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Costain Group PLC

Advanced Applications Developer

Costain Group PLC

Advanced Applications Developer working within the ECS development team at Anglian Water's Strategic Pipeline Alliance in Peterborough. Responsible for developing complex applications and implementing coordinated control systems.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timePeterborough • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Development of Enterprise Control System “Advanced Applications” that implement system wide coordinated control of the SPA pipeline
  • Documentation of development in parallel to design
  • Comply with, and support development where needed, of standards, templates, libraries, and best practices
  • Developing knowledge transfer resources such as videos and manuals

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Development of complex applications in Python or similar
  • Use of productivity tools to auto-generate code or perform testing
  • Ability to develop and document design in parallel
  • Good Object-Oriented Design practice
  • SQL Design and programming
  • Web UI development
  • Programming of industrial control systems in IEC 1131 language
  • Data analysis and visualisation techniques
  • Rigorous configuration management practice such as exemplified in GAMP-5

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • A full understanding of control system engineering
  • Experience in deploying and managing cloud applications on Microsoft Azure
  • Good communication & teamworking skills
  • Proven Windows/Azure/O365 experience
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety (H&S)
  • Ensure completion of a full Induction to H&S in accordance with Company policies, procedures, standards &/or guidance.
  • Flexibility and communication skills essential to working within a fast-paced and innovative team

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLObject-Oriented DesignWeb UI developmentIEC 1131data analysisvisualisation techniquescode auto-generationtestingconfiguration management
Soft Skills
documentationknowledge transferdesign parallel development