Salary: £56,000 + Shift Allowance Location: Wing Water Treatment Works, Rutland Permanent | 24/7 Shift Pattern At Anglian Water, we're committed to delivering safe, resilient water supplies for our customers every day. As a System Operator, you'll play a critical role in overseeing and optimising one of the largest and most strategically important water supply systems in our region, helping to supply over half of our production output. This is an exciting opportunity for an operationally minded professional who thrives on real-time decision making, problem solving and working collaboratively across multiple teams to maintain system performance and resilience. What You'll Be Doing As a System Operator, you'll maintain a whole-system view of production, demand, storage, transfers, asset availability and operational risk. You'll proactively monitor system performance, identify emerging issues and coordinate operational actions to ensure customers continue receiving a safe and reliable water supply. Monitoring live system performance against production plans. Taking or coordinating operational actions to maintain network balance and resilience. Identifying and escalating emerging operational risks. Supporting incident response and managing periods of elevated system risk. Working closely with operational, maintenance, water quality and planning teams. Using telemetry, operational data and forecasts to inform decision making. Contributing to continuous improvement of system control, automation and operational performance. Maintaining accurate operational records and delivering effective shift handovers. What does it take to be a System Operator? Qualified to HNC/HND level, or equivalent operational experience Experience within water supply operations or a comparable operational environment Strong understanding of water supply systems, production, storage and distribution principles Experience using operational data, telemetry or monitoring systems to support decision-making Ability to identify, assess and escalate operational risks effectively Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Ability to remain calm under pressure and make sound operational decisions Desirable Experience Experience in water production, system control or production planning Knowledge of SCADA, telemetry or control systems Experience managing operational incidents, outages or periods of increased system risk Understanding of network operations, water quality and system resilience We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:   Personal private health care    Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21% 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household  26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more   Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)   Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary) Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay  Bonus scheme     Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.     We may offer part time/flexible working depending on the role requirements, this can be discussed openly at interview. Inclusion at Anglian Water:      We value the representation & diversity within our communities.  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.             Closing date: 24/11/2026 #loveeverydrop        If you are offered a job with us, you will be subject to the relevant/standard employment checks, including: your right to work in the UK, reference, driving licence and identity check. Depending on your role, you may also be subject to a criminal record check and a drug and alcohol test.        We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated 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 want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team [email protected]’ To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date. If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice. Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.

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