Sampling Operations Manager

Salary: Circa £37,000

37 hours per week /12 month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Central Laboratory - Huntingdon

Due to the nature of this role, you'll have the opportunity to work from home or from our other offices / sites on occasion.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sampling Operations Manager to join the team based in Huntingdon.

What benefits do we offer?

Being a successful water company doesn't come easy! Our people are important to us and we want to make sure that we reward and recognise all of the great work that they do. Some of our benefits include:

- Bonus scheme

- Private health care

- Competitive pension scheme

- 26 days annual leave rising with length of service

- Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing

- Flexible working (dependent on your role)

- Plus lots more!

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the Regional Sampling Manager, you'll manage a team of Laboratory Samplers who are travelling the Anglian Water Region to collect regulatory and operational, clean water and environmental samples.

You'll manage the day to day workloads and operations to ensure the team are providing a timely, flexible and accurate service to our customers, whilst delivering sustainable operations through efficiency, lean methodology and innovative thinking.

Delivering a high quality service to stakeholders will be at the forefront of your thinking. You'll ensure methods and procedures are maintained and followed, ensure availability of supplies and services and ensure Service Level Agreements are adhered to.

Working closely with the Regional Sampling Manager and Senior Laboratory Operations Manager you'll develop your own and your team's potential, providing opportunities and promoting a positive working environment, carrying out 1:1 meetings and Personal Development Reviews.

You'll be required to participate in an operational management rota and standby.

What do you need?

You should have a thorough understanding of the sampling programmes, along with the ability to analyse, compare, interpret and make decisions based on data.

It's ideal if you have worked in a regulated environment and have experience of managing a team, you'll need the ability to identify development needs, seeking and providing opportunities.

It's essential that you can work to deadlines, deliver plans and implement them effectively.

It's ideal if you have a degree in a scientific field and you should hold or be working towards Chartered Status.

Working at Anglian Water

We are passionate and committed 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 also take Health and Safety very seriously in everything that we do.

There will be some travel involved to our different office locations around the area we serve.

Closing Date 19th April 2024

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