Planner

Job Description

Circa £41, salary depending on skills and experience

Permanent

Peterborough Office / Hybrid working

Full time, 37 hours a week

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your based location would be Thorpewood House in Peterborough.

Central Services is a newly formed team at Anglian Water, dedicated to delivering safe, professional, collaborative and cost-effective maintenance and engineering support across the business. We play a vital role in helping the company achieve its strategic goals by providing a wide range of services—from electrical and statutory compliance, facilities and estate management, to engineering project delivery and technical support. Our portfolio also includes fleet and logistics management, plant services, and an in-house engineering workshop that champions continuous learning and development. Collaboration and high standards are at the heart of everything we do.

Are you passionate about driving project success through strategic planning and collaboration? We’re looking for a forward-thinking Planner to lead the development and management of project plans from design to delivery. In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with delivery teams and stakeholders to create impactful, resource-aware programmes that keep projects on track, reduce risk, and deliver value to our customers. You’ll also champion planning best practices, monitor progress, and ensure everyone stays aligned through clear communication and insightful reporting.

As a Planner, you’ll play a vital role in shaping project success across multiple areas:

• Health & Safety – Ensure planning supports exceptional safety performance, considering safety and productivity from the earliest design stages and aligning with Anglian Water’s core safety principles.

• Planning & Programme Management – Lead the preparation, monitoring, and communication of robust project plans that align with constraints, drive efficiencies, and proactively manage risks and opportunities. Collaborate with the delivery team to maintain resource-loaded, high-quality programmes.

• Programme Communication & Quality – Maintain clear visibility of both portfolio of projects and standalone project progress, advise on priorities, and ensure alignment between plans and cost forecasts. Drive continuous improvement and uphold planning standards.

• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement – Build strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders, tailoring communication of plans and progress to a variety of audiences to ensure understanding and alignment.

• Innovation & Transformation – Foster a culture of innovation and improvement, embracing digital tools, and contributing to the wider water sector and engineering community.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service

• Flexible working

• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

• Bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What does it take to be a Planner?

• Experience of planning of predominantly MEICA works within both Water and Water recycling areas which could include elements of civil and minor building projects, from solution to handover

• Demonstrable live construction site experience in a delivery role with a contractor

• Technical knowledge of construction techniques, principles and best practices

• Experience of NEC programme delivery

• Knowledge of current HSE requirements

• High level of computer literacy

• P6 experience

• Ability to interrogate / take information from drawings and or specifications

• Experience of leading collaborative planning processes

• Knowledge of current HSE requirements

• Engineering and/or Project Management Qualification

What We’re Looking For:

You’ll be a natural relationship builder with strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, able to understand different perspectives and adapt your approach accordingly. Organised and proactive, you’ll manage your workload effectively while confidently engaging with a wide range of stakeholders—presenting, influencing, and negotiating to drive success.

Why Anglian Water?

Here at Anglian Water, we are one of the leading providers of water and water recycling services in the UK and our organisation is an industry benchmark for quality and customer service. But what makes us unique is our commitment to providing the development people need to make a real difference.

Our career opportunities provide on-going learning and professional development within a challenging work environment, which provides a vital service for our customers.

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community’s Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer, and we play a leading part in the Women’s Utility Network.

Closing Date: 14th December 2025

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