Business Process and Data Analyst

We offer a competitive salary ranging from £42,396.00 to £52,995.00, an annual incentive related bonus of up to £1,000, and an attractive pension scheme with up to 12% company contribution. Development opportunities are aligned with the Business Process & Data Analyst progression plan. You will enjoy 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, two additional wellness days, life assurance cover of four times pensionable salary, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes a health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex, partner cover, retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle‑to‑work scheme, gym membership discounts and more.

Hybrid working – two days in the office per week in Bradford, moving to a new premises at Leeds Valley Park in September 2026.

Permanent; 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Process & Data Analyst to join the Asset Management – Wastewater team and help Yorkshire Water provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of visitors each year can rely on our services and have clean, safe drinking water on tap with wastewater removed. But for us, it is so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to safeguard Yorkshire’s water today, tomorrow, 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of Yorkshire and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers mean this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. Our newly established Asset Management – Wastewater team is key to meeting changing expectations of customers and regulators.

As part of this team, the Business Process & Data Analyst will drive the performance, reliability, and optimisation of Yorkshire Water’s wastewater pumping infrastructure. Using detailed analysis of telemetry, operational and asset data—particularly rising mains across the wastewater network—you will uncover trends, identify inefficiencies, and highlight improvement opportunities. Your insights will support informed decision‑making and deliver tangible outcomes contributing to strategic priorities of reducing pollution risk, strengthening asset resilience, and enhancing overall operational efficiency.

• Serve as the single point of contact for the department to obtain meaningful data in a consistent format that identifies performance across the wastewater pumping asset base.
• Analyze areas where performance is a concern within catchments, identify actions to be taken and underlying root causes.
• Provide consistent interpretation of data and present it in a way that is easily understood by the business.
• Transform data into information offering proactive ways to improve pumping systems.
• Oversee and conduct the conversion of data into insights that will lead to informed business decisions.
• Benchmark process capability and potential performance with respect to the customer.
• Lead initiatives to enhance policies, procedures and business processes used within the wastewater pumping asset base.
• Identify new and innovative ways of working that improve performance of asset management processes and systems.
• Provide process and data advice and support to the Asset Management team as necessary.
• Develop tools and dashboards for performance monitoring.
• Collaborate with other Yorkshire Water departments to ensure all performance inefficiencies are addressed timely.

• Understanding of how your role fits within a business plan and ability to deliver the required outputs.
• Capability of developing and maintaining effective internal and external relationships.
• Experience supporting and embedding change, influencing and driving the right culture and behaviours.
• Strong demonstration of Yorkshire Water company values…