Regulation Compliance Specialist Water and Envt

Regulation Compliance Specialist Water and Environment
From 47000 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time
Huntingdon

Two positions available

Are you passionate about protecting the environment and ensuring high standards in water quality Dive into a world of opportunity and join our team!

We are looking for a Regulation Compliance Specialist (Drinking Water and Environment) to join our new Quality Regulation and Compliance Team and help safeguard compliance across drinking water and environmental obligations

You will play a vital role in supporting our Regulation Compliance team in assessing and validating compliance activities for drinking water and environmental obligations. Working closely with first line teams you will ensure accuracy and completeness of data and documentation. Your work will help maintain trust with regulators and stakeholders while ensuring we meet our legal and environmental responsibilities.

You will also represent Anglian Water in national forums influence policy development and support internal teams with compliance monitoring and reporting. It will involve delivering improvement initiatives support training and awareness and help embed learning from investigations into operational practices. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact and contribute to continuous improvement across the business.

Key responsibilities

• Liaise with the Drinking Water Inspectorate Environment Agency and Defra to share performance updates key developments and maintain collaborative relationships
• Review and assess compliance information and documentation submitted by operational teams
• Identify inconsistencies and advise on corrective actions to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Participate in national forums and policy development discussions.
• Prepare detailed reports and contribute to regulatory submissions and internal decision-making.
• Implement compliance monitoring procedures and support targeted investigations.
• Promote continuous improvement and embed learning from investigations into operational practices.

As a valued employee you will be entitled to:

• A competitive pension scheme where we double-match your contributions up to 6%
• Private healthcare for your peace of mind
• An annual bonus scheme
• The opportunity to volunteer in your local community
• 26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays) increasing with service with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays
• Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary)
• Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle
• Paid time off for illness both physical and mental
• Free parking at all office locations sites and leisure parks
• Excellent family-friendly policies including 26 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks of paternity/partner pay with the opportunity for shared parental leave

What does it take to be successful

• Degree (or equivalent qualification /experience) in environmental science water regulation or related discipline.
• Experience in compliance data review and familiarity with environmental permits and drinking water quality regulations. It is recognised experience may be preferentially drinking water or environmental.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with excellent attention to detail.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with ability to build trust.
• Proficiency with data management and reporting tools.
• Curious proactive and committed to continuous learning and improvement.
• Full UK driving licence

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer which means we will 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 are committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 18th January 2026

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