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Lead Maintenance Engineer Posted ago

Job in Chelmsford, Essex County, CM1, England, UK
Listing for: Anglian Water Group Ltd.
Full Time, Part Time position
Listed on 2026-03-07
Job specializations:
  • Maintenance/Cleaning
    Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 42000 - 60000 GBP Yearly GBP 42000.00 60000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Lead Maintenance Engineer  Posted 1 day ago
** Company van
**** Full time, with flexibility for part-time
**** 37 hours a week, permanent
***
* Location:

Chelmsford and Basildon
**** Private health care
**** Double-matched pension
**** Virtual GP service for you and your household
**** Life assurance at 8 times salary
**** Make Every Drop of Your Potential Count
** The Lead Maintenance Engineer will play a pivotal role in the oversight and delivery of critical maintenance activities, with a particular focus on process safety critical tasks. The role is responsible for delivering a comprehensive maintenance programme across designated sites, including time-based, condition-based, and performance based interventions through the local maintenance teams and designated framework contractors, while driving improvements that reduce asset downtime and increase asset availability.

You will also play a key role in aligning planned work with local shutdowns to improve efficiency in the delivery of planned, condition-based, and performance-based maintenance activities. We are seeking an individual who thrives in a collaborative environment and possesses strong communication skills to effectively liaise with a wide range of teams.
** You will:
*** Drive improvements in the performance and efficiency of operational assets and maintenance activities within the assigned area.
* 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
** What does it take to be a Lead Maintenance Engineer*
* * 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 knowledge 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 pro-active individual
* Full UK driving license
** Salary: £42,000 - £60,000, depending on skills and experience
*** Personal private health care
* Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
* Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
* Double-matched pension (maximum 6% employee contribution)
* 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.

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


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.

If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK.  More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our .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.
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