Water Recycling Regional Network Support Manager

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Kirby Bedon; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Generous pension

Virtual GP service

26 days annual leave

Life assurance

Accident cover

Bonus scheme

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is seeking a Water Recycling Regional Network Support Manager to lead safe, sustainable operations across the East region, covering Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

The role is permanent, full time (37 hours) with a car allowance and circa £69,000 depending on skills and experience, with travel across the region. You will partner with operational teams, coach Network Managers, manage incidents, promote health and safety, and drive environmental excellence and performance

Qualifications

• Operational experience within the Water Industry.
• Experience managing operational incidents in a high‑pressure environment.
• Demonstrable leadership experience within an operational setting.
• Ability to adapt communication style (both written and verbal) to suit a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Awareness of and application of Health & Safety rules and regulations within an operational environment.
• Experience in making commercial decisions often with conflicting priorities.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational teams, building strong stakeholder relationships across the business, influencing decision‑making and driving consistent performance and operational excellence across the region.
• Using your strong technical knowledge and collaborative leadership style, you will support managers in overcoming operational challenges, developing their teams and delivering sustainable business outcomes.
• You will be responsible for coaching and mentoring our Network Managers, increasing focus on employee and customer health and safety, and providing tactical support for managing operational incidents, impact planning, operational decision making and investment planning.
• You will spend time with our managers and their teams to ensure they have the tools, equipment and training required to effectively manage our assets in line with our regulators’ guidelines.
• This active management will have a focus on achieving environmental excellence, building resilience, and utilising performance reporting to ensure we are operating as efficiently and effectively as possible whilst maintaining the wellbeing of our teams.

Skills

Operational leadership

Stakeholder management

Health & Safety awareness

Commercial decision making

SAP financial competence

Strategic thinking

Driving licence

Communication style adaptability

Tools

SAP

Job description

Water Recycling Regional Network Support Manager

Circa £69,000 - depending on skills and experience + car allowance Permanent Full time, 37 hours per week Regional - based within the East region of the Anglian Water area, covering Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Flexibility to travel across the region is essential.

Water Recycling is at the heart of our operations. The key services that we are responsible for are delivered by our in-house, highly skilled workforce. We collect and treat the water that customers have used, returning it to the environment via rivers and coastal outlets. Our network includes 76,000 kilometres of sewers which feed over 1,000 water recycling centres.

Would you like to be part of a team responsible for the safe and sustainable operation and maintenance of our water recycling assets? What will you be doing?

• You will be a trusted partner to operational teams, building strong stakeholder relationships across the business, influencing decision-making and helping to drive consistent performance and operational excellence across the region.
• Using your strong technical knowledge and collaborative leadership style, you will support managers in overcoming operational challenges, developing their teams and delivering sustainable business outcomes.
• You will be responsible for coaching and mentoring our Network Managers, increasing focus on employee and customer health and safety, and providing tactical support for managing operational incidents, impact planning, operational decision making and investment planning.
• You will spend time with our managers and their teams to ensure they have the tools, equipment and training required to effectively manage our assets in line with our regulators’ guidelines.
• This active management will have a focus on achieving environmental excellence, building resilience, and utilising performance reporting to ensure we are operating as efficiently and effectively as possible whilst maintaining the wellbeing of our teams.

What does it take to be a Regional Network Support Manager?

• Relevant operational experience within the Water Industry
• Experience of managing operational incidents in a high-pressure environment
• Demonstrable leadership experience within an operational setting
• Ability to adapt communication style (both written and verbal) to suit a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Awareness of and application of Health & Safety rules and regulations within an operational environment
• Experience in making commercial decisions often with conflicting priorities
• SAP financial competence
• Ability to think tactically but also strategically to achieve business outcomes
• Full UK Driving Licence

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
• 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

Why Anglian Water? Here at Anglian Water, we are striving to do the right thing for our people, customers and our environment. Our culture involves collaborative, innovative and inspiring work, putting people at the heart of our business, and we truly love what we do. We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all. If you're a collaborative and inspirational operational leader who enjoys coaching others, building strong relationships and using technical expertise to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Closing date: Friday 30th October 2026 Interviews: Week commencing 16th November 2026

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