Company: Anglian Water
Location: Bedford
Posted: May 16th, 2026
Operational Administrator
Circa 26,000, salary depending on experience
Location: Clapham Water Treatment Works, Bedford
Permanent
37 Hours a week - 5 days in office
Individual private health care
Virtual GP service for you and your household
Double matched pension
Generous annual leave
This role is an office-based position at Clapham Water Treatment Works, Bedford, with potential options to work from home in the future.
For a great career, just add water!
Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. 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, treat it and store it to world-class standards to supply safe drinking water to 4.3 million customers in towns and villages from Grimsby in thenorth eastof our region to Milton Keynes at the south-western tip.
At the heart of our business, our Operational Administrators support and assist the efficient running of the operational teams. This interesting and varied role involves a high degree of organisation and prioritisation, while effectively managing confidential information.
You'll be the fundamental support needed to assist with the efficient and effective running of the Bedford Supply Teams.
Managing your own workload, you'll undertake crucial administration and procurement support to ensure the smooth running of the office and the water supply area.
Your main duties will include:
Ordering of chemicals, PPE, equipment & materials for the supply team
Managing invoices and delivery notes and credit card reconciliation
Telephone call handling
Meeting room management
Occasional minute taking
Updating employee training
Organising electronic and paper filing systems.
Using your strong organisational skills, you'll support the management team withday to daytasks and requests from the supply team. You'll also communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, contractors and customers, always providing a high standard of customer service.
As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:
Personal private healthcare
Life cover (up to 8 x salary)
Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
25 days annual leave - rising with length ofservice and the ability to buy more
Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paternity / partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay.
Bonus scheme
Flexible benefits to support your wellbeingand lifestyle.
What does it take to be an Operational Administrator?
You will have experience as an administrator, ideally within a similar operational industry.
You must possess excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to pro-actively liaise with a wide variety of people.
You'll be IT literate and an advanced user of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
As well as strong numeracy skills, you'll have experience with data handling and spread sheet preparation.
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.
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