**Permanent****Peterborough Office / Hybrid working****Full time, 37 hours a week, with the flexibility for part-time**Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your based location would be Thorpewood House in Peterborough.**Central Services** is a newly formed team at Anglian Water, dedicated to delivering safe, professional, collaborative and cost-effective maintenance and engineering support across the business. We play a vital role in helping the company achieve its strategic goals by providing a wide range of services—from electrical and statutory compliance, facilities and estate management, to engineering project delivery and technical support. Our portfolio also includes fleet and logistics management and plant services. Collaboration and high standards are at the heart of everything we do.We’re looking for a forward-thinking Planner to lead the development and management of project plans from design to delivery. In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with delivery teams and stakeholders to create impactful, resource-aware programmes that keep projects on track, reduce risk, and deliver value to our customers. You’ll also champion planning best practices, being curious, monitor progress, and ensure everyone stays aligned through clear communication and insightful reporting.**As a Planner, you’ll play a vital role in shaping project success across multiple areas:*** **Health & Safety** – Ensure planning supports exceptional safety performance, considering safety and productivity from the earliest design stages and aligning with Anglian Water’s core safety principles.* **Planning & Programme Management** – Lead the preparation, monitoring, and communication of robust project plans that align with constraints, drive efficiencies, and proactively manage risks and opportunities. Collaborate with the delivery team to maintain resource-loaded, high-quality programmes.* **Programme Communication & Quality** – Maintain clear visibility of both portfolio of projects and standalone project progress, advise on priorities, and ensure alignment between plans and cost forecasts. Drive continuous improvement and uphold planning standards.* **Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement** – Build strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders, tailoring communication of plans and progress to a variety of audiences to ensure understanding and alignment.* **Innovation & Transformation** – Foster a culture of innovation and improvement, embracing digital tools, and contributing to the wider water sector and engineering community.**As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:*** Personal private health care* 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service* Flexible working* Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%* Bonus scheme* Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.* Experience of planning of predominantly MEICA works within both Water and Water recycling areas which could include elements of civil and minor building projects, from solution to handover* Demonstrable live construction site experience in a delivery role with a contractor* Technical knowledge of construction techniques, principles and best practices* Experience of NEC programme delivery* Knowledge of current HSE requirements* High level of computer literacy* P6 experience* Ability to interrogate / take information from drawings and or specifications* Experience of leading collaborative planning processes* Knowledge of current HSE requirements* Engineering and/or Project Management Qualification**What We’re Looking For:**You’ll be a natural relationship builder with strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, able to understand different perspectives and adapt your approach accordingly. Organised and proactive, you’ll manage your workload effectively while confidently engaging with a wide range of stakeholders—presenting, influencing, and negotiating to drive success.Here at Anglian Water, we are one of the leading providers of water and water recycling services in the UK and our organisation is an industry benchmark for quality and customer service. But what makes us unique is our commitment to providing the development people need to make a real difference.Our career opportunities provide on-going learning and professional development within a challenging work environment, which provides a vital service for our customers.**Closing date: 25/03/2026****#loveeverydrop****#LI-ZP1****Circa £41k****, salary dependant on skills and experience**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 .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.
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