Role: Business Analyst (Telemetry)
Experience: 10years
Location: Bradford/Leeds
Work mode: Hybrid
Job Description:
Business Analysis Delivery
- Elicit, analyse, and document business, functional, and non‑functional requirements for the new telemetry system.
- Conduct detailed as‑is and to‑be process mapping across operational, engineering, and control room functions.
- Document data flows, alarm workflows, device behaviours, and integration touchpoints with systems such as RTS, SCADA, AOC, asset management, and data platforms.
- Develop use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items for the programme’s delivery framework.
- Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and playback sessions with diverse stakeholder groups.
Operations Telemetry Expertise
- Analyse telemetry data behaviours including alarms, polling, protocols, and asset performance indicators.
- Work closely with telemetry engineers, OT architecture, and network controllers to understand existing challenges and optimisation opportunities.
- Support alarm rationalisation, telemetry standards development, and future‑state design.
- Assist in defining device, communications, and data requirements for new telemetry architecture.
- Ensure requirements reflect operational reality across regional sites, treatment works, pumping stations, and network assets.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Build strong relationships with operational teams, control rooms, SCADA teams, OT/IT, project delivery, and external vendors.
- Facilitate clear communication between operational experts and technical solution teams.
- Manage expectations, challenge constructively, and ensure decisions are well‑evidenced and documented.
Programme Support
- Support vendor evaluations, design review sessions, and solution validation.
- Assist with testing planning, including UAT, field validation, and telemetry signal verification.
- Contribute to change impact assessments, training readiness, and transition planning.
- Ensure solutions align with Yorkshire Water’s strategic objectives, regulatory commitments, and resilience needs.
Skills & Experience Required
Essential
- Strong proven experience as a Business Analyst within technical, operational, or OT environments.
- In‑depth experience with Operations Telemetry, SCADA, remote monitoring, sensors, RTUs, PLCs, or data acquisition systems.
- Experience delivering BA work within large-scale system replacements or transformation programmes.
- Strong capability in:
- Requirements engineering
- Process modelling (BPMN)
- Data and system flow mapping
- Gap/impact analysis
- Workshop facilitation
- Ability to translate operational needs into clear, actionable system requirements.
- Confidence engaging with engineering teams, field technicians, and operational controllers.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and analytical skills.
Desirable
- Experience in the water sector or other regulated utilities.