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Network Manager - Water Recycling
Apply locations Basildon Southend-on-Sea Tilbury, Essex time type Full time posted on Posted Today time left to apply End Date: August 11, 2025 (11 days left to apply) job requisition id R32929
Network Manager – Water Recycling
Circa £ 56 ,000 - depending on skills and experience + car allowance
Permanent, Full time, 37 hours a week
Location: Basildon /Southend/Tilbury Area
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Water Recycling is at the heart of ouroperations.The key services that we are responsible for aredelivered by ourin-house, highly skilled workforce. We collect and treat the water that customers have used, returning it to the environment via rivers and coastal outlets. Our network includes 76,000 kilometres of sewers which feed over 1,000 water recycling centres. Would you like to be part of a team who responsible for the safe and sustainable operation and maintenance of our water recyclingassets?
As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
- Personal private health care
- An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family
- 2 6 days annual leave – rising with length of service
- Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6% (18% total)
- Bonus scheme
- Life Assurance – 8x your salary
- Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
- Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell
What will you be doing?
The WR Network Manager will be responsible for the operational management of the Water Recycling Network team and the Water Recycling collection system from customers’ homes to the receiving Water Recycling Centre, at optimal cost whilst complying with all relevant statutory requirements and company policies.
Whilst doing this, you will be required to deliver excellent customer service and will be passionate about avoiding any adverse effects on the environment, customers, and downstream treatment processes.
Duties will include:
* Lead and inspire a team of 20+ Field Technicians and Senior Networ k Technicians, with a Support Manager to achieve targets while maintaining a “ Safer Every Day ” and great customer service mentality.
* Have great stakeholder management skills and be able to build relationships at all levels, including presenting to MPs, Councils and the Southend Water Summit.
* Reducing significant pollution incidents, Internal and external floodings. All while placing the customer as the heart of what we do.
* Financial control to achieve the successful delivery of a large budget (circa £3m)
* Ensuring that planned and reactive work are carried out safely and effectively to collect and convey sewage, whilst meeting all regulatory, LoS requirements and avoiding adverse effects on downstream treatment processes
* As asset owner for sewers and rising mains, collaborating and supporting Maintenance colleagues to ensure effective operations across catchments as well as effective maintenance and investment
* Effectively managing operational incidents and escalating appropriately
* Building, adapting and reviewing planned work schedules (PPM and MST’s) to ensure assets are maintained to prevent incidents within confines of budget
* Ensuring assets are maintained in accordance with standards, service levels and company policy
* Critically reviewing asset history and job data to enhance infrastructure performance, service and efficiency
* Identifying capital investment needs and promote business cases.
What does it take to be a Network Manager?
* A Strong ability to lead is essential, especially while juggling multiple demands from the business. Communication and build ing collaborative relationships with your team, wider Anglian Water teams, our Contractors and th e Environment Agenc y is also essential to the role.
* Management of operational service provision, suppliers, and contractors
* Professional qualification in technical or management arena is desirable
* Demonstrable experience in the management of teams in an operational environment
* Experience of H&S legislation and its application in the workplace
* Practical experience of the operation of Water Recycling collection infrastructure is desirable
* Experience of financial management is desirable
* Strong communicator who can liaise with both internal and external customers including regulatory bodies
* Working knowledge of the key legislation impacting WR Networks (e.g., H&SAWA, WIA, NRSWA, EPA) is desirable but not e ssential
* Full driving licence
* Competent user of IT
Why Anglian Water?
Here at Anglian Water, we are striving to do the right thing for our people, customers, and our environment. Our culture involves collaborative, innovative and inspiring work putting people at the heart of our business, and we truly love what we do! We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.
Closing date:11/08
Interview Date: 26/08
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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 get reach out to our team resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk ’
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