OT Configuration Engineer

Anglian Water Services; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based utilities company is seeking a proactive individual to join their Telemetry Configuration team. This permanent role offers hybrid working with a salary between £33,500 and £40,000 depending on experience. The position requires strong analytical and communication skills, as well as a keen willingness to learn in a niche industry. Employees will benefit from private healthcare, a competitive pension scheme, generous leave, and opportunities for development. The closing date for applications is January 11th, 2026.

Benefits

Full private healthcare with no excess

25 days leave + Bank Holidays

Competitive pension scheme – double-match contributions

Personal Accident cover – up to 5x salary

Bonus Scheme

Flexible benefits to support wellbeing

Paid time off for illness

Excellent Family Leave package

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm to learn under the mentorship of senior engineers.
• Ability to efficiently absorb information in a specialized field.
• Must bring a forward-thinking approach.

Responsibilities

• Deliver telemetry configuration services for capital partners.
• Utilize process control software library as required.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance procedures.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Proactive attitude

Dynamic approach

Tools

ClearSCADA

RTU configuration

Job description

£33,500 - £40,000 salary dependant on experience

Permanent

37 hours per week

Location: Huntingdon/Lincoln - Hybrid Working 1-3 days in office weekly

Anglian Water offers flexible hybrid working, this role provides you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office, ideally working from the office an average of two days per week. Your base location will ideally be in Huntingdon or Lincoln.

We are looking for proactive, self-motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our Telemetry Configuration team on a permanent basis.

Our goal is to exceed customer expectations whilst embracing new technology to drive digital transformation; better connecting our customers, people, assets, and information.

This is a “learn-as-you-go” opportunity, as we work within a niche industry with systems which have been constructed to meet the specific needs of a large and demanding water network and everything in-between. You will be keen to learn, with an appetite to absorb information efficiently and effectively, under the mentorship of our Senior Engineers and technical experts.

We need you to bring a dynamic and forward-thinking approach with first-class interpersonal, analytical and communication skills , which will enable you to swiftly become an asset to our team, as well as the Anglian Water Business.

More about our team and what we will need from you…

Our telemetry system is one of the largest in the utilities sector, providing 24/7 365 monitoring and control to 1000s of our operational sites across the Anglian Water region

Our team provides real time, telemetry configuration and support services to internal, operational, and fellow OT teams. Your desirable expertise inClearSCADAand RTU configuration will ensure assets are set-up to measure asset performance to a safe andconsistent standard. Youwill be responsible for the delivery of configuration work to pre-approved designs, with any deviationsescalated to the Senior Engineer.

Our OT Department is undergoing role and structural change and it’s likely this will offer more learning and development opportunities and job variety for a successful candidate in the coming months.

As part of our Operational Technology team your role will be varied but will include being:

• Delivery of telemetry configuration services for capital partners.

• Utilise the sequence and process control software library using systems as required and updating usersaccordingly.

• Cross reference training and knowledge of the AMF (Asset Monitoring Frameworks) and other telemetrystandards against current asset configuration.

• Ensure telemetry installations are implemented to defined standards (e.g.AMF) owning remedial actionwhereappropriate.

• Comply with Quality Assurance procedures and work instructions within own section and work with othersto improve overallquality.

• Comply with rigorous change controlmechanisms.

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

• Full private healthcare with no excess

• 25 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

• A flexible and friendly working culture

• Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 6%

• Life Assurance at eight times your salary

• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

• Bonus Scheme

• Lots of great discounts

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

• Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell

• An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family

If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant/standard employment checks, including: your right to work in the UK, reference, driving licence and identity check. Depending on your role, you may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

Inclusion at Anglian Water: Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community’s Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer, and we play a leading part in the Women’s Utility Network.

Closing date: 11th January 2026

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