{"id":3976020,"url":"https://alion.io/job/anglian-water-demand-reporting-data-scientist","title":"Demand Reporting Data Scientist","company":{"id":1813294,"name":"Anglian Water","domain":"anglianwater.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/anglianwater","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":90,"open_postings":5,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.6,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":15,"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"}},"role":"Data Science","role_family":"Data Science","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Lancaster, United Kingdom","Peterborough, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":43344,"max":null,"currency":"GBP","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":58139},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Power BI","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":true},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"Databricks","optional":true},{"name":"Waterfall","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T18:06:27Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-09","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T23:29:50Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Circa £43,344 (depending on Skills & Experience)\nPermanent\nFull Time / 37 Hours (Flexible working opportunities available)\nHuntingdon or Peterborough - Hybrid\nDouble Matched Pension Scheme (up to 21% combined)\nPrivate Healthcare\nMake every drop of your potential count!\nWe're looking for two Demand Reporting Data Scientists to join Anglian Water's Strategic Asset Management team and help shape how consumption data is understood, reported and used across the business.\nOur smart meter estate is expected to grow to 2.3 million meters by 2030, creating a rapid increase in the volume, frequency and strategic value of water consumption data. As part of our central Consumption Data Team, you'll turn this information into advanced analytical models and actionable insight that strengthen, regulatory reporting, demand management, leakage understanding and long-term water efficiency.\nThis is a hands-on data science role with real operational and environmental impact. You'll work with large, high-frequency datasets, applying statistics, predictive modelling and machine learning to improve how we calculate and understand household and non-household consumption. You'll also help automate data preparation and reporting, retain specialist scientific capability in-house, and support our ambition to achieve world-leading water efficiency outcomes.\nWhat you'll be doing:\nBuild and develop models that will feed directly into regulatory reporting and consumption component of the water balance, Household and Non household consumption, and night usage. \nEnrich stakeholder insight of our Big Data Smart Meter set, applying quality assurance techniques and automation processes to deliver consistent reporting. \nDevelop statistical and predictive models that improve understanding of consumption, per capita consumption, business demand and leakage, and feed directly into regulatory reporting. \nCarry out exploratory analysis, data mining and empirical analysis to identify trends, drivers and opportunities. \nApply data science techniques such as linear and multivariate regression, decision trees, Monte Carlo analysis and neural networks to complex business problems. \nDefine and apply performance and accuracy measures to validate models and communicate their limitations clearly. \nTranslate complex findings into clear visualisations and practical recommendations for operational, strategic and regulatory stakeholders. \nIdentify, cleanse, combine and prepare large, high-frequency datasets for analytical and data science products \nBuild reusable checks, automated workflows and repeatable data preparation processes \nCreate and maintain data pipelines, working with Data Engineers to support testing and production deployment \n-Collaborate with subject matter experts, reporting teams and data squads to develop solutions that deliver measurable business value \nExplore emerging data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches while maintaining strong data ethics, privacy and governance standards \nStay up to date with changes to water industry regulation, reporting requirements, data protection and governance policies, and apply this knowledge to your work. \nWhat we're looking for\nA Level 5 or higher qualification in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or a related quantitative subject, or equivalent professional experience \nA portfolio of data science solutions that demonstrates your approach, technical contribution and the outcomes delivered \nStrong Python and SQL capability, with experience preparing, manipulating and analysing complex datasets \nPractical experience applying statistical analysis, predictive modelling and machine learning techniques \nStrong Power BI experience, including data discovery, semantic models, visualisation and insight communication \nExperience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams and translating business problems into analytical solutions \nStrong written, verbal and visual communication skills, with the ability to explain technical approaches to non-technical audiences \nAwareness of data ethics, privacy considerations and relevant data protection requirements \nCuriosity, ownership and a commitment to continuous technical development\nDesirable:\nExperience using Microsoft Azure, Databricks or comparable cloud data platforms \nExperience collaborating on shared codebases and working with DevOps, Agile or Waterfall delivery methods \nKnowledge of the water industry, consumption reporting, leakage or a related engineering domain \nWhy join Anglian Water?\nAt Anglian Water, data is central to how we secure resilient water supplies and support customers to use water more efficiently. In this role, you'll help unlock the value of one of the UK's fastest-growing smart meter datasets and directly influence how we understand demand, improve reporting and plan for the future.\nYou'll gain exposure to complex, high-value data science challenges with clear regulatory, operational and environmental outcomes. Working alongside Data Engineers, reporting specialists and subject matter experts, you'll develop your capability across modelling, machine learning, data pipelines and applied water-sector analytics while helping establish sustainable in-house expertise.\nThis is an opportunity to create data products that move beyond reporting to diagnostic and prescriptive insight, supporting better decisions across water resources, customer demand and leakage performance.\nBenefits\n26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service) \nFlexible working options \nPrivate health care \nCompetitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 7% \nLife assurance at eight times your salary \nAnnual bonus \nPotential funded car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage \nPersonal medical assessments \nVirtual GP service \nCancer screening \nFinancial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits \nLifestyle savings including discounts on retail, travel and utilities \nEmployee Assistance Programme \nVolunteer days \nInclusion at Anglian Water\nWe're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We are proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter and Armed Forces Covenant, and we're a Disability Confident employer.\nClosing Date: 23/11/2027\n#loveeverydrop!","description_format":"text","description_chars":6360,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Water Resources","Water Utilities"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-09T18:06:27Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:6","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":58139,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/anglian-water-demand-reporting-data-scientist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/anglian-water-demand-reporting-data-scientist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-11T05:14:28Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6609,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1813294},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1813294"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fanglian-water-demand-reporting-data-scientist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fanglian-water-demand-reporting-data-scientist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fanglian-water-demand-reporting-data-scientist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/anglian-water-demand-reporting-data-scientist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fanglian-water-demand-reporting-data-scientist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3976020}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"anglianwater.co.uk","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3976020},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}