Storage Point Operations Lead

Anglian Water Services Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Double match pension

24-hour Virtual GP service

26 days annual leave

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Maternity / adoption leave

Shared parental pay

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water is seeking a Storage Point Operations Lead to coordinate removal from service and return to service of storage point assets, and to develop and maintain delivery plans aligned with priorities. You will lead Major Impact Plans, assess outages, and drive safe delivery across multiple teams.

The role requires an understanding of water supply systems, storage and distribution, plus strong planning, stakeholder management and communication skills.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND qualification or equivalent operational experience.
• Experience coordinating complex operational activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience using operational data to support decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the removal from service and return to service of storage point assets across Ruthamford.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans aligned to operational and programme priorities.
• Lead the development and management of Major Impact Plans (MIPs).
• Assess operational, production and resilience impacts associated with planned outages.
• Work across multiple teams to identify risks, constraints and mitigation measures.
• Coordinate operational readiness activities and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor programme performance and regulatory commitments.
• Capture lessons learned and identify opportunities to improve delivery processes.
• Ensure activities are delivered safely and in accordance with company and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Water operations

Outage risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Operational data analysis

Planning

Communication skills

Cross-team coordination

Education

HNC/HND qualification or equivalent

Job description

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000, 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the removal from service and return to service of storage point assets across Ruthamford.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans aligned to operational and programme priorities.
• Lead the development and management of Major Impact Plans (MIPs).
• Assess operational, production and resilience impacts associated with planned outages.
• Work across multiple teams to identify risks, constraints and mitigation measures.
• Coordinate operational readiness activities and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor programme performance and regulatory commitments.
• Capture lessons learned and identify opportunities to improve delivery processes.
• Ensure activities are delivered safely and in accordance with company and regulatory requirements.

What does it take to be a Storage Point Operations Lead?

• HNC/HND qualification or equivalent operational experience.
• Experience within water supply operations or a comparable operational environment.
• Strong understanding of water supply systems, production, storage and distribution.
• Experience coordinating complex operational activities across multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to assess operational risks and impacts associated with outages and system change.
• Strong planning, organisation and stakeholder management capability.
• Experience using operational data to support decision-making.
• A collaborative and proactive approach with strong communication skills.

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!

• 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

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.

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.

Closing Date: 17/11/2026