Production System Manager

Alpheus; Bedford, Milton Keynes, Corby, Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal private health care

Generous pension

Virtual GP service

Annual leave 26 days

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Family friendly policies

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water is recruiting a Production System Manager to oversee Ruthamford Production. You will lead Production Planning Engineers and System Operators, balancing demand, production capability, storage and risk to provide resilient water supplies across our region.

The role focuses on strategy, governance, data-driven decision making and continuous improvement, with travel across Rutland, Bedford, Northampton, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Milton Keynes and Corby.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within water supply, production planning or a similarly complex operational environment.
• Strong understanding of interconnected water supply systems, demand forecasting and production planning.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing technical or operational SMEs.
• Strategic thinker with strong systems-thinking capability.
• Experience balancing operational, technical and delivery priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction of Production Planning and System Control across Ruthamford.
• Maintain oversight of demand, production capability, storage and operational risk.
• Identify future constraints and resilience risks, ensuring action is taken early.
• Build strong partnerships across Operations, Networks, Asset Health, Water Resources and Capital Delivery.
• Lead and develop a team of planning and system control professionals.
• Establish governance and assurance frameworks for production-impacting activity.
• Use data, forecasting and operational insight to support strategic decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning capability, forecasting and system resilience.
• Support the transition to a proactive and production-led operating model.

Skills

Water supply systems

Forecasting

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Job description

# Join us, make a difference## Production System ManagerApply: Northampton: Huntingdon: Milton Keynes: Corby: Bedford: Full time: Posted Today: R40582**Salary: £62,000 - £69,000, dependent on skills and experience + car allowance** **Permanent, Full-time, 37 Hours** **Base Location flexible with travel across Rutland, Bedford, Northampton, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Milton Keynes and Corby.** Make every drop of your career count. Join our team and start making a real difference where it matters! Our Water Services team clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out. We borrow water from the environment, store it and treat it to world-class standards to supply safe drinking water to 4.3 million customers in towns and villages from Grimsby in the northeast of our region to Milton Keynes at the south-western tip. We have an exciting opportunity for a **Production System Manager** to join our Ruthamford Production team. You will take a whole-system view of water production, balancing demand, production capability, storage, maintenance activities and operational risk to ensure resilient water supplies for customers. Leading a team of Production Planning Engineers and System Operators, you'll drive a more integrated and proactive approach to system management, identifying future risks and opportunities before they impact performance. **Key Responsibilities** * Lead the strategic direction of Production Planning and System Control across Ruthamford.* Maintain oversight of demand, production capability, storage and operational risk.* Identify future constraints and resilience risks, ensuring action is taken early.* Build strong partnerships across Operations, Networks, Asset Health, Water Resources and Capital Delivery.* Lead and develop a team of planning and system control professionals.* Establish governance and assurance frameworks for production-impacting activity.* Use data, forecasting and operational insight to support strategic decision-making.* Drive continuous improvement in planning capability, forecasting and system resilience.* Support the transition to a proactive and production-led operating model. **What does it take to be a Production System Manager?** * Significant experience within water supply, production planning or a similarly complex operational environment.* Strong understanding of interconnected water supply systems, demand forecasting and production planning.* Proven leadership experience managing and developing technical or operational SMEs.* Strategic thinker with strong systems-thinking capability.* Experience balancing operational, technical and delivery priorities.* Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.* Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capability.* Experience driving continuous improvement and organisational change. **Why Anglian Water?** Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we’re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do! **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. If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you. **Inclusion at Anglian Water** We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer. We may offer part time/flexible working depending on the role requirements, this can be discussed openly at interview **Closing Date: 17/11/2026** #loveeverydrop! #LI-SA2### 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. 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