Head of Construction

Job Description

Head of Construction

Location: East Anglia areas- Peterborough, Huntingdon, Lincoln, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Norwich & Colchester

Contract: Permanent/Full time

Salary: circa £100,000 with company car allowance

At Anglian Water our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring.

Who are we?

The IOS Contract is a 5-year programme valued at approximately £444 million, delivering specialist water and water recycling projects. This role involves managing projects under the NEC3 contract suite, with a focus on Option E (Pre-Contract Planning) and Option A (Priced Contract with Activity Schedule).

The successful candidate will manage various delivery teams to ensure robust management of contractual obligations and compliance with Anglian Water’s governance standards. The role is employed by Anglian Water and involves working in partnership with alliance partners Barhale, Kier, and MGroup.

What will you be doing as our new Head of Construction?

Operating strategically across the Anglian Water region, you’ll lead major and minor capital construction programmes, ensuring delivery aligns with business priorities and achieves the best outcomes in cost, time and quality.

You’ll champion a visible, values-led approach to health, safety and wellbeing, embedding a high-performing safety culture and driving best practice, governance and regulatory compliance across all construction activities.

Playing a key role in shaping the IOS construction strategy, you’ll drive innovation, consistency and efficiency across partners—identifying opportunities to boost productivity, optimise delivery models and maximise programme value.

As a senior leader, you’ll lead large, multidisciplinary teams and influence a wide stakeholder landscape, confidently operating at both strategic and operational levels to guide complex programmes from inception through to delivery and handover, fully aligned to long-term business goals.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours

• Extensive construction leadership experience, ideally within the water sector, with strong regulatory and commercial awareness

• Degree (or equivalent) in a construction discipline, backed by continuous professional and executive development

• Proven ability to lead and inspire large, multidisciplinary teams across complex delivery environments

• Significant experience delivering large-scale capital programmes, with expert knowledge of construction, engineering and end-to-end delivery

• Strong strategic capability in project planning, portfolio scheduling and enterprise-level risk management

• Commercially astute, with deep expertise in contract frameworks, financial governance and budget control

• Experienced senior stakeholder leader, engaging effectively with executives, clients, partners and regulators

• Full UK driving licence

Why Anglian Water?
At Anglian Water, our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure their hard work is recognised and rewarded. Some of our benefits include:

• Bonus scheme

• Private healthcare

• Competitive pension scheme

• Car Allowance

• 26 days annual leave, increasing with length of service

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

• Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme

• Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks

• Life Cover at 8x your salary

• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

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.

If this opportunity to add value to deliver on vital projects appeals to you and you feel this is the next step in your career aspirations, then please apply today.

Closing date: 29th May 2026

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