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Anglian Water Services

Lead Maintenance Engineer

Anglian Water Services

. The Lead Maintenance Engineer will play a pivotal role in the oversight and delivery of critical maintenance activities .

Posted 3/3/2026full-timeKings Lynn • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £42,000 - £60,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • The Lead Maintenance Engineer will play a pivotal role in the oversight and delivery of critical maintenance activities
  • Deliver a comprehensive maintenance programme across designated sites, including time-based, condition-based, and performance-based interventions
  • Drive improvements that reduce asset downtime and increase asset availability
  • Align planned work with local shutdowns to improve efficiency in the delivery of maintenance activities
  • Ensure the effective day-to-day delivery of planned and reactive maintenance work
  • Own the design, development, and optimisation of Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) routes and associated alerts
  • Ensure all safety critical equipment maintenance activities are completed on time and in line with compliance requirements
  • Provide mechanical and electrical technical support to Maintenance Managers and their teams
  • Lead and undertake project work within the area, including initiatives to reduce operating costs and optimise mechanical and electrical asset performance

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Possess a NVQ Level 3/4 or equivalent in a relevant maintenance discipline is essential
  • Proven practical experience of fault finding and improvement of mechanical and electrical assets through Planned Preventative Maintenance and strong Root Cause Analysis skills
  • Good understanding of Contractor management and MOC policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of Water Recycling processes and associated Health and Safety requirements is essential
  • Experience using various IT programmes including SAP, IRIS and Power BI
  • Flexible approach to work as the sites operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Advocate of collaboration
  • Forward thinking and proactive individual
  • Full UK driving license.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Company van
  • Private health care
  • Double-matched pension
  • Virtual GP service for you and your household
  • Life assurance at 8 times salary
  • 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
  • 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 to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

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Hard Skills & Tools
fault findingPlanned Preventative MaintenanceRoot Cause AnalysisCondition-Based Monitoringmechanical asset performanceelectrical asset performance
Soft Skills
collaborationflexibilityautonomyproactiveforward thinking
Certifications
NVQ Level 3NVQ Level 4