Programme Manager (Water Recycling) Location: Within the East Anglia area: Peterborough, Huntingdon, Milton Keynes, Norfolk and Colchester Contract: Permanent/Full time Salary: circa £80,000 dependent on experience and skills At Anglian Water our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring. Who are we? Here within Anglian Water, we collaborate with a number of alliance partners to provide the best water recycling services across the region by maintaining our existing assets and undertaking new projects to safeguard future water supplies. Playing a key part in our drive to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop are our Integrated Operational Solutions (IOS) Alliance. Comprising of Anglian Water, MGroup, Barhale and Kier, the IOS Alliance work together to concentrate on solutions across the water recycling asset base. What will you be doing as our Programme Manager (Water Recycling)? You'll be responsible for leading and overseeing multiple project executions, ensuring profitability, efficiency, and compliance with corporate targets ensuring delivered to time, cost and quality measures. The role requires a strategic approach to project management, financial control, and resource allocation while maintaining strong relationships with Client stakeholders , supply chain, subcontractors, Internal functions and 3rd Party stakeholders. You will be the lead in reporting into governance groups for ensuring that all programmes of work/efficiency targets are measured accordingly against targets in terms of cost, benefit, performance, efficiencies, delivery and timescales. This includes the project management expertise to be able to assess multiple opportunities, identify dependencies and generate appropriate programme of work. This will lead on key initiatives, including programme managing and assuring the delivery of programmes of work and will be accountable for identifying risks to the programme outputs. Resolving conflicts and issues where necessary, to ensure that the appropriate mitigation measures are recommended and implemented. You will report on the progress and communicate to stakeholders the specific business initiatives and investments that have been identified. You will identify future opportunities, prepare business cases, develop project groups/workstreams and track performance to ensure the overarching strategy and vision for the programme is realised. A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours Engineering, Quantity Surveyor or similar Degree qualification Multi-disciplined construction experience Ideally extensive operations management experience across a broad spectrum of building disciplines with proven commercial, contractual and human resource management skills Proven track record of improved client relationships through successful project delivery Achievement of improved safety performance and industrial relations management Engaging and retaining high quality staff to achieve high performance levels. Proven history in effective programme management Ability to influence a range of stakeholders including external groups Broad understanding of the regulatory and operating environment Proven short, medium and long-term planning experience across wide areas of the business Drives continuous improvement of process and service Why Anglian Water? At Anglian Water, our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure their hard work is recognised and rewarded. Some of our benefits include: Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6% Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paternity / partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay. Personal private health care Annual bonus scheme Up to 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks Life Cover at 8x your salary Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary 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. If you feel this role is your next move within the industry and you display these skill sets and attributes, then please apply today. Closing date: 18th December 2025 #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. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team 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. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice. 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.