Maintenance Standards & Governance Lead

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Life assurance (8× salary)

Double-matched pension

26 days annual leave

Family friendly policies (maternity/ad

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is seeking a Standards and Resource Governance Lead to establish and maintain auditable maintenance standards across Bioresources, including competency management and authorisation processes.

You will shape policy, work with technical specialists and partners to ensure risk-based, compliant maintenance activities that strengthen safety and resilience. You will collaborate with operations to embed standards in plans and instructions, while driving governance, reporting

Qualifications

• Experience of developing or governing maintenance standards, procedures or technical documentation.
• Understanding of competency management, skills matrices, training records and authorisation processes.
• Knowledge of health and safety, regulatory compliance and process safety expectations.
• Ability to assess operational risk and make evidence-led decisions.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into clear, practical standards and guidance.
• Logical and systematic approach with attention to detail.
• Confident using digital systems, data and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Developing, reviewing and governing maintenance standards, procedures and technical documentation.
• Identifying gaps and creating practical, risk-based and value-driven standards.
• Ensuring standards align with regulatory, health and safety, process safety and operational requirements.
• Providing assurance against OEM standards, approved procedures, statutory requirements and industry good practice.
• Creating reporting that gives clear visibility of compliance, competency and critical maintenance activity.
• Working with responsible teams to address variances and implement corrective actions.
• Maintaining competency frameworks, skills matrices, training records and authorisation requirements.
• Helping define the technical and competency requirements for standby, emergency and out-of-hours maintenance response.
• Developing resilience plans for critical skills, specialist assets and safety-critical maintenance activities.

Skills

Maintenance standards

Competency management

Health and safety knowledge

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Technical documentation

Digital reporting tools

Job description

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is seeking a Standards and Resource Governance Lead to establish and maintain auditable maintenance standards across Bioresources, including competency management and authorisation processes.

You will shape policy, work with technical specialists and partners to ensure risk-based, compliant maintenance activities that strengthen safety and resilience. You will collaborate with operations to embed standards in plans and instructions, while driving governance, reporting