Overview

Job Title: Health & Safety Procedure Review Lead

Circa £54,855 depending on skills and experience

​​9-month Fixed-Term Contract, Full-time (With flexibility for part-time)

Location: ​Flexible across the Anglian Water Region​  

 

​​Anglian Water embraces a flexible working approach. This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, with an average of 3 days per week being onsite across the Anglian Water region.​  

​​Join the UK’s largest water company!​   

​​At Anglian Water we are readying ourselves to begin delivery of our biggest ever capital and operational maintenance programmes in AMP8. Across our region we’ll see population growth of around 700,000 people and more demand than ever before from businesses.  

We’re proud to play a key role in enabling this growth while keeping safety at the heart of what we do. As part of this journey, we are looking for a Health & Safety Procedure Review Lead to support the evolution of our safety management system.

In this role, you will lead a comprehensive review and refresh of our safety management procedures, ensuring they are clear, practical, and aligned to legal requirements. You’ll play a key role in simplifying complex content and ensuring our people understand exactly what they must do to work safely.

You’ll also work closely with the Safer Every Day Programme and wider stakeholders to consult on, communicate, and embed these improvements across the business.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Reviewing and simplifying health & safety procedures to ensure clarity, consistency, and legal compliance

  • Creating a prioritised plan to update procedures, focusing on higher-risk areas first

  • Ensuring procedures clearly define responsibilities, mandatory requirements, and scope

  • Removing duplication, unnecessary detail, and overly complex language

  • Working with stakeholders to ensure procedures reflect real ways of working

  • Leading consultation activities, including presenting proposed changes and gathering feedback

  • Supporting the development and delivery of communication plans for updated procedures

  • Owning the update and finalisation of procedures following consultation

 

What does it take to be successful?

  • NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)

  • Strong experience working with safety management systems aligned to ISO 45001

  • Up-to-date knowledge of UK health & safety legislation

  • Experience working as a Safety Professional within a complex organisation

  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to simplify technical information into clear, user-friendly content

  • Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Ability to manage workloads effectively and deliver to deadlines

  • A continuous improvement mindset and curiosity to explore better ways of working

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 

  • 25 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.    

Inclusion at Anglian Water:  

​​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: 16/07/2026

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