Lead Maintenance Engineer (Gas)

Anglian Water Group; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Life cover 8x annual salary

26 days annual leave

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Group is seeking a Lead Engineer for Gas to oversee planned maintenance and support reactive tasks across the region. You will plan, schedule, and lead PPM activities while coordinating contractors and guiding the engineering team.

The role requires GasSafe / I-Gas qualifications, an Electrical bias (NVQ3/HNC) and supervisory experience. Expected responsibilities include safety compliance, cost control, and asset performance improvement.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or HNC (Electrical bias) required
• GasSafe / I-Gas qualifications required
• CompEx qualification would be advantageous
• Experience with planned preventative maintenance (PPM) in gas assets
• Supervisory or management experience in a field role

Responsibilities

• Organise and lead PPM work across the region
• Provide technical and specialist support to Engineers and boiler operators
• Help enhance performance of Gas assets
• Manage contractors and plan workloads
• Support the Gas Manager and stand in for meetings
• Ensure Health and Safety policies are followed
• Assist with reducing operating costs
• Ensure all PPM activities are completed and recorded

Skills

Contractor management

Leadership / supervision

Fault finding

Problem solving

Health & Safety awareness

Strong communication

Coaching & mentoring

Education

NVQ Level 3 / HNC (Electrical bias)

GasSafe / I-Gas qualification

CompEx qualification (advantageous)

Job description

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 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.
  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.
  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.
• 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