Operational Planning Manager

Operational Planning Manager– Drive a Greener Future with the @One Alliance
Location: Peterborough / Hybrid

Who are we?

We’re the @one Alliance – a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

As we prepare for AMP8, our most ambitious period yet, we’ll be delivering an even broader range of innovative and environmentally-driven infrastructure projects – from urban drainage to nature-based solutions like constructed wetlands.

Why join us?

As an Operational Planning Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth, safe, and efficient operation of our water and water recycling assets. This is a new role and a great opportunity to be involved in the first collaborative position within this department, with the chance to develop and shape it going forward. You’ll have the unique opportunity to work closely with diverse teams—Network, Supply, @one, and Restoration—to proactively identify and approve planned work that upholds system integrity and quality. Your decisions will directly impact the prevention of incidents, pollution, and operational disruptions, helping us deliver exceptional service to our customers. Supported by the dynamic @one Alliance and embedded within Tactical Operations, this role offers variety and the chance to influence operational excellence across multiple facets of our water networks. If you’re passionate about making a difference through smart, strategic planning and collaborative problem-solving, this is the role for you.
 

What you’ll be doing:

🟢 Collaborate closely with Network, Supply, @one, and Restoration teams to identify, approve, and challenge operational work and solutions across water networks and sites.

🟢 Proactively monitor workloads and operational systems to optimize asset performance and resource management, ensuring excellent customer service.

🟢 Provide clear, accurate operational decision-making to support the achievement of company performance targets.

🟢 Participate in lessons learned, post-event analysis, and near-miss evaluations to implement corrective and preventative actions.

🟢 Manage operational risk via robust governance, including approval of Major Impact plans and promoting awareness of the Planned Work Approval system.

🟢 Chair planned work panels/meetings for high-risk Major Impact Plan approvals and ensure consistency and compliance with operational standards (POSWSH/POSWASTE).

🟢 Support team development by coaching, mentoring, and promoting a culture aligned with the Love Every Drop strategy.

🟢 Lead system exploitation initiatives, challenge stakeholders, monitor key sites for trends, and demonstrate benefits from proactive operational improvements.

What you’ll bring:

✅ Qualifications & Experience: Hold a degree or equivalent (NVQ 6/HND), SMSTS certified, with extensive networks/supply experience and regulatory knowledge in the water sector.
✅ Leadership & Influence: Skilled in managing, leading, and influencing stakeholders across business and industry levels; initiates and drives technical discussions and change.
✅ Technical Mentoring & Coaching: Proven track record in mentoring and training technical colleagues with successful outcomes; provides constructive feedback and supports development.
✅ Strong Personal & Professional Skills: Demonstrates responsibility, resilience, adaptability, creative problem-solving, excellent communication, and effective time/priorities management.
✅ Industry Knowledge & Continuous Development: Maintain wide business networks, understands industry policies and initiatives, keeps excellent records, and commits to ongoing personal and team development.
 

Our vision and values:

The @One Alliance is more than just a delivery organisation—it’s a movement. We’re a collaborative team committed to driving change and delivering sustainable outcomes for our communities. Our vision is to help Anglian Water achieve Net Zero operational carbon by 2030, while creating climate-resilient assets that will benefit future generations.

We live by our values:

Build trust
Do the right thing
Always explore

Ready to help us reduce carbon, drive innovation, and deliver a sustainable future?
 

Apply today and help us shape a safer, smarter, and more sustainable future.

Closing date 25th July 2025.