Sampling Team Manager

Hybrid
- Camelford House, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
, Hybrid
- Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB
, Hybrid
- Spencer House - RG2 0JN

Job title Sampling Team Manager  Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Hybrid
- Camelford House, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
, Hybrid
- Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB
, Hybrid
- Spencer House - RG2 0JN
Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday Salary Competitive salary between £55,000 & £65,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience. Plus car allowance of £4,500pa. Job grade B Closing date 23/08/2026

As a Sampling Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping and leading an in-house sampling capability that supports Thames Water’s largest upgrade in 150 years.

This is a great opportunity to lead a new team and build a culture that will help deliver savings for Thames Water by delivering excellent sampling services in-house for major projects & programmes.

You’ll lead, train, and develop a team from the ground up, creating a strong team culture, embedding robust processes, and ensuring high-quality sampling operations aligned with regulatory and project requirements.

Please note, the internal title for this role is Capital Delivery Sampling Manager.

• Lead and develop the new Capital Delivery Sampling team, building a strong safety culture.
• Contribute to long-term planning for sampling needs across capital programmes for Waste and Clean Water.
• Develop and maintain robust procedures for sampling, analysis, and data management.
• Manage budgets, resources, and contracts to ensure efficient and cost-effective delivery.

Base location can be flexible between Reading and London, with travel expected around our region.

Working hours:

Monday to Friday, 36 hours a week.

You’ll need to be a confident leader and a strong communicator, with experience managing operational delivery in a busy, multi-stakeholder environment. You should also be comfortable supporting teams through change.

• Proven experience in water or waste sampling, environmental monitoring, or a related field such as oil/gas, food production or other utility industry.
• Strong understanding of quality standards.
• Degree or experience in environmental science, water quality, or project management.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, budget management, and change management skills.

• Competitive salary between £55,000 & £65,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job, and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate, skilled people committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

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