An exciting opportunity for an experienced Data Analyst with expertise in the water and utilities sector to support a data analytics project. This is a senior role for a specialist with hands-on experience in metering data and water loss/ NRW data, who can translate complex operational datasets into clear, actionable insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Metering Data
- Smart meter interval data - processing, validation, exception handling and consumption pattern analysis
- Experience with Meter Data Management platforms
- Identifying leak events, tamper events and anomalies at customer and network level from meter data
Water Loss Reporting Data
- District metered area (DMA) performance reporting and minimum night flow (MNF) analysis
- Pressure and flow analytics to identify and prioritise leak events across distribution networks
- Knowledge of Non-Revenue Water principles is advantageous
Responsibilities / Duties:
- Analyse smart meter interval data to identify anomalies, consumption trends, and potential leak or tamper events
- Build and test Non-Revenue Water reporting on real and apparent losses.
- Support development of leak detection and prioritisation models using DMA flow, pressure data and meter reads
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports for operational and executive audiences using Power BI or Tableau
- Analyse datasets from SCADA, GIS, asset management, and billing platforms
- Ensure analytical outputs meet Australian water authority regulatory and compliance requirements
- Collaborate with engineers, field operations teams and project managers to validate findings
- Document methodologies, data assumptions, and processes to a professional standard
- Identify and resolve data quality issues in meter and leak datasets
Skills, knowledge & experience
- Experience in data analytics with significant exposure to the water or utilities sector in Australia
- Demonstrated experience with metering data - smart meter interval data, MDM systems, meter read validation
- Demonstrated experience with water leak reporting.
- Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and transformation
- Strong skills in Python or R for analysis and modelling
- Experience with Power BI
- Familiarity with Australian water industry regulatory frameworks
- Strong communication skills - able to present to both technical and executive audiences
- Strong analytical thinking with a high standard of data integrity and accuracy
Desirable requirements:
- Experience with metering data management platforms, billing systems and CRMs.
- Familiarity with leakage modelling tools or minimum night flow analysis
- Exposure to predictive leak detection or machine learning applications in utilities
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure) and Databricks
- Tertiary qualification in data science, engineering, mathematics, or related field
- Prior experience with water utilities and knowledge of NRW principles
Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). Please apply with a short application summary matching the PD and your skills FTAO Gideon Donaldson, quoting reference JN -042026-42987. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com
