Regional Supply Manager

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Bedford, Northampton; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal private health care

Generous pension

Private GP service

26 days annual leave

Life assurance

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking a Regional Supply Manager to oversee water treatment and distribution for the West region, serving around 2 million customers and leading a large operational workforce. The role reports to the Head of Production for Ruthamford and manages a substantial budget with focus on safety, service and continuity.

The successful candidate will have significant senior operational management experience in water, utilities, or regulated industries, with strong leadership, stakeholder

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior operational management role.
• Strong knowledge of water operations, management and regulatory compliance.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead treatment and supply of drinking water across the region.
• Manage a team of around 150 people with safety and service standards.
• Deliver financial performance and support capital investment programmes.
• Ensure regulatory and environmental compliance and lead incident response.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Operational management

Budget management

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Degree-level qualification

Job description

Salary: Circa £83,000 dependant on skills & experience+ car allowance Permanent, Full-Time (With opportunities for Pat-Time) Location: Rutland, Bedford and Northampton

Every day, millions of customers rely on us to provide safe, clean drinking water. As a Regional Supply Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliable treatment, distribution and availability of water across the West region, serving around 2 million customers while leading a large operational workforce and managing critical infrastructure. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced operational manager who can balance customer service, operational excellence, environmental responsibility and commercial performance while inspiring teams to deliver their very best.

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the Head of Production for Ruthamford, you'll have overall responsibility for the operational performance of water treatment and distribution activities across your region. You'll lead a team of around 150 people, ensuring the highest standards of safety, compliance, customer service and operational effectiveness.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the treatment and supply of drinking water to approximately 2 million customers.
• Driving operational excellence across water treatment, distribution, maintenance and reservoir management activities.
• Delivering financial performance against a significant operational budget while supporting capital investment programmes.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory, environmental and water quality standards.
• Leading the response to operational incidents and ensuring excellent service recovery for customers.
• Building strong relationships with customers, regulators, contractors and key stakeholders.
• Driving continuous improvement, operational efficiency and strategic change programmes.
• Developing future leaders through coaching, mentoring and succession planning.

What does it take to be successful?

You’ll be a proven operational leader with extensive experience in water, utilities, engineering or another highly regulated, asset-intensive environment.

We're looking for someone with:

• Significant experience in a senior operational management role.
• Strong knowledge of water operations, water management and regulatory compliance.
• Outstanding leadership and people management capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness.
• The ability to think strategically while delivering operational results.
• A proactive, adaptable and forward-thinking approach to leadership.
• A degree-level qualification and relevant professional accreditation would be advantageous.

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

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! If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference then we’d love to hear from you.

We 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.

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.

Closing date: 28/08/2026 #loveeverydrop