this role will be pivotal in bridging the gap between Water Recycling Networks and Water Recycling Operations (WRO) - championing holistic thinking and end-to-end risk management.

Collaborative working with colleagues at all levels - particularly local front-line teams - is at the heart of the role. By utilising and translating data, you will identify risk trends, develop a consistent picture of risk, generate recommendations for effective risk management and escalation, and seek opportunities for continuous improvement. You'll experience a hybrid working environment with office-based work, as well as getting out and about to embed yourself within relevant local front-line teams.

This role is critical to achieving outstanding environmental protection and delivering excellent customer service across Water Recycling by improving network resilience and taking a proactive approach in everything we do.

• Promote holistic thinking across WRN and WRO to ensure effective, end-to-end risk management.
• Investigate and analyse key risk areas, with a particular focus on the rising main asset class.
• Look holistically across inter-connecting processes to coordinate data for risk management, ensuring accuracy and accessibility across the business.
• Drive asset status capture across WRN and WRO for comprehensive risk visibility.
• Capture and maintain risk profiles for operational changes and interventions, including monitoring KPIs related to rising main health and performance.
• Provide clear insight and guidance on risk levels to Front Line Managers, including mitigation recommendations.
• Collaborate with operational teams to develop mitigation plans for known risks; ensure plans are documented, updated, tracked to completion, and monitor their effectiveness.
• Establish a risk-based methodology to assess asset condition and identify critical assets, guiding maintenance strategies.
• Lead the integration of risk management into decision-making across WRN and WRO - focusing on maintenance, operations, and investments.
• Own and facilitate key business processes including root cause analysis, technical asset understanding, performance cells, and improvement strategies.

• Robust analytical abilities, capable of dissecting complex data to derive meaningful insights.
• Confidence in translating risk-related data to operational teams in a clear, practical way, and building relationships for the best outcomes.
• A positive, collaborative approach with a focus on the bigger picture and working as part of a wider team.
• Experience delivering and coordinating presentations to varied audiences.
• Knowledge of the rising main asset class and operations (desirable, not compulsory).
• A strong drive to learn and develop understanding of new areas/processes, with an always-exploring mindset.
• High proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Power BI, Excel, Word, and SharePoint Lists, to manage and analyse information effectively.
• Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in data management and risk assessment.
• Strong evidence of stakeholder management and experience presenting to different stakeholder levels to achieve defined outcomes.
• Prioritisation skills to manage multiple tasks efficiently and navigate competing…