Circa£70,000(depending on skills and experience) + Car Allowance
Full time / Permanent/37 hours per week, with flexibility for part-time
Location: Flexible — based at one of our sites in Lincoln, Grantham, Huntingdon,Peterboroughor Cambridge
Anglian Water embraces a flexible working approach. This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, with an average of 3/4days per week onsite across the Anglian Water region.
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As we prepare to embark on our biggest ever capital and operational maintenance programmes in AMP8, Anglian Water is focused on ensuringhealthandsafetyremainsat the heart of everything we do. With population growth of around 700,000 expected across our region and increasing demand from businesses, we play a vital role in enabling sustainable growth — andwe’reproud of the impact we make every day.
To support this next chapter, we are expanding ourHealth andSafety Team andareseekingan experiencedHealth & Safety Leadtojoin us.
The IOS Safety Leadwillberesponsible forthe management and leadership of safety professionals who provide the technical safety and environmental support to construction activity carried out by the 3 IOS Framework Partners. The rolewillensurethat IOS has theappropriate healthand safety strategies and plans in place to achieve their business plans and drive a proactive safety culture in line with Safer Every Day.
The roleis responsible formaking tangible and realistic recommendations to improve health and safety performance in IOS, in line with the latest legal guidance.
The role reports into Capital Delivery Safety Business Partner but also works as a member of the IOS Management Team, advising Directors and Senior Managers on all aspects of health, safetywellbeingand environment.
This is a unique leadership role with influence across Alliance Directors, senior managers, front-line leaders, and partner contractors — helping shape strategy, ensuring compliance, and advancing Anglian Water’s vision for safety excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Provide strongclient-sidesupport on Health and Safetyin a construction function.
2. The provision of insight and making recommendations for mitigation from safety data.
3. Carry out thoroughinvestigations forall accidents that may occur in the IOS area of the business, ensuring that lessons learned are shared within the department but also wider within AWS.
4. Support IOS teams to develop and agree health and safety targets and outcome measures andidentifythe long-term strategy in line with Safer Every Day.
5. Implement an assurance process todemonstratecompliance to the statutory Health and Safety requirements relevant to all IOS activity and, provide information for continuous improvement.
6. Lead on the identification of any improvementsrequiredto Health and Safety policies and procedures, working with the Central Safety Team to have these incorporated into the AW Safety Management System.
7. Bring insights and ideas to challenge the thinking about how the partners within IOS can influence areas with health and safety shortcomings but also, highlight and share areas of best practice.
8. Ensure that your team of Health and Safety Advisors carry out active management, safetyauditsand inspections in line with set targets, ensuring that follow up actions are correctly recorded and acted uponin a timely manner.
9. Provide visible leadership, and targeted individual coaching and development, to your team of Safety Advisors, building their capability,skillsand experience, so they can deliver excellent standards of health and safety.
10. Develop and implement an environmental management strategy for IOS that aligns with AWS sustainabilityobjectivesand legal requirements.
11. Ensure compliance with all relevant environmental legislation, standards, and company policies across IOS activities.
12. Monitor, analyse, and report on environmental performance metrics, including waste management, emissions, and resource efficiency.
13. Identifyand mitigate environmental risks associated with IOS construction and operational activities.
Role Requirements:
14. Experience in a senior Health & Safety role
15. Degree or Diploma in Health & Safety
16. Chartered Member of IOSH or actively working toward chartership
17. Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence Directors and senior managers
18. Experience working with partner organisations and differing safety management systems
19. Evidence of driving continuous improvement in safety culture and performance
20. Excellent communication skills — written, verbal, and interpersonal
21. Proactive, analytical mindset with the ability to challenge constructively
22. Outstanding planning and organisational capabilities
23. A full UK Driving Licence
24. Applicants must live within the Anglian Water region to meet travel demands
As a valued employee,you’llbe entitled to:
25. Personal private health care
26. 26 days annual leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays (with flexible holiday swap options for religious observance)
27. Life cover at 8× salary
28. Personal accidentcoverup to 5× salary
29. Flexible working
30. Competitive pension scheme — Anglian Waterdouble matchescontributions up to 6%
31. Bonus scheme
32. Flexible benefits to support wellbeing and lifestyle
Inclusion at Anglian Water
Don'tmeet every requirement? Please still apply!
We value diversity of background, experience, and perspective. New ways of thinkinghelp us transform how we work and better represent the customers and communities we serve. Even if this exact roleisn'tthe right fit, your application could open doors to other opportunities across the organisation.
Closing date: 09/02/2026
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