System Planner

Working Pattern: Full Time or Part Time

Location: Hybrid working with 1-2 days per week in the office

Shape the future through data-driven planning

We're looking for a System Planner to join our established team of planners, helping to identify operational risks, influence strategic decision-making, and support future growth.

This is a highly varied role where you'll combine analytical thinking, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills to help ensure we have the right plans and solutions in place both now and for the future.

If you enjoy working with data, building relationships across a business, and turning insight into action, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

As a System Planner, you'll play a key role in understanding and managing operational and strategic risks across your region.

You'll

-Analyse and interpret data to identify current and future risks
-Work closely with operational teams and data owners to understand trends and opportunities
-Develop recommendations and solutions to mitigate risks and support business performance
-Support longer-term planning by identifying emerging risks, growth requirements, and future network needs
-Build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the business
-Present insights and recommendations clearly and confidently to different audiences
-Use data-driven decision making to influence planning priorities and business outcomes
What we're looking for
We're open to candidates from a variety of backgrounds who can demonstrate strong transferable skills. We're particularly interested in people who can bring:

Essential

• -Experience analysing data and generating meaningful insights (Excel, Power BI & C55)
• -Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• -Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• -Experience building effective stakeholder relationships
• -The ability to influence and collaborate across different teams
• -Confidence working with large volumes of information and translating findings into practical solutions

Desirable

• -Experience in planning, forecasting, operational analysis, or risk management
• -Knowledge of infrastructure, utilities, operational planning, or similar environments
• -Full UK driving licence
• Benefits aligned to this role
• Our people are important to us, and we want to make sure that we reward and recognise all the great work that they do.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to

• -Personal private health care
• -26 days annual leave – rising with length of service
• -Flexible working
• -Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• -Bonus scheme
• -Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Closing date: Sunday 6th September 2026
• Interviews: 23rd September 2026 on MS Teams