Groundwater Asset Project Manager in Southend-on-Sea

Location: Flexible around the Anglian Water region, with ability to travel to sites when required.

Salary – circa £45,000 depending on skills and experience

Benefits include:

• £450 per month car allowance
• Personal private health care
• Virtual GP service for you and your household
• Double-matched pension

Working within a highly regulated industry, we provide a critical resource ensuring we can provide homes and businesses with a resilient and safe supply of running water. Essential to delivering a consistent service to our customers are our Water Resources & Drought team, who are looking for a new member to join their Groundwater Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialist technical team, responsible for the maintenance and operability of over 450 boreholes that provide 50% of Anglian Water’s raw water supply.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work closely with our in-house groundwater engineers and wider Groundwater Team to manage technical projects and wider programmes of work associated with the delivery of borehole maintenance and groundwater-focused projects.
• Track expenditure against project/programme budgets and provide monthly updates on project spend, forecasts and outputs, raising key delivery risks and driving efficiencies.
• Ensure all activities are fully compliant with Anglian Water H&S procedures, including CDM (2015) Regulations.
• Provide visible leadership on site and conduct regular active management site visits and audits to ensure full H&S compliance.
• Develop close working relationships and build trust with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure projects comply with all regulatory requirements, such as discharge consents/permits, abstraction licences and Regulation 31 (Materials in Contact).
• Ensure pollution risks and abstraction licence compliance are front of mind during all projects, contributing towards environmental performance targets.
• Safe and effective management of contractors in accordance with Anglian Water procedures.
• Ensure operational risks from projects are minimised by working closely with frontline operational teams and producing impact plans.
• Produce high quality technical reports to ensure project findings are thoroughly documented.
• Collaborate with the wider business and industry to actively seek out new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.
• Support with the definition of future digital needs for the groundwater maintenance programme and support with implementation of digital improvements to drive efficiency.
• As required, support with the response to groundwater and borehole operability issues across the Anglian Water region, for example, drought and summer demand.

Qualifications:

• First degree in relevant subject area (e.g. science, engineering)
• Preferably have post graduate qualification in hydrogeology or related subject
• Experience managing projects
• A delivery-focused mindset with strong organisational skills and a can-do attitude.
• An interest in (or willingness to learn about) groundwater systems and how boreholes are constructed and operated
• Awareness of regulatory environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• UK driving licence.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care including physiotherapy
• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Life Assurance at 8 times your salary
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5 times your salary
• Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell
• An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family including enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave policies.

Inclusion at Anglian Water: We welcome everyone! As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all qualified applicants, no matter their gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We hire and nurture based on merit and a shared passion for making positive impacts. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong & can use every drop of their potential.

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.

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.

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.