Circa £75,000 – £80,000 depending on skills and experience + Car Allowance
Permanent, Full-time (With flexibility for part-time)
Location: Flexible across the Anglian Water Region
Anglian Water embraces a flexible working approach. This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, with an average of 3 days per week being onsite across the Anglian Water region.
Join the UK’s largest water company!
Anglian Water is preparing to deliver its largest-ever capital and operational maintenance programmes during AMP8. Across our region, we expect population growth of approximately 700,000 people, alongside increasing demand from homes and businesses.
We are proud of the fundamental role we play in enabling this growth. Safety is central to our values, and as we begin this new chapter, we will work closely with our colleagues and delivery partners to ensure it remains at the heart of everything we do.
As part of the continued development of our Supply Maintenance Delivery business unit, we are looking for an experienced Safety Business Partner to lead the SMD Safety Team.
As Safety Business Partner for Supply Maintenance Delivery, you will be the senior safety lead for the business unit, managing a team of Safety Professionals and providing visible, credible and independent safety leadership.
You will work closely with the Head of SMD, Directors, senior leaders, operational teams and delivery partners to establish clear safety priorities, strengthen assurance and improve the management of high-risk construction and maintenance activities.
The role will be pivotal in developing the capability of the SMD Safety Team and ensuring that leaders, colleagues and contractors receive consistent, practical and high-quality safety advice, challenge and support.
You will ensure that SMD has a robust safety strategy and measurable improvement plan aligned with Anglian Water’s Safer Every Day strategy and Annual Statement of Intent.
Lead, manage and develop the SMD Safety Team, setting clear expectations and ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality safety support, assurance and insight.
Provide leadership and assurance across high-risk activities, including confined spaces, lifting operations, excavation, temporary works, electrical safety, work at height, hazardous substances and complex operational interfaces.
Review incidents, near misses, audit findings and performance data to identify trends, underlying causes and opportunities for improvement.
Build strong relationships with operational teams, Capital Delivery, alliances, contractors and the wider Anglian Water Safety Team.
What does it take to be successful?
A proactive, analytical and pragmatic approach, with the ability to balance regulatory requirements, operational risk and delivery needs.
We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
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.
