Sampling Manager (Projects)

Anglian Water; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A water utility company in Huntingdon is looking for a Sampling Manager (Projects) to oversee a team of Samplers and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. This role requires strong leadership skills and operational efficiency in sampling services. Key responsibilities include team management, budget oversight, and ensuring adherence to quality management systems. The position offers a competitive salary, a flexibly structured work pattern, and a range of family-friendly benefits including private healthcare and a generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Private healthcare

Annual bonus scheme

Volunteering opportunities

26 days holiday

Life cover

Flexible benefits

Paid time off for illness

Free parking

Family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and team management experience with a focus on coaching and mentoring.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance and quality standards (ISO 17025, ISO 9001).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Samplers, ensuring competency, training, and development are maintained.
• Collaborate across the business to deliver sampling requirements aligned with customer demand and regulatory standards.
• Manage local budgets and performance to support strategic business priorities and efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Continuous improvement

Financial management

Job description

Sampling Manager (Projects)

Circa £45,794 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time
Huntingdon

Join our team!

Are you ready to lead a high‑performing team delivering accurate and timely sampling services across Anglian Water? As Sampling Manager (Projects) you will oversee a team of Samplers, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and quality management systems. You will play a key role in managing training, development, and operational efficiency, while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to meet business priorities.

This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and a continuous improvement mindset. You will be responsible for balancing service delivery, cost, and quality, while supporting strategic initiatives and maintaining compliance with ISO standards. Your contributions will help ensure the health and safety of our communities and the environment through effective sampling operations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Samplers, ensuring competency, training, and development are maintained.
• Collaborate across the business to deliver sampling requirements aligned with customer demand and regulatory standards.
• Manage local budgets and performance to support strategic business priorities and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with the Quality Management System (QMS) and regulatory standards such as ISO 17025 and ISO 9001.
• Support operational management including scheduling, incident response, and data accuracy in LIMs systems.
• Participate in external audits and provide assurance data to regulators and accreditation bodies.

As a valued employee you'll be entitled to:

• A competitive pension scheme where we double‑match your contributions up to 6%
• Private healthcare for your peace of mind
• An annual bonus scheme
• The opportunity to volunteer in your local community
• 26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with service, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays
• Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary)
• Flexible benefits to support your well‑being and lifestyle
• Paid time off for illness, both physical and mental
• Free parking at all office locations, sites, and leisure parks
• Excellent family‑friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks of paternity/partner pay, with the opportunity for shared parental leave

What does it take to be successful?

• Proven leadership and team management experience with a focus on coaching and mentoring.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance and quality standards (ISO 17025, ISO 9001).
• Continuous improvement mindset and ability to drive operational efficiency.
• Financial acumen and experience managing budgets.
• Commitment to health, safety, and wellbeing, with a proactive approach to risk management.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 8th January 2026