Salary: Circa £48,000, depending on skills and experience
Monday - Friday, no standby
Permanent, 37 hours p/w
Location: Lincoln, Spalding, Milton Keynes, Bedford or Peterborough.
Flexible base location in the West of the Anglian Water region, with travel between sites expected.
Car allowance - £450 p/m, subject to criteria
Personal private health care
Virtual GP service for you and your household
Double-matched pension scheme
Life assurance at 8 times salary
About the Role
Are you from frontline operations looking for the next step? Are you a technically skilled electrician with a passion for improving environmental performance and asset efficiency? Do you enjoy solving asset control problems and working collaboratively across teams?
If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Anglian Water is looking for Flow Asset Engineers to join our Catchment Flow Compliance Team. In this role, you’ll carry out on site assessments, investigate and resolve asset issues making repairs where required, as well as develop sustainable solutions, and help optimise water recycling infrastructure to improve flow performance and reduce environmental risk.
About the team
We play a crucial role in supporting Water Recycling operational teams by offering technical support and data analysis for Flow compliance monitoring across all of the flow parameters. We provide expertise on flow regulatory requirements to improve our region's sea and river health, ensuring operational teams have the necessary information to understand their compliance performance and identify emerging risks. By analysing multiple data sources, the team identifies anomalies and issues within Operational Telemetry (OT) data, facilitating targeted interventions. Additionally, we handle regulatory data requests related to flow and storm compliance, leveraging our deep understanding of storm handling systems and telemetry to conduct thorough investigations and data verification including solution design, build and delivery.
What You’ll Be Doing
1. Lead assessments of underperforming sites and identify root causes
2. Carry out electrical, instrumentation and asset control repairs or modifications
3. Develop and implement asset-focused solutions to improve flow metrics
4. Collaborate with Flow Engineers and site teams to ensure long-term impact
5. Build business cases for asset enhancements
6. Work with Asset Delivery to align improvements with strategic goals
7. Ensure effective handover and integration of solutions into operations
8. Ensure all interventions meet regulatory and internal standards
9. Promote best practices and contribute to lessons learned across Water Recycling
10. Support training and development of operational teams
11. Use telemetry, SCADA, and performance data to guide interventions
12. Collaborate with data teams to monitor and report on improvement outcomes
What We’re Looking For
13. Level 3 Electrical qualification
14. Must have completed electrical apprenticeship
15. Experience of industrial electrical panel and control work
16. Technical knowledge of pumping, treatment, and telemetry systems (Would be advantageous)
17. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
18. Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (EA, OFWAT) (Would be advantageous)
19. UK Driving Licence
Key Behaviours
We’re looking for someone who:
20. Builds trust and strong relationships
21. Drives efficiency and cost-effectiveness
22. Encourages innovation and continuous improvement
23. Leads by example and supports team development
24. Acts with integrity and a customer-first mindset
Why Join Us?
At Anglian Water, we’re committed to environmental sustainability, innovation, and supporting our people. You’ll be part of a collaborative team making a real difference to water recycling and environmental protection across the region.
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Ready to take the next step in your engineering career? Click Apply to join our team and help shape the future of flow performance at Anglian Water.
Inclusion at Anglian Water
Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed.
As a valued employee, you’ll also be entitled to:
25. Personal private health care including physiotherapy
26. 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
27. 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service
28. Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
29. Bonus scheme
30. Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
31. Life Assurance at 8 times your salary
32. Personal Accident cover – up to 5 times your salary
33. Paid time off if you’re physically or mentally unwell
34. An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family including enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave policies
Closing date: Tuesday 16th December