Flexa
Discover companiesFind a jobResourcesSign in/up
For employers
< Back to search
Anglian Water Services • Bury St Edmunds | Colchester | Norwich | Ipswich | Cambridge | United Kingdom

Regional Operations Manager - Water Recycling

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £83,000 per annum
View company profile
Apply

Job Description

Salary circa £83,000 (depending on skills/experience) + Car Allowance + Bonus
Permanent Full time, 37 hours a week , with flexibility for part time
Location: Looking after the Suffolk Operations patch, but can be based flexibly across the East Anglian Region


Join our team and make a difference!

At Anglian Water, we stand out as a frontrunner in providing water and water recycling services in the UK, setting the industry standard for quality and customer service. What truly sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to offering the support and growth opportunities that empower our teams to make a tangible impact on our customers and the environment.

Our dedicated team, comprised of skilled professionals, plays a crucial role in delivering key services. We take pride in collecting and treating water, ensuring its return to the environment through rivers and coastal outlets. With over 7,000 pumping stations and a network of 76,000 kilometres of sewers directing to more than 1,000 water recycling centres, our team is at the heart of a vital and impactful operation.

Join us and be part of a team where your skills and passion can make a real difference. We believe in creating an inclusive and diverse workplace, and we welcome all candidates who are ready to contribute their unique perspectives and skills to our mission of environmental stewardship.

What will you be doing?

You role is to be providing leadership, coaching and support to our operational teams to ensure delivery of our performance commitments, ensuring our delivery teams can adapt to meet the requirements of the business through effective risk management and configuration and delivery of all operational activities.

You will be ensuring an effective Water Recycling service is carried out within the regional area, ensuring operations are effective and efficient and in line with regulatory requirements.

This role will manage a large, geographical operational team in the delivery of our water recycling strategy to ensure the safe operation of our operational assets and treatment of waste water, whilst protecting the environment from discharges and protection of our customer from flooding. You will be ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service at all times, providing expertise and support in the management of operational activities and incident.

Apply

Other jobs you might like

Anglian Water Services

Technical Training and Development Manager

£49,155 per annum

Remote (UK)

#2 BEST EMPLOYEE WELLBEING

Anglian Water Services

Environmental Strategy, Policy & Regulation Manager

£50,000 – £57,000 per annum

Remote (UK)

#2 BEST EMPLOYEE WELLBEING

Anglian Water Services

Environmental Strategy, Policy & Regulation Manager

£50,000 – £57,000 per annum

Lincolnshire, UK

#2 BEST EMPLOYEE WELLBEING

Working at Anglian Water Services

Hybrid

A little flex time – depending on the team

Company benefits

25-30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bank holiday swaps
Bike parking – Secure bike parks at main offices
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Car allowance
Cinema discounts
Coaching
Coffee discounts
Collaboration spaces
Company car
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance – Personal Accident cover - providing a lump sum in the case of an accident leading to injury, death or disablement at any time, whether you are on company business or not
Cycle to work scheme
Death in service
Discretionary sick pay
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Employee recognition scheme
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 7% - you pay in 7%, we pay in 14%
Enhanced sick pay
Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Fertility treatment leave
Further education support
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Hackathons
Health assessment
Health cash plan
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
In house training
Income protection – Should you be unwell and unable to work for a period of time, the Income Replacement scheme may provide you with income for two years combined with sickness absence
Interest free loans
Learning platform
Life assurance
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health first aiders
Mental health platform access
Mental health support
Mentoring – including reverse mentoring and family leave returners
Neonatal leave
On-site catering
On-site shower
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Paid fostering leave – 5 days paid
Physiotherapy
Pregnancy loss leave
Private booths
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household
Professional subscriptions
Religious celebration leave
Reservist leave
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Secure on-site parking
Shared parental leave – 26 weeks full pay
Teambuilding days
Theme park discounts
Time off in-lieu
Volunteer days

Awards & Accreditations

2nd - Best Employee Wellbeing

2nd - Best Employee Wellbeing

Flexa awards 2026
Flex spring

Join the mailing list

Get the latest insights and expert guidance on job hunting, career progression, and creating thriving workplaces.

Enter your email
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Info for employers
  • Join Flexa
  • Legal
  • Live feed
  • Resources
  • Sign in/up
  • The Flexa awards
Flexa

A key part of your role will be influencing wider stakeholders, particularly within capital investments through area investment and major capital delivery routes to meet our performance commitment, development operational resilience and effective promotion of schemes.

What does it take to be successful?

  • Demonstrable experience of having successfully lead/managed a specialist team

  • ICT Literate in various programmes and adaptable to new systems

  • Full UK driving licence

  • Experience of corporate governance structures and experience of successfully operating within this environment

  • Health and safety qualification to a minimum IOSH level

  • Experience of working with or close to the Water Industry would be an advantage

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.

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: 07/09/2026

Interviews: TBC

#loveeverydrop

Anglian Water Services

Environmental Strategy, Policy & Regulation Manager

£50,000 – £57,000 per annum

Norfolk, UK

#2 BEST EMPLOYEE WELLBEING

Anglian Water Services

Environmental Strategy, Policy & Regulation Manager

£50,000 – £57,000 per annum

Peterborough | Cambridge, UK

#2 BEST EMPLOYEE WELLBEING

Company employees:

6500

Gender diversity (m:f:n-b):

66:33:1

Hiring in countries

United Kingdom

Office Locations