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Anglian Water Services • Ipswich District Office | United Kingdom

Network Technician

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £34,258 per annum
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Job Description

Location: IpswichContact: Full Time/Permanent

Salary Circa £34,258 per annum + standby & overtime once trained

At Anglian Water our values are that together, we will: Build trust, do the right thing, and we are always exploring. Who we are? Integrated Maintenance, Repair & Development Services (IMRDS) Alliance – Part of the Anglian Water network, focuses on infrastructure maintenance work and is responsible for: water network pressure management, finding and fixing leaks, replacing lead pipes and repairing burst mains. What will you be doing as a Network Technician? Come and join the motivated team of skilled Network Technicians and play your part in ensuring clean water reaches our customers and is safe to consume across our region. No day will be the same in this crucial role, you’ll undertake planned maintenance and also react to emergency requirements to maintain the water network. You’ll use your skills to carry out flushing, surveying, leak detections, pressure and flow tests and valve operations. Using your asset maps, data and tools you’ll resolve both planned and reactive operational problems in a thorough and timely manner. This is a field-based role and you’ll be provided with a fully equipped van as you travel around a designated area, consistently ensuring water quality is sufficiently maintained. A large part of the role will be liaising with customers, using your skills and expertise to deliver high levels of customer service, you’ll keep them informed every step of the way, becoming the face of Anglian Water for many of our customers.

What skills, experience and behaviours are required……..

  • Educated to GCSE level (or equivalent)
  • Experience of working in an engineering industry, ideally providing a front-line service
  • Ideally experience of water networks, street works and leakage control
  • Professional contact with customers is key, you must be able to explain terminology to the public in order to reassure and provide a great service
  • Proven experience of providing great customer service.
  • In this field role you’ll travel to various locations around the region.

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

  • Personal private health care
  • 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service
  • Flexible working
  • Access to a company vehicle, tools and all uniform and PPE
  • Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
  • Bonus scheme
  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Why Anglian Water? Our people are important to us and we want to make sure that we reward and recognise all of the great work that they do. Some of our benefits include:

  • Bonus scheme
  • Private health care
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Up to 26 days annual leave rising with length of service
  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

If you feel this is the next move for you to with start your career or continue to enhance your career with Anglian Water then please apply today. Closing date: 17th July 2025 #loveeverydrop

Company benefits

Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
Mental health platform access
Health assessment
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household
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
Compassionate leave
Bank holiday swaps
Religious celebration leave
Time off in-lieu
25-30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Optional unpaid leave
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Shared parental leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Pregnancy loss leave
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Fertility treatment leave
Neo-natal leave
Bike parking – Secure bike parks at main offices
Faith rooms
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
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
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 6% - you pay in 6%, we pay in 12%
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Mentoring
Learning platform
Employee discounts
Volunteer days
Teambuilding days
Lunch and learns
Professional subscriptions
Meditation space
Interest free loans
Cinema discounts
Theme park discounts
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Hackathons
In house training
Further education support
Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Enhanced sick pay
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Employee assistance programme
Sabbaticals
Company car

Working at Anglian Water Services

Company employees

6500

Gender diversity (male:female:non-binary)

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