Sampling Scheduler - Part Time

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 10,483 - 12,812; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension 21%

Virtual GP

Annual leave 25 days

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Maternity/adoption leave

Paternity leave

Shared parental pay

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. in Huntingdon is seeking a Sampling Scheduler to plan and coordinate the sampling programme across treatment works, boreholes, reservoirs and customer sites.

The role supports regulatory and business needs, ensuring samples are scheduled efficiently and travel is optimised. This part-time, fixed-term position offers hybrid working with some office time at the Central Laboratory in Huntingdon.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience sufficient to resolve complex technical problems.
• Able to troubleshoot, resolve and minimize issues.
• Able to analyse, compare, interpret and make judgments.
• Able to work to deadlines and prioritize workloads.
• Understand customer requirements and how customers use our analytical data.
• Able to effectively communicate at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Participate in sample scheduling as required and maintain a broad technical understanding of methods in your area of responsibility.
• Demonstrate flexible working to ensure all samples are scheduled as planned, providing team cover as required.
• Deliver an effective and efficient service whilst maximizing team flexibility.
• Participate in operational rotas and work schedules in line with business needs.
• Communicate with Sampling Managers and Samplers to capture unplanned absence and update the sampling schedule, ensuring all samples are accounted for (e.g., sickness, vehicle breakdowns).
• Support Sampling Managers to record planned absence, agreeing weekly prior to approval (e.g., annual leave).

Skills

Technical problem solving

Troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Deadline-driven

Customer requirements

Communication

Job description

Sampling Scheduler

Circa £11,648 dependent on skills and experience, Part time – 2 days per week, Fixed term contract – until 25th May 2027, Hybrid working – with some office based work in Central Laboratory in Huntingdon.

We clean, disinfect and test drinking water before it reaches our customers, ensuring safety for consumption and environmental protection. Our samplers travel across the Anglian Water region to collect water samples from treatment works, recycling centres, boreholes, reservoirs, rivers and customer properties, carrying out on‑site chlorine tests. We are looking for a Sampling Scheduler to help plan and coordinate the sampling programme to meet regulatory and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in sample scheduling as required and maintain a broad technical understanding of methods in your area of responsibility.
• Demonstrate flexible working to ensure all samples are scheduled as planned, providing team cover as required.
• Deliver an effective and efficient service whilst maximizing team flexibility.
• Participate in operational rotas and work schedules in line with business needs.
• Communicate with Sampling Managers and Samplers to capture unplanned absence and update the sampling schedule, ensuring all samples are accounted for (e.g., sickness, vehicle breakdowns).
• Support Sampling Managers to record planned absence, agreeing weekly prior to approval (e.g., annual leave).

Qualifications & Skills

• Knowledge and experience sufficient to resolve complex technical problems.
• Able to troubleshoot, resolve and minimize issues.
• Able to analyse, compare, interpret and make judgments.
• Able to work to deadlines and prioritize workloads.
• Understand customer requirements and how customers use our analytical data.
• Able to effectively communicate at all levels.

Benefits

• 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.
• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more.
• Life assurance (up to 8× salary).
• Personal accident cover (up to 5× salary).
• Excellent family‑friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave, and 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Opportunity for shared parental pay.
• Bonus scheme.
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Equality & Diversity

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. 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 ensure your disability or long‑term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

Closing Date

23rd July 2026 (Interviews W/C 3rd August 2026).