Water Quality Science Leader — Source-to-Tap Excellence

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

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.