Salary: From £64,000, dependent on skills and experience + car allowance 
Permanent, Full-time, with flexibility for part-time. 
Base Location: Flexible throughout the Anglian Water region – Hybrid remote  

Lincoln, Peterborough, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Ipswich or Colchester. 

Make every drop of your career count. Join our team and start making a real difference where it matters! 

Our Water Services team clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out. We borrow water from the environment, store it and treat it to world-class standards to supply safe drinking water to 4.3 million customers in towns and villages from Grimsby in the northeast of our region to Milton Keynes at the south-western tip. 

We have an exciting opportunity for an RCM Enablement Manager to join our Maintenance Strategy & Asset Health team. 

You will lead the enablement and delivery of our Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) programme for AMP8 and beyond. You will act as the central enablement lead for maintenance strategy across Water Supply, embedding RCM as the core methodology and driving the shift from reactive maintenance to proactive, predictive and data-led approaches. 

Leading a specialist team of Maintenance Standards Leads, Asset Strategy professionals and Operational Data Technicians, you will build capability across Water Supply and embed a culture of maintenance excellence. 

This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll influence how we maintain a vast asset base, including over 150 treatment works, 800 tanks and 8,000 pumps, ensuring improved reliability, performance and long-term efficiency. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the development and delivery of the RCM strategy and roadmap, embedding it across Water Supply 

• Define and implement structured maintenance methodologies, including failure mode analysis, criticality and risk-based planning 

• Drive the transition from reactive to proactive and condition-based maintenance approaches 

• Ensure maintenance strategies are supported by accurate, structured asset data and digital tools (e.g. SAP S/4HANA, Digital Twin) 

• Collaborate with operational, planning and asset teams to align maintenance with production and capital investment strategies 

• Use performance data and analytics to identify trends, improve asset reliability and reduce repeat failures 

• Lead and develop a team, building capability and fostering a culture of continuous improvement 

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and support delivery of key performance commitments (e.g. CRI, EPA, UPO) 

• Champion innovation, external best practice and emerging technologies in asset management 

What does it take to be an RCM Enablement Manager? 

• Degree-level qualification/or equivalent is desirable in engineering or a related discipline 

• Strong leadership experience with the ability to inspire and influence at all levels 

• Proven experience in maintenance strategy, asset health or reliability engineering 

• In-depth knowledge of RCM, FMECA, RCA and reliability analysis techniques 

• Strong understanding of water treatment, MEICA systems, and asset operations (or similar industrial environments) 

• Experience working with data-driven decision making and digital systems 

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills 

• A proactive, analytical and continuous improvement mindset 

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.     

Why Anglian Water? 
Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we’re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!  
If you’re passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you. 

Inclusion at Anglian Water 
We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer. 

Closing Date: 07/08/2026 

 
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