Environmental Risk Reduction Technician in Lincoln

Starting Salary £37,960 per annum - this role also has the benefit of a company van for business use.

Location: Base can be within the Anglian Water Region

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, with flexibility for part-time working

Water Recycling is at the heart of our operations. Our skilled in‐house teams collect and treat used water, returning it safely to the environment via rivers and coastal outlets. With over 76,000 kilometres of sewers and more than 1,000 Water Recycling Centres, we play a critical role in protecting our region’s environment.

As an Environmental Risk Reduction Technician, you will help protect our environment by driving down pollution risk across our Water Recycling Centres (WRCs) and Pumping Stations (PSs). Your primary focus will be delivering proactive site audits, ensuring compliance, and identifying improvements to prevent pollution events. You will work closely with local Operations teams, offering specialist support, sharing best practice and helping embed consistent standards across the region.

• Deliver proactive audits across WRCs and PSs, raising and tracking actions to completion.
• Complete assurance checks on local audits to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Identify recurring issues and themes, sharing insights with the Process Performance Team.
• Support Environment Agency OSM audits, providing technical guidance and helping embed improvements.
• Produce and maintain Environmental Risk Management Plans (ERMPs).
• Support the rollout of pollution‐prevention initiatives and standardised processes.
• Carry out assurance checks on environmental policies and operational compliance.
• Provide clear feedback, coaching and best‐practice guidance to Operations teams.

• Understanding of Water Recycling processes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship‐building skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple operational areas.
• IT literate (Excel, Word, Office 365) and experience using systems such as IRIS and SAP would be advantageous.
• Commitment to environmental protection and continuous improvement.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Confident communicator (written and verbal) with the ability to interpret and present technical data clearly to different stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills, including data handling and spreadsheet proficiency (functions, formulas, linking, sorting).
• Full UK driving licence.

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.

Inclusion at Anglian Water: Join us and make a real difference. We are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We support the Social Mobility Pledge, are signatories to Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant, are accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, and proudly support the Women’s Utility Network.

If you are passionate about protecting the environment and want to develop your career with a company that values your contribution, please apply today.

Closing Date: 23rd June

Interview Dates: 1st July onwards

About Us: 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 reach out to our team at resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk. 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.

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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.