Affinity Water are looking for a Automation Test Engineer to join our Technology & Transformation Team in Hatfield.
The Role:
As a Automation Test Engineer, you will join our Test team working on a significant customer transformation programme in the water/utility sector. The programme involves digitalising core customer systems including CIS, billing platforms, and customer-facing digital channels. With quality assurance central to its success.
What you'll be doing:
1. Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright and JavaScript/TypeScript for end-to-end, regression, and functional scenarios.
2. Build reusable, modular test components; maintain and adapt existing regression suites as the application evolves, managing source control via Bitbucket.
3. Automate end-to-end customer lifecycle journeys including account set-up, service transfers, billing runs, payment processing, and debt management.
4. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Pipelines) for fast, reliable feedback; triage failures, maintain healthy regression suites, and prepare clear test/defect reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders; log and track defects in JIRA.
5. Collaborate with developers, BA’s, product owners, and architects to translate requirements into risk-based test scenarios; participate in Agile ceremonies; document frameworks and best practices; champion shift-left testing and quality culture across the programme.
What you'll need:
6. Proficiency in JavaScript and/or TypeScript producing clean, well-structured and maintainable test code.
7. Experience with Selenium WebDriver IO, Playwright, or Cypress automation frameworks.
8. Experience with BrowserStack's Cross Browser, App Testing, and Automate features.
9. Demonstrated ability to write automated scripts from scratch and maintain existing test suites, including adapting scripts to application changes.
10. ISTQB Foundation Certificate or equivalent.
11. ISTQB Test Automation Engineer.
12. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; able to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
Advert Closing Date: 11/06/26
Benefits:
13. Salary: £49,000 - £55,000 dependant on skills and experience
14. Hours: 08:30am - 17:00pm (Mon - Thurs) 08:30am - 16:30pm (Friday)
15. Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
16. Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
17. Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
18. A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
19. A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
20. We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
21. Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
22. Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
23. Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme
24. Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice
25. Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
26. Life Assurance.
Disability Confident
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.
Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.
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