Anglian Water Services
Senior Trade Effluent Specialist
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Senior Trade Effluent Specialist
Circa £57,000 dependent on skills and experience
Fixed Term Contract – 12 months from October / November 2026, date TBC.
Full time (37 hours), with flexibility for part time Huntingdon
Interviews will be held on or around the 14th and 17th August 2026, due to holidays and availability
Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team! We are looking for a Senior Trade Effluent Specialist to join our Environmental Permitting and Regulation team!
This role will be accountable for regulating trade effluent (TE), leading TE initiatives and providing advice to Wholesale Service Centre, Water and Water Recycling Services, Operational teams and Alliances.
You will demonstrate leadership skills by providing regulatory guidance, technical support and developing related policies and standards. You will set new standards in line with UK law through the fair and consistent regulation of non-household customers, whilst collaborating with regulators such as Ofwat and the Environment Agency.
This role will be part of the wider Anglian Water environmental community and provide leadership, collaboration and input to ensure Water Industry Act, Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations, Environmental Permitting Regulations and other relevant legislation is complied with.
Key Responsibilities
- Role model collaboration; guiding and supporting TE Regulation Officers to navigate and adopt the TE regulation and compliance with UK Law
- Act as the primary representative for Anglian Water during National and Regional engagements with the Environment Agency and the water industry on TE
- Exemplify leadership and professionalism whilst leading and influencing the national agenda, the Water Industry Act and the Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations
- Take an active role in nurturing the growth of expertise and professional development of the Operational Trade Effluent and Regulatory Sampling teams through mentoring, training and support
- Monitor, communicate, respond to and implement regulatory changes in legislation and Environment Agency policy
- Identify and deliver savings through effective recovery of costs through charges reviews for providing a trade effluent function
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety, ensuring consistent standards are maintained
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What we offer
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.
What does it take to be successful?
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Demonstrate understanding of the regulatory environment, sewerage systems, storm/emergency overflows, and trade effluent
- Strong negotiating skills
- Basic understanding of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Regulations, Water Industry Act and Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations
- Knowledge and experience of customer management and external stakeholder management
- Excellent communicator able to communicate regulations to a non-legal literate audience
- Able to work to tight deadlines
- Role model leadership to internal and external stakeholders
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.
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Closing date: 21st July 2026
Interviews: around 14th / 17th August due to holidays and availability
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We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk
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