Strategic Asset Data Analyst

There’s No Us Without U. Care with Us, for Today and Tomorrow

There's no life without water, and at Urban Utilities, we live and breathe that knowledge every single day. It's why our people are so passionate about what they do and how they do it. And it's why we need people like YOU. Come shape our future with us and make a real and lasting impact across our teams.

Your Opportunity

We have an opportunity in a newly shaped Strategic Asset Data Analyst role in our Infrastructure Planning & Delivery group.

This role sits in our Integrated Planning team, who are essential in shaping the vision and objectives of our policies and servicing strategies. The team is responsible for building, adapting, and implementing plans for catchments, water supply zones, and data systems to define performance targets, establish investment pathways, and develop Strategic Business Cases - all driving an affordable, sustainable, and deliverable portfolio to achieve key objectives.

Reporting to the Leader Strategic Asset Planning, the Strategic Asset Data Analyst supports the design, configuration, testing and application of advanced analytics tools and systems for renewal investment forecasting and asset management as part of the asset planning team.

The Strategic Asset Data Analyst is responsible for utilising engineering and data science, combined with technical asset management knowledge to leverage big data and business intelligence tools to deliver real impact for Urban Utilities.

Some of your accountabilities will include:

• Undertake strategic and tactical investment planning scenario analysis and modelling over a 10 – 100-year horizon to enable asset planning and support delivery of our critical outcomes.

• Make recommendations to improve data and analytics systems and platforms, contributing to the continuous improvement and refinement of data and analytics strategy.

• Contribute to the design and creation of reporting strategies and templates. Lead execution of complex reports, identifying and interpreting complex patterns and trends, and translating those insights into actionable recommendations.

• Collect business requirements using a variety of methods such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.

• Contribute to stakeholder engagement through identifying stakeholders, finding out their needs/issues/concern and working through these problems and opportunities in partnership.

About You

We are seeking candidates who are passionate about shaping our future and, ideally, have the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• You have a growth mindset and are highly collaborative. You will pro-actively engage with stakeholders to align objectives and deliver customer and community focussed outcomes.

• Relevant general work experience in the water, energy, resources, or industrial sectors, using key intelligence and analytics to inform strategic asset planning.

• Experience in managing complex and diverse data science / engineering / advanced analytics tools and systems to generate high value insights and reports for business decision making.

• Education in Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics or specialist work experience and relevant industry knowledge.

At UU, we celebrate diversity. We genuinely believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expressions is key and crucial to our success as a business. You might find you meet some, but not all, of the job requirements for this role. We’d still encourage you to apply as we we’re looking for the right human being for this role - it’s about so much more than ticking all the boxes!

Why Urban Utilities?

At Urban Utilities, the work we do is about so much more than the bottom line. We're a leading provider of world-class drinking water and wastewater services to the vibrant communities of Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, and Scenic Rim. As we continue to grow, we're committed to planning ahead and shaping a sustainable future around water for generations to come.

At the core of our work lies genuine care: for our team, our customers, communities, and the environment. From the flush of a toilet to major infrastructure projects and residential developments, we're dedicated to being there every step of the way.

Our HQ is in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, but you'll find us all over SEQ - working in cool places like the SAS Laboratory in Darra, field-based depots in Eagle Farm, Acacia Ridge, Bundamba, and wastewater treatment plants dotted across the region.

We know the chance to thrive, and progress comes hand in hand with the support to balance work with life. So, you’ll access an increasingly diverse range of benefits and initiatives that’ll help you bring the best you. Speaking of which, here’s just a sample of the benefits we offer our team:

• Generous Salary Packaging options, including novated leases

• Corporate discounts across Health insurance, technology and more

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave, 15 days personal leave including two proactive wellbeing days, and an additional day of leave each year to connect with friends and family

• Flexibility at UU depends on the type of work you do but could include options such as, 9-day fortnights and flexible days. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you!

• Urban Utilities is an endorsed employer for all women. See our range of benefits and policies directly at WORK180

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How to apply

Click on the "Apply” to complete your application. Applications are open until 26th January, however, shortlisting may commence prior to closure.

Please note: applicants will be required to undergo a Pre-employment medical, which may include Drug and Alcohol testing, as well as other background checks as part of the recruitment process for this role.

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