Water Process Science Manager

Anglian Water Group; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private health care

Pension scheme with employer match

Life assurance

Job summary

Anglian Water Group is seeking a Water Process Science Manager to lead a team of scientists ensuring safe, high-quality drinking water across our region. The role combines scientific excellence with people leadership, risk management and operational support to protect water quality from source to tap.

You will drive continuous improvement, support capital programmes, and influence business-wide decisions while coordinating field activities across multiple sites and regions.

Qualifications

• Educated to a degree level in a relevant scientific subject or equivalent qualification.
• Experience of water process or asset science.
• Evidence of team leadership and management.
• Able to critically evaluate information to take tactical or strategic action.
• Interpersonal skills to build rapport with operational colleagues while communicating actions clearly.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Full UK driving license and willingness to work across operational sites.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a high-performing, inclusive scientific team that shares knowledge, expertise and best practice.
• Ensuring the optimum quality of drinking water is produced across our water treatment works through proactive scientific oversight and intervention.
• Driving a "source to supply" approach to water quality management, using site-based investigations and data-led analysis to identify trends, opportunities and risks.
• Providing expert scientific support to operational teams, senior stakeholders and capital delivery programmes.
• Owning and leading the Drinking Water Safety Planning (DWSP) process and associated Risk Portal.
• Managing risk assessments, ensuring effective mitigation plans are implemented and maintained.
• Leading the Water Quality Action Plan process, ensuring risks are identified, recorded, monitored and effectively controlled.
• Supporting business resilience through proactive risk management and rapid response to emerging water quality issues.
• Managing team resources, budgets and workload allocation to ensure delivery of business priorities and value for money.
• Participating in a regional out-of-hours standby rota to support operational incidents and business continuity.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Water quality knowledge

Education

Degree in a relevant scientific subject

Job description

Water Process Science Manager Circa £69,000 dependent on skills and experience plus car allowance Permanent, full time (37 hours per week) - We may offer part time/flexible working depending on the role requirements, this can be discussed openly at interview Huntingdon / Peterborough / Grafham / Lincolnshire / Grantham / Northampton / Rutland

Lead the Science behind safe, high-quality water! Do you have a passion for water quality, scientific excellence, and leading high-performing teams? We're looking for a Water Process Science Manager to lead a team of scientific professionals dedicated to delivering the highest standards of drinking water quality across our region. This is a rewarding opportunity to combine scientific expertise, people leadership, risk management, and operational support to ensure customers receive safe, wholesome water every day. You'll play a critical role in protecting water quality from source to tap, driving continuous improvement, supporting capital investment programmes, and influencing business-wide decision making.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and developing a high-performing, inclusive scientific team that shares knowledge, expertise and best practice
• Ensuring the optimum quality of drinking water is produced across our water treatment works through proactive scientific oversight and intervention
• Driving a \"source to supply\" approach to water quality management, using site-based investigations and data-led analysis to identify trends, opportunities and risks
• Providing expert scientific support to operational teams, senior stakeholders and capital delivery programmes
• Owning and leading the Drinking Water Safety Planning (DWSP) process and associated Risk Portal
• Managing risk assessments, ensuring effective mitigation plans are implemented and maintained
• Leading the Water Quality Action Plan process, ensuring risks are identified, recorded, monitored and effectively controlled
• Supporting business resilience through proactive risk management and rapid response to emerging water quality issues
• Managing team resources, budgets and workload allocation to ensure delivery of business priorities and value for money
• Participating in a regional out-of-hours standby rota to support operational incidents and business continuity

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• 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
• A car allowance
• 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

What does it take to be successful?

• Educated to a degree level in a relevant scientific subject or equivalent qualification
• Experience of water process or asset science
• Evidence of team leadership and management
• Able to critically evaluate information to take tactical or strategic action
• Interpersonal skills to build rapport with operational colleagues, whilst being able to communicate actions required effectively
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Full UK driving license and willingness to work across operational sites

Inclusion at Anglian Water

Inclusion is for everyone and we’re 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.

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. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team [e-mail]’

Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.

Closing date: Monday 23rd November 2026 Interview dates: 3rd and 4th December 2026 #loveeverydrop #LI-MS1