Group Health and Safety Compliance Manager

Circa 95000 per annum based on experienceplus Car Allowance

Full time/37 hrs a week/permanent

Location: Flexible across the Anglian Water region

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach to working this role provides you the opportunity to combine working from home and from an Anglian Water site. You will be working on sites across the Anglian Water region.

Make every drop of your potential count

Are you a strategic and visionary Health & Safety leader ready to shape the safety culture of a major utility organisation At Anglian Water were not just committed to compliancewere pioneering a safer smarter future for our people and partners. As our Group Health and Safety Compliance Manager youll be at the forefront of this transformation driving excellence across our diverse business units and influencing safety standards across the UK water industry.

This is a rare opportunity to join a purpose-driven organisation where your expertise will directly impact thousands of lives and help us achieve our ambition of a Safer Every Day culture. Youll work alongside senior leaders act as the deputy for the Group Head of Safety represent Anglian Water externally and be able to shape the strategic direction of health and safety across a diverse and ever-growing organisation.

As a valued employee youll be entitled to:

-Competitive pension scheme Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

-Personal private health care

-Annual bonus scheme

-Opportunity to volunteer do unpaid work in the community

-26 days leave rising with service Bank Holidays with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

-Life Cover at 8x your salary

-Personal Accident cover up to 5x your salary

-Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

-Paid time off when youre physically and mentally unwell

-Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme

-Free parking at all offices site and leisure parks

-Excellent family friendly policies such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave as well as 4 weeks paternity / partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay.

What youll be doing:

- Deputising and Representation: Deputise for the Head of Health and Safety representing the function at Board and Executive Forums and contributing to strategic leadership across the organisation.

- Strategic Business Partnering: Collaborate with Directors and senior leaders across our non-regulated businesses to embed the Safer Every Day culture aligning safety strategies with business goals and investment decisions.

- Leadership and Team Development: Lead and develop a team of safety professionals fostering a culture of continuous improvement professional growth and high performance across the wider safety function.

- Corporate Safety Reporting: Own and deliver accurate insightful safety performance reports for Anglian Water and its partners highlighting emerging risks and driving data-informed decision-making at Board level.

- Policy and System Ownership: Through your team lead the development review and governance of all corporate safety policies procedures and systems ensuring alignment with legislation ISO standards and best practice.

- External Audit and Accreditation: Act as the lead for all external safety audits and accreditation processes maintaining strong relationships with regulatory bodies such as the HSE and Water UK.

- Risk Management and Compliance: Ensure robust risk monitoring and drive improvements in COSHH task-based risk assessments and other key compliance areas.

What does it take to be successful

- Extensive Senior-Level Experience: A proven track record in a senior Health & Safety leadership role ideally within a complex multi-stakeholder environment. Experience of directly managing people is essential.

- Professional Qualifications: Degree or Diploma in Health and Safety.

- Strategic and Analytical Thinking: Ability to interpret complex information and offer insight from this to influence corporate decisions. A proven ability to write and implement strategic initiatives is essential.

- Policy and Systems Expertise: Demonstrated experience in developing and managing corporate safety policies procedures and Safety Management Systems.

- Stakeholder Engagement: Strong team orientated communication and influencing skills with experience working alongside Boards Directors and external partners.

- Leadership and Coaching: A confident and empathetic leader with a passion for developing people building capability and a high-performance culture.

- Adaptability and Curiosity: A flexible forward-thinking professional who embraces change seeks out best practices and is committed to continuous improvement.

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

At Anglian Water equality Inclusion and diversity is the responsibility of all employees and our Management Board actively supports our goal to embed an inclusive culture through sponsoring initiatives around health and ability; race and ethnicity; religion and belief; age; gender; sexuality and gender identity; and social mobility.

Closing date: 5th August 2025

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