Water Resourcing Licensing Manager

Salary:Circa 45000 depending on skills and experience
Permanent Full time(With options for Part-Time)
Location:Flexible within the Anglian Water region with regular travelto central offices

Join us at Anglian Water and play a critical role in protecting one of our most precious resources water. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of sustainable water resource management ensuring that abstractions across our region are compliant responsible and aligned with our commitment to enhancing the natural environment.

Our region includes some of the UKs most environmentally sensitive catchments. AsAbstraction Licensing Manageryoullbe central to ensuring abstraction activities are sustainably managed and compliant with regulatory requirements helping us meet increasing environmental expectations from regulators stakeholders and the communities we serve. This is more than a technical role itsa chance to make a real impact on the future of water and the natural environment.

About the role

Reporting to theAbstraction Compliance and Assurance Managerthe Abstraction Licensing Manageris responsible forthe end-to-end management of abstraction licences across the Anglian Water region. You will lead on compliance monitoring regulatory reporting licence applications and financial oversight ensuring robust processes are in place and no regulatory commitments are missed.

This is abusiness criticalrole requiring strong attention to detail excellent organisational skills and the confidence to interpret complex regulations and communicate technical information clearly across the business.

Key responsibilities

• Lead abstraction licence compliance monitoring including daily checks and compliance investigations

• Ensure accuracy and integrity of all abstraction licence and monitoring datasets

• Producehigh-qualityregulatory submissions including abstraction returns andself-reporting

• Act as technical lead on abstraction licensing mattersadvisingand supporting internal stakeholders

• Manage abstraction licence applications renewals variations transfers and revocations

• Oversee abstraction licence financials including annual fees charges and derogation payments

• Support enhanced modelling and analysis forhigh-risk(hot) licence reviews

• Maintainaccuratecorporate records of all licence conditions and changes

• Work collaboratively with external bodies including the Environment Agency and technical consultants

• Support EIR requests and contribute to audit and assurance activities

• Mentor and share knowledge within the team to strengthen capability and resilience

Required skills and experience

• Educated to HNC level or equivalent NVQ

• Experience in water resource managementorenvironmental assessment(Desirable)

• Strong experience working with large datasets data analysis and reporting

• Confidence interpreting regulatory legal and licence documentation

• Experience managing regulatory submissions and compliance processes

• Strong communicationand stakeholder engagement skills

• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail

• Confidenceand experience in owning large and complexfinancial processes and budget oversight

• Experience using telemetry systems (Desirable)

• Ability to manage your own workload and priorities effectively

As a valued employeeyoullbe entitled to:

• Personal private health care

• 26 days annual leave rising with service plus Bank Holidays

• Optionto swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

• Life cover at 8x your salary

• Personal accidentcoverup to 5x your salary

• Flexible working options

• Competitive pension scheme Anglian Waterdoublematchesyour contribution up to 6%

• Bonus scheme

• A wide range of flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

Why Anglian Water

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world andwereproud of the difference we make every day. We put people at the heart of our business and champion innovation collaboration and sustainability to protect our environment now and for future generations.

Ifyourepassionate about environmental protection enjoy working with complex data and regulations and want to make a tangible differencewedlove to hear from you.

Closing Date:10/05/2026

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