Maintenance Standards Manager

Anglian Water Services; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Pension scheme

Virtual GP

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Parental leave

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water invites an experienced engineer to join our Water Services team in a role focused on developing maintenance strategies and standards. You will work with SAP data and the Asset Maintenance database to codify tasks and drive improvements across the Anglian Water region, including travel to sites as needed.

The role requires a degree in engineering or equivalent, strong safety management experience, SAP proficiency, and excellent communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent with plant maintenance experience.
• Experience with safety management practices and risk assessment.
• Proficient in SAP and maintenance systems.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and codify maintenance strategies, standards and tasks in the Asset Maintenance database and SAP data tables.
• Lead evaluation of maintenance proposals and submit to Water Supply approval group when validated.
• Communicate new or revised maintenance documentation to stakeholders.
• Oversee maintenance review processes to drive continuous improvement using field and asset data review.
• Inform stakeholders of monitoring of performance post-change to ensure benefits.
• Collaborate with internal teams to align maintenance with operational needs.
• Support capital planning and procurement decisions through strategic recommendations.

Skills

Safety Management

Root Cause Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Travel Across Region

Education

University Degree in Engineering

HND / HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Maintenance Systems

Job description

Salary: From £52,000 (dependent on skills and experience)
Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week

Base Location is flexible with travel required across the Anglian Water region.

Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. Our Water Services team clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out. We borrow water from the environment, store it and treat it to world-class standards to supply safe drinking water to 4.3 million customers in towns and villages from Grimsby in the northeast of our region to Milton Keynes at the south-western tip.

Reporting to the RCM Enablement Manager, this role will develop appropriate maintenance strategies, options, standards and tasks using SAP systems. Supported by Risk and Service, and Data Analysts, you will enable to development of new maintenance standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and codify maintenance strategies, technical guidance notes, standards and tasks in the Asset Maintenance database and related SAP data tables.
• Lead the investigation and assessment of maintenance related proposals and recommendations and if validated, submit to the Water Supply approval group.
• Manage the communication of new, revised or reviewed maintenance documentation to ensure that stakeholders are appropriately informed.
• Manage the maintenance review process to ensure continuous improvement is based on real business experiences in the field as well as recorded asset data.
• Manage the communication of new or changed maintenance activities to ensure that stakeholders are appropriately informed.
• Inform other stakeholders of suitable monitoring of performance post change to ensure that recommendations deliver their expected benefits.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align maintenance with operational needs.
• Strive towards informing capital planning and procurement decisions through strategic recommendations.

Requirements:

• University Degree in Engineering with experience of plant maintenance, operations, and rotating equipment. (Desirable)
• HND / HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. (Desirable)
• Extensive experience of equipment from a design, maintenance, or operational perspective.
• Knowledge of Safety Management – including Permit to Work, Hazard & Risk Assessment, Environmental Protection and basic HSE regulations
• Proficient in SAP and other maintenance systems.
• Skilled in application of root cause analysis.
• Experience in utilities, oil & gas, or similar sectors (Desirable)
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel across the Anglian Water region.

Why Anglian Water?

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we’re proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Inclusion 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.

Closing date: 16/10/2026