Water Process Science Manager
Circa £69,000 dependent on skills and experience plus car allowance
Permanent, full time (37 hours per week) - We may offer part time/flexible working depending on the role requirements, this can be discussed openly at interview
Huntingdon / Peterborough / Grafham / Lincolnshire / Grantham / Northampton / Rutland

Lead the Science behind safe, high-quality water!

Do you have a passion for water quality, scientific excellence, and leading high-performing teams? We're looking for a Water Process Science Manager to lead a team of scientific professionals dedicated to delivering the highest standards of drinking water quality across our region.

This is a rewarding opportunity to combine scientific expertise, people leadership, risk management, and operational support to ensure customers receive safe, wholesome water every day. You'll play a critical role in protecting water quality from source to tap, driving continuous improvement, supporting capital investment programmes, and influencing business-wide decision making.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and developing a high-performing, inclusive scientific team that shares knowledge, expertise and best practice

• Ensuring the optimum quality of drinking water is produced across our water treatment works through proactive scientific oversight and intervention

• Driving a "source to supply" approach to water quality management, using site-based investigations and data-led analysis to identify trends, opportunities and risks

• Providing expert scientific support to operational teams, senior stakeholders and capital delivery programmes

• Owning and leading the Drinking Water Safety Planning (DWSP) process and associated Risk Portal

• Managing risk assessments, ensuring effective mitigation plans are implemented and maintained

• Leading the Water Quality Action Plan process, ensuring risks are identified, recorded, monitored and effectively controlled

• Supporting business resilience through proactive risk management and rapid response to emerging water quality issues

• Managing team resources, budgets and workload allocation to ensure delivery of business priorities and value for money

• Participating in a regional out-of-hours standby rota to support operational incidents and business continuity

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%