Biosolids Compliance Technician

Job Description

Biosolids Compliance Technician
Circa £26,000 dependent on skills and experience
Full time, (37 hours), with flexibility for part time
Lincoln – Canwick Water Recycling Centre – must be able to travel to the office and to some other offices within the region
2 positions available – 1x Permanent and 1x Fixed Term Contract – 12 months

Dive into a world of opportunity and join our team!

Anglian Water supplies around 350,000 tonnes of Biosolids to land each year and it is critical that we follow regulatory compliance within several pieces of legislation to ensure our environment is protected and to ensure we maintain our Satisfactory Sludge Disposal Environmental Assessment Measure. In this exciting role as a Biosolids Compliance Technician you will assist in the processing and delivery of a compliant Biosolids supply to agricultural customers by working closely with our Biosolids Sales and Marketing Team colleagues and assist in the reporting of data to stakeholders including regulators by working in a timely manner.

Key responsibilities

• Process customer orders ensuring process and procedures are followed to ensure we maintain our Satisfactory Sludge Disposal Environmental Performance Assessment measure.
• Input data into bespoke compliance / regulatory systems, along with data manipulation and interpretation with regards to Farmer Nutrient Reports (FNR’s) and soil results
• Generate Farmer notifications and feedback reports.
• Compile compliance data and reports.
• Support and advise the sales team, interpret data and make decisions based on compliance requirements.
• Create, amend and delete permits to deliver and spread biosolids.
• Manipulate and interpret soil analysis and cake analysis and fact check during production of trial applications.
• Create benefit statements including all relevant compliance information for each individual field / stockpile.
• Examine external data sources and make decisions with regards to finding the appropriate information to include in deployment
• Inspect documents and ensure correct paperwork is completed and submitted to the Environmental Agency
• Liaise with laboratory teams regarding any delays in soil sampling.

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

• A competitive pension scheme where we double-match your contributions up to 6%.
• Private healthcare for your peace of mind
• An annual bonus scheme
• The opportunity to volunteer in your local community.
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with service, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays.
• Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary)
• Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle.
• Paid time off for illness, both physical and mental
• Free parking at all office locations, sites, and leisure parks
• Excellent family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks of paternity/partner pay, with the opportunity for shared parental leave.

What does it take to be successful?

• Able to manage expectations in order to build and maintain good working relationships with key internal stakeholders.
• Good teamworking skills and able to work together to achieve objectives.
• Plan, prioritise and organise workload so that targets and deadlines are met.
• Able to adapt communication styles, both written and verbal, to suit a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Able to maintain data in an effective way to ensure the accuracy of data supplied to external bodies such as Environment Agency as well for internal purposes.

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Inclusion is for everyone, and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 21st January 2026

Interviews: W/C 2nd February 2026

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