Principal Modeller

Anglian Water Services • Lincoln, NE

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

Ready to take on a role where your expertise will shape the future of water recycling? Join us as either a Senior or Principal Modeller in our cutting-edge Asset Intelligence Modelling Team – the driving force behind our Water Recycling network’s hydraulic modelling capability. Reporting to the Modelling Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of solving some of the most complex and critical challenges facing our water systems today. In this pivotal role, you'll lead deep-dive investigations into intricate flow, hydraulic, water quality, and asset health issues—uncovering root causes and driving innovative solutions. You'll spearhead hydraulic model upgrades to enhance confidence in our insights, and play a key role in developing conceptual schemes that pave the way for strategic investment. As our modelling capability expands, so will your impact. This role offers the opportunity to grow into leading a small team of expert modellers, developing talent and building resilience across our function. Collaborating across multidisciplinary teams, you’ll fuse the power of data and hydraulic modelling with the knowledge of our operational and environmental experts—putting the customer and environment at the heart of everything we do. Together, we’ll get to the bottom of it. If you're passionate about driving value, enhancing efficiency, and using your technical skills to make a real difference, this is the role for you.

Requirements

• Proven technical leadership in delivering complex, system-based hydraulic modelling projects across the asset lifecycle.
• Expert in model build, calibration, verification, and interpreting uncertainty in data.
• Skilled in scripting, data analysis, and automation to improve modelling efficiency.
• Strong understanding of hydraulic principles, asset performance, and modelling software.
• Experienced in mentoring, coaching, and developing technical teams.
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Adept at managing competing priorities in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience), with chartered status or working towards it.
• Knowledge of industry frameworks, policies, and UKWIR guidance.
• Analytical, innovative, and solutions-focused, with a strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: Manage and deliver a portfolio of complex modelling projects—ensuring quality, efficiency, and alignment to business needs.
• Technical Expertise: Lead modelling work, interpret results, develop solutions, and uphold technical standards across all deliverables.
• Team Development: Mentor and coach colleagues, support wellbeing, and drive continuous improvement in team capability and resilience.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships across the business, integrating modelling insight into wider decision-making.
• Data & Knowledge Management: Champion best practices in data use, model management, and technical documentation.
• Continuous Improvement: Shape modelling standards, challenge current ways of working, and drive innovation in processes and tools.

Benefits

• Personal private health care
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service
• Flexible working
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees