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Business Process Improvement Analyst

On-site in Exeter·Full-time·Added today (last checked 26 Oct)

Pennon Group

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Our summary

Work mode
On-site, Exeter
Contract
Full-time
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

We're seeking someone who can combine analytical thinking with strong stakeholder engagement skills. You'll be comfortable working across different teams, challenging constructively and helping others understand how changes can be successfully implemented.

You'll bring:

  • Experience in business process improvement, continuous improvement, operational excellence or process design roles.

  • Strong process mapping and business analysis skills, including workshop facilitation.

  • Knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies.

  • The ability to analyse complex operational processes and simplify them into effective and sustainable solutions.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

  • Experience engaging with operational, technical and business stakeholders at multiple levels.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and a naturally curious mindset.

Nice to have

  • Experience within utilities, engineering, infrastructure or other asset-intensive industries.

  • Lean, Six Sigma, Business Process Management or equivalent improvement qualifications.

  • Experience supporting transformation, change or operational improvement programmes.

  • Knowledge of process improvement tools, methodologies and continuous improvement frameworks.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering meaningful transformation across our business. You'll help create the processes, controls and ways of working that enable operational excellence and drive long-term performance improvements.

In return, you'll benefit from:

  • Generous holiday allowance with the ability to buy and sell annual leave for added flexibility.

  • Competitive company pension scheme.

  • Training and development within the role.

  • Access to thousands of discounts and vouchers through Pennon Perks.

  • 24/7 support with our Employee Assistance Programme.

  • Discretionary bonus.

  • Cycle to work scheme.

  • And more!

The role

What you'll do

As a Business Process Improvement Analyst, you'll work across transformation programmes to analyse, improve and redesign business processes that support improved operational performance and efficiency. You'll:

  • Work with improvement teams and subject matter experts to translate business and technical changes into practical, end-to-end processes.

  • Facilitate workshops that bring stakeholders together to design effective future ways of working.

  • Map current-state processes, identifying activities, hand-offs, decisions, controls and system interactions.

  • Apply Lean principles to identify waste, duplication, inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.

  • Design future-state processes that improve customer, operational and business outcomes.

  • Ensure process designs consider the interaction between people, systems, data, controls, training and operational requirements.

  • Support implementation and continuous refinement of new processes as improvements are embedded into business operations.

  • Produce clear process documentation, guidance materials and improvement artefacts that support successful adoption.

  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement and share best practice across the transformation portfolio.

Powered by Water, Driven by Purpose

At Pennon Group, we're proud to serve communities while protecting the environment. Together with our subsidiaries, South West Water, Bristol Water, Bournemouth Water, SES Water, Pennon Water Services and Pennon Power, we're leading the way in water and renewables.

We're proud to be recognised as a leader in the UK water sector, working towards a greener future. Our goals? As well as lowering our carbon footprint, we're working with partners to plant 300,000 trees, restore peatlands and supporting farmers and landowners to improve water quality and wildlife.

Whether you're starting out or seeking a new challenge, our scale and ambition create opportunities for you to shape your own career.

Ready to make a splash? Join our team today.

Transform the way we work

We're looking for a talented Business Process Improvement Analyst to support our Maintenance Excellence Transformation initiative, supporting a step change in the way we care for our assets across the business. This significant step change will actively influence hundreds of stakeholders, thousands of assets and impact positively both our customers and the environment.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of major operational and business improvements, ensuring that technical solutions and transformation initiatives translate into practical, efficient and sustainable business processes. Working alongside Improvement Leads, technical specialists and operational teams, you'll play a key role in designing the future ways of working that enable lasting change across the organisation.

If you're passionate about continuous improvement, enjoy solving complex problems and thrive on bringing structure and clarity to challenging environments, we'd love to hear from you.

Our core values, which are essential to our success, are

Be Rock Solid - Build trust and be trusted. Be the one we all look to and can depend on.

Be You - We want you to bring your best everyday. Be yourself and make your mark in your individual way.

Be the Future - Embrace change. Drive Progress. Own the challenge.

About Pennon Group

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Water Utilities

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Additional information

Closing Date: 9th November 2026

We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Please note that the successful candidate will be subject to a mandatory DBS check as part of the onboarding process.

Be yourself, we like it that way. Together, we will build a culture of belonging, where inclusion is instinctive. Diversity is our strength and a reflection of our communities. We care, we value everyone, we celebrate uniqueness.

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