Sampling Co-ordinator

Job Description

Salary : Circa £35,000 plus company van

Full time, 37 hours per week, Permanent

Based location will be our Whitlingham Laboratory with travel to our Central Laboratory in Huntingdon once a week.

Make every drop of your potential count! Join our Team!

Are you driven by a passion for science, a commitment to quality, and a desire to make a meaningful impact in your community? At Anglian Water, we’re proud to be at the forefront of environmental protection and water quality innovation. We’re currently seeking a Sampling Co-ordinator to join our forward-thinking Analytical Services team.

In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with the Sampling Manager to lead and support a high-performing team of samplers. You’ll play a key role in coordinating training, overseeing daily operations, and ensuring our rigorous quality standards are consistently met. Your technical expertise and leadership will help drive continuous improvement, enhance service delivery, and uphold our reputation for excellence in safeguarding water quality across the region.

As a valued employee you are entitled to:

• Personal private health care

• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service

• Access to uniform and PPE

• Flexible working

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

• Bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing

• 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 You’ll Be Doing:

• Act as a key support to the Sampling Manager, deputising when required and helping to lead the day-to-day operations of the sampling team.

• Coordinate and assess training plans to ensure all team members are fully equipped to deliver high-quality, compliant sampling services.

• Supervise and guide samplers and senior samplers, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.

• Participate in sampling activities to maintain a strong technical understanding of methods and ensure service flexibility.

• Oversee data verification and reporting processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with regulatory standards.

• Monitor and escalate unusual or non-conforming results, arranging confirmatory analysis where necessary.

• Maintain and audit quality records, ensuring robust documentation and readiness for internal and external audits.

• Support procurement and stock control processes, ensuring availability and quality of equipment and consumables.

• Contribute to recruitment, onboarding, and induction of new team members, fostering a positive and inclusive team environment.

• Champion health, safety, and wellbeing across all activities, ensuring compliance with legislation and company policies.

What does it take to be a Sampling Co-ordinator?

• Degree qualified in a relevant scientific subject

• Experience in environmental Science

• Full UK Driving licence as driving is part of the role

• Strong working background in environmental analysis

• A natural eye for detail

• A flexible approach to accommodate and prioritise an unpredictable workload

• Enjoy supervising a team

• Experience of being able to communicate effectively in order to train and support your colleagues around you.

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: 7th August 2025

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