Delivery Assurance Manager

Job Description

Salary: Circa £60,000 depending on skills and experience
Location: Flexible across the Anglian Water region, with regular travel to Peterborough and Huntingdon
Contract Type: Full-time (flexibility for part-time), Permanent

At Anglian Water, our purpose is to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve. We’re proud to deliver safe, reliable water services for millions of customers while protecting the environment for future generations.

We’re looking for a Delivery Assurance Manager to provide front-line assurance across our Supply Maintenance Delivery (SMD) portfolio, with a particular focus on Storage Point construction and refurbishment activities.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring our programmes are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards of quality and compliance. Working closely with delivery teams and contractors, you’ll help embed consistency, improve performance, and drive a strong culture of continuous improvement across our operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide on-the-ground assurance of health, safety, and CDM compliance across SMD projects, including site audits and safety reviews

• Carry out site inspections and quality reviews to ensure works meet specifications, standards, and best practice

• Support the delivery of a “right first time” culture by identifying risks early and promoting effective construction methods

• Review programme performance and productivity trends, helping to identify risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities

• Deliver commercial assurance through site-based validation of costs, materials, and contractor outputs

• Support the development of performance and quality KPIs, ensuring consistent measurement across the portfolio

• Coach and support Project Engineers and delivery teams to drive improvements in safety, quality, and operational performance

• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external contractors to ensure aligned and effective delivery

Requirements

• Experience in operational delivery, construction, or infrastructure environments, ideally within utilities or a regulated industry

• Knowledge of health & safety requirements, including CDM regulations

• Experience of quality, performance, or commercial assurance activities

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify risks and challenge constructively

• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• Ability to work independently while contributing to a wider team environment

• Good IT skills and a proactive, organised approach to work

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care

• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%

• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more

• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)

• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)

• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay

• Bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Why Anglian Water?
Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we’re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!

If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference then we’d love to hear from you.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer.

Closing date: 03/07/2026

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