Asset Performance Lead

Anglian Water Services Ltd; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water utility firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an Asset Performance Lead to optimize system performance and drive data-led initiatives. You will lead a high-performing team, ensuring the delivery of actionable insights from complex data while enhancing operational performance across the organization. Key responsibilities include governance of pressure data, continuous improvement of monitoring practices, and fostering a systems-thinking culture within your team. This role offers extensive benefits and long-term career development opportunities.

Benefits

Personal private health care

26 days annual leave

Flexible working

Competitive pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits for wellbeing

Qualifications

• Hold a higher engineering qualification or be educated to degree level.
• Strong technical knowledge and operational experience of water assets and systems.
• Leadership experience in managing technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver sustainable system performance solutions from data insights.
• Lead the development of system performance products aligned with business objectives.
• Oversee proactive performance monitoring and ensure data quality.

Skills

Technical knowledge of water assets

Data modelling tools

Geospatial information

Hydraulic engineering

Enterprise data architecture

Education

Higher engineering qualification or degree

Job description

About the role

Reporting to the System Performance Manager, the Asset Performance Lead plays a pivotal role at the heart of Anglian Water's system optimisation and data-driven transformation. This is an opportunity to shape how we understand, manage and optimise system and asset performance—turning complex data into insight that drives real operational and strategic value. You will lead the development of system and asset insight, performance metrics and high-quality System Performance products that inform decision-making across the business. Acting as a champion for systems thinking, you'll influence how teams across System Optimisation and Water Services collaborate, helping to embed a joined‑up, performance-focused mindset. A key part of the role is serving as Data Steward for pressure data across Anglian Water. You'll help define how this critical data is governed, maintained and evolved, working closely with data owners and fellow data stewards to develop new processes and unlock value from emerging datasets.

What you'll be doing

As Asset Performance Lead, you will design, deliver and scale sustainable system performance solutions that turn data into actionable insight. You'll lead the development of system metrics, reporting and performance products—ensuring they are high quality, valuable to stakeholders and aligned to wider business objectives. You will take ownership of proactive performance monitoring across Anglian Water's PRV and sensor asset base, embedding data-led approaches, robust operating procedures and clear standards to improve operational performance and data quality. Leading a team, you'll drive continuous improvement, support new system designs and help optimise how assets are monitored and managed. As Data Steward for pressure data, you'll set the direction for how this critical data is governed, maintained and used across the business. You'll establish best practice, lead governance forums, develop standards and roadmaps, and work closely with stakeholders to improve data quality, insight and decision-making in line with Anglian Water's long-term strategy.

Alongside your technical and strategic responsibilities, you'll provide strong people leadership—line managing team members, supporting delivery partners, sharing knowledge and stepping in to support the System Performance Manager when needed. Through your leadership, you'll help build capability, collaboration and a systems-thinking culture across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deliver sustainable system performance solutions that turn data into actionable insight.
• Lead the development, delivery and scaling of system performance products, ensuring high quality and alignment with business objectives.
• Take ownership of proactive performance monitoring across PRV and sensor asset base, embedding data-led approaches and robust operating procedures.
• Lead a high-performing team, driving continuous improvement and supporting new system designs.
• Act as Data Steward for pressure data, setting direction for data governance, developing standards and roadmaps, and improving data quality and decision-making.
• Provide strong people leadership—line managing team members, supporting delivery partners, and fostering a systems-thinking culture.

Qualifications

• Hold a higher engineering qualification or be educated to degree level.
• Strong technical knowledge and operational experience of water assets and systems.
• Strong technical knowledge of analytical processes, including geospatial information and data modelling tools.
• Professional Membership would be an advantage.
• Strong technical knowledge of hydraulic engineering.
• Strong technical understanding of Enterprise data & architecture.

Leadership experience

Leadership experience in managing technical teams and driving performance improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• 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.