Water Quality Lead Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Posted 21 hours ago

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water management company in the UK seeks a Water Quality Lead in Peterborough. This pivotal role involves safeguarding drinking water quality, leading a team, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will possess a postgraduate degree in a related scientific field and strong leadership skills. The company offers a competitive salary starting from £53,000, excellent benefits including private healthcare, and a commitment to diversity in the workplace. Join to shape the future of water quality management.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Private healthcare

Annual bonus scheme

26 days holiday

Life cover (8x salary)

Qualifications

• Educated to postgraduate level in a relevant scientific subject.
• Chartered member of a professional body.
• Proven leadership skills and experience in water process science.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Water Quality Team for effective investigations.
• Own customer communications regarding drinking water quality.
• Develop relationships with Health Protection teams and external agencies.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Water quality science

Communication

Education

Postgraduate degree in a relevant scientific subject

Job description

Water Quality Lead page is loaded## Water Quality Leadlocations: Peterborough: Huntingdontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: DC298**Water Quality Lead Starting salary from £53,000 dependent on skills & experience Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time Peterborough / Huntingdon****Be part of a once-in-a-generation programme!**Anglian Water is delivering one of the most ambitious infrastructure programmes in our history. This includes two multi-billion-pound new water reservoirs in the East of England: Fens and Lincolnshire.The reservoirs, and other, major projects will transform water supply across the region and secure a sustainable future for millions. We’re seeking an expert leader in water quality to play a pivotal role in safeguarding the drinking water quality delivered by these major projects — a career-defining opportunity for an experienced and passionate water quality scientist.This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of water quality management, ensuring that risks to drinking water are identified, assessed, and mitigated from source to tap. Your team will design and implement effective sampling programme, design and deliver water quality investigations and maintain regulatory compliance.The role involves significant stakeholder engagement, project management, and collaboration with both internal and external partners. As the Water Quality Lead you will be the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s primary contact for the development of the reservoirs.You will provide the necessary scientific service to the major projects team, customers and stakeholders. As a recognised technical expert, you will promote water quality science across the business, influence industry colleagues and regulators, and help build Anglian Water’s national reputation for scientific and public health excellence.**Key responsibilities*** Lead and develop the Water Quality Team, ensuring effective investigations and consistent approaches across operational areas.* Lead scientific responses to water quality events, minimising impact and protecting public health.* Own all aspects of customer communications regarding drinking water quality, striving for customer satisfaction and continuous improvement.* Develop and maintain relationships with Health Protection teams, Environmental Health Officers, and other external agencies.* Provide effective leadership, training, and development for the team, ensuring competence and health & safety compliance.* Promote water quality science across the business and represent the company on national working groups and at industry events.**As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:*** A competitive pension scheme where we double-match your contributions up to 6%* Private healthcare for your peace of mind* An annual bonus scheme* The opportunity to volunteer in your local community* 26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with service, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays* Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary)* Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle* Paid time off for illness, both physical and mental* Free parking at all office locations, sites, and leisure parks* Excellent family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks of paternity/partner pay, with the opportunity for shared parental leave* Educated to postgraduate level in a relevant scientific subject; chartered member of a professional body.* Proven leadership skills, ideally with a management qualification, and experience in water process science and public health.* Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.* Strong project management, IT, and problem-solving abilities.* Commercial and industry sector awareness, with the ability to think and operate both strategically and tactically.* Demonstrable expertise in training, coaching, and developing teams.**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.**Closing date: 11th January 2026****#loveverydrop**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 [e-mail]’To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our .Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.