Salary: Circa £53,000, depending on skills and experience
Full-time, 37 hours p/w, Permanent

Location: Flexible within Anglian Water region, must have ability to work out of Worldwide House, Peterborough, two days per week.

Private health care 

Virtual GP service for you and your household 

Double-matched pension 

Life assurance at 8 times your salary

Are you passionate about protecting public health and ensuring the highest standards of water quality? Do you thrive in a leadership role where science, strategy, and stakeholder engagement intersect? If so, we have an exciting new opportunity for you to shape the future of water quality in our region.

About the Role

As the Water Quality Lead for our reservoir programme, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing and delivering a comprehensive water quality strategy aligned with the Drinking Water Safety Planning (DWSP) approach. You’ll lead a team of dedicated water quality scientists, ensuring that water quality risks are identified, assessed, and managed from source to tap throughout the lifecycle of our reservoir projects.

This is a unique opportunity to influence the design, construction, and operation of our new reservoirs, working closely with internal teams, regulators, and external partners to ensure safe, sustainable water for generations to come.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and implementation of a robust water quality strategy across all project phases of the reservoir development.
• Lead on water quality gateway submissions ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Lead on future WRMP development on water quality expertise.
• Oversee DWSP-based risk assessments and mitigation planning.
• Manage and develop a high-performing team of scientists and advisors.
• Engage with key stakeholders including DWI, RAPID, Cambridge Water, and scientific contractors.
• Represent Anglian Water in public consultations, regulatory meetings, and strategic workshops.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in health, safety, and environmental performance.

About You

We’re looking for a strategic thinker and experienced leader with:

• Extensive experience in water process science, public health, and water treatment.
• Drinking water safety planning experience.
• Water quality regulatory experience .
• Proven leadership, coaching, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong project management and IT capabilities.
• A postgraduate qualification in a relevant scientific discipline.
• Chartered membership of a professional body (or working towards).
• A commitment to doing the right thing and building trust across all levels.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:  

• Bonus scheme  

• Private health care  

• Double-matched pension scheme  

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service – Able to buy and sell annual leave  
• Life assurance at 8 times salary
• Personal accident cover at up to 5 times salary
• Virtual GP service for you and your household

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing  

• Employee Assistance Programme  

Inclusion at Anglian Water:   

We value the representation and  diversity within our communities.  Inclusion is for everyone and 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.      

Apply Now

Be part of something bigger. Help us deliver safe, high-quality water to millions of people while protecting the environment for future generations.

Closing date: 19th August 2025

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