Salary: Circa £67,000, depending on skills and experience
Full-time, with flexibility for part-time.
37 hours per week/permanent
Anglian Water is progressing two new reservoir developments, the Fens Reservoir and Lincolnshire Reservoir, together with the infrastructure needed to connect them to the wider water supply system. It is the largest and most complex programme of work Anglian Water has undertaken.
Building the reservoirs is only part of the challenge. Once constructed, the reservoirs will need to be filled and operated in accordance with abstraction licensing and drinking water quality requirements.
As our Technical Solutions Manager, you will lead the work that makes this possible. Your team will put in place the strategies, structures, plans and processes that will enable the reservoirs to be filled and their water to be safely introduced into supply. This is an opportunity to shape how nationally significant water infrastructure moves from construction and commissioning into successful operation for generations to come.
This is not simply a role coordinating technical activity. It is a leadership position with a direct influence on whether the reservoirs achieve their ultimate purpose: securing resilient, high-quality drinking water supplies.
You will bring together the disciplines of water resources, abstraction licensing, drinking water safety planning and programme delivery to create an integrated route from reservoir construction to operational water supply.
Reporting into the Technical Solutions directorate, you will help define and drive technical solutions across the asset and project lifecycles. You will lead the delivery of the water quality and water resources programme whilst providing assurance that work is delivered to the required cost, schedule and quality standards.
Your leadership will create the framework through which complex technical questions are answered, regulatory requirements are addressed, risks are managed and decisions are taken with confidence.
What will you be doing?
Leading the route to reservoir filling and water supply, you will:
What does it take to be successful?
We are looking for an established leader with strong programme delivery capability. You will bring:
Inclusion at Anglian Water:
We value the representation & 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.
Few roles offer the chance to shape how new reservoirs move from ambitious infrastructure proposals into dependable sources of drinking water.
In this position, you will influence the technical and operational foundations of the Reservoirs Programme. The structures and processes you establish will guide how the reservoirs are filled, how water quality and resource risks are managed, and how the new assets are prepared to provide safe, wholesome drinking water.
You will be joining a programme with significant technical complexity, extensive regulatory engagement and a clear long-term purpose. If you are motivated by leadership, delivery and solving some of the water sector’s most important challenges, this is an opportunity to make a lasting contribution by bringing our reservoirs to life.
Closing date: Monday 28th September
Anglian Water supply water and water recycling services to more than six million domestic and business customers in the east of England and Hartlepool. Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. We clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out.
We’re the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales by geographic area. We’re also one of the driest regions in the country, with just 600 millimetres of rain each year, on average a third less than the rest of England. In fact some areas have a lower annual rainfall than Jerusalem. That’s why it’s vital that we look after the water that we’ve got.
