Together we are Trusted to Serve Scotland. Howâs this for job satisfaction? At Scottish Water we look after Scotlandâs most precious natural resource. From source to tap, weâre guarding Scotlandâs reputation for refreshingly pure water, and caring for our environment at the same time.  In our new SR27 investment period, Scottish Water will be spending £1 billion per annum on our capital programme, increasing investment to ensure we can replace or upgrade ageing assets and support the move towards achieving our strategic ambitions. Our team â Intelligent Quality (IQ) Team, is responsible for providing quality assurance on construction across the capital programme. Our team are here to support our Delivery Vehicles in reducing the number of avoidable errors and building quality assets that last for their design lifetime. Our aim is to assist in delivering a programme that provides great value and enables service excellence.  Sound good? We are currently looking for a Senior Performance Analyst w ith a background in d ata a nalytics and a udit. With the recent successful launch of a digital r emote a ssurance application, we now have a direct insight into our capital programme and partner organisations through a quality assurance lens. The a nalysing of data and trends from this digital application will ensure we operate with facts and make impactful evidence led changes in the capital programme. This role will play a key part in ensuring our customers get great value and service excellence.   What youâll do ⯠  Utilising your strong network, y ouâll work closely with Scottish Water teams linked to the Capital Programme and our Delivery Partners to identify and promote quality best practice or emerging trends. Occasionally you will be required to lead and support partner quality management system audits .    D eveloping tools and reporting mechanisms to enhance our knowledge of quality will be a key aspect of the role. On understanding the data and trends from these reports, youâll take the lead in defining improvement action plans across our Partner community.   Working alongside the existing team Senior Performance Analyst, youâll play a key role in the day to day running of our digital remote assurance application, whilst also analysing the data and outputs it provides.    Other duties will include ensuring our deliver y model is producing v alue for m oney and utilising out cost of quality data to track and report on non-conformance and defect data compliance.   Finally, youâll scan the horizon for quality opportunities internally and externally to ensure weâre continually improving and evolving our practices.  ⯠ What youâll need ⯠ ⯠ Youâll bring a proactive, data -oriented mindset and be confident in championing the evolving quality culture within Scottish Water, the Capital Investment supply chain. Youâll have strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret, evaluate, and act on quality data to identify and facilitat e improvement opportunities. Your willingness to ask questions and challenge the status quo will be key, as will your ability to promote and embed previous successes while addressing areas for improvement.   Youâll excel at building relationships, collaborating with a diverse range of individuals, teams, and organisations involved in delivering the capital programme. Youâll also have excellent facilitation, negotiation and influencing skills. Youâll approach your work with confidence, engaging effectively with stakeholders at all levels, while maintaining a self-motivated attitude to managing your workload and meet ing deadlines. Familiarity with standard Mic r o soft 365 software tools and a willingness to learn new systems will also be important.   F amiliar ity with Scottish Waterâs operating model would be an advantage. Experience in report generation, data analytics and audit will be strongly advantageous, along with f ormal qualification in Quality and Quality Management. Further experience in root cause analysis or investigation is desirable, but weâre happy to provide training if needed. While itâs not essential, holding a full UK driving license would also be helpful, as you'll occasionally need to travel to partner offices and sites. Looking out for you ⯠  While the work we do is important, we know itâs not the only thing that matters. Thatâs why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.⯠  Youâll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.⯠ ⯠ When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave. And for the everyday? We embrace flexible working.â¯â¯   For your future, thereâs our pension (the âknow-what-youâll-get-when-you-retireâ kind), as well as life assurance.â¯â¯   As for some nice extras? You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash â handy rewards that can save you money on holidays, bills, and shopping.⯠  The not-so-small print ⯠  This role will be a Grade 7. If youâre new to Scottish Water, youâll join us on a starting salary of £41,000. Performance-driven pay progression would then allow you to move through the range to a maximum of £51,970.  If youâre interested in this role â or know someone else who might be - weâll be accepting applications until midnight on Tuesday 17th June 2025. And weâre aiming to do interviews for this role on 24th or 25th June.   Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional, and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening, e.g. referencing, criminal record checks, license checks, etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party, and must be completed before your start date. Donât worry - weâll only start these checks once youâve accepted an offer. ⯠A few final things worth knowing⦠ Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If youâre interested in this job, but donât tick all the boxes, apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So donât rule yourself out!  Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). We're also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events, like menopause. Weâre very used to making adjustments, so please donât be afraid to ask.  As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland, itâs important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us, your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you donât already live here, you'll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.  Finally (finally!), candidates who havenât submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You wonât need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted. Weâre here to help. Ask us anything at SWRecruitment@ScottishWater.co.uk Â