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Field Engineer
Circa £40,000 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent – 44 hours per week
Location – Field based around Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire plus occasional trips to other bordering counties
Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team!
Alpheus (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anglian Water Group), specialise in providing innovative water and wastewater asset management services tailored for commercial and industrial clients. We are renowned for our advanced, commercially-focused solutions and our unwavering commitment to excellence.
We are looking for a Field Engineer to join our Operations team at Alpheus!
Reporting to the Service Delivery Supervisor, you will be responsible for the successful completion of routine, reactive and remedial work on sites we operate, working in a safe efficient manner at all times.
You will work closely with our Service Delivery Supervisor to identify, develop and implement optimisation opportunities throughout our operational activities, driving down operational costs.
In this role you will participate in our ‘out of hours’ emergency standby rota and weekend work, attending call outs in a timely manner and proactively carrying out repairs to ensure compliance is maintained.
Key responsibilities
Carry out daily routine maintenance work on various treatment facilities, including general cleaning, sampling and maintenance tasks
Carry out emergency and planned recovery work as required, for example, confined space entries, repairs of the plant, cleaning of tanks
Ensure all client contract terms are fully adhered to
Provide excellent data and verbal feedback to Head Office via a variety of media (telephone, email, photos)
Assist the Service Delivery Supervisor in planning daily routes in an efficient manner
Ensure all Safety issues, method statements, risk assessments and on-site security arrangements are fully adhered to
Attend and participate in monthly team meetings, suggesting ways to improve processes for the benefit of customers and the business
Ensure you are in possession of and wear appropriate PPE and safety equipment when required, and report any defects immediately
As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:
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
A company vehicle
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.
What does it take to be successful?
High degree of self-management with a can-do attitude
Excellent communication skills and a professional manner when dealing with all clients
Good mechanical skills
Good Electrical Knowledge (desirable)
Strong technical/operational knowledge
Logical, methodical and well organised
Excellent organisational and attention to detail skills
Good knowledge of key aspects of the environmental legislation
Good verbal and written skills
Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Closing date: Tuesday 8th September 2026
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