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Anglian Water Services

Regional Supply Manager

Bedford
£83k/yr
Posted about 13 hours ago
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Regional Supply Manager

Salary: Circa £83,000 dependant on skills & experience + car allowance

Position: Permanent, Full-Time (With opportunities for Part-Time)

Location: Rutland, Bedford and Northampton

Every day, millions of customers rely on us to provide safe, clean drinking water. As a Regional Supply Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliable treatment, distribution and availability of water across the West region, serving around 2 million customers while leading a large operational workforce and managing critical infrastructure.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced operational manager who can balance customer service, operational excellence, environmental responsibility and commercial performance while inspiring teams to deliver their very best.

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the Head of Production for Ruthamford, you'll have overall responsibility for the operational performance of water treatment and distribution activities across your region. You'll lead a team of around 150 people, ensuring the highest standards of safety, compliance, customer service and operational effectiveness.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Leading the treatment and supply of drinking water to approximately 2 million customers.
  • Driving operational excellence across water treatment, distribution, maintenance and reservoir management activities.
  • Delivering financial performance against a significant operational budget while supporting capital investment programmes.
  • Ensuring compliance with regulatory, environmental and water quality standards.
  • Leading the response to operational incidents and ensuring excellent service recovery for customers.
  • Building strong relationships with customers, regulators, contractors and key stakeholders.
  • Driving continuous improvement, operational efficiency and strategic change programmes.
  • Developing future leaders through coaching, mentoring and succession planning.

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What does it take to be successful?

You'll be a proven operational leader with extensive experience in water, utilities, engineering or another highly regulated, asset-intensive environment.

We're looking for someone with:

  • Significant experience in a senior operational management role.
  • Strong knowledge of water operations, water management and regulatory compliance.
  • Outstanding leadership and people management capability.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong commercial and financial awareness.
  • The ability to think strategically while delivering operational results.
  • A proactive, adaptable and forward-thinking approach to leadership.
  • A degree-level qualification and relevant professional accreditation would be advantageous.

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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?

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we’re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!

If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference then we’d love to hear from you.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer.

Closing date: 28/08/2026

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Skills

Operational management
Water treatment
Distribution management
Leadership
Regulatory compliance
Stakeholder management
Financial management
Strategic planning
Incident response
Continuous improvement
Coaching
Mentoring
Asset management
Environmental responsibility
Operational excellence

Location

Bedford, England, United Kingdom

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