Capital Science Manager

Job Description

Capital Science Manager
Circa £64,000 dependent on skills & experience
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time
Peterborough / Huntingdon

Make every drop of your potential count, join our team!

As Capital Science Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading the team providing scientific support to projects addressing the significant water resource challenges facing the East of England. With Anglian Water’s Water Resources Management Plan forecasting a 38% reduction in water supply by 2050, you will be at the forefront of developing and implementing innovative solutions. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to influence major programmes from their early stages, providing water quality strategies and oversight to ensure compliance and excellence throughout the project lifecycle.

Sitting in the Strategic Science Team in the Quality Environment and Assurance Directorate, you will lead the team providing scientific support across the lifecycle of drinking water infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. You’ll ensure support is tailored to delivery vehicles, collaborate across the business, and drive innovation and continuous improvement. Your expertise will help shape the future of water supply in the region, ensuring that all regulatory and non-regulatory requirements are met and that stakeholder engagement is aligned with Anglian Water’s high standards. You will be responsible for having oversight in reviewing and agreeing the scope of water quality sampling programmes and provide forward view and key liaison with our analytical laboratory services team.

You’ll manage team capacity, foster a culture of development, and act as an escalation point for programme blockers, supporting incidents and events as part of Anglian Water Force.

Key responsibilities

• Lead scientific support for pan-alliance delivery.
• Ensure Regulation 31 compliance and continuous improvement.
• Engage with business stakeholders and analytical services.
• Develop and implement team strategies and professional development.
• Manage budgets and collaborate across the organisation.

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
• 26 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?

• Degree in scientific/environmental discipline; project management qualification.
• Substantial experience in operational science and capital delivery.
• Ability to lead, motivate, and develop technical teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strategic, adaptable, and customer-focused.

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: 30th March 2026

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