Location
Roles available region wide. Please note your placements may vary across the region and departments, so flexibility is essential.

Hours
Full Time, Permanent role starting September 2027.

Salary
£33,000 per year

About the Role
Help shape the future of water, the environment and the communities we serve. With a plan worth over £11 billion of investment, Anglian Water is building for better — for you, for the communities served, and for the environment. Join the Water Recycling Graduate Programme and tackle some of the biggest environmental and infrastructure challenges facing the region. From climate resilience and major engineering projects to digital innovation and customer experience, you will develop the skills, experience and support needed to become one of our future leaders or specialists.

The water industry is rapidly evolving, creating exciting opportunities for the next generation of talent. At Anglian Water, you will work on real challenges that matter, developing expertise across your chosen profession while contributing to projects that support customers, communities and the environment. You will learn from experienced colleagues, take on meaningful responsibility and build the skills, knowledge and confidence to shape your future career while helping shape the future of water.

Through this structured two-year programme, you will gain hands-on experience across various operational teams, developing the knowledge, skills and leadership capability needed to lead complex operational teams in the future. Placements will expose you to operational leadership aspects including responding to incidents, managing risks, maintaining service performance, identifying opportunities for improvement, working directly with operational teams, understanding financial and commercial decisions, transforming waste into valuable resources, and gaining insight into water production, distribution networks, customer outcomes and operational performance.

You will also develop an understanding of safety leadership, risk management and regulatory responsibilities. Shadowing opportunities across supporting teams will provide valuable insight into decision-making and leadership. Throughout the programme, you will be supported by mentors, technical experts and operational leaders while delivering meaningful projects that create real value for the business.

This is more than a graduate programme; it is a pathway to becoming a confident, capable operational leader with the breadth of experience needed to drive performance, innovation and continuous improvement across operational teams.

Experience
We are looking for curious, ambitious individuals who enjoy solving problems, working collaboratively and bringing different perspectives to challenges. No specific prior experience is required, but a passion for technology and the water industry is essential.

About you
• Curious and eager to learn
• Ambitious and collaborative
• Passionate about technology and the water industry
• Flexible and adaptable to varied placements across the region and departments

Qualifications
You must have obtained, in the last 3 years or be studying towards, a minimum 2:2 degree in any discipline and be graduated by September 2027 for the 2027 intake.