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Anglian Water Services

Environmental Pollution Technician

Salary:  £31,720 per annum
Location:  Ely | United Kingdom
Location flexibility:  3 office days / week
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Job Description

Environmental Pollution Technician

Salary: £31,720 per annum (+ standby and overtime) & Business use of Company Van

Location: Ely and surrounding areas
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (flexible working opportunities available, plus standby rota)

Make every drop of your potential count

Do you want a role where you can make a real difference to the environment every day?

We're looking for an Environmental Pollution Technician to join our Water Recycling team, helping to protect and enhance the environment across our region. This is a varied, hands-on role where you'll work outdoors, respond to environmental incidents, support investigations and play a key part in reducing pollution and protecting local watercourses.

At Anglian Water, we invest in our people. As a valued employee, you'll benefit from:

  • Private healthcare
  • Generous double-match pension scheme – contribute 7% and we'll contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
  • 24/7 Virtual GP service for you and your household
  • 25 days annual leave, rising with service, plus the option to buy additional leave
  • Life assurance of up to 8x salary
  • Personal accident cover of up to 5x salary
  • Excellent family-friendly policies, including:
  • 26 weeks' full pay for maternity/adoption leave
  • 4 weeks' paid paternity/partner leave
  • Shared parental pay opportunities
  • Annual bonus scheme
  • Flexible benefits and a supportive working culture designed to promote wellbeing and work-life balance.

About the role

As an Environmental Pollution Technician, you'll be one of the first responders to pollution and environmental incidents, supporting operational teams to understand the cause and impact of discharges on the environment. You'll collect samples, gather evidence, assess environmental impacts and deploy mitigation measures to help minimise environmental harm and restore affected areas.

When you're not attending incidents, you'll support our Dynamic Sewer Visualisation (DSV) programme by installing and maintaining monitoring equipment that helps identify issues before they become environmental problems. You'll also ensure pollution response equipment is maintained, stocked and ready for action, whilst supporting wider environmental improvement initiatives across the business.

What will you be doing?

  • Responding to pollution and environmental incidents across the region.
  • Collecting environmental samples, photographs and site evidence.
  • Assessing environmental impacts and supporting mitigation activity.
  • Helping operational teams identify root causes and prevent reoccurrence.
  • Installing, maintaining and recovering environmental monitoring equipment.
  • Maintaining pollution response equipment and consumables.
  • Collaborating with operational teams, scientists and environmental specialists.
  • Promoting a proactive, zero-pollutions mindset across the business.

What does it take to be successful?

You'll enjoy working outdoors, be comfortable working independently and have a genuine passion for protecting the environment.

You'll also have:

  • A full UK manual driving licence.
  • Availability to participate in a standby rota and out-of-hours working.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail and record-keeping abilities.
  • A proactive, adaptable and resilient approach to work.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Confidence using digital systems and technology.
  • The ability to work safely in a variety of environments and weather conditions.

Experience within the environmental or water industry would be beneficial but is not essential. We're equally interested in people with the right attitude, curiosity and willingness to learn.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

At Anglian Water, we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong.

We're proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter and Armed Forces Covenant, and we're a Disability Confident employer.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Closing Date: 20th October
Interview Date: Week commencing 2nd November 2026

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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

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Company employees:

6500

Gender diversity (m:f:n-b):

66:33:1

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