GIS / Data Analyst Apprentice

Who are we?

Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km’s of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing.

At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.

What do you need?

A minimum of 5 GCSEs, A-Levels or a level 3 qualification (apprenticeship or BTEC in a relatable subject) or relevant experience.

Whilst qualifications are important, we’re also looking for you to:

• Be a logical thinker and have a passion for finding solutions with an inquisitive mind.
• Passionate about the environment and have an awareness of your surroundings.
• Be an excellent communicator and be able to converse widely with various teams.
• Have great team working skills but also be able to work independently, putting customers at the heart of everything you do.
• Be focused, well organised, have excellent time management skills and the dedication to succeed.
• Able to prioritise effectively; managing the demands of study whilst being able to contribute effectively to the engineering team
• Preferably hold a full UK driving licence & If using your own vehicle, you will require business use on your insurance policy.

It’s a chance to work towards a level 4 qualification whilst gaining experience in a relevant environment, you’ll complete your apprenticeship through Firebrand Training Limited via a mix and blend of online/virtual learning and periodic residential block release at their dedicated training centre in Wyboston Lakes, Bedford where accommodation will be provided.

What you will be doing

This is a great opportunity to work in a rewarding and exciting industry that is driving the future for how we manage where & how we are treating our wastewater and safely putting it back into the environment. You will be at the heart of changing and challenging the direction of where we are heading with key worldwide issues like climate change.

If you are looking to develop a career in data analytics that is positively impacting the environment and our customers, this is a perfect role for you. You will be looking at relevant data and how we use this to make significant changes to our processes.

Continuously striving for excellence, we are giving you the chance to join a leading water organisation who supply an essential service to our 9 million drinking water customers and 15 million wastewater customers. This essential service continues to be, challenged by population growth, climate change and new legislation. We want to grow and develop our apprentices into our next generation of leaders, giving you a clear career path and commitment to your profession.

As a GIS Data Analyst you will acquire the following expertise and be trained on:

• How to structure, organise and present geographical data;
• Survey data necessary for use in modelling such as flow, water quality and sampling data.
• Using GIS to investigate performance issues as well as investigating future data. This insight will be used to present compelling cases for investment and/or evidence the root cause issues to be addressed etc.
• Insight into using GIS to evidence needs for system planning and help with providing evidence of business investment cases.
• Investigating outline strategies / plans in collaboration with system planners and strategists necessary to support investment plans / cases.

The training will be sufficient for you to attain Tech Eng / IEng CIWEM status. As part of this role you will also be given training and insight to IAM principles providing you with the breadth of knowledge & skills to extend out Modelling into wider Asset Management principles.

What’s in it for you?

This role is based in Reading. The starting salary will be from £20,000 with a yearly pay review and full studies funded by Thames Water. You’ll also receive 24 days holiday, pension and other benefits. Travel costs are covered for travel to and from your university studies.

We’re also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process

You can find out more in our working for us section of our website.