Infrastructure Analyst

About Us

We’re Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority – a non-ministerial government department responsible for regulating the water sector in England and Wales.

We are at the source of everyday life. Our work is high-profile and fast-moving, within a dynamic and agile environment. The work that you’ll be involved in every day will help us to deliver our strategy, to make us the regulator we want to be and help the sector to deliver for customers and society.

Why join us?

We are forward-thinking, creative, innovative and ambitious. We constantly push the boundaries and embrace new ways of working. We know our people do their best work when given freedom over where, when, and how they work. Which is why we trust them to do exactly that.

With us, your work matters, your voice is heard, and your impact is felt. Ours is a culture of trust, flexibility, autonomy, collaboration, and innovation. We all want positive change for water customers, the environment, and the future of water.

You will also benefit from:

• Excellent employer pension contributions, for this role ranging from £10,004 to £13,550.
• 27.5 days leave (25 days annual leave + 2.5 days privilege leave) increasing to max 32.5 days with each year of service), plus bank holidays
• Access to exclusive discounts on a variety of goods and services, including retail outlets, theatre tickets, holidays, insurance, and a gym membership
• Flexible working arrangements that suit your lifestyle
• Fees paid for membership of relevant professional bodies
• Up to 3 volunteering days per year
• Generous shared parental leave and pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Free eye tests and contribution to lenses/spectacles for VDU users
• Regular development opportunities
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Season ticket loan for home-to-office travel
• Cycle-to-work scheme

The Role and The Team

We are seeking 3x Infrastructure Analysts to join our growing Major Projects Team and have a real input into some of the exciting projects we work on and accompanying policy issues. The team, part of the Major Markets and Projects directorate, has a wide remit, working with the industry with projects ranging between several hundred million pounds to several billion pounds, to ensure companies are developing and delivering them in a timely and efficient manner to ensure customers and the environment are protected. These projects are vital to meeting current and future customers' needs, and the whole team has a direct impact on ensuring companies are delivering for customers.

This is a unique and exciting, once in a career, opportunity for someone with experience of infrastructure projects or project finance looking to work on some of the most important capital projects in the water sector, as well as gain experience in new delivery models. With projects ranging between several hundred million pounds and several billion pounds, the team works with water companies on some of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects the sector has seen in over thirty years. This is a chance to create a lasting impact for customers across England and Wales for generations to come and create a legacy.

You will play a key role in not only delivering Ofwat's strategy, but also in the development of our approach to the delivery of major infrastructure projects by leading small workstreams or projects. You will be proactive and respond flexibly to the needs of the organisation by facilitating the development and delivery of major water and wastewater infrastructure projects across England and Wales, primarily through competitive delivery models such as Ofwat's Direct Procurement for Customers (“DPC”) model or the Specified Infrastructure Projects Regulations (“SIPR”) as used in the delivery of the Thames Tideway Tunnel project. You will also interface with projects that have been approved through the RAPID (Regulator's Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development) process.

To hear more about this directly from our amazing Major Projects Team, please access the link here - Major Projects careers - YouTube.

The successful candidate may come from a variety of professional backgrounds and is likely to have experience in regulatory policy, delivery of major infrastructure projects or project finance gained from working in Government, regulators, utilities or the contracting sector. You will have a broad understanding of utilities in the UK, with a special interest in the development and delivery of major infrastructure capital projects.

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Key deliverables:

• Lead the delivery of a project and/or a specific area of policy related to major infrastructure projects.
• Lead the management of a small number of major projects through Ofwat's various processes, including management of our expert advisors.
• Analyse companies' submissions, including the analysis of complex commercial, financial, and technical proposals, providing effective scrutiny and challenge, and preparing recommendations for senior management including Ofwat’s Board.
• Lead the engagement with water and wastewater companies on their large infrastructure projects, including proposed commercial models and procurement strategies; cost and risk estimation; and related technical issues.
• Provide wider support to the Major Projects team in delivering its programme of work, including interfaces with RAPID and PR24.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will need the below essential attributes, experience, skills, and knowledge.

Experience, skills and knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience of working on large infrastructure projects, possibly in a commercial or technical capacity within a regulated business, water sector supply chain organisation, consultancy, regulators, Government, or in another similarly relevant position.
• Experience and/or knowledge of the private financing of public or regulated infrastructure.
• Experience of building and maintaining constructive working relationships with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs, expectations, and priorities, and to influence and collaborate effectively to deliver desired outcomes.
• Ability to effectively plan, prioritise and deliver projects, while working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent presentation and communication (oral and written) skills, including the ability to communicate complex analysis and issues to non-technical audiences.
• Highly numerate with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience of identifying, analysing, and accurately interpreting a range of data and insights to inform evidence-based decisions and solutions for complex problems.

Attributes:

• Building Trust
• Making Relationships Count
• Adaptable thinker
• Creates Clarity
• Delivers Outcomes

To read more about the role and selection process, please follow the link to apply.

Applications Deadline: 23.55 on 01 April 2024