Head of Asset Management

Anglian Water Services; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private health care

Flexible working options

26 days annual leave

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking a Head of Asset Management to lead our asset strategy, investment decisions and long-term priorities. This senior role collaborates across the organisation to shape policy, risk, performance and insight for sustainable asset management outcomes.

You’ll build capability, strengthen data, and drive continuous improvement, working with internal teams and external partners to deliver informed, value-focused decisions. The role offers hybrid working and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• There isn’t one particular career path that will make you successful in this role.
• More important is your ability to think strategically, understand complex issues and bring people together to make good decisions.
• You’re likely to be someone who: builds relationships, collaborates across teams and communicates effectively.

Responsibilities

• Shape our long-term approach to asset management, connecting priorities with decisions about our assets.
• Support effective investment decisions, balancing performance, risk, resilience and value.
• Build a clear view of asset health and risk using data and insight.

Job description

Starting from £120,000 + Bonus + Car Allowance

Permanent / Full Time / 37 Hours per week

Location Flexible Across the Anglian Water Region - Hybrid

Double Matched Pension Scheme (up to 21% combined)

Private Healthcare

Make every drop of your potential count!

We’re looking for an experienced and collaborative Head of Asset Management to help us make great decisions about our assets, investment and long-term priorities.

This is an influential leadership role with the opportunity to work across the organisation, bringing together strategy, risk, performance and insight to help us make informed, sustainable decisions.

What you’ll be doing:

You’ll provide leadership for our approach to asset management, working with colleagues across the organisation to:

• Shape our long-term approach to asset management , connecting organisational priorities with the decisions we make about our assets.
• Support effective investment decisions , helping us balance performance, risk, resilience, affordability and long-term value.
• Build a clear view of asset health and risk , using information and insight to inform priorities and choices.
• Strengthen asset data and intelligence , improving the quality and use of asset information and turning data into actionable insight to support asset health, risk and investment decisions.
• Strengthen our asset management framework , ensuring appropriate strategies, policies, processes and standards are in place.
• Drive continuous improvement , helping us learn from good practice and continually develop the way we manage our assets.
• Build capability , growing asset management knowledge, confidence and expertise across the organisation.
• Develop strong relationships , working across organisational boundaries and with external partners to achieve shared outcomes.

What we’re looking for

There isn’t one particular career path that will make you successful in this role.You may have developed your experience through asset management, engineering, operations, investment planning or another relevant environment.

More important is your ability to think strategically, understand complex issues and bring people together to make good decisions.

You’re likely to be someone who:

• brings a broad, whole-system perspective
• is comfortable working with complexity and uncertainty
• builds trusted relationships and works collaboratively
• uses evidence and insight to support decision-making
• can balance immediate priorities with longer-term needs
• communicates clearly and influences effectively
• is curious, inclusive and committed to learning and improvement
• enjoys helping others develop their capability and confidence.

Why join Anglian Water?

This is an opportunity to have a real influence on how an organisation thinks about, invests in and manages its assets. This could be Enterprise wide or specific to one of our business streams.

You’ll work with people from across the organisation, bringing together different perspectives and expertise. And you’ll have the scope to challenge established thinking, develop new approaches and help shape what excellent asset management looks like for the future.

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
• Car allowance
• Flexible working options
• Private health care
• Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 7%
• Life assurance at eight times your salary
• Annual bonus
• Potential funded car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage
• Personal medical assessments
• Virtual GP service
• Cancer screening
• Financial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits
• Lifestyle savings including discounts on retail, travel and utilities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Volunteer days

Inclusion at Anglian Water

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We are proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer.

Closing Date: 22/11/26