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Anglian Water Services

Lead Maintenance Engineer (Gas)

Salary:  £60,000 per annum
Location:  Peterborough | Ipswich | Cambridge | Milton Keynes | Northampton | Colchester | Grimsby | Norwich | Lincoln | United Kingdom
Location flexibility:  3 office days / week
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Job Description

Lead Maintenance Engineer (Gas)

Circa £60,000 depending on skills and experience + company vehicle

Standby Rota with occasional overnight stays

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours a week with flexibility for part time

Can be based anywhere in the Anglian Water Region

For a greater career just add water!

Water Recycling is at the heart of our operations. The key services that we are responsible for are delivered by our in-house, highly skilled workforce. We collect and treat the water that customers have used, returning it to the environment via rivers and coastal outlets. Our network includes 76,000 kilometres of sewers which feed over 1,000 water recycling centres. Would you like to be part of a team who responsible for the safe and sustainable operation and maintenance of our water recycling assets?

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

  • Personal private health care

  • Life cover- 8 x annual salary paid to dependents

  • 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service as well as bank holidays with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

  • Flexible working dependent on your role

  • Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 7% (21% total pension)

  • Bonus scheme

  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

What will you be doing?

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Working at Anglian Water Services

Hybrid

A little flex time – depending on the team

Company benefits

25-30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bank holiday swaps
Bike parking – Secure bike parks at main offices
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Car allowance
Cinema discounts
Coaching
Coffee discounts
Collaboration spaces
Company car
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance – Personal Accident cover - providing a lump sum in the case of an accident leading to injury, death or disablement at any time, whether you are on company business or not
Cycle to work scheme
Death in service
Discretionary sick pay
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Employee recognition scheme
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 7% - you pay in 7%, we pay in 14%
Enhanced sick pay
Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Fertility treatment leave
Further education support
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Hackathons
Health assessment
Health cash plan
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
In house training
Income protection – Should you be unwell and unable to work for a period of time, the Income Replacement scheme may provide you with income for two years combined with sickness absence
Interest free loans
Learning platform
Life assurance
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health first aiders
Mental health platform access
Mental health support
Mentoring – including reverse mentoring and family leave returners
Neonatal leave
On-site catering
On-site shower
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Paid fostering leave – 5 days paid
Physiotherapy
Pregnancy loss leave
Private booths
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household
Professional subscriptions
Religious celebration leave
Reservist leave
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Secure on-site parking
Shared parental leave – 26 weeks full pay
Teambuilding days
Theme park discounts
Time off in-lieu
Volunteer days

Awards & Accreditations

2nd - Best Employee Wellbeing

2nd - Best Employee Wellbeing

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As the Lead Engineer for Gas, you will be delivering both Planned Preventative Maintenance and supporting the Reactive Maintenance for our Gas assets across the Anglian Water region. The role will involve responsibility to plan, organise and deliver the planned maintenance schedule across the region; often whilst managing contractors. As the Lead Engineer you will be expected to support the Engineers in their day-to-day work, planning and arranging workloads as required by the business need – this work involves projects across the region; including, but not limited to, optimisation, installation, and capital intervention.

Duties will include:

  • Organising and leading PPM work.

  • Providing both technical and specialist support to the team’s Engineers and local boiler operators.

  • Helping enhance the performance of the Gas assets.

  • Managing contractors.

  • Supporting the Gas Manager (including standing in for meetings and planning schedules).

  • Ensuring all relevant Health and Safety policies and procedures are adhered to.

  • Assisting with the reduction of operating costs.

  • Ensuring all PPM activities are completed and recorded.

What does it take to be a Lead Engineer (Gas)?

  • A minimum an NVQ Level 3 or HNC ideally in Electrical bias but can be mechanical (Essential)

  • Formal gas qualifications are required (GasSafe / I-Gas). (Essential)

  • CompEx qualified would be advantageous.

  • Experience of planned preventative maintenance.

  • Operational and maintenance experience in Gas assets.

  • Knowledge of Advanced Digestion would be advantageous.

  • Supervisory / management experience or recognised qualification.

  • Coaching and mentoring skills.

  • Proven experience with fault finding and problem solving.

  • Strong awareness of Health and Safety practices.

  • Strong communication skills .

  • Competent user of IT.

  • Flexible approach to work- with the potential for out of hours management standby.

  • Full driving licence is essential for this role.

Why Anglian Water?

Here at Anglian Water, we are striving to do the right thing for our people, customers and our environment. Our culture involves collaborative, innovative and inspiring work putting people at the heart of our business, and we truly love what we do! We believe that equal opportunities mean inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.


Closing date: 06/09/26

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