Catchment to Coast Advisor – Bathing Water to Shellfish Circa £49,163 dependent on skills & experience Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time Suffolk / Essex Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team! The Catchment to Coast Advisor has a key role in supporting tourism and shellfish related economic growth. As a specialist in Water Recycling Public Health Risk Management, the post holder will work within the Catchment to Coast team to enhance Anglian Water’s coastal and inland water quality for both bathing and shell fisheries. They will work with relevant Catchment Advisors to ensure a source-to-sea approach to delivering our business priorities, consistent with our Purpose to bring environmental and social prosperity to our region. Key responsibilities Support delivery of coastal water environmental and investment obligations, including the management of third-party contractors and providing support to Asset Delivery Planning teams to ensure that capital solutions are sufficient to meet regulatory and business needs. Investigate water quality failures at a bathing water and shellfish beds to establish the sources of bacteriological loading, utilising the catchment based approach. Creating and delivering compliance action plans to address environmental performance risks identified by the impact assessment work, and compiling management information to make capital investment recommendations to governance and assurance committees. Lead on focused project work with contractors, external technical experts, the Environment Agency and other stakeholders to devise investigation programmes to establish the root cause of bacterial pollution at bathing and shellfish coastal waters, including new and emerging areas of science such as nutrient loading risk. Support with the development of the bathing and shellfish water public health risk management strategy. Act as a point of contact for regulators at a regional level with regards to public health risk for bathing and shellfish waters. Representing Anglian Water at external meetings with senior regulators and other senior stakeholders such as local government leaders, MPs etc Play a leading role in the Anglian Water in solution development, appraisal, challenge and preferred option for proposed capital schemes of coastal assets. Work with other business streams and enabling functions to work collaboratively towards common and aligned goals. Provide specialist technical expertise and own the development of the bathing and shellfish waters future Water Industry business plans including engagement with the Environment Agency. 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 What does it take to be successful? Degree Educated Experience of successful collaborative working Programme and project management experience Specialist knowledge of Water Recycling operations and their public health risk An understanding of Bathing Water and Shellfish Water Regulations An understanding of coastal hydraulics and marine modelling Experience of successfully representing the organisation externally at a senior level Excellent communication and engagement skills Ability to facilitate meetings with a variety of stakeholders Confident in the delivery and receipt of difficult messages Excellent organisational and record keeping skills Ability to adapt, challenge and change Proactive, with the ability to think strategically 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 #loveeverydrop 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. 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