Salary:&nbsp;Circa £42,000&nbsp;- £51,000
Location(s): Flexible across Anglian Water region&nbsp; Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time (With flexibility for part-time)
We're&nbsp;looking for a talented Programme Controller who can combine strong analytical skills, financial acumen, and stakeholder engagement to drive the successful delivery of multi-million-pound&nbsp;Water&nbsp;capital programmes that make a real difference to our customers and communities.
In this role,&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;provide comprehensive programme governance, performance monitoring, financial&nbsp;control &amp; overview, and reporting across a diverse portfolio of projects. Working closely with Programme Managers, Project Managers, Finance&nbsp;teams&nbsp;and delivery partners,&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;help ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and with maximum business benefit.
What&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;be doing
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<li>Assuring&nbsp;programme&nbsp;&nbsp;costs,&nbsp;outputs,&nbsp;deliverables&nbsp;and risks
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<li>Developing and&nbsp;maintaining&nbsp;programme control&nbsp;processes, governance&nbsp;frameworks&nbsp;and performance&nbsp;indicators.
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<li>Planning &amp;&nbsp;Tracking&nbsp;programme costs,&nbsp;outputs&nbsp;,&nbsp;risks, milestones, and delivery performance.
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<li>Producing insightful management reports, dashboards, KPIs, forecasts, and variance analysis.
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<li>Supporting investment decisions through programme profiling, forecasting, and risk assessments.
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<li>Identifying&nbsp;delivery risks,&nbsp;programme&nbsp;slippage&nbsp;and opportunities for performance improvement.
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<li>Managing change control processes and assessing the impact of programme changes.
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<li>Working with stakeholders across the business to drive efficient delivery and continuous improvement.
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<li>Using cost and performance data to&nbsp;identify&nbsp;value added&nbsp;opportunities.
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<li>Continuously improving processes to better control costs and delivery.
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</ul>
What&nbsp;we're&nbsp;looking for
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<li>A team player
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<li>Proven experience in programme&nbsp;and PMO environments.
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<li>Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
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<li>Experience with financial control principles,&nbsp;procurement&nbsp;and cost&nbsp;control&nbsp;systems.
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<li>Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and manipulate complex data.
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<li>Understanding of risk management principles and programme governance.
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<li>Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage&nbsp;changing&nbsp;priorities.
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<li>Experience producing&nbsp;bespoke&nbsp;reports.
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<li>Ability to influence&nbsp;and&nbsp;constructively&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;drive improvement.
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<li>Good understanding of business systems and applications, including SAP.
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<li>Excels in a busy, fast-paced setting, consistently meeting deadlines and performance targets.
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<li>Basic knowledge of the water industry and water supply systems.
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We invest in our people - as a valued employee,&nbsp;you’ll&nbsp;be entitled to:
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<li>Personal private health care
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<li>Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
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<li>24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
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<li>26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
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<li>Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
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<li>Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
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<li>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
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<li>Bonus scheme
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<li>Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
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</ul>
Ready to make a difference?
If you’re passionate about sustainability and want to influence one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us build a more sustainable future, one drop at a time.
Inclusion at Anglian Water:
​​Inclusion is for everyone, and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means&nbsp;we’ll&nbsp;consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability&nbsp;status&nbsp;or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and&nbsp;we’re&nbsp;committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.  &nbsp;​
Closing date:&nbsp;07/08/2026
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