Principal Drinking Water Scientist

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Peterborough; Remote; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Pension 21%

Virtual GP service

26 days annual leave

Life assurance 8x salary

Accident cover 5x salary

Family friendly leave policies

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. seeks a Principal Drinking Water Scientist to lead our Drinking Water Process and Network Science team. You will drive scientific excellence to ensure safe, wholesome water and regulatory compliance across the Anglian Water Region.

You will collaborate with Science Leadership, Operations, and external agencies, embedding interventions and innovations. Travel across the Anglian Water region will be required to support field teams and projects.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience at scale, with team development.
• Strategic thinking and stakeholder engagement across functions.
• Strong communication and reporting capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools including Excel, Power BI and Teams.
• Customer-focused mindset and adaptability.
• Background in operational/environmental science is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations into water quality incidents, with root-cause analysis.
• Ensure safety and wellbeing of team; foster a safety-first culture.
• Drive proactive, data-driven interventions across the team.
• Provide scientific input across Capital Delivery, Procurement and Innovation.
• Build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Microsoft 365

Power BI

Excel

Customer focus

Adaptability

Environmental science

Health & safety

Education

Science degree

Tools

PowerBI

Microsoft 365

Job description

# Join us, make a difference## Principal Drinking Water ScientistApply: Huntingdon: Peterborough: Full time: Posted Today: R40531**Salary: Circa £85,000 per annum dependent on skills and experience Hours: 37 hours per week Contract: Permanent Location: Across the Anglian Water Region, covering areas such as Ipswich, Norwich, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Bedford, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Grantham, Lincoln** Are you ready to lead scientific excellence in drinking water quality and make a real impact on public health and environmental compliance for our customers? We are looking for a **Principal Drinking Water Scientist** to lead our technical Drinking Water Process and Network Science team. Your team will ensure the safety and quality of our drinking water, drives innovation, and enables our operational colleagues to deliver safe, wholesome water to our customers. This is a pivotal leadership role within our Quality, Environment and Assurance business unit, reporting directly to the Head of Science. At Anglian Water our Scientific Department are combined to create a centre of Scientific Excellence. Where our operational scientists, laboratory function and strategic science come together. This role provides a fantastic opportunity to exploit the Scientific knowledge within our Department, as you focus your team on value-adding interventions and risk mitigation. Collaboration with the Science Leadership team and wider leadership teams, as well as external engagement, will be essential to ensure learning and actions benefit both our customers and the business. Whilst, your close working relationship with our Operational colleagues will ensure we embed interventions across our Operations. You will lead the team in maintaining scientific rigor, assurance, and innovation to provide wholesome water to our customers 24/7 efficiently. The development, engagement, safety, and well-being of your team are crucial to making Science a fantastic place to work and progress. This role will require significant travel leading a field team based across the Anglian Water region. **In this role, you will:*** Enable the team to effectively lead investigations into water quality incidents, providing root cause analysis and implementing learning to ensure future mitigation* Drive the safety of the team forwards, putting safety at the heart of what we do* Drive proactive intervention strategies across the team, enabling team members to focus on value-add activities driven by data* Develop a team that provides scientific input across Capital Delivery, Procurement, and Innovation teams* Collaborate and positively challenge to deliver desired business outcomes and meet customer demands now and in the future* Build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the DWI and public health agencies* Own and audit technical procedures to ensure regulatory alignment* Champion training, development, and competency across scientific and operational teams **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%* 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household* 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more* Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)* Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)* Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay* Bonus scheme* Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle. **We’re looking for someone with**:* Inspirational leadership and team development experience* Strategic thinking and stakeholder engagement* Excellent communication and reporting* Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools (Excel, PowerBI, Teams)* Customer-focused mindset and adaptability* Degree in a scientific or environmental discipline* A background in operational and environmental science* Understanding of health, safety, and wellbeing systems **Inclusion at Anglian Water**At Anglian Water, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone feels they belong. We proudly hold the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, are a Disability Confident employer, and champion initiatives to support diversity, equity and inclusion. **Why join us?**You’ll be joining a team where leadership, collaboration, and service excellence are at the heart of everything we do. We’re passionate about developing our people and helping them thrive. If you're looking for a role where your leadership can make a real impact—on our teams and every new joiner—this could be your next move. **Closing date: 5th November** **Telephone interviews may be requested: 5th and 6th November.** **Interviews will be held 9th and 10th November** **#loveeverydrop** **#LI-MS1**### About UsWe are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team [e-mail]’To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice.Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.