Senior Water Process Scientist

Job Description

Senior Water Process Scientist
Circa £54,000 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time
Lincoln / Louth / Brigg / Grantham – 4 days per week on site
2x positions available

Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team!

This role will be critical in the delivery of optimum quality water to our customers from water treatment works across the region. You will provide senior technical/expert scientific advice to the business and your team, being a technical expert within the team.

You will use your technical expertise to identify and mitigate risk ahead of time and develop effective solutions in mitigating risk. Asset optimisations will be planned and undertaken on site to enable effective and efficient water treatment onsite.

Working predominantly onsite, you will manage projects to provide effective and optimised water treatment to mitigate business risk, whilst maintaining wholesome water to our customers.

You will be part of a Regional out of hours standby support for the business across the region.

Key responsibilities

• Lead proactive and reactive water quality interventions across operational sites, driving optimisation strategies that balance regulatory compliance, customer safety, cost, and carbon considerations.

• Act as a key water quality stakeholder within capital delivery and asset governance processes, identifying emerging risks, influencing investment decisions, and advising on water quality aspects for the commissioning of new and refurbished assets.

• Be a recognised technical expert in water quality risk and process science, mentoring colleagues and increasing scientific knowledge, skill and competency of scientists and operational colleagues.

• Continually seek to understand new ways of working and use different/new technology to support continuous improvement of our process risk profile.

• Lead scientific aspects of Water Services Business Plan initiatives, mitigating operational, financial, and compliance risks.

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

• A competitive pension scheme where we double-match your contributions up to 6%

• Private healthcare for your peace of mind

• An annual bonus scheme

• This role may be eligible for business need car allowance depending on mileage

• The opportunity to volunteer in your local community

• 26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with service, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays

• Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary)

• Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle

• 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 does it take to be successful?

• Able to critically evaluate information to take tactical action

• Excellent data interpretation skills

• Interpersonal skills to build rapport with operational colleagues, whilst being able to positively challenge and communicate effectively

• Demonstrable ability to mentor, coach and support those around you to improve their skills and understanding of water processes

• Critical thinker who looks at information provided and will move forwards to develop a solution that provides outcomes aligned to business needs

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: 18th March 2026

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