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Apply locations Norwich time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: July 16, 2025 (12 days left to apply) job requisition id R32450

Salary: Circa £40,000, depending on skills and experience, plus overtime as and when required, plus business use van

Permanent, 37 hours p/w

Location: Lincoln, Peterborough, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Ipswich or Colchester. Flexible base location across the Anglian Water region

Personal private health care

Virtual GP service for you and your household

Double-matched pension scheme

Life assurance at 8 times salary

Are you a hands-on instrumentation technician with a passion for the environment and a keen eye for detail? We’re forming a new Catchment Flow Compliance Team and are looking for Regulatory Instrumentation Technicians who are curious, driven, and ready to make a difference. In this vital role, you’ll be at the forefront of monitoring and maintaining flow instrumentation to ensure accurate data collection and regulatory compliance. Your work will directly support efforts to reduce environmental spills and improve the health of our rivers and coasts. If you're motivated by purpose, enjoy problem-solving, and want to be part of a team that’s shaping a more sustainable future, we’d love to hear from you.

About the team

We are a specialist instrumentation team working alongside a dedicated group of specialists at the forefront of ensuring flow compliance across our water recycling asset base. We take full ownership of flow compliance, offering expert advice and actionable insights to support operational teams and drive performance.

Our work spans across monitoring and reporting against key flow compliance metrics, conducting in-depth investigations, and delivering both tactical and strategic interventions to restore and maintain compliance in underperforming assets. With a strong focus on collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, we play a critical role in protecting the environment and supporting sustainable water management.

About the Role

As a Regulatory Instrumentation Technician, you will be a key member of a team that maintains, validates, and embeds reliable flow monitoring instrumentation across our Water Recycling Infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include routine and reactive maintenance of regulatory instruments in highways, pumps stations and Waste Water Recycling Centres. You will also support in capital delivery and enhancement of our monitoring estate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintenance:Conduct proactive technical assessments, maintenance and calibrations of flow meters, non-contact level devices such as radar and ultrasonic systems and contact level devices.

• Reactive response:Ensure that alarms and faults are attended with an aim for first time fix, conducting fault finding with an inquisitive mindset.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Good understanding of electrical instrumentation and electrical safety principles.

• Level 3 electrical/Instrumentation qualification, with apprenticeship/ time served.

• Full UK driving licence

• Significant operational experience and experience maintaining asset monitoring devices.

• Robust understanding of health & safety practices

• Experience with IRIS or similar telemetry systems and working in the highway and confined spaces.

Skills:

• Strong analytical and fault-finding skills.

• Good understanding of IT systems and applications.

• Excellent communication, organisational, and prioritising skills.

• Self-motivated with the ability to challenge and collaborate constructively.

• Ability to understand and resolve problems quickly and effectively.

Join us and make a difference in how we protect our rivers and coastal waters. Apply now and be part of a team that is dedicated to excellence in compliance!

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.

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

• Personal private health care including physiotherapy

• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household

• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service

• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

• Bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

• Life Assurance at 8 times your salary

• Personal Accident cover – up to 5 times your salary

• Paid time off if you’re physically ormentally unwell

• An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family including enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave policies

Closing date: Tuesday 15th July

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk ’

To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.

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Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.