Salary:£42,953 - £47,000 Depending on experience
Location: Ideally based in the Suffolk area but travel will be required within the Anglian Water region covering such areas as Peterborough, Huntingdon, Norwich, Lincoln and Milton Keynes
Employment type: Permanent, full time - 37 hours per week
Benefits: Car allowance, Private health care, Virtual GP service for you and your household, Double-matched pension, Life assurance at 8 times salary, Personal accident cover (up to 5× salary), 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more, Excellent family friendly policies (26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave, 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave, opportunity for shared parental pay), Bonus scheme, Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
At Anglian Water, we’re doing much more than supplying water – we’re shaping a resilient, sustainable future for the region we serve. Every drop matters, and so does every decision we make.
Optimisation Delivery Engineer
We’re looking for an Optimisation Delivery Engineer to join our Water Optimisation team. This person will play a key role in delivering capital and TOTEX solutions that improve performance, reduce operating costs, and help us meet some of our most ambitious outcomes, including leakage reduction.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the development and delivery of capital and TOTEX solutions, ensuring strong governance, CDM compliance and value for money
* Coordinate and enable optimisation "parcels" across areas such as energy, network optimisation, water losses and condition‑based maintenance
* Contribute technical insight to solution development, risk and value management, and investment decision‑making
* Act as a client representative within CDM, ensuring standards and responsibilities are met
* Help embed new technologies and innovative approaches to improve system performance
* Provide progress updates on cost, delivery, benefits and efficiencies
* Champion health, safety and environmental excellence, supporting our Safer Every Day culture
About You
You’ll be a confident engineering professional who enjoys working across teams and translating technical solutions into real‑world outcomes.
* A higher engineering qualification or degree‑level education
* Strong technical and operational knowledge of water assets and systems, from source to tap
* A solid working knowledge of CDM
* An appropriate safety qualification (IOSH minimum)
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
* The ability to think analytically, commercially and strategically
Benefits
* Car allowance
* Private health care
* Virtual GP service for you and your household
* Double‑matched pension (maximum 6% employee contribution)
* Life assurance (up to 8× salary)
* Personal accident cover (up to 5× salary)
* 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
* Excellent family friendly policies (26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave, 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave, opportunity for shared parental pay)
* Bonus scheme
* Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
Inclusion at Anglian Water
We value the representation & diversity within our communities. 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.
Ready to make your mark? Apply now and help us deliver a sustainable future.
Closing date: 24/04/2026
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