System Administrator

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 34,822 - 42,561; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal private health care

Generous pension

24‑hour virtual GP

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Family-friendly policies

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. in Huntingdon is seeking a System Administrator to support analytical services with a circa £38,692 salary.

This permanent, full-time role offers flexibility for part-time working and focuses on delivering timely, agile, and accurate support to partners and the analytical function. You will balance user needs with technical requirements, drive continual improvement, ensure Labware LIMS protocols and document control, and maintain compliance with ISO 17025 and regulatory

Qualifications

• Experience working in a scientific laboratory and understanding of laboratory processes.
• Good understanding of quality assurance processes and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent people and communication skills with third-party providers.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Process-based approach with continual improvement.

Responsibilities

• Balance the demands of users and technical knowledge to deliver a high-quality support service to the business while adhering to ISO 17025 quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Assess current and future LIMS requirements with the Analytical Lab services head and managers.
• Work with laboratory and sampling teams to identify traceable and critical steps for each method.
• Ensure Labware protocols and processes are controlled and documented to comply with document control requirements.
• Drive continual improvement of lab processes through best use of Labware LIMS to ensure quality and efficiency improvements.
• Manage business continuity and risk for the role, capturing day-to-day Labware administration duties.
• Manage user access and control, ensuring impartiality requirements for the laboratory are adhered to.
• Configure quality control charts.
• Ensure all changes are managed through the Quality Change Process.
• Provide timely communications to interested parties regarding system updates.

Skills

ISO 17025

Regulatory compliance

Analytical thinking

Communication with providers

Problem solving

Continual improvement

Tools

Labware LIMS

Quality Management System

Job description

System Administrator – Circa £38,692 dependent on skills and experience. Permanent, full‑time (37 hours) with flexibility for part‑time working in Huntingdon. Join our Analytical Services team to deliver a timely, agile, and accurate support service, collaborating with partners to support the analytical functions and promote long‑term sustainable operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Balance the demands of users and technical knowledge to deliver a high‑quality support service to the business while adhering to ISO 17025 quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Assess current and future LIMS requirements together with the Analytical Lab services head and managers.
• Work with laboratory and sampling teams to identify traceable and critical steps for each method.
• Ensure Labware protocols and processes are adequately controlled and documented to comply with document control requirements.
• Drive continual improvement of lab processes through best use of Labware LIMS to ensure quality and efficiency improvements.
• Manage business continuity and risk mitigation for the role, capturing all day‑to‑day Labware administration duties.
• Manage user access and control, ensuring impartiality requirements for the laboratory are adhered to.
• Configure quality control charts.
• Ensure all changes are managed through the Quality Change Process.
• Provide timely communications to interested parties regarding system updates.

Benefits

• Personal private health care.
• Generous double‑match pension – you contribute 7% and Anglian Water contributes 14% for a total of 21%.
• 24‑hour virtual GP service for you and your household.
• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service, with the ability to buy additional days.
• Life assurance (up to 8×salary).
• Personal accident cover (up to 5×salary).
• Excellent family‑friendly policies, including 26 weeks full pay for maternity or adoption leave, 4 weeks paid paternity or partner leave, and opportunity for shared parental pay.
• Bonus scheme.
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What does it take to be successful?

• Experience working within a scientific laboratory and an understanding of laboratory processes.
• Comfortable making decisions following agreed principles.
• Good understanding of the processes within a laboratory environment and associated quality assurance processes and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent people and communication skills with experience working with third‑party external providers.
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills.
• Process‑based approach with continual improvement.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

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.