Sampling Manager (Projects)

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

Job summary

A regional water services company is looking for a Sampling Manager (Projects) to lead a high-performing team in ensuring compliance and quality in sampling services. You will manage a team, oversee training and development, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet business priorities. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, an understanding of regulatory standards like ISO 17025, and be committed to health and safety initiatives. This role offers competitive salary and benefits, including a pension scheme and flexible options.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Private healthcare

Annual bonus scheme

Volunteer opportunities

26 days holiday

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.
• Collaborate across the business to deliver sampling requirements aligned with customer demand.
• Manage local budgets and performance to support strategic business priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Regulatory compliance

Budget management

Continuous improvement

Job description

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

Dive into a world of opportunity, and 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

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