System & Application Engineer

Job Description

Salary: circa £41,000+

Permanent, full time.

Location: Flexible

Home based & office –

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your base location could be in either Peterborough, Huntingdon, Lincoln, or Milton Keynes – Depending on your location

Join us on our journey

We are currently looking for a System & Application Engineer to join the team. The role will be reporting to the System Performance Lead, and you will be responsible for applying your Systems Thinking approach to build and visualise insights which describe the performance of our hydraulic systems. This will be built primarily on a solid foundation of high quality OT data which you will help to manage, along with a broad and diverse range of business metrics to provide true overview of our operational performance.

Responsible for developing business requirements and using tools and platforms such as SCADA, Datacore & Ignition and developing a tracking system to ensure all telemetry changes are captured and monitored to ensure the highest quality.

Your role will require you to keep your technical knowledge and industry relevant knowledge up to speed through the engagement and establishing of a wide network through internal and external training & forums while maintaining great working relationships with our stakeholders & other Water Services and DDaT team members, collaborating and providing knowledge & expertise when required.

What does it take to be a System Application Engineer?

• Educated to BTEC Higher Technical qualification or equivalent
• Extensive knowledge of SCADA systems & the configuration processes
• Knowledge & experience of Systems Thinking, performance metrics and Situational Awareness development
• Knowledge & experience of low code app development
• knowledge of water network and supply operations.
• Excellent understanding of automation, control and telemetry requirements.
• Proven track record of making changes to systems as required for project or programme delivery and continuous improvement.
• Abilities to prioritise workloads and work to tight deadlines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
• Strong IT systems & application skills

Benefits aligned to this role

Our people are important to us and we want to make sure that we reward and recognise the great work that they do.

This role is considered an Subject Matter Expert on the internal role framework.

Your benefits will include:

• Personal private health care
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service
• Flexible working
• Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing

Since the introduction of the role framework, some benefits may have changed which previously applied to this role

If you are interested in adding value to our team and progressing your career with us, please apply today!

Closing date: 10th March 2026

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