Starting salary: £38,000 for candidates with NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent in Mechanical/Engineering Subject)
£34,000 for candidates with NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent in Mechanical/Engineering Subject)
Clear progression opportunities to earn up to £44,000 with further training and experience
All PPE, tools, and fuel card provided
Permanent Full-time, with flexibility for part-time, 37 hours, 5-day working pattern including some weekends.
Location: Bury St Eds/Thetford and surrounding areas
Private health care
Virtual GP service for you and your household
Double-matched pension (18% total)
Life assurance at 8 times salary
Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding career, at a company committed to investing in your training and development?
Join us for the opportunity to gain valuable skills, qualifications, and experience, whilst being part of a company dedicated to building a sustainable future.
This team-oriented position will see you joining one of our Water Services Teams where you will ensure that the water supply process delivers wholesome drinking water to our customers.
You’ll be responsible for the keeping all kinds of equipment at out Water Treatment Works operating correctly and reliably, you’ll be enthusiastic about carrying out planned maintenance and responding promptly to issues and incidents.
Your mechanical knowledge will enable you to be responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance of water supply assets – including equipment installed at water treatment works, reservoirs, towers and pumping stations. As well as carrying out planned & reactive maintenance on our mechanical assets (e.g. pumps, screens, mixers, chemical dosing systems, etc), the successful candidate will also work on water quality instruments & control systems, carrying out servicing & calibrations. You’ll also work towards a Licence to Operate Qualification to enable you to manage and control multiple complex water treatment works.
What does it take to be a Mechanical Asset Technician?
Your ability to learn quickly and use your own initiative to solve problems is essential for this role and you will train alongside an experienced Technician to ensure you gain all the skills and knowledge required.
To be successful in this role, you must have obtained an NVQ level 2 or 3 (mechanical/engineering) qualification (or equivalent) and/or completed a relevant apprenticeship and hold a full UK driving licence
You’ll need a flexible approach to working hours as you will be required to take part in a standby rota. To be able to undertake your standby duties you will need to live within the surrounding/neighbouring areas.
As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
1. Personal private health care including physiotherapy
2. 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
3. 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service
4. Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
5. Business use of company van plus access to tools and all uniform and PPE
6. Bonus scheme
7. Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
8. Life Assurance at 8 times your salary
9. Personal Accident cover – up to 5 times your salary
10. Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell
11. An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family including enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave policies
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. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community’s Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer, and we play a leading part in the Women’s Utility Network.
Closing date: 01/03/26
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