Anglian Water Services
Regional Operations Manager - Water Recycling

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Salary and Benefits
Salary circa £83,000 (depending on skills/experience) + Car Allowance + Bonus
Permanent Full time, 37 hours a week, with flexibility for part time
Location: Looking after the Suffolk Operations patch, but can be based flexibly across the East Anglian Region
About the Role
Join our team and make a difference!
At Anglian Water, we stand out as a frontrunner in providing water and water recycling services in the UK, setting the industry standard for quality and customer service. What truly sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to offering the support and growth opportunities that empower our teams to make a tangible impact on our customers and the environment.
Our dedicated team, comprised of skilled professionals, plays a crucial role in delivering key services. We take pride in collecting and treating water, ensuring its return to the environment through rivers and coastal outlets. With over 7,000 pumping stations and a network of 76,000 kilometres of sewers directing to more than 1,000 water recycling centres, our team is at the heart of a vital and impactful operation.
Join us and be part of a team where your skills and passion can make a real difference. We believe in creating an inclusive and diverse workplace, and we welcome all candidates who are ready to contribute their unique perspectives and skills to our mission of environmental stewardship.
Responsibilities
- Providing leadership, coaching, and support to our operational teams to ensure delivery of our performance commitments.
- Ensuring our delivery teams can adapt to meet the requirements of the business through effective risk management and configuration and delivery of all operational activities.
- Ensuring an effective Water Recycling service is carried out within the regional area, ensuring operations are effective and efficient and in line with regulatory requirements.
- Managing a large, geographical operational team in the delivery of our water recycling strategy to ensure the safe operation of our operational assets and treatment of waste water, whilst protecting the environment from discharges and protection of our customer from flooding.
- Ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service at all times, providing expertise and support in the management of operational activities and incidents.
- Influencing wider stakeholders, particularly within capital investments through area investment and major capital delivery routes to meet our performance commitment, development operational resilience, and effective promotion of schemes.
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Requirements
- Demonstrable experience of having successfully led/managed a specialist team.
- ICT literate in various programs and adaptable to new systems.
- Full UK driving license.
- Experience of corporate governance structures and experience of successfully operating within this environment.
- Health and safety qualification to a minimum IOSH level.
- Experience of working with or close to the Water Industry would be an advantage.


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Benefits
- 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.
Inclusion at Anglian Water
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.
Application Details
- Closing date: 07/09/2026
- Interviews: TBC
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